Wednesday, May 20, 2020
There’s something for everyone this weekend, with online viewing of everything from play readings to theater-based films and cabaret. So if you’re a New York theater-lover looking for so…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:28PMTuesday, May 19, 2020
In a livestream announcement this morning on Crowdcast.com by the Off Broadway Alliance (OBA), President Peter Breger introduced Charles Busch and Julie Halston (both recipients of the organ…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:20PMMonday, May 18, 2020
Two recently released music videos by New York favorites The Boy Band Project and Baba Brinkman, both masterfully produced while at home in quarantine, deal in their own unique styles with t…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:33AMThursday, May 14, 2020
The Actors Fund – a national human services organization founded in 1882, to foster stability and resiliency, and to provide a safety net for professionals in the performing arts and enter…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:22PMWednesday, May 13, 2020
In keeping with our period of self-isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic, the The Al Hirschfeld Foundation presents Socially Distant Theater – a virtual exhibition of 25 works by the mast…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:49PMTuesday, May 12, 2020
With the ongoing shutdown of Broadway theaters and suspension of shows due to the coronavirus until further notice, The Broadway League – the national trade association for the Broadway in…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:29PMMonday, May 11, 2020
Following its successful world-premiere run in 2015, live on stage in Denmark’s Fredericia Teater, Bleeding Love is now available on digital platforms to a worldwide audience in a new thre…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:14PMIn a video feed this afternoon featuring presentations by past award recipients Lin-Manuel Miranda, Patti LuPone, Bryan Cranston, Kristin Chenoweth, and Patrick Stewart, The Outer Critics Ci…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:27PMFriday, May 8, 2020
Though audiences aren’t able to enjoy live on-stage performances during the ongoing coronavirus shutdown, Ghostlight Records offers cast recordings from a selection of popular musicals for…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:02PMTuesday, May 5, 2020
Known for her acting on stage and screen in such notable productions as Jekyll & Hyde, Cabaret, and Legally Blonde on Broadway, the national tour of Fun Home, and the 2004 movie thriller…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:29PMMonday, May 4, 2020
Pulitzer Prize Administrator Dana Canedy, former senior editor at The New York Times, announced the finalists and winners of the 2020 Pulitzer Prizes via video stream this afternoon at 3:00.…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:54PMJanuary 10, 2020, marked a decade since the closing-night cast members of the Off-Broadway mega-hit Altar Boyz, who worked together for almost two years, took their final bows at New World S…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:15PMSunday, May 3, 2020
Winners of the 35th annual Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway were announced tonight in a virtual ceremony beginning at 7 pm. Produced by the League of Off-Broad…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:02PMThursday, April 30, 2020
During tonight’s streaming of The Gratitude Awards Spring 2020 – a special pre-recorded online fundraiser celebrating hope, positivity, and acts of kindness by members of the New York th…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:34PMTuesday, April 28, 2020
In 2010, award-winning playwright Richard Nelson began his series of plays in The Rhinebeck Panorama, named for the town in upstate New York where he lives. After ten years of installments o…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:50PMThe Off Broadway Alliance (OBA) – an organization comprised of Off-Broadway producers, theaters, general managers, press agents, and marketing professionals, with annual awards honoring th…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:57PMBecause of the current pandemic and the resultant shutdown of live public performances in New York beginning on March 12, the leadership of the Outer Critics Circle – founded during the 19…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:31AMMonday, April 27, 2020
The latest title in the popular Audible Theater series of audio-plays, Sea Wall/A Life – the sold-out New York stage hit double bill of two moving direct-address monologues reflecting on l…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:18PMSaturday, April 25, 2020
Broadway legend Stephen Sondheim turned 90 on March 22, and in honor of that milestone, an all-star roster of Broadway favorites will commemorate the life and career of the timeless composer…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:22PMThursday, April 23, 2020
When Broadway’s ‘Bootleg Famous’ Dan Domenech set out on February 29, to perform on the Sky Princess – Princess Cruises’ newest ship and one of the largest in the world – little …
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:06PMThe suspension of all public events during this time of quarantine has brought a halt to the live in-person celebrations of theater awards nominations, honors, and presentations. But many es…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:49PMTuesday, April 21, 2020
Nominations for the 65th annual Drama Desk Awards, founded in 1955 to celebrate outstanding achievements in on, off, and off-off Broadway theater, were announced this afternoon by hosts Seth…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:10PMFriday, April 17, 2020
If you’re missing the shows and stars of the Great White Way – and who isn’t? – you can tune in this weekend for three free streams of concerts that are guaranteed to keep the spirit…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:25PMThursday, April 16, 2020
The New York Drama Critics’ Circle announced the winners of its 85th annual theater awards today at 10 am, with selections in two categories and three special citations. This year’s awar…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:02AMWednesday, April 15, 2020
With the closure of schools during the coronavirus pandemic, many parents are now overseeing their children’s home-schooling. Theater artists and organizations have responded to the need f…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:05PMTuesday, April 14, 2020
This year marks the 35th anniversary of the Lucille Lortel Awards, founded by the eponymous actress and producer in 1986, to recognize excellence in New York’s Off-Broadway theater. Nomin…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:59PMMonday, April 13, 2020
The New York Drama Critics’ Circle, founded in 1935, has been presenting its annual award for the Best New Play of the season since 1936, making it the second-oldest theater award after th…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:12PMFriday, April 10, 2020
This month, during the indefinite precautionary closure of theaters in New York and around the world, Sarah Stiles continues to provide world-class entertainment to fans in self-isolation ev…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:57PMWith the uncertainty surrounding the duration and impact of the coronavirus crisis, information and expectations are changing frequently. On April 8, The Broadway League announced that the s…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:05PMTuesday, April 7, 2020
When their close friend and frequent musical-theater collaborator Mauricio Martinez, best known to Broadway fans for his starring role as Emilio Estefan in On Your Feet!, was facing his four…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:39AMSaturday, April 4, 2020
For a limited time, Audible Theater, a division of Amazon, is offering free audio versions of a selection of popular stage productions from the past year, narrated by the original cast. So i…
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