When the Australia Council announced its latest four-year funding winners in 2020, Restless was a shock omission, as were La Mama Theatre in Melbourne and The Blue Room in Western Australia.…
Linked From ArtsJournal at 07:33PMAnthony Lane: “Many folk, less deserving than Stoppard, and with scarcely a whit of his charm, are greeted with godsends. What marks him out is the unusual thoroughness with which he has p…
Linked From ArtsJournal at 07:33PMThe U.K.’s Department for Digital Culture, Media and Sport announced a new timeline for the reopening of theaters, which would initially have theaters operating at full capcity by the end…
Linked From Broadway.com at 07:33PMDuring the pandemic, Darrah’s affinity for film allowed him to pivot to digital content with ease. Over the last six months, the director has worked with LA Opera, Los Angeles Chamber Orch…
Linked From ArtsJournal at 07:33PMJames Darrah has emerged as a key figure in the year of COVID-19, leading digital productions for companies in L.A., Boston and beyond.
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 07:21PMA new biography enables us to see beneath the intellectual dazzle of the playwright’s work.
Linked From The New Yorker Subscription at 07:17PMThe premise of the play is simple enough. Jackie (David Feliz) is a former drug dealer freshly out of prison and determined to go straight. His girlfriend Veronica (Jillian K. Waters) is thr…
Linked From stagebiz.com at 07:17PMAfter nearly a year of closures, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has given movie theaters in New York City permission to reopen at limited capacity starting on March 5. During his daily press bri…
Linked From Variety at 07:17PMThe legendary Ann Roth is looking like a frontrunner for the costume design Oscar for her costumes for “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.” With over 130 film and television credits, Roth is se…
Linked From Variety at 07:17PMAs case rates plummet and vaccinations continue rapidly, England will begin easing lockdown from March 8, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to reveal Monday evening. While school…
Linked From Variety at 07:17PMHong Kong’s film industry moved ahead on several fronts over the weekend after coronavirus-mandated lockdowns were reduced. But the return to business is likely to be uneven. Cinemas reope…
Linked From Variety at 07:17PMArts Centre Melbourne is excited to announce that the break-out musical FANGIRLS, from award-winning playwright Yve Blake will make its
Linked From AussieTheatre at 07:15PM“Bad Auditions…On Camera” is just fun. Sheer, uncomplicated fun. It has an amazingly large cast — 19 in all — that manage to create their characters and have fun with them, in abou…
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A new 4D cinema with a two-story screen was unveiled on Monday at Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk. It replaces the six-story IMAX screen that had to be destroyed to make way for a bridge constr…
Linked From Hartford Courant at 04:23PMNickelodeon, TEG Life Like Touring and VStar Entertainment Group are excited to announce that the hugely popular PAW Patrol Live! “Race to
Linked From AussieTheatre at 04:21PMIs there anything Daniel J. Watts can't do? He sings, acts, dances, paints with his feet and rhymes! Last March, the Tina Tony nominee wrote a poem called The Gatherers. Inspired by the…
Linked From Broadway.com at 04:12PMSomewhere, in an attic or a music library or maybe hiding in plain sight, are pieces by non-white-male composers that, with the right kind of attention, will open our ears to genius. – Phi…
Linked From ArtsJournal at 04:12PMTo Musa Mayer’s dismay, her father, an antiracist and the son of immigrants who had fled antisemitic persecution, was now having his complex images misrepresented and their subject matter …
Linked From ArtsJournal at 04:12PM“From the first-person stance, you navigate the world as an agent trying to realise your projects and satisfy your desires. From the second-person perspective, you understand yourself and …
Linked From ArtsJournal at 04:12PMAs we are now experiencing in new ways with COVID-19, we cannot have a just arts sector within an unjust world. And moreover, we do have the means and the agency to make change, not just for…
Linked From ArtsJournal at 04:12PMCompany co-founder Jeremy Wein talks about the successes of the past 12 months and plans for the future.
Linked From TheaterMania at 04:03PMThe Rock Project is honoring the 50th anniversary of The Who’s legendary album WHO’S NEXT along with other greatest hits in a streamed performance shot live from the Tilles Center for th…
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Stage and screen actor Shane Richie is to star in the digital revival of Justin Butcher's one-man show Scaramouche Jones.
