Tuesday, April 7, 2020
By Jonathan Mandell. Jonathan Mandell examines the new theatrical landscape brought on by COVID-19 and discusses the emerging aesthetic—one that is low-tech, low-key, one-on-one, close-up.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 02:00AMMonday, April 6, 2020
In the first week of April, as the news remained scary and theaters remained closed, theater – and especially theater music – became a balm. Mrs. Doubtfire didn’t open on Sunday, the f…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:47AMSunday, April 5, 2020
Terrence McNally considered Shakespeare and Chekhov his gods, and Liza Minnelli and Chita Rivera his goddesses; he learned a lot from all four. That’s what he tells us within the first few…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:18PMAt least 10 healthcare workers from New York City have died of COVID-19. Here is who they are. More than 100 healthcare workers have died worldwide from the coronavirus. Years ago, my aunt…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:37AMSaturday, April 4, 2020
You can currently buy tickets for dates in April to shows that were on Broadway when Governor Andrew Cuomo shut down all the theaters on March 12th for at least a month. On Telecharge and Ti…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:53PMFriday, April 3, 2020
With this performance of Musicians of the New York Philharmonic , which has canceled all in-person performances through June 13th, continues online with this remote performance of Ravel’s…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:28AMThursday, April 2, 2020
Rachel Dratch portrays FrannyCakes, a makeup vlogger who fights with an old lady over a bottle of Purell in a Costco. Marylouise Burke is Penny, a lovely suburban matron who wonders where …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:42PMThe U.S. Labor Department reported the loss of 10 million jobs nationally in the last two weeks. No region and no industry are immune. So it’s no surprise, but still a shock, at the unempl…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 02:34PMHow much were you paying attention to theater news and views, on stage and online, in the month of March? Answer these 14 questions and find out.
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:20AMWednesday, April 1, 2020
There are no “openings” on stage likely this month, but there is much to see online for theater lovers and screen enthusiasts alike. Below is more than just the usual streaming service…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 06:04AMTuesday, March 31, 2020
“Plague shaped Shakespeare’s life,” Kathryn Harkup writes in her new book. Death By Shakespeare: Snakebites, Stabbings and Broken Hearts (Bloomsbury Sigma, 368 pages, May 2020 publicat…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:51PMMonday, March 30, 2020
Congress passed, and the president signed, a $2 trillion stimulus deal that includes specific relief for arts organizations and artists, although advocates say not enough. Officially titled …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:01AMSunday, March 29, 2020
More than 70 students at the Berklee College of Music created this video of Burt Bacharach/Hal David’s classic What The World Needs Now. And they’re not alone. All the music videos below…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 06:22PMSaturday, March 28, 2020
This month’s roundup of some of the latest posts from the few still active theater bloggers offers varying reactions and responses to COVID-19, from practical (Broadway & Me, JK Theate…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:22PMFriday, March 27, 2020
Today is the 59th annual World Theatre Day. Created in 1961, it is celebrated annually on March 27. With much of the world in lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus, we may not …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:30AMThursday, March 26, 2020
Step-by-step advice for surviving isolation from an astronaut, a journalist, and a political prisoner, who each spent long stretches alone. Click on the links and look at the videos for elab…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 02:57PMWednesday, March 25, 2020
In “The Siblings Play,” a teenage girl and her two brothers are left to raise one another in a Harlem apartment where the rent is past due, after first their father and then their mother…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:55PMTuesday, March 24, 2020
Theater Wit’s production of Mike Lew’s play, which is running online through April 19th, has changed the way we view this teenage comedy turned melodrama based on Shakespeare’s “Rich…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:33PMPlaywright Terrence McNally, 81, has died, reportedly from complications from the coronavirus. His prolific career included winning Tony Awards for the plays “Love! Valour! Compassion!�…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 03:36PMMonday, March 23, 2020
On his 90th birthday, Stephen Sondheim sang Happy Birthday to Andrew Lloyd Webber…while washing his hands for 20 seconds in his bathroom sink — a playful gesture that is an instantly ic…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:34AMSunday, March 22, 2020
Check out on the YouTube channel below for the one-night only return of the Rosie O’Donnell Show with a cavalcade of Broadway stars — Rosie promises “3,000 guests.” Donation page for…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 06:55PMToday Stephen Sondheim turns 90 years old, a milestone birthday that theater lovers have been celebrating for weeks now. Here are 10 videos of terrific permeances of his songs, and some Twit…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:53AMSaturday, March 21, 2020
“It’s a challenging time, but it’s also an inspiring time,” said John King, one of the eight downtown artists who performed in La MaMa’s Downtown Variety #1 (full video below), the…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 04:17PMThe Broadway League and the 14 Broadway unions have reached an “emergency relief agreement,” which means that producers will pay cast and crew during the first few weeks of the shutdown …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:10AMFriday, March 20, 2020
As a follow-up to yesterday’s post, Where to Get Your Theater Fix, here’s today’s schedule, which includes Taylor Mac’s launching of #stillHere; the debut of LaMaMa’s Downtown Vari…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:57PMThursday, March 19, 2020
The threat of COVID-19 is shutting down theaters across the world, but it’s not killing theater – which is increasingly going online. There are two types of online theater now – the on…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:24PMThe threat of COVID-19 is shutting down theaters across the world, but it’s not killing theater – which is increasingly going online. There are two types of online theater now – the on…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 06:03PMWednesday, March 18, 2020
Since the 1957 Broadway debut of “West Side Story,” the adaptation of “Romeo and Juliet” with a score by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, there have been five Broa…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 04:23PMTuesday, March 17, 2020
As a follow-up to my post “What can I watch online that’s like Broadway?” below is a list with links to newly created/promised livestreamed theater, mostly free, from La MaMa to the …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 02:25PMMonday, March 16, 2020
Within just the last two weeks, after the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in New York City on March 1, the number of cases in NYC alone grew to 329, all of Broadway has been shut down at l…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:56AMSunday, March 15, 2020
NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio has ordered the closing of the remaining small theaters, as well as schools, movie theaters, restaurants, bars and nightclubs “Our lives are all changing in ways t…
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