MOVING PEOPLE: Deborah Lohse on the Energy of a Room, Doug Elkins' "Fraulein Maria," and the Time a Drag Show Transformed her Life — Plus, a Special by The Dance Enthusiast

In MOVING PEOPLE: Deborah Lohse on the Energy of a Room, Doug Elkins' "Fraulein Maria," and the Time a Drag Show Transformed her Life — Plus, a Special Appearance by TruDee, "The energy …

VIDEO: Watch the Official Trailer For HAMILTON on Disney+

The official trailer has dropped for the upcoming Hamilton film, coming to Disney+ on July 3!

Watch the Trailer for the Film of Broadway's Hamilton, Heading to Disney+ by Ryan McPhee

The Tony- and Pulitzer-winning musical arrives on the streaming platform July 3.

Kathleya Afanador, Co-Founder of Marquee TV, Likens Dance Discovery To Wine Appreciation by The Dance Enthusiast

Kathleya Afanador, Co-Founder of Marquee TV, Likens Dance Discovery To Wine Appreciation.

Martha Graham Dance Company reimagines lost solo ‘Immediate Tragedy’

June 19, 2020. Online, on YouTube. On June 19, for the first time since 1937, the Martha Graham Dance Company performed a reimagining of a lost Graham work called Immediate Tragedy. The pe…

Bernadette Robinson Album Launch by Peter J Snee

Bernadette Robinson’s performances in her solo show Songs For Nobodies at London’s Ambassadors Theatre last year earned the show an

NYCB Digital Spring Season: The show must go on

March, April and May 2020.Online (YouTube and Facebook, through www.nycballet.com)   It’s sort of striking to think how years of planning can change in a moment, with one hard and offici…

Jenny Sealey: “So Much That is Online is Not Accessible” by A Younger Theatre

We’re nine episodes into the AYT in Isolation series and what a lineup of interviews we’ve had so far. This week’s though, is by far one of our faves… We give you, Graeae’s Artisti…

Performance Mix Festival, Online: ‘Remotely Yours’

May 2020.Online at newdancealliance.org. Pandemic times mean that in-person dance festivals are absolutely out of the question. Rather than fully give into these limitations and the resultin…

Are Sex Scenes Over Now? by Artsjournal2

At least, until we get a vaccine? – The Atlantic

Voguing Was Never Just Dance [VIDEO] by Artsjournal2

In New York, the epicenter of Black drag ball culture, dance and performance has always been a protest and a claim, say founders and members. Jack Mizrahi Gucci of the House of Gucci: “Doi…

Some California Museums Are, Cautiously, Reopening by Artsjournal2

But the smaller museums may not be interested in risking everything. The Underground Museum, “in L.A.’s Arlington Heights neighborhood, sounded a voice of caution about a pandemic that…

It Took Richard Pryor To Change How Comedy Sees The Police by Artsjournal2

Comedy culture before Pryor, that is, white comedy culture, depicted copys “as clownish bullies, and their violence, divorced from any racial context, played as a kind of shtick. When they…

A Nigerian Scholar Calls For A Halt To The Sale Of Sacred Igbo Art by Artsjournal2

Chika Okeke-Agulu, professor of art history at Princeton, says that the sale of the two alusi would “perpetuate the violence” of the 1960s civil war, when the sculptures were “removed�…

The Music Of The Revolutions by Artsjournal2

Music that unites protestors is not new, and it wasn’t new in the 1960s either. “Music at protests reminds dissenters of their humanity, even when the powers-that-be attempt to strip awa…

Carlos Ruiz Zafon, Author Of The Shadow Of The Wind, 55 by Artsjournal2

Zafón, who had been dealing with colon cancer for two years, wrote The Shadow of the Wind after a visit to a book warehouse in Los Angeles. It became the second-best-selling Spanish book of…

The First Black British Author To Reach Number One On The Bestseller Lists Says It’s All Too Bittersweet by Artsjournal2

Reni Eddo-Lodge’s Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race was a sensation when she first published it, but it took a lot of police brutality for her book to top the lists. S…

As Juniper Serra Statue Goes Down, Activists Want The Site To Tell A More Truthful History by Artsjournal2

For one thing, it’s really time to change the name of “Father Serra Park” in Los Angeles. But taking down the statues to the architect of the mission system, which brutalized thousands…

Gathering And Honoring – And Playing – The Music Of The Death Camps by Artsjournal2

Francesco and Grazia Lotoro have spent their lives collecting and cataloguing “symphonies, operas, scores and songs that were composed and performed under conditions so horrible one imagin…

The Future Of Art: Human Scale by Artsjournal2

It doesn’t seem clear what will happen until there’s a vaccine, but perhaps – “Museums will reopen, and galleries can stop pretending their online viewing rooms are actual shows. Exh…