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New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo announced today in a teleconference that NYC movie theaters will soon be able to open again. Venues can reopen starting March 5, at 25% capacity and a ma…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 03:41PMSeason 13's Denali, Elliott with Two Ts, Gottmik, Kandy Muse, Olivia Lux, Rosé, Symone, Tina Burner, and Utica Queen put on quite the show with Social Media: The Unverified Rusical.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 03:41PM(Claire Thomas’s article appeared in the Guardian, 2/22.) I first saw Samuel Beckett’s Happy Days at the Malthouse Theatre in Melbourne in 2009. I remember the barren stage and the entom…
Linked From stagevoices.com at 03:39PMAustralia-based theatrical producer Michael Cassel Group is planting a flag in the United States. The company has made its first New York City-based hire, tapping Jane Abramson to serve as i…
Linked From Variety at 03:30PMThe season will consist of two play readings and a fall mainstage production from playwright Kim Senklip Harvey.
Linked From American Theatre at 03:28PMArtistic leaders at the Playwright Realm writers' service organization talk about how, when, and whether to send your work for consideration.
Linked From American Theatre at 03:26PMIn Adam Bender’s near-future political satire, a crisis communications manager troubleshoots disasters for a callow reality-television star turned president while trying to maintain a semb…
Linked From Broad Street Review at 03:22PMSome Broadway faves could be falling in love on Amazon! Deadline has reported casting for season two of Modern Love, the anthology series based on The New York Times column. Season two is e…
Linked From Broadway.com at 03:06PMJane is most commonly known for her role as Jenna Maroney on NBC’s Emmy Award-winning '30 Rock'. Krakowski was honored with four Emmy nominations for her work on the show.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 03:03PMArts Action Sessions will pair filmed scenes with guided discussions and creative exercises to explore the real-world implications of the Tony-nominated works.
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Rise Up With Arts is a global, virtual event, celebrating the magical connection and transformative power of musical theatre, dance and inspirational stories. The virtual event will unite …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:51PMFeaturing new performers with every show, the weekly, award-winning Piano Bar Live! (PBL!) streams this Tuesday, February 23 at 7:15 pm ET, with host Scott Barbarino and guests Pamela Clay, …
Linked From nitelifeexchange.com at 02:42PMToday's special guest is Broadway favorite Max Von Essen. Max is a Tony, Drama Desk and Grammy nominated singer and actor best known for his role as Henri in the award winning production of …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:33PMFans that pre-order the album will automatically be entered to win a chance to join Joshua virtually for his “Guaranteed Great Night In” hosted by Question Party?!
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:32PMIn the East Wing of the White House, many of history's most impactful and world-changing decisions have been hidden from view, made by America's charismatic, complex and dynamic first ladies.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:15PMProceeds from the live streamed global charity variety show will benefit Theatre Support Fund+ and The Actors Fund.
Linked From Playbill at 02:13PMYoshihisa Arai choreographs a world premiere for Maurice Ravel's hugely popular composition.
Winter in a pandemic. The roads obstructed with snow.…
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Madison Square Garden will begin welcoming fans back this week, as its sports teams play to an arena at 10% capacity. The New York Knicks will play Feb. 23, followed by the New York Ranger…
Linked From broadwaynews.com at 12:56PMThe pandemic has wrecked an already vulnerable jazz industry by forcing live music shows to halt. Musicians and club owners have turned to online fundraisers for survival, and point to the m…
Linked From ArtsJournal at 12:54PMAnother way the pandemic has had an impact on the economy is by making people bored. By limiting social engagements, leisure activities and travel, the pandemic has forced many people to liv…
Linked From ArtsJournal at 12:54PMIn honor of Black History Month, Broadway.com is once again inviting Broadway artists to celebrate the Black theatermakers who inspire them. Stars are taking this chance to honor their fri…
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:54PMZoey's Extraordinary Playlist's Peter Gallagher loves the theater connection with the show. "It's good to have as many Broadway vets in the cast as we have," he said of Zoey's Extraordinary…
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:54PMTimes Square might not be the bustling, tourist-dominated crossroads that it was before March 2020, but visitors are on the rise.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:53PMTheatre Exile’s ‘Sin Eaters’ takes advantage of the digital stage to tell a gripping story about the content moderators who make the Internet what it is today. Mina Reinckens reviews.
