Quarter-Notes from the Apocalypse, Part 2 Necessity, the Mother of Invention by David Sabella In my last installment of Notes from the Apocalypse, I bemoaned the fact that there is presently…
SOURCE: www.cabarethotspot.com at 11:50PMQuarter-Notes from the Apocalypse: Part 3 – Optimizing U. by David Sabella In part one and two of “Quarter-Notes from the Apocalypse” I discussed the “Why’s” and “How’s” of…
SOURCE: www.cabarethotspot.com at 11:50PMQuarter-Notes from the Apocalypse, Part 4 – E Tu YouTube? by David Sabella So, you’ve set up your studio to be able to collaborate online. You have all the proper hardware, your Internet…
SOURCE: www.cabarethotspot.com at 11:49PMMillennial Notes Anton Chekhov Questions Infectious Russian Empire by Natasha Munasinghe As we press play on Town Hall’s video version of Chekhov’s “The Cherry Orchard,” director S…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 11:43PMRelief fund will help a wide range of creative workers, says a coalition of arts groups.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 11:42PMArtists across New South Wales are being called upon to submit expressions of interest to design new public artworks that will greet passengers when the 10 stations on the T3 Bankstown Line …
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 11:26PM“Today on Broadway” is a daily, Monday through Friday, podcast hitting the top theatre headlines of the day. Broadway Closes through June 7 & Beth Leavel Discusses “Pride and Preju…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 11:08PMWhilst they are unable to bring you music live from the concert hall at the moment, The Metropolitan Orchestra want
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 11:01PM
In response to the federal arts funding package announced earlier today, Shadow Minister for the Arts, Tony Burke MP has said the Morrison Government clearly does not understand the scale of…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 10:55PMThe Conversation site had an article about the impact of Covid-19 on entertainment venues and events last month. (h/t to Artsjournal.com) Authors Chris Gibbs and Louis-Etienne Dubois urge ev…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 10:48PMQuarter-Notes from the Apocalypse: Part 1 – If Not You, Who? By David Sabella For weeks I have stared at this page, writing, and rewriting, as the news of the COVID-19 pandemic hurtled at …
SOURCE: www.cabarethotspot.com at 10:31PMGloriously surreal monologue about everyday anxieties in extraordinary circumstances
She’s an ordinary young woman, and she really doesn’t know what to think. After all, things are way o…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 10:12PM
Following a postponement of programming due to the COVID-19 developments, Feinstein's/54 Below is opening its vaults and launching a series of streamed performances to provide theater fans e…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:45PMThe industry is in an excruciating status - but some organizations are transmuting their usual accolades into emergency relief.
SOURCE: Forbes at 06:41PMRichard Crawford has written a long-winded, superficial biography that s heavy on plot summaries and very light on juicy details.
SOURCE: Theater News Online at 06:36PMA new report published today by the Center for an Urban Future finds that small and mid-sized arts organizations across New York City are facing unprecedented financial challenges, with many…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:35PMThe Board, management and staff of Support Act have today welcomed the $10 million funding package announced by the Deputy
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:30PMThis weekend, NY1's On Stage will step off the stage and into the homes of some of Broadway's most beloved stars to hear their personal messages of hope and inspiration during a two-part spe…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:19PMThough Broadway theaters face extended closures, many producers believe their shows will return. The Broadway League announced Wednesday that theaters would remain closed through June 7, a…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 06:18PMTony-winning songwriter Marc Shaiman has released a new video for the song 'God Save the City' as an anthem for the ongoing COVID-19 crisis that has shuttered Broadway through June 7. With …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:18PMMore than 50,000 theater fans around the world celebrated the genius of late playwright Terrence McNally by tuning in for the starry Broadway.com livestream reading of his 1991 play Lips Tog…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:18PMThe transformation of the university into a capital-intensive, bureaucratically organised enterprise was not simply an effect of academic specialisation. More than a century earlier, Adam Sm…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:18PMThe annual celebration of stage work was originally scheduled to be held at Terminal 5 in Manhattan on May 18. Instead it will be postponed until a later, as yet unannounced, date. In an int…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:18PMWe want to hear from you! We're starting #BwayWorldPrompts, where each day we'll be asking our readers on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram questions to spark some theater conversation.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:04PMIs the Broadway season over? If so, statistically, 2019-20 was both disastrous and illustrative of the industry’s resilience. The season that was to end in late May is effectively kaput, t…
SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 06:02PMThe iconic Shakespeare comedy is available for streaming right from your home! Directed by Tony Award winner Kenny Leon (American
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Producers and theater owners say Broadway will stay dark until at least June 7, dealing a further blow to New York's biggest tourist attraction.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 05:52PMI guess this period of self-isolation has inspired me to self-reflect. I thought it would be a kick to outline shows that have influenced me throughout my 40 years on this earth, organized b…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 05:48PMYou DO NOT want to miss David Maiocco’s Liberace’s Easter Special Sunday, April 12 @ 7:00 pm on Facebook Live His last video “At Home with Liberace” was such a huge hit, he’s decid…
SOURCE: www.cabarethotspot.com at 05:33PMBROADWAY THEATRES EXTEND SUSPENSION THROUGH JUNE 7, 2020
April 8, 2020: In accordance with guidelines from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and under the continued directio…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 05:24PMBroadway.com illustrator Tug Rice has been thinking up what our favorite Broadway characters are doing while theaters are closed and they're at home social distancing. Do you want to buil…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:12PMWe check in with Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Tony nominee and The Plot Against America star Anthony Boyle.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:12PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed recently.
PBS' Thirteen Offering Access to Great Performances
Here's another item to add to your quarantine watch list. The PBS chan…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:12PMDavid Henry Hwang and Jeanine Tesori's score to the musical Soft Power will be preserved with an original cast recording by Ghostlight Records. The album will be released in digital and str…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:12PMTony-winning songwriter Marc Shaiman has released a new video for the song 'God Save the City' as an anthem for the ongoing COVID-19 crisis that has shuttered Broadway through June 7. Origi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:12PMAnthony Boyle is now a vegan much to his own surprise. The Tony-nominated and Olivier-winning Harry Potter and the Cursed Child actor has hunkered down with his family in Belfast, Ireland w…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:12PMBy Douglas Mayo
Broadway's theatres will remain closed until 7 June 2020. The statement made today by the Broadway League extends the closure of Broadway shows which came into effect on 12…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 05:10PMThe work that began Monday focused on the museum’s 1965 Leo S. Bing Center, a 600-seat theater designed by architect William L. Pereira that has been used for film screenings, musical perf…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:06PM“To their legions of fans, the groups give voice to the bilingual vernacular of a multicultural city, marinated by its past French and British rulers, the forces of globalization and succe…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:06PM“Physical distancing is the antithesis of what a community chorus is all about. We rehearse for four months before our performances twice a year. The community we form as we breathe, learn…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:06PMPeter Schjeldahl: Online “virtual tours” add insult to injury, in my view, as strictly spectacular, amorphous disembodiments of aesthetic experience. Inaccessible, the works conjure in t…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:06PMLara Downes: “Two weeks of dates cancelled, and then before we knew it, two months. Every single concert, opera, festival, club date–our calendars were wiped clean. When it happened, som…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:06PM
Artistic Director David Drake's programming also includes a series of live-streamed conversations with civic leaders and concerned citizens.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:43PMOf all the unexpected things I think I might be able to imagine, one I could never have imagined for a minute was Alexander Zeldovich’s production of Sarah Kane’s 4.48 Psychosis at the S…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 04:39PMStage favorites are making the most of social distancing in light of the COVID-19 crisis.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:34PMStage favorites are making the most of social distancing in light of the COVID-19 crisis.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:34PMA deep dive into the untold stories of lyrical inspirations, creations of musical themes, cut sequences, and the genius of Terrence McNally behind the show’s Tony Award–winning songs.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:25PMOne of the many casualties of this year’s canceled SXSW Festival is Drunk Bus, the feature debut from directors John Carlucci and Brandon LaGanke. It’s a ruefully funny film that deserve…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:24PMThe Broadway shutdown will continue past April 12th until June 7th. That’s the same day the Tony Awards would have been presented.
