Tuesday, March 8, 2022
A revival of the 1966 musical, with Jessie Buckley as Sally Bowles, is up for 11 awards at Britain’s equivalent of the Tonys.
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The director was set to stage a revival of “Into the Woods” in London. After a clash at the Old Vic theater, the much-anticipated production will now debut 115 miles away, in Bath, Engla…
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Encouragements to mask up are hardening into mandates. But the new rules are coming from the playhouses, not the government.
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In “The Walk,” a 12-foot tall, 9-year-old Syrian girl named Amal trekked from Turkey to Britain to find her mother. In a politically divided continent, were any minds changed?
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The hit movie’s set was plagued by malfunctioning sharks and drunken feuds — perfect material for a night at the theater.
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With mask wearing and proof of vaccination not legally required, it’s up to venues and audience members to make their own decisions about coronavirus safety.
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Feuding stagehands, falling props: It might sound like the plot of an opera, but in France it has been the subject of a court case.
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A devoted fan of the 1985 movie helped the London production’s creative team recreate the iconic time-traveling DeLorean, down to the last detail.
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“Little Amal” is on a 5,000-mile journey from Turkey to Britain to highlight the plight of Syrian refugees. But in Greece, some have objected to her presence, saying it could encourage m…
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Many London theaters are canceling performances, and people in the industry fear that more productions will have to close when England ends distancing and mask-wearing requirements next week.
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On questions of reopening, the theater impresario has become a surprising thorn in the British government’s side.
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Theaters and nightclub owners are having to hastily rearrange and cancel events after the government decided to maintain some restrictions.
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Some people with disabilities feel they are being forgotten, and that struggling venues will concentrate on producing in-person shows and forgo online offerings, or cut their in-person servi…
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Shakespeare’s Globe survived Elizabethan plagues. Today’s version got through the coronavirus pandemic, but tough times lie ahead.
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Some fear being forgotten, and that struggling venues will concentrate on producing in-person shows and forgo online offerings, or cut their in-person services for disabled people.
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 04:45PMSome disabled people have spent a year devouring shows online, and they want continued access. Some theaters are promising to provide it, but fears persist.
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London’s theater scene re-emerged with “The Mousetrap,” Agatha Christie’s long-running murder mystery, which has changed little from its debut in 1952, let alone from before the coro…
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On May 17, after two failed tries, London’s theaters hope to reopen for good. Meet a director, a producer, an actor and a costumer, nervously raring to go.
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The Edinburgh International Festival, canceled last year, said it would proceed in August thanks to three specially built pavilions.
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Klauss Dörr resigned as head of the Volksbühne after 10 women accused him of sexual harassment and creating a hostile work environment.
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Tuesday, February 9, 2021
The director, Kirill Serebrennikov, is known for productions with thinly veiled criticism of the Russian government. His contract at the Gogol Center was not renewed.
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Black artists and activists in Birmingham, England, say the city’s largest playhouse has sold out by leasing its auditoriums to the criminal justice system.
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Governments around the world have tried to support the arts during the pandemic, some more generously than others.
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With playhouses closed for the next few months, actors and backstage crews are looking for new ways to make ends meet.
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She went from bubbly sex symbol in the “Carry On” films to working-class hero on “EastEnders.” Her private life was often as troubled as her “EastEnders” character’s.
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The musical “Six” and a concert version of “Les Miserables” are among the shows that will close because of rising coronavirus cases in the city.
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For nine months, the hit musical about the wives of Henry VIII has tried to keep the show going. But that’s not easy in a pandemic.
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During Britain’s lockdown, recorded plays from the archive were free to watch on YouTube. Now, the theater has started a paid service.
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Sam Tutty, Sharon D. Clarke and Andrew Scott are among the actors to triumph at the coronavirus-delayed awards, the British equivalent of the Tonys.
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An immersive theater show of “The Great Gatsby” has returned in London. Can it keep the novel’s spirit alive while obeying the coronavirus rules?
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