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Linked From shentonstage.com at 12:45PMIf your organization uses a Blackbaud product, you know that it is tough to track conversions. The folks at LumenAd have created a handy recipe to do it using Google Tag Manager. What’s in…
Linked From artshacker.com at 12:43PMSlave Play performers 2020 Tony Award nominee Joaquina Kalukango and Jakeem Dante Powell, and Jagged Little Pill performers including and Tony Award nominees Lauren Patten, Celia R…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:34PMAs part of the four-step plan to release England from lockdown, PM Boris Johnson today announced that theatres can reopen at the earliest in May.
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Linked From officiallondontheatre.com at 12:31PMThe Beckett short story will be directed for the screen by JoAnne Akalaitis.
Linked From TheaterMania at 12:24PMGet your copies of each play script now.
Linked From TheaterMania at 12:24PMTheatres will reopen subject to social distancing rules in May 2021, the Government has announced, but with no likelihood of operating at full capacity before late June at the earliest.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 12:11PMby Madeleine Mason. @madeleinekmason. For many of us, noise-canceling headphones are a necessity. From commuting to work to the workplace...
Linked From www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 12:08PMThe 2021 George Street Playhouse streaming season kicks off tomorrow (Tuesday) with the comedy BAD DATES by Theresa Rebeck, the most Broadway-produced female playwright of our time, starring…
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BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that legendary Broadway company and general manager Gary Gunas passed away today in his London home after a four-year battle with pancreatic cancer.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:56AMThe proposed guidelines are dependent on the easing of coronavirus lockdown restrictions by spring.
Linked From Playbill at 11:55AMCelebrating its 75th Anniversary as “The Miracle of the Forest,” Forestburgh Playhouse will present DIAMOND DELIRIUM, a virtual party and fundraiser, to be streamed on Wednesday, Februar…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:55AMSmall arts organizations got caught up in the massive trawler net of Facebook’s rush to react to a new Australian law meant to generate funding for news organizations. “By the close of b…
Linked From ArtsJournal at 11:48AMSome of the change is due to a worldwide audience. Netflix and other streaming services “have a certain sensibility that they want to see in the kind of narratives that they are promoting …
Linked From ArtsJournal at 11:48AMPretty much, yes. “Downtown Christchurch isn’t empty because of COVID. It’s empty because of twin catastrophes: Ten years ago an earthquake leveled much of the city—and then the loca…
Linked From ArtsJournal at 11:48AMJuliet Ames couldn’t resist decorating her first salt box, back in December. Then she got permission from the city. “In the past two months, more than 100 of the decorated salt boxes hav…
Linked From ArtsJournal at 11:48AMPeter Quinn, VFX artist, has been making homemade special effects movies, and posting them online. “The whole quarantine and lockdown aspect, I find that useful because it means I’ve got…
Linked From ArtsJournal at 11:48AMSometimes, virtual isn’t going to cut it – and certainly won’t replace “the interstitial socializing, the sidewalk conversations on the way to the next bar, the hungover confessional…
Linked From ArtsJournal at 11:48AMTo wit: Cyril and Ruth Harvey, “who played a key role in popularizing the game, lived on Pennsylvania Avenue (a pricey $320 green property on the board); their friends, the Joneses, lived …
Linked From ArtsJournal at 11:48AMLooks like the mystery’s been solved – and the writer was (drumroll) … the artist himself. “The text, ‘Could only have been painted by a madman,’ isn’t large enough for most pe…
Linked From ArtsJournal at 11:48AMDalí, art historians say, was “very deliberate” in his art – and sketches of unfinished works also show how he combined complex mathematical calculations with artistic license in his …
Linked From ArtsJournal at 11:48AMDi Modica was a “Sicilian-born sculptor best known for Charging Bull, 3.5 tons of bronze belligerence that he illegally deposited in Lower Manhattan one night in 1989.” But this wasn’t…
Linked From ArtsJournal at 11:48AMThe disclaimer, which runs on 18 episodes of the show (re-relased on Disney+ last week): “This program includes negative depictions and/or mistreatment of people or cultures. These stereot…
Linked From ArtsJournal at 11:48AMAs the leader of “NYPopsUp” explains, “This is what I like to call ‘social music.’ … You can use music to minister to so many sectors of society.” This summer, that means 100 d…
Linked From ArtsJournal at 11:48AMThe Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles is the largest Black-majority orchestra in the country. But it doesn’t want to be alone. The ICYO founder’s mantra “is that there needs to…
Linked From ArtsJournal at 11:48AMThe museum in Washington, DC, founded by Duncan and Marjorie Phillips, was a sensation when it opened as a museum of modern art, and it’s been a refuge and inspiration since, including, at…
