The show was conceived, directed and designed by Theodora Skipitares. Her treatment of these biographical details is that of a fanciful saga with the awestruck tone of a children’s book. T…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:55PMThere are angels in New York City who are teaching the arts to kids, and Lori Klinger is one of them. She co-founded Rosie’s Theater Kids (RTKids) in 2003 with the help and support of Rosi…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 10:53PMRecently the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco published an issue of their Community Development Innovation Review (CDIR) focused on “Transforming Community Development through Arts …
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 10:36PMVariety reports that Ethan Hawke will direct a film adaptation of Tennessee Williams' 'Camino Real,' which was considered the playwright's most experiental play.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:08PMPaul Hufker (Playwright) has been an AEA actor, playwright and director in NYC for over 12 years. He is a proud graduate of Brooklyn College’s MFA playwriting program, under Mac Wellman an…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 10:06PMThe McKittrick Hotel welcomes the London thriller, "The Woman in Black," while its Mandereley Bar hosts Murray Hill's lip-sync battle "Mic Drop."
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SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:06PMCarey Perloff’s opening scene of the staged adaptation of Khaled Hosseini’s shattering novel, A Thousand Splendid Suns, moves with breathtaking beauty. Two women in one direction and a m…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:03PMBeneath differing customs and languages, are people basically the same? Playwright Yussef El Guindi makes a strong case with his unique and endearing romantic comedy Pilgrims Musa & Sher…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:03PM
Humor, heart, and a larger-than-life heroine: Sift those ingredients together with a lively original score, and the result is Mrs. Doubtfire, one of the most anticipated new musicals of the …
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 07:42PMJohn Bolton’s new memoir is titled “The Room Where It Happened,” nearly the same as a song from Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Broadway hit.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:33PMHelp is on the way, dear! See Mrs. Doubtfire on Broadway beginning previews March 9th.
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SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 07:30PMArena Stage brings to Washington a powerful play based on Khaled Hosseini’s novel.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:24PMWhat would you do if you could go back in time and observe and interact with your younger self? If you knew how things were going to turn out? But yet you didn’t know how things might have…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 07:22PMIf you’re making a musical comedy of Mrs. Doubtfire, the comedy half of the equation is guaranteed. The hilarious setup of the story — a man dresses up as a Scottish nanny so he can see …
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 07:08PMResearchers say gender gap has grown in some areas and accuse Arts Council of ignoring it
British theatre has an institutional problem with sexism and gender inequality, according to the aut…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PMThe digitized collection includes 8,288 black-and-white negatives, 2,106 color slides and transparencies, and 339 black-and-white prints depicting the repertory of Alvin Ailey, choreographer…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:06PM
Deadline reports that Sony Pictures bought the foreign distribution rights to 'Zola,' the Twitter-originated film directed by Janicza Bravo and written by Bravo and 'Slave Play' playwright J…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:54PMAfter such a standout production of “Newsies” in December, it’s unfortunate that Hillbarn Theatre in Foster City has come up with what is, essentially, a somewhat lackluster version of…
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 06:26PMIn the late fall of 1981, a handful of little-known actors gathered on the stage of a 300-seat off-Broadway theater on West 55th St. in Manhattan. The actors—among them were Denzel Washing…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:18PMAlex Boniello is tired. The two-time Broadway alum took his final bow as Dear Evan Hansen’s Connor Murphy—the troubled, outsider teen whose suicide places Evan in an impossible moral dil…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:18PMThe Phantom of the Opera is the longest-running show in Broadway history, and on January 26, Andrew Lloyd Webber's Tony-winning musical marked 32 years at the Majestic Theatre. After the an…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:18PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed today.
