BOOK REVIEW: This is Shakespeare, Emma Smith ✭✭✭✭✭ by Mark Ludmon

By Mark Ludmon Mark Ludmon reviews This Is Shakespeare by Emma Smith published by Pelican Books. This post BOOK REVIEW: This is Shakespeare, Emma Smith ✭✭✭✭✭ first appeared on Brit…

In Solidarity: TBA's Response to the Murder of George Floyd

Earlier this week, George Floyd, a black man was killed and white racism was the cause. Tragically, that statement could be made on almost any week in this nation. But the killing of George …

NiCori Studios Announces Virtual Summer Camp! by Sue Matsuki

What’s happening at NiCori Studios & Productions? Art Continues to Thrive! Virtual Summer Camp Announced Corinna Sowers Adler announces that registration starts at 10:00 am on Monday, …

People You Should Know . . . Eliza Kingsbury by Zack Calhoon

Eliza Kingsbury is a comedy writer, actor, and musician based in New York City. She composes and writes original musical parody sketches in the style of different artists, and was a performe…

EXTRA LEGROOM AND NO INTERVAL: GERMANY PLANS FOR POST-LOCKDOWN THEATRE by Robert Shuman

(Philip Oltermann’s article appeared in the Guardian, 5/29.) Extra legroom and no interval: Germany plans for post-lockdown theatre Berliner Ensemble unveils auditorium with most chairs ri…

"Exodo" from Arrabal by American Repertory Theater

Moving out! Re-entering the world after lockdown by Admin

The time has come for many of us to start thinking about life after lockdown. Most of us have been in lockdown for several months now. As states begin to re-open, there is an eagerness to g…

Watch Cast of Falsettoland, Including Michael Rupert, Faith Prince, and Stephen Bogardus, Reunite on Stars in the House by Andrew Gans

The daily series from Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley benefits The Actors Fund.

Albee Rogers and Adam Rothenberg East End Row by Call Me Adam

Invisible Diaries: Thoughts for the End of the World As We Know It by Kara McKechnie

This article is part of the Dramaturgs’ Network’s Invisible Diaries series. Slung Low is a company that is reactive to the “now.” In my previous posts, I have written about their …

New York Theater Quiz for May 2020 by New York Theater

How well were you paying attention to the news and reviews of theater in May? Answer these ten questions to find out.

Invisible Diaries: Being In-Between, Holding the Space by Kara McKechnie

This article is part of the Dramaturgs’ Network’s Invisible Diaries series. I am part German and part British; I am part academic and part dramaturg; I am part theatre and part opera;…

We chat with Catherine Alcorn about The Reservoir Room! by Gabi Bergman

Catherine Alcorn is one of Australia’s most formidable entertainers. She has headlined festivals, MC’d for some of the world’s biggest

How does ‘Homebound’ happen? A peek behind the screens by David Siegel

There has been oodles of well-deserved praise for Round House Theatre’s homegrown Homebound, an original ten-installment web series exploring life under stay-at-home orders. Penned by som…

Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Anne Hathaway chat rompers | The Public Theater by The Public Theater

NiteLife Exchange Streaming Picks of the Week

NiteLife Exchange Streaming Picks of the Week include Antonio Edwards Theme: Songs by Black Artist #Black Lives Matter live at 5:30pm, Dawn Derow Ann Hampton Callaway The Birthday Celebration

Speak On It! @ActorsEquity, @SAGAFTRA @TheTonyAwards, @Playbill, @BroadwayWorld @SignatureTheatr by Fairyprincessdiaries

The Fairy Princess has been quite upset the last few days. Not because of property damage. If you are upset over property damage – you need to come to grips that you value Target over peop…

Stratford Festival Meet the Festival: Love's Labour's Lost Virtual Roundtable by Stratford Festival

Michael Urie, Reed Birney, Andréa Burns, Montego Glover, More Read Tim Pinckney's Ever So Humble on Stars in the House Live Stream by Andrew Gans

Plays in the House is a spinoff of Stars in the House, the daily series created by Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley to benefit The Actors Fund.

Livestreaming Waiting for Kim Lee by Vivian-Liu Somers

By . Asian American Theatre Artists of Boston presents Waiting for Kim Lee by Vivian-Liu Somers livestreaming on the global, commons-based, peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv…

Free streamings of two top musicals to end May with a bang! by Deb Miller

Two blockbuster show-biz-themed period-piece musicals – one classic, one cult-classic, and both filled with spirited song and dance – are available for complimentary streaming this weeke…

Tony Hawk and Jeff Tweedy by NPR

This week we present an around-the-country of WWDTM, along with special guests Tony Hawk and Jeff Tweedy.

ABT Weekend Talk Series with Misty Copeland, Calvin Royal III and Susan Fales-Hill by American Ballet Theatre

Samuel D. Hunter: The High Tragedy Place by American Theatre Editors

A conversation with the writer of 'Great Clements' about political plays, the dramatic form, and Idaho.

Stuck somewhere for another 30 Days? (Who isn’t?) Try this.

Even though some areas of the country are loosening their restrictions a touch, it looks like we’re all still gonna be stuck inside for the next 30 days. Sigh. I know, I know, believe me. …

Recalling Tom Hiddleston in CORIOLANUS: ‘One of the best nights of theatre of my life’ by Darren Ross

It is not often that one reviews a play one saw six years ago, but with the forthcoming National Theatre At Home streaming of the Donmar Warehouse production of Coriolanus, right now seems a…

Hot Clip of the Day: The [title of show]' Cast's Variety Show is Tonight!