Sally Banes, Distinguished Dance Critic And Historian, 69 by Artsjournal2

Banes’ writing “paired a vivid and inquisitive approach with a lack of agenda and a belief that dance was a crucial part of cultural history.” – The New York Times

Learning From A Vanished Mural Of Racial Violence by Artsjournal2

John Wilson’s student mural The Incident made such an impression on David Siquieros that the famous muralist and head of Mexico’s Department for the Protection and Restoration of Murals …

Writing In The Time Of Endless Pandemic Distraction by Artsjournal2

Our brains, working at home: “The kitchen is a mess. How can I concentrate when I know that two rooms over, the kitchen is a mess? The sink is filled with plates and glasses that couldn’…

Beethoven’s Birthday in ISO by Peter J Snee

Selby & Friends return with their much-anticipated all-Beethoven program – shot in high res, hi-fi under social distance protocols at

RECAP: Amber Iman, Adrienne Warren, and Robb Nanus Talked About Broadway Advocacy Coalition on STARS IN THE HOUSE

Stars in the House continued Saturday night (8pm)  with Broadway Advocacy Coalition Founders Adrienne Warren, Amber Iman joined by Executive Director Robb Nanus. This episode was in sup…

TheaterMania Live with Josh Dela Cruz by TheaterMania

CONSTANT STANISLAVSKI (85) by Robert Shuman

When I asked one of the journalists how they produced such remarkable critics, I was told of a very clever and purposeful method used in Germany. They let a young critic, he told me, always …

Betty Buckley Calls on Andrew Lloyd Webber to Take Legal Action Against the Trump Campaign For Using 'Memory' From CATS at Rallies

Betty Buckley is calling on Andrew Lloyd Webber to send a cease and desist notice to the Trump campaign, as the song 'Memory' from Cats continues to be played at his rallies.

VIDEO: Watch Lincoln Center's Full Production of ACT ONE, Starring Tony Shaloub, Andrea Martin, and Santino Fontana

Lincoln Center is currently streaming its 2014 production of Act One, as part of #LincolnCenterAtHome.

VIDEO: Andrew Lloyd Webber Plays 'Don't Cry For Me Argentina' in Honor of EVITA's 42nd Birthday

Andrew Lloyd Webber is celebrating the 42nd anniversary of the opening of Evita in London. 

VIDEO: Robert Lopez, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, and Their Kids Perform 'I Get Around'

Composer/lyricist husband and wife duo, Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez, along with their kids, are keeping the music going in their house!

Losses To Miami-Dade & Broward Arts Groups Climb Higher In New Figures by Bill Hirschman

With few theaters seeing relief anytime soon, new updated data show that the COVID-19 pandemic is continuing to hammer the arts communities in Miami-Dade and Broward counties with losses in …

NSO @ Home LIVE • June 21 • Steven Honigberg + Family & Corinne Foley by The Kennedy Center

Is social distancing really practical for Australian theatre? by Peter J Snee

Over the past couple of weeks, there has been a lot of talk about social distancing models for theatres around

Theater Preview: BEETHOVEN — LIVE FROM FLORENCE (Hershey Felder) by Gregory Bernard

BEETHOVEN TO APPEAR LIVE IN YOUR HOME Dramatizing Dr. Gerhard von Breuning’s factual memoir, Aus dem Schwarzspanierhaus (Out of the House of Black-Robed Spaniards, Beethoven’s last resi…

Orchestral Performance: THE SLEEPING BEAUTY Bluebird pas de deux by American Ballet Theatre

This Week on Broadway for June 21, 2020: Fathers by James Marino

Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about fathers in shows, for Father’s Day 2020. This Week on Broadway has been coming to you every week since 2009. It is the long…

Youth respond to COVID-19 in heartfelt ‘Inner Voices’ film from Arena Stage by David Siegel

For school-age children, their world has turned upside down because of COVID-19. Over the past three months, children and youth have lived from a distance in a virtual world, lived with a mu…

Alexander Bello, Charlie Tassone, More Read Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder's Georgia Mae James Unplugs America on Stars in the House by Andrew Gans

Plays in the House Teen Edition is a spinoff of Stars in the House, the daily series created by Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley.

#MemorialForUsAll - Gaby Moreno by Lincoln Center

‘Don’t Make Me Come Down There’ — and Other COVID Comedy by Elizabeth Burke

On this episode of the Burke's Law podcast, we enjoy those that Trump once called "My generals" giving him a slap-down -- right in his tiny privates. The post ‘Don’t Make Me Come Down Th…

Orchestral Performance: THE SLEEPING BEAUTY Canary Variation by American Ballet Theatre

VIDEO: Sarah Brightman Releases Father's Day Video Featuring Fans' Photos and Stories

Fans of Sarah Brightman submitted photos and memories of their fathers in honor of Father's Day today. The stories were compiled into a video, set to Brightman's song 'You' from her album, H…

Bette Midler, Laura Linney, Alex Newell, Katharine McPhee, and More Set For AIDS Walk: Live From Home

AIDS Walk New York and AIDS Walk San Francisco are coming together for the first time to present a?oeAIDS Walk: Live From Home.'