Inheritance & Slave Play Scribes to Be Honored by Human Rights Campaign
The Human Rights Campaign, the nation's largest L…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:18PMThe Inheritance has a cast of 13 men, each engaged in telling Matthew Lopez's cross-generational study of gay life, community and the legacy of AIDS in America. For the actors who take on…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:18PMThe fresh Broadway revival of West Side Story is nearing hit status, and it hasn't even reached opening night. The exciting new take on the classic musical from director Ivo van Hove has p…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:18PM400,000 people have been to Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour since it launched in 2012 and this year is an
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:07PMBethany Williams, winner of the Arts Foundation Futures Award, designs high-end streetwear that that prioritises environmental and social concerns
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Australian audiences will have the chance to once again experience extraordinary harpist Xavier de Maistre first-hand when the tours Sydney,
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 05:51PMBroadwayCon 2020 has officially come to a close! Did you miss out on some of the action, or just want to relive your favorite moments? We're bringing you photos from throughout the weekend. …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:42PMSome arrived in full character for the event, where attendees can meet and take photos with the stars of their favorite shows. Passes range from $80 for one day to $1,000 for a full weekend …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:42PMThe clumsy, ill-conceived rollout of “American Dirt” illustrates how broken the system is, how myopic it is to hype one book at the expense of others and how unethical it is to allow a g…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:42PMThe Gibney Company General Manager will be responsible for the administrative direction of every aspect of the Company.
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:42PMThe President and CEO will be a dynamic, flexible, and forward-thinking leader and administrator with an exceptional work ethic, passion for the performing arts, and solid experience in ma…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:42PM‘Midwives,’ an adaptation of Chris Bohjalian’s best-selling novel, gets a rocky birth onstage at George Street Playhouse. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:35PMTony Hale, best known for starring in TV's "Arrested Development" and "Veep," comes to ACT in S.F. to star in "Wakey, Wakey."
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 05:28PMLet's look back at the standout track from the last 10 years of Grammy Award-winning cast albums.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 05:18PMThe evening will raise money for a performing arts center named in honor of Feldman's late mother.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:14PMORiGiN Theatrical is pleased to announce the representation of Nick Hern Books play catalogue in Australia. “We are thrilled to
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 05:09PMBroadway continued to drop a some box office winter weight last week, though no one seems to have notified David Byrne: The former Talking Head’s American Utopia was not only a sell-out bu…
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Busch’s newest play, a comic melodrama and celebration of 1930s pre-code cinema, is presented by Primary Stages at the Cherry Lane Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:46PMAt CES 2020, Samsung introduced Neon, an AI-based companion that is being developed to be indistinguishable from a human companion. AI models are composing at a pretty high level right now. …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:42PMThis new MOMA is exhausting—and serene, and thrilling, and, finally, to a degree that only the greatest museums achieve, transcendental. Wandering the vast new spaces, tracing the familiar…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:42PMMore independent bookstores, sales up, even new plans for Barnes & Noble. But there are looming problems. Big problems with today’s publishing industry. – N+One
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:42PMDancers and musicians have been striking alongside public sector workers to oppose the government’s plan to scrap more than 40 separate pension schemes and replace them with a single point…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:42PMFor music fans, tracking such a harrowing volley of allegations and denials feels equal parts absurd and sad (especially arriving, as it has, in the midst of a Presidential impeachment trial…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:42PMLong one of the stingiest states in terms of support for the arts, Georgia is now virtually at rock bottom, not willing even to put up enough money to collect the full amount of matching fun…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:42PMArtistic director Whitley, who has worked with the Royal Ballet and performing arts company Saddler’s Wells, suggests there are “a lot of assumptions” that go with words like grime and…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:42PMIn the face of critiques, Jeanine Cummins is pushing back in public. Her publisher released a statement encouraging discussion around the title, while some authors and booksellers have come …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:42PM“The ‘Brexit’ 50p coin is missing an Oxford comma, and should be boycotted by all literate people,” wrote the novelist Philip Pullman on Twitter, while Times Literary Supplement edit…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:42PMThe striking resemblance left many critics as stunned as though they had been zapped by Captain Kirk’s phaser. But others online insisted the logo was really based on the US Air Force One.…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:42PMFrom John Milton’s 1667 epic poem in blank verse, playwright Tom Dulack has created his own 100 minute one-act play also called “Paradise Lost.” Currently playing out a limited run tha…
SOURCE: onandoffbroadwaytheaterreviews.com at 04:24PMThe show about race, sex and trauma didn’t earn back its costs, but did demonstrate that audiences would turn out to see, and argue about, risky material.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:24PMThe fifth edition of BroadwayCon had enthusiasts dressing for the underworld, swapping stories and merch, and singing along to “Six,” a show that hasn’t even opened yet.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:24PMThe revival from Tony-winning director Ivo van Hove is currently in previews.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:19PMIn a fine production at People's Light, Lucy Kirkwood's 'The Children' brings a human scale to the kind of story that often feels overwhelming. Brad Rothbart reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:04PMNew York Theatre Barn’s New Works Series will feature Johnny & the Devil’s Box and Burned.