Linked From ArtsJournal at 11:48AMAt issue: Whether the comedian Mike Ward harmed a disabled teenager by mocking his disability, calling him “ugly,” saying that the youth would die soon and if he didn’t, the comedian w…
Linked From ArtsJournal at 11:48AMHope is on the horizon for the theatre industry- at least in London it is. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced today in a speech to the House of Commons that theatres could re-ope…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:46AMReview: Digital Sharing 5, Kickitdown Productions 3.0Overall Score If you’re enjoying our content, then please consider becoming a patreon with every penny going towards keeping paying AYT…
Linked From A Younger Theatre at 11:36AMReview: (Fire) Embers (Ash), Hailey Mashburn 4.0Overall Score If you’re enjoying our content, then please consider becoming a patreon with every penny going towards keeping paying AYT goin…
Linked From A Younger Theatre at 11:36AMReview: Project Perfect Stranger and PlagueRound Game-Show, ZU-UK4.0Overall ScoreIf you’re enjoying our content, then please consider becoming a patreon with every penny going towards keep…
Linked From A Younger Theatre at 11:36AMRing Them Bells and Celebrate! Liza Minnelli on her 75th Birthday, Friday, March 12 at 8:00 PM
February 22, 2021: In honor of the legendary Liza Minnelli on her 75th Birthday, a star-s…
Linked From theaterlife at 11:30AMThe UK Government’s roadmap has just been released and it gives us a clearer idea of when lockdown restrictions could be lifted. Stage 3 of the plan has a current date of 17 May which will…
Linked From London Theatre Direct at 11:30AMTina Tony nominee Daniel J. Watts penned the spoken word poem.
Linked From Playbill at 11:18AMFor Pete’s Sake Cancer Respite Foundation announced today that they will host a virtual experience on Thursday, March 25th. Hosted by TV personality and Big Brother host Julie Chen Moon…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:17AMTootsie favorites reunite for a new reading, André De Shields stars as Frederick Douglass, and moore.
Linked From Playbill at 11:16AMThe big-screen adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegría Hudes's musical will be released this June.
Linked From TheaterMania at 11:12AMWith the industry shut down, theaters scramble to make archival recordings of several productions, while UK-based actors make a mad dash to get back home. And then people started getting sic…
Linked From TheaterMania at 11:12AMDays after Broadway theatres went dark and cities shuttered last March, TINA – THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL’s Tony-nominated Daniel J. Watts (Ike Turner) sat down to write a tribute to those …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:08AMIn the same year theatres shutdown, his profile skyrocketed. After nearly a decade on Broadway, the stage manager is not just working in theatre—he’s shaping it for the better.
Linked From Playbill at 11:04AMBroadwayWorld Events is bringing you incredible talent right into your home! This week includes The Seth Concert Series and It's Women's Play.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:01AMRhymes Over Beats Hip Hop Theater Collective is premiering its third new play for Black History Month, Rodney Hick’s MS. PEARL’S CABARET, as part of CreateTheater’s Monday Night Readin…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:00AMIn an empty Almeida Theatre, two heavyweight actors – Adrian Lester and Danny Sapani – bring serious male energy to Lolita Chakrabati’s new play Hymn.
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Martha Stewart, an actress whose run of 1940s and ’50s era Hollywood hits included costarring roles in Daisy Kenyon opposite Joan Crawford and In a Lonely Place with Humphrey Bogart, died …
Linked From Deadline at 10:56AMAt the start of the first week in which Madison Square Garden can welcome fans in almost a year, members of the New York Rangers and the New York Knicks organizations have joined together to…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:47AMOur monthlong series culling some of the early London theatrical triumphs of stars before they became known to the world at large draws to a close with our look back at a brilliant quintet o…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:41AMCheck out an exclusive clip from the concert, which premiered yesterday, featuring Santino singing the 'Love Is An Open Door' duet from Frozen as Prince Hans and Dorothy Michaels from Toots…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:40AMReview: Outside, The Space3.0Overall ScoreIf you’re enjoying our content, then please consider becoming a patreon with every penny going towards keeping paying AYT going and paying our ver…
Linked From A Younger Theatre at 10:33AMKyle Taylor Parker’s Broadway Soul, Vol. 2 features all the familiar Broadway songs you love, but with a unique take that makes them feel fresh again.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:22AMToday (February 22) in live streaming: Santino Fontana sings with Seth Rudetsky, Patrick Page takes on Shakespeare's villains, and more!