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 04:12PMBeyond simply streaming filmed stage productions, artists are getting creative in connecting with audiences and each other in a quarantined world.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:02PMThe COVID-19 pandemic continues to ravage the New York theater world as well as all aspects of American and world society. All 41 Broadway theaters are officially closed until June 7. On Mar…
SOURCE: www.culturalweekly.com at 04:02PM
Ahead of its upcoming production of Hamlet, the Young Vic Theatre gives theatre audiences a laugh with timely reinventions of Shakespeare’s classics.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:51PMBy Crystal Skillman. Playwright Crystal Skillman presents Writing from Shock: Writing During a Pandemic livestreaming on the global, commons-based, peer-produced HowlRound TV network at ho…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 03:50PMThe collection, for students and adults, can be performed on Zoom, as well as Facebook Live and other virtual spaces.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:41PMBroadway shows in New York City will extend the current suspension of all performances through June 7, 2020.
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SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 03:32PMThe American Theatre Wing has outlined the first phase of its National COVID-19 Response Effort.
The post American Theatre Wing Launches COVID-19 Response Effort appeared first on The Broa…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 03:32PMTop College Theatre Programs You Might Not Know, but Should; Part 4, the Western US Schools
Written by Michelle J. Evans
April 8, 2020
This spring has definitely thrown us some major cu…
SOURCE: performerstuff.com at 03:15PMSome shows with box-office jitters will have a harder time coming back, experts say.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:12PMFrom the Tonys to the Obies, here's what's happening with the spring awards season.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:06PMNormally, Josh Kantor is in a perch at Boston’s venerable baseball park, churning out tunes as the home team’s official organist. In late March, with the season put on pause due to coron…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:03PMAt the Perth Museum and Art Gallery in Scotland, conservators working to preserve the remains of an ancient priestess or noblewoman named Ta-Kr-Hb opened her sarcophagus and found two painti…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:03PMJagged Little Pill's Celia Rose Gooding recommends a shift at the diner with Sara Bareilles and Jessie Nelson's hit musical.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:00PM
Suzanne Collins' new book is set 64 years before the events of The Hunger Games.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:59PMAs many theater companies throughout the country begin offering streaming content to offset closures, People’s Light releases a filmed version of Jeanne Sakata’s ‘Hold These Truths,’…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:35PMThe third week of videos, part of the venue's series featuring highlights from New York City Center's Encores!, spotlights musicals set in New York.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:29PMPlays in the House is a spinoff of Stars in the House, the daily benefit series created by Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley to benefit The Actors Fund.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:15PM By Julianne Brienza Founding Director, Captial Fringe When planning began for the fifteenth annual Fringe Festival, no one could have imagined a pandemic with such fast, global restrict…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:10PMThe recording will feature the cast of The Public Theater's Off-Broadway premiere, led by Conrad Ricamora, Francis Jue, and Alyse Alan Louis.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:10PMThe schedule for most theater awards is still uncertain, as it is for theater as a whole, given that the fight against the coronavirus has resulted in the closing of New York theaters in Ma…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 02:03PM