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By HowlRound Theatre Commons. The Curation + Civic Transformation Convening, co-hosted by HowlRound Theatre Commons and ArtsEmerson, will take place on 1-3 May 2020 in Boston, MA.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 03:53PMThe production will premiere in London this February.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:42PMThe cast of the Alanis Morissette musical performed songs from the show.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:40PMGet the perfect treat before it’s too late!
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:38PMThe first preview images of the new West End musical production of The Prince of Egypt have been released. Check out our gallery below to grab a sneak peek of the original London cast now …
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 03:35PMEven if you like the easy, predictable clichés of dysfunctional family comedies, this is very boring theater.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 03:30PMFeldman and co-star Alex Boniello both wrapped their respective runs with the Tony-winning musical January 26.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:28PMTwelfth Night, Greenwich Theatre Studio 1.0stars It is a crowded auditorium buzzing with noise and expectation. The small space is intimate, however, the seats aren’t in any way tiered and…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:24PMUncle Vanya, Harold Pinter Theatre4.0starsChekov; one of the giants of early modernism and perhaps one of the most famous Russian playwrights. The highly anticipated adaptation by Olivier Aw…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:24PMWas Spanko the best show at this past weekend’s Asheville Fringe Arts
Festival? Also, visits with Charlie Mean and Tales from the Chernobyl
Disaster.
SOURCE: ashevillestages.com at 03:21PMSee who has recently joined the team at theatre institutions in New York and beyond.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:19PMThe Waitress composer and singer-songwriter, fresh from winning her first Grammy, is taking to the West End stage to star in the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:00PMThe world premiere of Meghan Brown's play seems less a futurist fantasy than a parable of life in a failed state turned patriarchal prison-house.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 03:00PM
The trio joins composer and playwright Steven Sater to discuss his debut novel, based on the Off-Broadway musical of the same name.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:54PMA visit from Paul Taylor Dance Company at the Annenberg showcased the late choreographer’s unique vision and range in a program that didn’t always cohere. Melissa Strong reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:47PMAlexandra Silber Brings It To BroadwayCon Audrey and Audrey II Hand Puppet Ursula, Ariel and Eric Jesus and D.B. Frick (Left to Right) My hearts attachment to the process of theater start…
SOURCE: stagebiz.com at 01:35PMThe upcoming world premiere, starring Roger Bart and Olly Dobson, will open in Manchester February 20 ahead of a West End bow.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:16PM"Romeo & Bernadette," a fresh take on Shakespeare’s oft-adapted tale of love, is an unabashed valentine to inter-era romance. Shakespeare’s Romeo (cutie-pie Nikita Burshteyn, perfe…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:14PMPrime Stage’s next production, at the New Hazlett Theater, is “The Outsiders.”