Fatherhood in 10 Broadway Musicals by Jonathan Mandell

  In honor of Father’s Day, here are songs by fathers, or about fathers, in a range of Broadway musicals – Be More Chill, Kinky Boots, Hamilton…. He Lives in You from The Lion King So…

Hear Fan-Favorite Show Tunes on This Week's Elaine Paige on Sunday by Broadway.com

Broadway might still be shut down, but Elaine Paige on Sunday isn't! Olivier-winning actress Elaine Paige is giving Broadway.com listeners a chance to hear her BBC Radio 2 show. This week,…

VIDEO: Michael Ball Shows Off His Moves With New Installment of #BoogieWithBall

Michael Ball is showing off his moves in a new #BoogieWithBall video on Twitter!

Ansel Elgort Denies Sexual Assault Allegations

Ansel Elgort has posted a statement denying the sexual assault allegations made against him.

Walt Disney World Reveals List of Attractions, Entertainment, and Shops That Will Be Available Upon Reopening

Walt Disney World has announced what attractions, entertainment, and shopping experiences will be available when the theme parks begin to reopen.

VIDEO: Andrew Lloyd Webber Reflects on Music Composed By His Father, Shares 'Aurora'

In honor of Father's Day, Andrew Lloyd Webber took to Twitter to reflect on his own father, William Lloyd Webber.

NEWS: Edinburgh Fringe receives £1.25 million ‘life raft’ from Scottish Government by Thom Dibdin

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society, the charity which oversees the Edinburgh Fringe, has been awarded £249,000 grants and a £1million interest-free loan to help support it through Covid…

Broadway Pride Playlist by Mark Robinson

For many of us, Pride weekend is a chance to celebrate and remember the hurdles the LBGTQ+ community has overcome and to continue to rally against the obstacles still in our way. It’s …

Why The National Trust Changed Its Stance On Confederate Statues by Artsjournal2

After the murders in Charleston and in Charlottesville, the National Trust for Historic Preservation encouraged contextualization of monuments to the Confederacy. But now, “we thought long…

Why Werner Herzog Loves So-Called Trash TV by Artsjournal2

The director in lockdown says he reads and watches everything: “WrestleMania. The Kardashians. I’m fascinated by it. So I don’t say read Tolstoy and nothing else. Read everything. See …

What The Horrifyingly Endless Videos Of Black Pain Mean by Artsjournal2

Writer Elizabeth Alexander: “Seeing is important, and helps you understand. But I think the repetition of that image without thought to who’s watching it and how it affects them is somet…

Federal Judge Rules The Trump Administration May Not Block John Bolton’s Book by Artsjournal2

Bolton’s lawyer; “The full story of these events has yet to be told—but it will be.” – Slate

The Artist Making Seattle’s Boarded-Up Sites His Canvas by Artsjournal2

Malcom Procter, street artist and clothing designer, as he paints the plywood covering Nordstrom’s in downtown Seattle: “Never did I think I’d get a canvas like this. … This is a dre…

VIDEO: CATS Cast Members From Around the World Dance in Honor of Dame Gillian Lynne

Members of Cats casts around the world have created 'Cats in Quarantine', a tribute to Dame Gillian Lynne. 333 cast members dance to Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber's iconic music, whilst in isolat…

Al Hirschfeld: Nina’s Dad by Trav S.D.

Those who visit New York’s Broadway district may have had occasion to encounter the Al Hirschfeld Theatre (302 West 45th Street). As a vaudeville fan I was pretty irate in 2003 when the ow…

The Uncounted Lives That ‘Rocky Horror’ Has Saved by Artsjournal2

Sorry, Cats!, “It’s the ultimate cult movie. The first. The biggest. The one cult movie to rule them all.” And despite the Covid-19 shutdowns, Rocky Horror Picture Show devotees have f…

Ian Holm: a life and career in pictures by Greg Whitmore

We look back over key performances from Ian Holm, who has died at the age of 88 • Peter Bradshaw on Ian Holm Continue reading...

