“Tarantula” at the Southwark Playhouse by Aleks Sierz

I think I can safely say that polymath playwright Philip Ridley has had a good lockdown. In March last year, when The Beast of Blue Yonder, his new show for Southwark Playhouse, was closed d…

Livestreaming Panel: Silenced Theatres in 2021: Illiberal Democracies & Effects of COVID-19

By . The European Theatre Convention presents the panel Silenced Theatres in 2021: Illiberal Democracies & Effects of COVID-19 happening within the context of ETC International Theatre C…

Will Audiences Return to Movie Theaters? Yes! But It’s Now a Culture War Issue (Column) by Owen Gleiberman

Last weekend, the season finale of “Saturday Night Live” featured a satirical promotional spot for AMC Theatres that became a delectable skewering of what’s left of the megaplex experi…

Lines Never Felt So Good: Crowds Herald New York’s Reopening by Julia Jacobs

Museums broke attendance records, movie theaters sold out and jazz fans packed clubs on a rainy Memorial Day weekend that felt far removed from the prior year’s pandemic traumas.

Livestreaming Panel: New Formats & Spaces for Young Audiences

By . The European Theatre Convention presents the panel New Formats & Spaces for Young Audiences happening within the context of Young Europe Festival To:gather and The Week of New Europ…

The Hylton Performing Arts Center Announces a Full Lineup of Indoor and Outdoor Programming for the 2021-2022 Season by News Desk (organization-Submitted Press Release)

(MANASSAS, VA) — The Hylton Performing Arts Center announced a full lineup of indoor and outdoor programming for the 2021-2022 season during a pre-recorded video announcement for subscrib…

HomeTraining: Atlanta’s experiential gallery show

HomeTraining is an Experiential Gallery Show premiering at the Historic H.L. Green Building in south downtown Atlanta from June 5-13. HomeTraining will feature the work of 18 female and fema…

‘chekhovOS /an experimental game/’ Review: Life on a Merry-Go-Round by Elisabeth Vincentelli

This ingenious interactive show finds the Russian playwright’s characters plotting against their creator.

News: Shakespeare Theatre Company declares “PLAY ON!” for its 36th Season by News Desk (organization-Submitted Press Release)

021/22 Season includes first Broadway-bound musical premiering on STC’s stage, “Once Upon a One More Time” and two Shakespeare plays — “Much Ado About Nothing” and “The Mercha…

The Sisterhood Of Two Broadway Golden Voices by Jeryl Brunner

Best friends Rebecca Luker and Sally Wilfert birthed a moving celebration of women with their album "All the Girls."

News: Annapolis Shakespeare Company to rebrand as ‘Classic Theatre of Maryland’ by News Desk (organization-Submitted Press Release)

Starting June 1, we’re changing our name to Classic Theatre of Maryland to reflect our vision to be THE destination for the classics in the State of Maryland. We’re going live this summ…

News: Arena Stage Announces Three-Year Partnership with Step Afrika! by Susan Brall

As part of their commitment to diversity by presenting many different voices to their ever-expanding audience, Arena Stage has formed a three-year partnership with Step Afrika! This will beg…

Review: Walden, Harold Pinter Theatre by Shirley Both

Review: Walden, Harold Pinter Theatre3.0Overall ScoreA remote cabin in the woods and two people are anxiously preparing for the arrival of a very special guest. That is the set-up for Walden…

Great Barrington Public Theater Has New Plays by Mark St. Germain and Anne Undeland, With Mark H. Dold, Larry Bryggman, More by Kenneth Jones

New plays by Mark St. Germain and Anne Undeland will enliven Great Barrington Public Theater’s summer 2021 season in the Berkshires in Massachusetts. Six weeks of performances — includin…

Theatre Review: ‘Luther’s Trumpet’ presented by George Mason University School of Theatre and the Center for the Arts by Mary Ann Johnson

‘Written by James Reston, Jr., “Luther’s Trumpet” is the story primarily about the duel between Martin Luther (Edward Gero) and Pope Leo X (Craig Wallace), but it is also a duel betw…

News: Arena Stage Remembers Martha Knight Clements, Stage Manager Extraordinaire by Susan Brall

The Arena Stage family mourns the loss of Martha Knight Clements. She was the stage manager of many productions, including Arena Stage’s “The Shoplifters.” She passed away at the age o…

Romeo and Juliet remixed: how technology can change storytelling by Dan Dixon

With the touch of a button, a Sydney Opera House audience rewrites Shakespeare as it is performed in front of them On Sunday, as part of the Sydney Opera House’s UnWrapped series, a group …

