Sunday, June 12, 2016
The 70th annual Tony awards begins at 8pm ET live from the Beacon Theater in New York City. This year’s show will be dedicated to the victims of Orlando shooting 12.35am BST Need a quick …
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Some ways to teach and learn with “Hamilton,” via articles, Op-Eds, reviews, archival materials and multimedia from The New York Times.
SOURCE: learning.blogs.nytimes.com at 10:50PMThursday, January 14, 2016
The British actor brought an erudite dignity to film roles like the nefarious mastermind of “Die Hard” and the dour master of potions in the “Harry Potter” series.
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Thursday, December 17, 2015
The performances NBC4NY theater writers Robert Kahn and Dave Quinn will remember most, in alphabetical order.
SOURCE: NBC New York at 02:29PMFriday, November 20, 2015
Wow! There were a lot of changes that occurred in the two weeks since we have seen the rehearsal. One of the scenes we saw had been cut, but we didn’t miss anything. If anything, the show …
SOURCE: backstagebloggers.wordpress.com at 04:03PMWednesday, November 11, 2015
When we were given the opportunity to do so, we were both so excited to be able to sit in on rehearsal for Indian Joe. Neither of us knew much about the show at first, but even without conte…
SOURCE: backstagebloggers.wordpress.com at 06:34PMThursday, October 29, 2015
Deaf West’s innovative new version of the controversial musical is performed by a cast including many deaf actors using ASL – but does it work for deaf people?It’s one of the most buzz…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:59PMTuesday, August 18, 2015
Although the show is long gone, the Backstage Bloggers have had one remaining post left from Theory of Relativity, which has been replaced at the Norma Terris Theater by the new musical My P…
SOURCE: backstagebloggers.wordpress.com at 04:14PMSunday, August 2, 2015
Theatre of the Oppressed NYC Artists Respond
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Author Emma Healey, playwright Florian Zeller and other artists talk about how dementia has informed their workWords fail us: dementia and the arts About six members of my family have had so…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:24AMThursday, July 2, 2015
From TV-loving agoraphobes to those looking for brazen shirtless male strippers, this holiday weekend offers plenty for the culturally curious to exploreYoko Ono: One Woman Show, 1960–1971…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:34PMFriday, June 12, 2015
Care, Tangled Feet’s show set in a hospital, has been created in the weeks since the election. There’s little time to redraft but the result is exhilarating, terrifying and up to the min…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:55PMSunday, June 7, 2015
Alan Cumming and Kristen Chenoweth host the annual celebration of American theater. We’re live blogging the red carpet pre-show now, and the broadcast beginning at 8pm ETWhich shows are yo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:30PMTuesday, May 26, 2015
Last night, I stopped by Goodspeed’s Norma Terris Theater to see THE THEORY OF RELATIVITY for the second time, after its run at the 2014 Festival of New Musicals. The show, with a bo…
SOURCE: backstagebloggers.wordpress.com at 12:58PMWednesday, April 8, 2015
We went by the Goodspeed Opera House yesterday afternoon to sit in on a tech rehearsal for GUYS AND DOLLS. We were struck by the production’s incredible set design by Paul Tate deP…
SOURCE: backstagebloggers.wordpress.com at 06:55PMMonday, March 30, 2015
(This post is part of the Audience (R)Evolution online salon curated by Caridad Svich for the TCG Audience (R)Evolution Convening in Kansas City, MO in 2015.) PearlDamour has built our b…
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We salute the star of film and television on her 50th birthday with a nod to her much under-appreciated singing chops Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:38PMWednesday, March 18, 2015
I got to talk to the FANTASTIC Ryan Scott Oliver while he was at the Writers Colony (for a second consecutive year!). I talked with him all about his new show, greatest inspirations, …
SOURCE: backstagebloggers.wordpress.com at 09:06PMMonday, February 23, 2015
Every year, Goodspeed is home to the Johnny Mercer Foundation Writers Colony at Goodspeed, which brings together writing teams from across the country – often with collaborators l…
SOURCE: backstagebloggers.wordpress.com at 11:53AMFriday, February 13, 2015
Helen Hayes, the first lady of the American stage, has been accused of dirty dealing.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 03:10PMTuesday, February 10, 2015
Here it is… my last interview from the Festival! I met with the fantastic Jen Tepper, historian behind The Untold Stories of Broadway, Director of Programming at 54 Below, and Assist…
SOURCE: backstagebloggers.wordpress.com at 09:18PMSunday, February 8, 2015
I interviewed the three creators, Whitney Rhodes (book), Spencer Williams (book, music, and lyrics), and Shenelle Williams (book, music, and lyrics), of FOR TONIGHT, the last musical showca…
SOURCE: backstagebloggers.wordpress.com at 11:08AMSaturday, February 7, 2015
Norm Lewis, the first African-American actor to star in the title role of the Broadway production of The Phantom of the Opera, ends his extended run in the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Fe…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFriday, January 30, 2015
Right at the tail-end of the Festival, I got the opportunity to interview Eileen Cannon, a cast member of THE NOTEWORTHY LIFE OF HOWARD BARNES. I was super excited to interview her spec…
SOURCE: backstagebloggers.wordpress.com at 02:55PMThursday, January 29, 2015
During the Festival, I got the opportunity to talk to OUTLAWS cast members Nate Whipple (Bob Ford) and Jordan Cavanaugh (John Newman Edwards) about their experience working in the Festiva…
SOURCE: backstagebloggers.wordpress.com at 03:16PMSaturday, January 24, 2015
In the midst of last week’s Festival I sat down with Alexander Sage Oyen (music and lyrics) and James Presson (book), creators of OUTLAWS. I was able to interview this team on Saturd…
SOURCE: backstagebloggers.wordpress.com at 12:40PMSunday, January 18, 2015
Right after FOR TONIGHT, all three writing teams went over the Gelston House to answer questions from Gold package members about their new musicals! Alexander Sage Oyen and James Presson …
SOURCE: backstagebloggers.wordpress.com at 10:27PMFOR TONIGHT performed this afternoon at the Opera House, finishing up the Festival weekend. The music is genre-defying, from a choral hymn to folk to the energetic, indie rock sound of the…
SOURCE: backstagebloggers.wordpress.com at 10:25PMTonight’s Cabaret began with Elizabeth A. Davis’s performance of songs from her new show, INDIAN JOE. Her first song got the audience clapping, but she didn’t let them set…
SOURCE: backstagebloggers.wordpress.com at 11:58AMThe crowd at THE NOTEWORTHY LIFE OF HOWARD BARNES tonight was buzzing before the show began. The day started at 10 A.M. and it takes quite the serious theater obsession to keep that kind of …
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