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 01:12PMThe Tony winner recently played a string of concerts at the midtown venue.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:04PMSee Elder, Kyle Dean Massey, and Bobby Conte Thornton drive us crazy with this performance.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:03PMHeffington's most famous credit is as the choreographer of Sia's "Chandelier" video.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:03PMOverall the original Broadway cast recording of Pretty Woman the Musical retains the spirit of the original story but also makes it soar higher thanks to the high quality of the music and ly…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMThe play based on Chris Bohjalian’s successful novel, “Midwives,” is receiving a thoughtful, haunting production at George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick. The sterling cast brings …
SOURCE: www.tapinto.net at 01:00PMThis new musical, with a book by Brett Neveu and songs by Jason Narducy, follows a day-in-the-life of a teenage punk band, inspired by Narducy's adolescence.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 01:00PM
A slate of repertoire, storied works, and artistic showcases will take to the stage in Texas.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:57PMAn emotional Andrew Barth Feldman took his final bow as the titular character in Dear Evan Hansen on Broadway on January 26. Feldman made his Broadway debut in the role last year and is …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:54PMFull disclosure: the majority of the intelligence in this post comes from Brent Walker’s indispensable reference Mack Sennett’s Fun Factory. Only with great restraint do I not spill all …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:54PMContemporary dance maker Ryan Heffington, a two-time Grammy nominee for his work on-screen, has been recruited as choreographer of the upcoming movie musical adaptation of Tick, Tick...BOOM!…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:54PMAlex Boniello stops by Broadway.com HQ to chat about Dear Evan Hansen and more with Ryan Lee Gilbert.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:54PMThe James M. Barrie play will be presented as part of Gingold Theatrical Group's 15th season of Project Shaw.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:44PMBy Douglas Mayo
Take a look at these great first look images from the new musical The Prince Of Egypt opening at the Dominion Theatre on 25 February 2020.
This post FIRST LOOK: New musical T…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 12:28PMNew models don’t 'grow on trees.' As 2010s in theatre demonstrate, they begin in ambition and risk.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:16PMFive graffitied fragments of the wall will be auctioned for charity
SOURCE: howtospendit.ft.com at 12:00PM
Previews begin February 5 at the Old Dominion Theatre in London’s West End.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:59AMAngela La Greca hosted an evening of personal stories told in word, song and video at LTV.
January 25, 2019: Everybody has a story and LTV, East Hampton’s Media Center and Public Ac…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 11:51AMAirborn babies, wine violins and an unusual linen basket - discover the world of Felicity Hesed's Cara Vita: A Clown Concerto, which has its European premiere at VAULT Festival in February. …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:50AMIn 2019, Thiago Soares announced his retirement as a principal dancer after 16 years with the Royal Ballet. As he returns in Onegin as a guest principal, revisit the Brazilian sensation’s …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:48AMPaterson native Charlotte Parry (1873-1959) attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, then went into vaudeville as a mimic or impersonator, doing a repertoire of celebrity impressions…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:48AMBernice Claire (Bernice Jahnigen, 1906-2003) was a star of operetta and vaudeville, which translated into a brief movie career in the early days of talkies. Originally from Oakland, Californ…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:48AMWalter Stull (1879-1961) was a silent screen comedian, best known as “Jabbs” or “Jabs” in the Pokes and Jabs comedies, in which he was partnered with Bobby Burns, with a young Oliver…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:48AMThe Netflix adaptation will star Tony winner Andrew Garfield, Robin de Jesús, and Vanessa Hudgens.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:46AMAbby Mueller, the multi-talented stage star who will soon appear as Jane Seymour in the new Broadway musical Six, has signed on to lead Broadway.com's latest vlog, "Yas, Queen!," beginning o…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:42AMNew York stage veteran Alexandra Silber will head the cast of the upcoming European debut of Paula Vogel's Tony-nominated drama Indecent. The previously announced production, directed by Ton…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:42AMFeldman leaves Dear Evan Hansen, with Fisher beginning performances this week.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:36AMAnd Billy Porter showed up to the red carpet in style.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:36AMAndrew Lloyd Webber’s sequel to The Phantom of the Opera returns.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:26AMMany of the upcoming Broadway shows debuted musical numbers at BroadwayCon 2020, and here's your look at all of them.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 11:26AMThe staging plays Osaka before heading to Tokyo.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:20AMOn January 26, 2020, the best and brightest of the music industry were celebrated at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards. The Broadway community is always on the edge of its seat to learn which re…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 11:14AMThe Tony Award-nominated composer-lyricist appeared (and performed) on The Graham Norton Show ahead of her London bow.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:13AMA couple of ideas: Give more to regions, and have the Royal Ballet and Royal Opera tour the entire nation. – The Guardian (UK)