Last week it was one by Yvonne Rainer. This week it’s Trisha Brown’s 1971 Roof Piece, in which “dancers scattered themselves across the roofs of SoHo and played a dance version of the …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:54PM“The paper’s remaining staffers are now faced with a devastating decision: they can either leave and let the state’s largest paper, (and the country’s first News Guild), die, ceding …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:54PMAhead of the night of the first Passover seder, the Tony-winning composer lyricist shares his remix of the holiday tune.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:53PMProductions on the slate included Romeo and Juliet, Jane Eyre, and The Sleeping Beauty.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:49PMMcCartan currently stars in Frozen.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:42PMBy Lauren Gunderson. Playwright Lauren Gunderson presents a conversation Directors + Playwrights - Lauren talks with Evren Odcikin livestreaming on the global, commons-based, peer-produced H…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 01:41PMTheatres may currently be closed to help prevent the spread of COVID-19, but that doesn’t mean all our favourite shows aren’t on our minds whilst we’re staying at home. Thankfully, man…
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 01:40PMRelive the delicious behind-the-scenes comedy as struggling actor Jacob encounters a theatrical diva played to a fare thee well by Alison Fraser.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:36PMZoom is currently a common mode of communication for the world affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Schools and colleges use it for online classes; companies are using it for meetings; friends…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:32PMI grew up in a small town in the middle of Amish Country in Pennsylvania. There wasn’t much to do other than ride your bike, go to the pool or count cows. So we had a first grade teacher…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:32PMBy Lauren Gunderson. Playwright Lauren Gunderson presents a conversation Theatre Journalist + Playwright - Lauren talks with Diep Tran livestreaming on the global, commons-based, peer-produc…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 01:23PMIn a press conference Wednesday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said other live entertainment venues should not use Broadway’s current reopening date as guidance. “I wouldn’t use what Broadway thin…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 01:16PMA new bilingual podcast puts a microphone to the local Latinx community.
Everyone has a podcast. Even your dog has a podcast.…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 01:15PMBy Lauren Gunderson. Playwright Lauren Gunderson presents a conversation Dramaturgs + Playwrights - Lauren and Martine Greene-Rogers talk livestreaming on the global, commons-based, peer-pro…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 01:14PMThe film is scheduled to arrive on demand in May.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:11PMUPDATED with video New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo expressed skepticism about Broadway’s just-announced June 7 reopening date. “I wouldn’t use what Broadway thinks as a barometer of anythin…
SOURCE: Deadline at 01:09PM
The YouTube series offers live stream performances and Q&As with a variety of Broadway favorites.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:50PMPlywood started going up about two weeks ago after vandals began smashing windows of closed businesses. That led to more plywood from store owners who feared they might be next. Things were …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:48PM“[The series is] the latest and most acute iteration of a Netflix trend toward extreme storytelling; the more unfathomable and ethically dubious, the better. The point is virality — cont…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:48PMBy Douglas Mayo
Manchester's Hope Mill Theatre will celebrate Rodgers and Hammerstein with West End stars in Some Enchanted Evening an online concert on 26 April
This post Hope Mill Theatre …
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 12:45PMThe Tony nominee serenades and soothes in her "AutoTunes" videos.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:42PMWhen man of many talents, Rob Myles first came up with the idea for Shakespeare-inspired online platform, The Show Must Go Online, he never envisaged it would become so popular. Here, he tal…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:42PMWarnerMedia announced it will air the half-hour special, SESAME STREET: ELMO'S PLAYDATE, simultaneously across HBO, HBO Latino, TBS, TNT, truTV, Cartoon Network and Boomerang on TUESDAY, A…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:33PMBy Lauren Gunderson. Playwright Lauren Gunderson presents a conversation Musical Theatre w/ Lauren, Kait Kerrigan + Brian Lowdermilk livestreaming on the global, commons-based, peer-produ…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 12:18PMBy Mark Ludmon
A rich variety of fringe shows are being streamed online as part of an Online Fringe Theatre Festival set up to help artists during the theatre shutdown.