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:18AMJim Caruso's Cast Party is a wildly popular impromptu open mic/variety show that's been taking place on the Birdland stage every single Monday night since 2003! Think 'American Idol' meets '…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:14AMHappy Birthday to Jagged Little Pill's Tony Award Nominee Celia Rose Gooding! Celia burst onto the Broadway scene in the thrilling Alanis Morissette musical.
Linked From BroadwayBox at 10:07AMI am in my home town this week chatting to Daniel Stoddart, a local company owner. We chat about the path to where he is today, his experience owning two companies during COVID and what he i…
Linked From broadwaypodcastnetwork.com at 10:06AMFor our third guest, 2020 was set up to be practically perfect in every way. Gail Bennett had made her Broadway debut in Anastasia while her husband was headlining in Jersey Boys down the st…
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The Metropolitan Opera pays tribute to the late baritone in Week 50 of its streaming series of past performances.
Linked From Playbill at 09:55AMTim is inspired by a 1944 theatre poster of a play which is totally forgotten today; however it has a great emotional impact for him, reminding him of the great times and success he and Andr…
Linked From broadwaypodcastnetwork.com at 09:54AMHillary Porter / @hillaryporter_ From competitive cheerleading to the Broadway stage, Hillary shares some of the incredible stories that have been the ups and downs of her journey. Find out …
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Linked From gracenotesstage.com at 09:50AMIan Talbot will direct Justin Butcher's solo show.
Linked From Playbill at 09:31AMThe theater that has been producing world-class shows for nearly half a century will be launching its 2021 streaming season with “Bad Dates,” a romantic comedy by award-winning playwrigh…
Linked From www.tapinto.net at 09:28AMMasterVoices – the country’s first interracial and interfaith chorus, founded by famed American choral conductor Robert Shaw in 1941 – continues its presentation of Myths and Hymns by …
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:22AM'Schmigadoon!,' a parody of iconic musicals, stars Strong and Key as a couple on a backpacking trip designed to reinvigorate their relationship when they discover a magical town in which eve…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:18AMLive comedy’s lack of regulation has enabled sexist and predatory behaviour but a group of female standups have ambitious plans to overhaul the industry
Irish comedian Ruth Hunter started …
Linked From The Guardian at 09:18AMUndergraduate theatre programs join forces to combat artistic isolation and build creative community.
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BC/EFA Breaks Records With Food Grants, Frank Langella To Star In “The Beast in the Jungle” Film, More Tonys Woes “Today on Broadway” is a daily, Monday through Friday, podcast hitti…
Linked From BroadwayRadio at 07:55AMNow that we add the name of Siegmund Breitbart (1883-1925) beside those of Sandow and The Mighty Atom, it emerges that Jewish strongmen were palpably a thing. Some have speculated that Breit…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 07:36AMToday, two generations of James Kirkwoods. The father (1876-1963) was a prolific actor and director of the stage and screen who enjoyed his greatest success in the silent movie days. A stage…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 07:36AMIn a world in which there is also a George O’Brien and a George Murphy, it is easy to see where a George O’Hara (George Bolger, 1899-1966) might get lost in the shuffle. But he too was a…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 07:36AMCelie learns how to live from the strong, rebellious women she encounters
This production of The Color Purple is an extraordinary testimony to the fact that many of the twentieth century’s…
Linked From theartsdesk.com at 07:33AMOver the past months, we've been in search of the very best in Broadway musical logos, going back 40 years. And now, here we are starting a new tournament, looking for the very best logo of …
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:24AMGraham Greene is interviewed by Jack Mangan in an outtake from a 1950 episode of Ship’s Reporter in which he talks about The Third Man:
(This is the latest in a series of arts- and his…
Linked From ArtsJournal at 07:01AM“People don’t like reality. They don’t like common sense. Until age forces it on them.”
Graham Greene, Loser Takes All
Continue reading Almanac: Graham Greene on facing reality at A…
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