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:06AMThis series of unstaged performances of Berlioz’s La Damnation de Faust was an accident – they were meant to be seven fully-staged performances. But what a happy accident, and what the M…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:06AMAustralia’s Aboriginal poets had some ideas as Australia Day – or #InvasionDay, as it’s known by many on social media – fever hit the country over the weekend. Problem: “Australia …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:06AMCan any other film win the Oscar? Doubtful. “The strongest best-picture spoiler is likely Parasite, the South Korean thriller that prevailed at the Screen Actors Guild Awards this mont…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:06AMOf course, it was for the sequel to the young adult rom-com To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, and of course, the place was packed with superfans who could answer obscure trivia questions …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:06AMHe’s not a big fan of artistic cowardice. “As far as I’m concerned, it’s all about the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. End of. To get to that, you have to go in clo…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:06AMTom Huizenga explains opera to NPR listeners: “It’s one of the most complicated art forms because, if you think about it: you’ve got drama, you’ve got music, you’ve got singing, yo…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:06AMThe other things Schoonmaker, who is nominated for the eighth time for an Oscar for The Irishman, says, have more to do with Netflix as a studio, and the long experience of trying to get the…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:06AMKeys was not playing the “sweep this mess under carpet for the awards show” game: “I’t’s a new decade,’ she said. ‘It’s time for newness. And we refuse the negative energy. W…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:06AMThe answer seems obvious, and it seems like it must be no. And yet, says a (supposedly) liberal and progressive architect who recently agreed to work with the homophobic and environmentally …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:06AMTuomas Hiltunen, the former top administrator at the Barenboim-Said Foundation who came to Fort Worth Opera after Darren Woods was fired in 2017, resigned last week, saying only that he and …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:06AMWhen the actor playing Lady Macduff injured her knee a few minutes into a performance at the Watermill Theatre in England, the production stopped – until a woman who toured nationally as L…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:06AMThe Indigenous Art Code, established in 2008, is a voluntary code “designed to protect artists by getting dealers to commit to treating them fairly and honestly. Sanctions can be imposed o…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:06AMThe season kicks off in September with Angel Blue in Il Trovatore.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:05AMBy Gary Stringer
Gary Stringer reviews Ghost Stories at the Theatre Royal Nottingham where it played as part of its UK Tour. Full tour schedule here.
This post REVIEW: Ghost Stories, Theatre…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 11:03AMThe only thing I enjoy more than speaking to Theater Organizations (and I’ve had the honor of speaking to a bunch over the last few years, from The Irish Theatre Forum to The International…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMPride and Prejudice* (*sort of) has a superbly wide frame of reference, and which is thought-provoking as well as being sheer good fun.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMEXCLUSIVE: Choreographer Ryan Heffington, whose work on Sia’s 2014 video for her hit ‘Chandelier’ earned him the second of two Grammy nominations, has boarded Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Ne…
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The Menier Chocolate Factory production reunites playwright Paula Vogel and director Rebecca Taichman.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:42AMKevin Elyot’s comedy about a close-knit group of gay male friends living their lives in the shadow of the Aids crisis in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:23AMAlt-rock legends They Might Be Giants are revisiting their illustrious, precocious past on their latest tour, which stops at College Street Music Hall in New Haven on Feb. 6.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:22AMExploring lyrics and characters through the songalogue
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SOURCE: Dramatics Magazine at 09:05AMAll the actors impress in The Morning After, a light-hearted comedy about love and disinhibited families, it’s just a shame the characters are so one-dimensional.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMBy Madeleine George, Mike Lew. Madeleine George and Mike Lew talk about writing comedy for theatre, vulnerability as playwrights, working with different aesthetics, and more.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 09:00AM
By Douglas Mayo
The Mad Trust has announced that the West End Eurovision 10th Anniversary will be held at the Adelphi Theatre London on 19 April.