Review: Echo/ Chamber, Aslant Theatre Company by Ryan Van Champion

Review: Echo/ Chamber, Aslant Theatre Company3.0Overall ScoreEcho/Chamber, written by Antonia Georgieva and Oliver McFadden, is an interactive film where the audience can make decisions whic…

New Chamber Ballet: “Sea” & “Sun” by Joel Benjamin

“Sea,” according to Magloire’s program notes is “loosely inspired by the movement of waves.”  Five dancers—Anabel Alpert, Megan Foley, Amber Neff, Rachele Perla and Alison Tatsu…

‘Cruella’ Star Emma Stone ‘Wasn’t Surprised’ by Film’s Dark Storyline by Antonio Ferme

Emma Stone wasn’t shocked by how dark Cruella de Vil’s backstory is in Disney’s new live-action “Cruella.” “Surprise is hard when you’ve been attached to the movie for four yea…

Why are film and TV productions allowed to go on and theatre groups can’t even rehearse? arts coalition asks the Ford government by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

Close to 100 arts organizations ask the province to amend its Roadmap to Reopen or risk more damage to the already devastated performing arts industry.

Abilities Dance Boston’s ‘Firebird’: A fairytale recontextualized

Livestreamed from the Calderwood Pavilion, Boston, MA.April 13, 2021. Fairy tales are a key part of conventional childhood, and — as such — they run deep in the collective imagination. A…

ABT Studio Company Spring Festival: Act II by American Ballet Theatre

American Ballet Theatre presents the ABT Studio Company Spring Festival, featuring ballets filmed this spring in a Covid-safe “ballet bubble” at Kaatsbaan Cultural Park in Tivoli, NY. …

After Its Superspreader Rehearsal, A Community Choir Struggles To Sing Together Again by Clare McGrane

A Skagit Valley Chorale rehearsal early last year became a deadly COVID-19 superspreader event. Now, the group is figuring out how to come back together and reforge the bonds of a community …

Book Review: Smile: The Story of a Face by Sarah Ruhl by Jonathan Mandell

In “Smile: The Story of a Face” (Simon and Schuster, 256 pages), Sarah Ruhl recounts how, at the same time that her first play was about to open on Broadway, and she was about to give bi…

ABT Studio Company Spring Festival: Act I by American Ballet Theatre

American Ballet Theatre presents the ABT Studio Company Spring Festival, featuring ballets filmed this spring in a Covid-safe “ballet bubble” at Kaatsbaan Cultural Park in Tivoli, NY. …

The PQ 2023 Official Announcement Will Take Place Online – June 22, 2021 by Michael Eddy

The official announcement of the 15th edition of Prague Quadrennial will take place online on Tuesday, June 22, 2021, at 4:00 p.m. CET / 10:00 a.m. EDT. For the first time, the event will be…

Podcast Episode #235: 3 Reasons Why Crowdfunding Did Not Take Off On Broadway by Ken Davenport

ESTIMATED LISTENING TIME OF THIS EPISODE:  15 Minutes LISTEN WHEREVER YOU LISTEN TO PODCASTS: The Producer’s Perspective Broadway Podcast Network Spotify Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Am…

‘Totally absorbing’: I & THE VILLAGE – Bread & Roses Theatre ★★★★ by Stephanie Ressort

Set in an isolated Direct Provision Centre in Ireland in 2017, I and The Village is a powerful piece of theatre, telling the story of three asylum seekers waiting to find out if they will be…

Chris Elliott: Got a Life by Trav S.D.

I have been a fan of Chris Elliott (b. 1960) since the beginning, the early to mid ’80s, when he began making frequent appearances on sketches on Late Night with David Letterman. On the sh…

Asian-American Actors Join Forces for World Premiere of I Am Here Music Video by Andrew Gans

Adam Gwon's anthem, inspired by generations of quiet perseverance, is a call to empower Asian-Americans by seeking a more just America.

Raimund Hoghe, Choreographer of Strength and Frailty, Dies at 72 by Roslyn Sulcas

Born with a spinal deformity, he doubted he could ever dance, but he was able to incorporate his physical handicaps into his performances.