This post Online Frin…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 12:08PM(Greg Evans’s article appeared on Deadline, 4/8; via the Drudge Report.) Broadway will remain closed through June 7, a two-month extension of the current coronavirus shutdown that would…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 12:07PM
The announcement for the annual prizes, including the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, was originally scheduled for April.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:57AMZoe Lewis on Facebook Live Thursdays @ 6:00 pm EST This is turning out to be a big success because, as it turns out, we all need music and some fun right now! Please tune in and join the par…
SOURCE: www.cabarethotspot.com at 11:55AMNominations will be announced April 21.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:54AMThe musical was scheduled to close June 6.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:54AMThe suspension began March 12.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:54AMA notice from the Broadway League:
In accordance with guidelines from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and under the continued direction of Governor Andrew Cuomo, Broadway shows in New Y…
SOURCE: reflectionsinthelight.blogspot.com at 11:50AMTHE AMERICAN POPULAR SONG SOCIETY and WILL FRIEDWALD’S CLIP JOINT present “AN AFTERNOON WITH THE RITZ BROTHERS.” via ZOOM special guests: JANNA RITZ TANINBAUM (youngest daughter of HA…
SOURCE: www.cabarethotspot.com at 11:49AM“When suddenly we have to care about climate, health, and jobs and housing and care and communities, is there a framework around that can help us with all of that? Yes there is, and it is …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:48AMThe Australia Council for the Arts’ four-year funding program for 2021-24 has reduced the number of organizations included by a quarter, from 128 to 95, and has cut the planned grants for …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:48AMNonprofit institutions, which will get most of $75 million, can apply for up to $50,000, while local and state arts agencies can apply for larger sums.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:47AMThe musical, starring Alex Brightman, was initially slated to take its final bow June 6.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:46AMForced to cancel the summer season, the festival will work with Audible to provide the season digitally.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:44AMAs the COVID-19 pandemic continues, the Broadway League has announced a further delay to the reopening of shows on the Great White Way. Initially set to be shut down through April 12, all Br…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:36AMThe Drama Desk ceremony is going digital. The organization announced today they will adopt a revised season end date of March 11 and move forward with the release of nominations on April 21…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:36AMThe Tony-nominated smash Beetlejuice played its final performance on March 11 at the Winter Garden Theatre. The new musical had originally been slated to end its run on June 6, but the show…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:36AMLorna Luft’s 2018 54 Below Show April 15th @ 6:30 pm on YouTube Live With Lorna’s special guests: David Sabella, Ernie Sabella, Ruth Williamson, and Haley Swindal Tantleff. This is a on…
SOURCE: www.cabarethotspot.com at 11:36AMThe Broadway League extended its shutdown through June 7, the original date of the Tony Awards, guaranteeing that Broadway will be closed at least three months due to the coronavirus pandemi…
SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 11:33AMThis morning, Charlotte St. Martin, Broadway League president, released a statement regarding the current closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 11:32AMBy Douglas Mayo
Meet the Lopez Family Singers and listen to this amazing rendition of lennon and McCartney's Let It Be. Watch this video!
This post Let it Be – Lopez Family Singers in quar…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 11:30AM“Beetlejuice,” which was scheduled to end its run at the Winter Garden Theatre on June 6, will not be returning to the theater due to extended closures on Broadway. Broadway theaters wil…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 11:24AMWhat follows is an extraordinary conversation. It started as a Facebook post by award-winning playwright Audrey Cefaly. It was joined by her dear friend, acclaimed actor Elliott Bales, who d…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:20AMThe 41 Broadway theaters have been closed since March 12, and industry leaders are aware that large gatherings may be among the last forms of activity to resume when the pandemic eases.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:12AMIt is the extraordinary Michael Bennett's birthday today. The seven time Tony Award winner would have been 77 years old.Our Hot Clip is from a special tribute featuring The Dreamgirls and th…
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 11:11AMAs a few cities around the world start to see some “leveling” of the curve (if not necessarily flattening) and as NYC approaches its apex, it’s time to start looking ahead. While we ar…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:10AMNormally we who cover theater for DC Metro Theater Arts collect our favorites as the year draws to a close, but this has not been a normal year. In mid-March the 2020 season was interrupted …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:10AMBroadway theaters have extended their shutdown through June 7, the Broadway League announced Wednesday. The new date was set in accordance with guidelines from the Center for Disease Control…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 11:03AMBroadway will remain closed through June 7, a two-month extension of the current coronavirus shutdown that would seem to retroactively end the 2019-2020 Broadway season with the March 12 shu…