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 08:53AMKVS, BrusselsThe complicated legacy of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela is fearlessly transformed into a radical and rousing musical
When Winnie Madikizela-Mandela died in 2018, she was seen both a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:42AMChief executive wants to bring art ‘to people’s doorsteps’, but critics say strategy is vague
England’s arts chiefs have said they want to create a nation that has better access to c…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:42AMSimon Stephens' 2017 one-act play Nuclear War gets its first revival in March as part of a new triple bill at London's Old Red Lion Theatre in Islington under newly appointed artistic direct…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:31AMBroadway playwrights Jeremy O. Harris (Slave Play) and Matthew Lopez (The Inheritance) will be honored by the Human Rights Campaign with each receiving this year’s HRC Equality Award. HRC,…
SOURCE: Deadline at 08:30AMAll these Broadway veterans participated in the 62 Grammy Awards, where “Hadestown” won Best Musical Theater Album. The other nominated albums were “Ain’t Too Proud: The Life And Tim…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:30AMThe two playwrights will receive the HRC Equality Award at the February event.
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:29AMCongratulations: You’ve hit the RuPaul’s Drag Race jackpot.
EW has a musical sneak peek at the Emmy-winning reality TV franchise’s first Las Vegas residency with the exclusive reveal o…
SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 08:00AMRiverside Studios’ redevelopment has taken five years to complete, at a cost of £50m, but its new look is finally on show
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:00AMAs we gear up for Valentine's Day, find out which musical theatre couple aligns with your astrological sign.
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:00AMThe St. Paul’s Park Square Theatre had a budget issue due to expected donor funding shortfalls and lackluster ticket sales. Now it has a leadership issue. “For ‘at least two years,’ …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:00AM
Al Silbs & Kevin Chamberlin Lead Casting Announcements, Bright Monster Gives Hope for “Beetlejuice,” Matt Reviews “Aladdin” Tour, “Men on Boats,” “The 39 Steps” “Hadest…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 07:55AMBy Mark Ludmon
Tickets will go on sale this week for the spring/summer season at London’s Donmar Warehouse, with a programme of plays that explore life today.
This post Tickets go on sale …
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 07:41AMThe IT Crowd actor will star as the green-living Barbara in a stage adaptation of the popular 70s sitcom
Katherine Parkinson is to star in a new stage version of the 1970s sitcom The Good Li…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:32AMThe writer of the Grammy Award-winning song “We Are Young” is now making a musical for young audiences.
SOURCE: Forbes at 07:30AMPeter Quilter’s The Morning After is a very different affair from his better-known works, Glorious! about the life of Florence Foster Jenkins
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:28AMWell, this was a first in all of the years we've been having polls like this. Last week, your votes were supposed to select a winner (and 2 runners up). Instead, the vote ended up with a sta…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:18AMEilish, whose 22-year-old brother produced her album (and who won Producer of the Year), won Best Song, Best Record, Best Album, and Best Artist. Dudamel and the LA Phil won a Grammy; Jennif…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:18AMDiscover more about Stephanie Greenwood's one-woman show about grief and storytelling It's Beautiful, Over There with its new trailer. Take a look then book your tickets!