Ian Holm invented Shakespeare acting in the modern age of film | Trevor Nunn by Trevor Nunn

The actor, who has died aged 88, convinced theatre audiences accustomed to the cinema screen that his characters were alive As television news tributes have said, Ian Holm is best known for…

The future of the arts: ‘Online theatre is a skeleton of the thing itself’ by Susannah Clapp

With real life now the biggest show in town, our theatre critic reflects on the catastrophic effects of lockdown, and talks to industry insiders about navigating a way back Kitty Empire: ‘…

‘Psychologically convincing & fiercely compelling’: CONTINUITY – Finborough Theatre (Online review) by Aleks Sierz

In Continuity, Gerry Moynihan explores the men’s fanaticism and the effects of their frustrated masculinity on their political beliefs.

From burning crosses to everyday slights, pervasive racism documented in New London exhibit by Susan Dunne

An exhibit at Lyman Allyn Art Museum in New London, "Stories of Resilience: Encountering Racism," tells the stories of five Black people who live in the New London are who have dealt with ra…

West End LIVE Quiz: Part 2 by Hira Desai

Round two of our West End LIVE quizzes is all about the visuals! Guess the West End shows, cast member and hosts from a selection of disguised images. The post West End LIVE Quiz: Part 2 ap…

Who’s Your Baghdaddy behind the scenes photo essay: Welcoming in the new normal by David Hooley

As I sit comfortably on my rear end, patiently waiting for the world to drag its sorry self back to

This Week We Spotlight the Songwriter by Sue Matsuki

Where would any of us be without the Songwriter? In an effort to use this down time from reviewing shows, Cabaret Hotspot would like to showcase and spotlight some of the other stars in Caba…

Why Is Color Mostly Absent from Cabaret Stages? By Lisa Jo Sagolla by Sue Matsuki

Following in the footsteps of all the Cabaret Media, Cabaret Hotspot is proud to share a Bistro Awards article called, Why Is Color Mostly Absent from Cabaret Stages? by Lisa Jo Sagolla. Re…

Scott Evan Davis’ “If We Say Goodbye” sung by Nicolas King by Sue Matsuki

Liz Callaway recorded this for Scott’s first album, and this was the first virtual collaboration with Nicolas that Scott did when this pandemic happened. Scott said,  “It was something …

Horowitz (Bobbie) & Spector by Sue Matsuki

Here are two funny tunes by Horowitz & Spector. Bobbie Horowitz is probably THE most support person in New York celebrating everyone else’s work so today, Cabaret Hotspot wanted to cel…

Zoe Lewis sings “These Shoes” by Sue Matsuki

Singer, songwriter, band leader and multiple-instrument player (sometimes at the same time!), Zoe Lewis is an extraordinary “find” for all singers looking for extremely funny music (“S…

Lina Koutrakos Sings “Bury Me Deep” by Sue Matsuki

Written by Lina Koutrakos and Mark Hartman, “Bury Me Deep” is a soulful, deep tune that is made even more beautiful by Ms. Koutrakos’ amazing vocals. THIS is a “signature” voice. A…

Steve Sieck sings “21st Century Blues” by Sue Matsuki

Steve Sieck is fast becoming one of my favorite songwriters in the city. I almost didn’t want to Spotlight him because I want to sing every song that he writes but I cannot be selfish here…

Shelly Goldstein sings her parody of “How Lovely When News Was Stupid” by Sue Matsuki

International singer, songwriter, activist and parody writer extraordinaire Shelly Goldstein sings “How Lovely When News Was Stupid” (“How Lovely to be a Women” from Bye, Bye Birdie…

Matthew Martin Ward sings “What’s Next” with Lyrics by Peter Napolitano by Sue Matsuki

This is another GREAT writing team that have been working together for some time now and it shows in how far their collaborative efforts have come. Matthew Martin Ward, beloved musical direc…

Bob Levy’s “What Do I Do Now?” sung by Ronny Whyte by Sue Matsuki

Bob Levy’s CD, “Why Wait?” was nominated for this year’s MAC Friedman/LaMott Award. It is a compilation of all the Perry Danos’ tracks from OUT IN THE COLD and ME & MY BEST FRI…

August Wilson to receive 2021 star on Hollywood Walk of Fame by Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The late Pittsburgh Playwright is among 35 members named to the Class of 2021, even as 2020 ceremonies are on hold due to COVID-19.

The Old Globe's Fourth Annual Juneteenth Presentation by The Old Globe

Tune Into All-Star Reading of Cuttin' Up June 21 on Playbill by Olivia Clement

Blair Underwood, Joe Morton, and more star in the benefit performance for The Classical Theatre of Harlem.

Compare These 37 Original Playbills to Their Revivals by Playbill Staff

See how the designs changed from the first Broadway production to the most recent revival.

Meet the Full Cast of Stars for Playbill’s Upcoming Pride Spectacular Concert by Playbill Staff

Tune in to one-night-only event, a benefit for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, June 28 at 8PM ET.