SOURCE: Deadline at 11:03AMShows were initially slated to close through April 12; they’re now hoping to resume in June.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:02AM
Nothing can stop BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge from bringing you interviews with your favorite Broadway stars! Tune in tomorrow, April 9 (12pm), as he chats with stars of Mrs. Doubtfire- Rob…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:58AMBob Avian: Dancing Man, A Life in Theater as Choreographer/Director; Tales of Collaborating with Michael Bennett in New Autobiography
By: Ellis Nassour
April 8, 2020: Dancing Man: A …
SOURCE: theaterlife at 10:56AMI have a friend who lives in Beijing, and by the time of the TADA! gala, he and his family had already been in lockdown for over a month. I remember not being able to imagine what that was l…
SOURCE: Jason Robert Brown at 10:51AMBased on the story of the man who walked from Pennsylvania to California collecting stories of America and hope, the musical premiered at Goodspeed in 2019.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:48AMA parliamentary inquiry has been launched into the impact of Covid-19 on the culture sector, with the industry being called upon to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:44AMThe theatre will kick off its new season in the fall with Freaky Friday.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:44AMThe announcement of this year’s awards had been scheduled for April 20, but, as administrator Dana Canedy said in a statement, “The Pulitzer board includes many high-level journalists wh…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:42AM“The deal [with the musicians’ union] includes immediate pay cuts until early September, a wage freeze and a delayed pay increase and extends the current contract for a year, to 2024, ac…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:42AM“In a bold attempt to salvage its shows, the festival … has decided to develop, rehearse, and record all seven of its planned productions and release them in audio form on Audible … [w…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:42AMOrchestras for major opera and ballet companies have been put in a “critical position” due to the Covid-19 pandemic and need more
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:40AMToday The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization will present the third video in their new YouTube series, R&H Goes Live!, a spinoff of their existing R&H Goes Pop! video series. The…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:32AMStars in The House continues tonight (8pm) for a TV Reunion of Young Sheldon!
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:32AMStars in The House continues today (2pm) with Plays in the House: Fully Committed and tonight (8pm) for a TV Reunion of Young Sheldon!
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:32AMNothing can stop BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge from bringing you interviews with your favorite Broadway stars! Tune in tomorrow, April 9 (12pm), as he chats with stars of Mrs. Doubtfire- Rob…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:32AMIn this time of social distancing and remaining responsibly indoors, we are all looking for ways to brighten our days and get moving any way we can! In the spirit of celebrating theater and …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:32AMDuring this time when productions all over the world have been put on pause, we are coming together to celebrate plays that have left their mark on theater history. This week we will be focu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:28AMBy Mark Ludmon
A stage version of classic horror film Night of the Living Dead is to be available to watch online as part of a series released by theatre company Imitating the Dog.
This post…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 10:28AMWe asked you to share your thoughts and experiences about this summer’s festival being cancelled because of the coronavirus. Here’s what some of you said
Coronavirus and culture – a l…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:18AMAvailable onlineThis touching show about the schoolboy and reality TV stand-out Musharaf Asghar is compellingly performed
Hottest front-room seats: the best theatre and dance to watch onlin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:18AMThe 15th annual Capital Fringe Festival, scheduled for this July, has been canceled. Capital Fringe Founding Director Julianne Brienza announced the cancellation in an e-mail to Fringe suppo…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:12AMDuring a recent live-streamed event, Olney Theatre Center Artistic Director Jason Loewith unveiled a lineup of 17 plays, concerts, and presentations coming in 2020–2021 as part of the comp…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:11AMBaldwin will head the virtual cast of the Australia-based production.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:06AMBy Mark Ludmon
Pitlochry Festival Theatre in Scotland has commissioned a series of digital works by playwrights, poets and performers after announcing the postponement of its summer season.