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:11AMFollowing the news that The Phantom of the Opera sequel Love Never Dies is to embark on a UK tour, this week
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:11AMMy old friend Jody Bottum recently wrote a social-media posting that has stuck with me:
There’s a book I’ve always wanted to write—titled, maybe, The Christ of the Mind, about the dee…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:02AMThe Dave Brubeck Quartet performs Brubeck’s “The Duke” in an undated 1956 film clip. Paul Desmond is the saxophonist, Bob Bates the bassist, Joe Dodge the drummer:
(This is the latest…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:01AMPhoto Credit: Lia Chang Elizabeth Ward Land Still Within the Sound of My Voice/The Songs of Linda Ronstadt The Green Room 42 Jan 16, 17 & 18, 2020 7:00 pm Elizabeth Ward Land explored th…
SOURCE: www.cabarethotspot.com at 07:00AMAfter trying to enlist in the Marines, Tony Valdovinos found out he was actually undocumented. His story hits the stage in Americano!.
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:00AMNACHMO tasks artists with using daily prompts on social media as catalysts for creating a short dance work by the end of January.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 07:00AMAfter trying to enlist in the Marines, Tony Valdovinos found out he was actually undocumented. His story hits the stage in Americano!.
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:00AM“One needs a town, if only for the pleasure of leaving it. A town mens not being alone, knowing that in the people, the trees, the soil, there is something of yourself, that even when you�…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:00AM
Happily Ever Poofter, King’s Head Theatre4.0starsReader Rating 0 VotesSome day his prince will come, but not within the heteronormative rules that Disney so arduously enforces on poor Prin…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:48AMThe original cast recording of the Tony-winning musical Hadestown took home the 2020 Grammy for Best Musical Theater Album on January 26. The album beat out the recordings of Ain't Too Prou…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:36AMAs well as being innovative, musicals are labour-intensive and often take a long time to develop fully, says Jodi MyersIt was encouraging to see the case being made for public investment in …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:03AMThe comedy writers, radio presenters and standup double act on the things that make them laugh the most
Max: Ivan is obsessed with Too Many Cooks – and not just because he finds it easy to…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:03AMActors, writers and directors reflect on how far theatres have come in boosting accessibility for audiences and creatives
Athena Stevens: ‘We should establish quotas’
More stories are be…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:03AMRoyal Opera House; Coliseum, LondonNatalia Osipova leads an unforgettable revival of John Cranko’s take on Pushkin. And English National Ballet’s celebrations bring back happy memories
W…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:03AMMaxine Peake struggles to make the voice of reason heard in the rather reactionary feminist history play The Welkin at the National Theatre.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AM
Poorly Drawn Shark is arguably one of the best shows you will see during Midsumma 2020. Part memory play, part power point presentation, part lecture on the intersection of colonialism and f…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 12:50AMThe Girly Game is one show that you MUST add to your Fringe World list. It is cheap and vulgar and nasty and caaaaaaamp! This is what Fringe is (or should be) all about – some great loca…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 12:20AMThe actors reprise their performances as Jenna and Dr. Pomatter in the musical.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMDavid Glenn Armstrong directs.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMIn Artistic Director Stephen Pier on the 25th Anniversary of Hartt Dance at University of Hartford, "With an equally strong commitment to modern and ballet, Hartt Dance maintains a relations…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMIn IMPRESSIONS: "Distances Smaller Than This Are Not Confirmed" by David Neumann and Marcella Murray, Presented by Abrons Arts Center and The Chocolate Factory, "Though both performers seem…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMInstructors become the students in TDF's Be Your Own Hero: A Playwright's Journey Course---One of the first things Crystal Skillman did when her students arrived for their first session of T…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 12:00AMIn The Dance Enthusiast Asks Laurel Snyder about “To What End” at Spectrum, "I often find myself at the crossroads between music and dance. While that can sometimes make me feel like a …
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