Memorial Day 2021: Remembering Those Who Died from War, COVID-19, Racism by Jonathan Mandell

Memorial Day, which became an official national holiday in 1971, was created to honor Americans who died in military service, some 1.1. million people since the nation’s founding. But it f…

Bo Burnham: Inside review – this is a claustrophobic masterpiece by Brian Logan

Netflix With electro-pop social commentary, bleak humour and sock-puppet debates, the comic’s lockdown creation is astonishing Well, now we know what Bo Burnham did with his lockdown. Insi…

1970s Broadway Musical Logos Bracket Tournament - The Sweet 16! by JK

Over the past year, we've been in search of the very best in Broadway musical logos, going back 40 years. Now let's jump aboard the Broadway Time Machine and go waaay back to the 1970s and s…

Today on Broadway: Monday, May 31, 2021 by Matt Tamanini

Broadway *Can* Come Back Sooner than September, Biden Proposes 20% Increase to NEA Budget, Reviews are in for “Oslo” Adaptation “Today on Broadway” is a daily, Monday through Friday,…

What’s on TV This Week: Kennedy Center Honors and Remembering the Tulsa Massacre by Gabe Cohn

The Kennedy Center recognizes Dick Van Dyke, Debbie Allen, Joan Baez, Garth Brooks and Midori. And several networks air programs recognizing the centennial of the 1921 Tulsa massacre.

The Vogueing Protesters of Bogotá, Colombia by Sandra E. Garcia

“We were scared, but the people and the love from the public was our gasoline to go up there and confront the police,” said one.

Carriageworks announces world premiere of new dance work by Aussie Theatre

Carriageworks Today announced the world premiere of a new dance work by resident company Marrugeku that will be presented from

Green Room Awards to Present 2021. Art Doco on 28 June 2021 by Gabi Bergman

Green Room Awards are back, but doing things a little differently.  Instead of gathering in a theatre for our traditional

‘Has an other-worldly feel’: ECHO / CHAMBER – Brighton Fringe (Online review) ★★★★ by Louise Penn

Echo/Chamber is a clever, creative and thought-provoking work with high production values and strong performances from Oliver McFadden and Isaac Hesketh.

What to see at the Three Rivers Arts Festival by Scott Mervis / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

ASO announces Festival of Orchestra by Aussie Theatre

Adelaide Symphony Orchestra is thrilled to announce an exciting new initiative – Festival of Orchestra (FOFO) – as the centerpiece

Mythic Quest’s Charlotte Nicdao: ‘Julia Louis-Dreyfus is a masterclass in funny’

The Australian actor, composer and comedian on the things that make her laugh the most John Mulaney is a master of his craft and I’ll always be a sucker for bits that include impressions o…

Streaming should be the future for theatre | Letters by Letters

Livestreams change the game for those who can’t access live theatre, writes Richard Lee, while John Warburton thinks all National Theatre productions should be broadcast by the BBC Larry E…

For 40 Years, He Climbed Ev’ry Mountain for Rodgers & Hammerstein by Jesse Green

Ted Chapin steps down as the head of the organization that makes sure you revisit “Oklahoma!” and keep hearing “The Sound of Music.”

NEWS: Initial casting is announced for Carousel at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre by Press Releases

Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre has confirmed the initial principal casting for Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel which plays from 31 July to 25 September 2021. Carly Bawden and Declan B…

Walden, Harold Pinter Theatre review – where’s the emotion? by Aleks.sierz

Debut play about siblings, climate change and space travel is full of ideas There’s something definitely inspiring about producer Sonia Friedman’s decision to reopen one of her prime We…

The Vogueing Protesters of Bogotá by Sandra E. Garcia

“We were scared, but the people and the love from the public was our gasoline to go up there and confront the police,” said one.

On the Couch with Eva Kong

Rising on pause; Dark Mofo ticket sales delayed. The government must insure our arts events

Archie 100: A Century of the Archibald Prize

Pure poetry: Ralph Fiennes on stage – in pictures

As Ralph Fiennes tours his solo stage version of TS Eliot’s Four Quartets, look back at some of his greatest stage performances, from Shaw and Shakespeare to The Play What I Wrote Continue…

May 31 UPDATE: Latest scheduled new/returning shows by Mark Shenton

... Read More The post May 31 UPDATE: Latest scheduled new/returning shows first appeared on Shenton Stage.

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'Highway 1, U.S.A.' is momentous tribute by OTSL to long-neglected composer by Eric Meyer Special To The Post-Dispatch

For Opera Theatre of St. Louis, a silver lining in the pandemic cloud includes “Highway 1, U.S.A.” by William Grant Still, the “dean” of African American composers.

STATE: a new contemporary season for West Australian Ballet

Edinburgh international children’s festival review – a riot of colour and emotion by Mark Fisher

Available onlineAnimation and street dancing power Mixed Up, a film about validating feelings, while The Super Special Disability Roadshow gives voice to a young audience There’s a video f…