…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 10:02AMU.S. artists who are facing financial hardship due to COVID-19 pandemic can apply for unrestricted $5,000 relief grants from a new fund.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 10:00AM
Artist Relief will distribute unrestricted, individual $5,000 relief grants to artists across the country.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:59AMThe fund will provide unrestricted $5,000 relief grants to assist artists facing financial emergencies due to COVID-19.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:59AMAudra McDonald has won six Tony Awards performing in a dozen plays and musicals on Broadway. Below are videos organized roughly in chronological order that — not always perfectly, but some…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:51AMBy Douglas Mayo
Producers of Tom Stoppard's Leopoldstadt and Aaron Sorkin's adaptation of Harpern Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird are to reschedule their London seasons.
This post Leopoldstadt a…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 09:48AM“The Philharmonic dismissed the players — its principal oboist, Liang Wang, and associate principal trumpet, Matthew Muckey — in September 2018. Both men denied wrongdoing, and the pla…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:36AM“London’s theatres first shuttered their doors on March 16 in the wake of the escalating coronavirus pandemic. The mass closures, in an effort to curb the spread of the virus, mirrored t…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:36AM“Lovely Sunday," a Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis production of a lesser-known Williams play, won four, including outstanding director and ensemble in a comedy.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 09:24AMNone of the year-round staff will be laid off
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 09:24AMThe revised eligibility window includes Broadway and Off-Broadway shows that opened through March 11.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:20AMHow to stream popular plays and musicals
The post Catch Your Next Show at Home appeared first on Dramatics Magazine Online.
SOURCE: Dramatics Magazine at 09:17AMNew York’s 65th Annual Drama Desk Awards will announce winners online this year, skipping the yearly gathering of theater artists and critics for the bestowal of awards. Only Broadway, Off…
SOURCE: Deadline at 09:16AMThe third week of videos, part of the venue's series featuring highlights from New York City Center's Encores!, spotlights musicals set in New York.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:16AMThe 65th annual Drama Desk Awards will move online this spring. The awards show, which honors Off-Broadway, Off-Off-Broadway and Broadway productions, will release nominations on April 21 an…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 09:03AMThe first show in the National Theatre at Home programme was the 2011 smash-hit One Man, Two Guvnors, one of the great success stories of the Nicholas Hytner era, a cheeky farce written by R…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AM"The design process is like breaking down elements. What's exciting in theater is you get to do it on real people and see it in real time."
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 09:00AMAs the Edinburgh International Festival and Fringe is cancelled for the first time, we look back on our coverage of the second
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMAbout the Guest
A Raleigh native, Charles Phaneuf has over 15 years of experience in arts management. His career began in management at the Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, D.C. before ser…
SOURCE: Beltline to Broadway at 09:00AM
“A onetime Army mechanic and mail carrier who wrote songs rooted in the experiences of lower-middle-class life, Mr. Prine rose to prominence almost by accident. He was at a Chicago folk cl…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:32AMThe Jersey Boy and “Madam Secretary” actor called a few friends, and the online show delivered stars from Morgan Freeman to Barry Manilow.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 08:30AMAs part of its #LincolnCenterAtHome series, Lincoln Center has posted a re-broadcast of The Chamber Music Society in a?oeI Can't Believe It's Schoenberg.'
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:18AMIn this new Signature Strong Live! video, Associate Artistic Director Matthew Gardiner chats with some of the stars who appeared in many of Signature's critically acclaimed Kander & Ebb …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:18AMMirvish Productions is using the digital marquees on the Princess of Wales and Ed Mirvish theatres to communicate inspirational and instructive slogans during these difficult times.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:18AMIn light of the current uncertainty around the return date of New York theater, the Drama Desk organization announced today that the 65th Annual Drama Desk Awards will adopt a revised season…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:18AMJohn Tartaglia voiced Chester Raccoon is a new video series based on the children's book, The Kissing Hand.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:17AMFollowing Thriller and Waitress, 9 to 5 The Musical is the latest West End show to announce that it will not return once theatres do eventually reopen.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:12AMAs a local resident and Edinburgh International Festival and fringe lover, I must say the decision to cancel the festivals has come
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:00AMPhoebe Waller-Bridge and Amazon are making a theater production of “Fleabag” available for streaming to benefit COVID-19 relief.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 08:00AM
I think about how lucky Mike and I are, so far, every day. And we both think about all of our friends and fellow theater fans and hope that each of you is coping as best you can and staying …
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:42AMTheatrical charity Acting for Others has announced the formation of a separate Covid-19 Fund which will be available to its 14 member charities.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:39AMWe cannot be sure when theatres will open their doors again, but there are early signs if you read the tea leaves.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:30AMby Rotimi Agbabiaka
With last week?s extension of California?s shelter in place order to May 3, a definite end to the ban against group gatherings remains elusive. As Bay Area theatre c…
SOURCE: Theatre Bay Area at 07:16AMThe nation has been pausing on Thursday evenings to applaud our NHS heroes – here’s a roundup of medical dramas snapped by our theatre photographer Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06AM“Nichols and May: Take Two,” an American Masters documentary about Elaine May and Mike Nichols originally telecast on PBS in 1996:
(This is the latest in a series of arts- and history-…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:01AM“Everyone must leave something behind when he dies, my grandfather said. A child or a book or a painting or a house or a wall built or a pair of shoes made. Or a garden planted. Something …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:00AMThe late Chicago and Cabaret lyricist was born April 8, 1928.
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:00AMWatch the soprano’s rendition of “Your Daddy’s Son” from the Ahrens and Flaherty score.
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There are so many inspiring characters out there in musical theatre. From real-life figures like Jamie and Tina who wouldn’t let anything stand in their way to fictional friendships like G…
SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 06:51AMLive shows are closed due to COVID-19 Virus FREE Streaming Shows – Now Playing – April 8, 2020 Ongoing “The Afterlife” – Gary Soto – S.F. Youth Theater Ongoing “Radical”&…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 06:43AMThe Stage Management Association has launched a buddy scheme for stage managers in isolation, to bring together people who are unable to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:33AMManchester’s Hope Mill Theatre is to stream an online concert celebrating the music of Rodgers and Hammerstein. When theatres across the UK
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:19AMToday's top stories: the second national tour of The Book of Mormon closes early, and more.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:12AM@westendproducer will drama schools lower their fees during times of online learning? my friend pays around £15’000 a year for normal training
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:00AMAs an actor who has mainly worked in theatre and live shows, I have only been asked for the occasional self-tape over
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:00AMWe kept hoping for a London transfer for Flowers for Mrs Harris... But, particularly during lockdown, this is probably even better. If you missed your chance to see this award-winning musica…
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 06:00AMMAC and The Blonds bring their chic expertise to this exclusive video makeup master class.
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:00AM
by Nicole Gluckstern
On March 12, during the brief liminal period between the moment theatres across the Bay Area closed down indefinitely due to COVID-19 concerns, and the official shelter…
SOURCE: Theatre Bay Area at 12:41AMArtists from all genres are being encouraged to register video content as a Fringe event in a new online pilot platform called Adelaide FringeVIEW. The technology has been developed to provi…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 12:35AMThe musical will stream free on Friday, April 10.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:18AMThe record label founder has a glittering CV and Adele on his roster but is going back into the studio to make his ‘rave album’
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:00AMWith in-person theatre out of commission for the foreseeable future, many Broadway performers are sharing their talents online. Below are performances and interviews with stage stars that yo…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 12:00AMToday the Broadway League officially announced that all Broadway shows are suspended through June 7 (the original date of the canceled Tony Awards, to make matters even sadder). While many o…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 12:00AMIn Moira Brennan of the MAP Fund on the Coalition of Arts Funders Launching ARTIST RELIEF an Emergency Relief Fund for Artists Affected by COVID-19 "We’re launching with 10 million dollars…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMIn Colin Connor of Limón Dance Company: The Season That Will Be, "Though his plans for this season lie in tatters, Colin Connor, the outgoing artistic director of the Limón Dance Comp…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMIn Announcing HireArtists.org, A New Marketplace Built to Support Artists in Response to Unprecedented Economic Crisis in the Cultural Sector: "For artists, many of whom have watched up to t…
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