Hunter Bell, Susan Blackwell, Heidi Blickenstaff and Jeff Bowen, the original stars of [title of show] which ran Off-Broadway at the Vineyard Theatre before Broadway, will be performing new …

VIDEO: Bonnie Milligan Performs 'Gimme Gimme' as Part of Marty Thomas' DIVA Series

Bonnie Milligan recently took part in Marty Thomas' weekly Quarantine Cabaret series, DIVA, performing 'Gimme Gimme' from Thoroughly Modern Millie.

VIDEO: Team Starkid's Jaime Lyn Beatty Creates Quarantine-Inspired Puppet Film

Team Starkid's Jaime Lyn Beatty has created a quarantine-inspired puppet film called 'ÇA VA: un film de quarantaine'!

De Anza’s student art show makes its online debut by Anne Gelhaus

By Jon Huang De Anza College’s Student Art Show is online for the first time, thanks to the campus’s closure during the COVID-19 pandemic. The annual showcase is usually exhibited on cam…

Call Answered: Nadia George: "Along the Water's Edge" Canadian Film Festival by Adam Rothenberg

Nadia George is an actress, activist, and hiking enthusiast. Her love of the outdoors and commitment to helping those in need truly connected with me. Nadia can currently be seen in the shor…

8 Idina Menzel Broadway Classics Fit For A Queen's Birthday!

Happy Birthday Idina Menzel! All hail the Queen of Arendelle on this special day! It's actually impossible to select only one video for this fabulous day - so we've collected our 8 greatest …

Measuring Mabel Hite by Trav S.D.

If not for her early death at age 29, the likelihood is strong that more people might know the name of Mabel Hite (1883-1912), for there might have been some films to remember her by. I’m …

Call for submissions for the first ‘Virtual Theatre Festival’ this summer by Deb Miller

Broadway Theatre Studio, producers of the popular long-running Off-Broadway musical-mixology series The Imbible, is partnering with the iconic theater magazine Playbill to host a brand-new V…

Weekend Video Roundup: Andrew Lloyd Webber Shares Where Phantom Began, Bonnie Milligan Gets 'Thoroughly Modern' and More by Kerri Kearse

Stage favorites continue to take to social media, hoping to boost morale in light of the COVID-19 crisis.

Synetic Theater gives ‘The Decameron’ a timely twist by News Desk

Synetic Theater, a leader in physical performance in Arlington, will present a digital adaptation of Giovanni Boccaccio’s The Decameron, a collection of novellas written in Italy in respo…

Streetcars, Smoke & Southern Belles: Taking on Tennessee Williams by Maryam Philpott

As a great American dramatist, Williams’s timeless understanding of human emotion and the particularly explosive dynamics of family groups has always been such a notable feature of his wri…

Tell Me More | Episode 46: Hallmark Star Jen Lilley on Her Fight to Build Homes for Foster Children by Matt Tamanini

On today’s episode, Matt Tamanini ventures outside of the world of theatre to speak with one of the biggest stars from the wildly popular Hallmark Movie Channel, Jen Lilley. After  establ…

‘From the Italian Land to Poland’ and Back: A conversation with Giovanni Pampiglione by Gertrude Gibbons

Rome, 9th February 2020. “Can I get some paper? Some cream-colored paper? And a pen?” It is an autumn evening of 1982 in Trieste; the company performing Stanisław Przybyszewska’s L’…

Robert Frost recites 4 of his poems (1962) | The Kennedy Center by The Kennedy Center

Ballerina Maria Tallchief performs for President John F. Kennedy (1962) | The Kennedy Center by The Kennedy Center

Marian Anderson performs "Didn't It Rain" and "He's Got the Whole World In His Hands" (1962) by The Kennedy Center

Danny Kaye hilariously conducts the National Symphony Orchestra (1962) | The Kennedy Center by The Kennedy Center

Harry Belafonte performs "Try to Remember" and "Michael Row the Boat Ashore" | The Kennedy Center by The Kennedy Center

Andre Previn performs "America" from West Side Story (1962) | The Kennedy Center by The Kennedy Center

Bob Newhart's "Tobacco" Sketch (1962) | The Kennedy Center by The Kennedy Center

President Eisenhower Shares His Vision for a National Cultural Center (1962) | The Kennedy Center by The Kennedy Center

Danny Kaye's "I Was Born to Be a Dancer" Sketch (1962) | The Kennedy Center by The Kennedy Center

Italian Resilience Against COVID-19: Vocal Performances for Museums and Monuments by Maria Pia Pagani

Because of COVID-19, Italian actors’ work had abruptly stopped but digital resources offer them “new” possibilities of maintaining live contact with their audiences. Some important art…

Do You Still Have Passion for Teaching Theatre? by Kerry Hishon

Teaching is an incredibly rewarding profession; many even consider teaching to be their calling. Theatre and drama teachers have the privilege of sharing their passion for performing arts wi…

Space economy: rocket fuel

The cost of getting into orbit are going down while the profit potential is going up

"I Want to Give You Something Beautiful", Renegade Performance Group by The Dance Enthusiast

I Want to Give You Something Beautiful - 2011 A promotional video made from the collaboration of André M. Zachery and Rachel Neville for Renegade Performance Group. Choreography - André M.…

Look Back at Tonya Pinkins' Tony-Winning Performance in Jelly's Last Jam by Nathan Skethway

The performer celebrates her birthday May 30.

Can You Remember the Missing Lyrics From In the Heights? by Nathan Skethway

Test your knowledge of the Lin-Manuel Miranda musical.

29 Stage Performances to Watch This Weekend, May 30-31 - See 'Holiday Inn,' 'Hairspray Live!,' the Drama Desk Awards and more

With in-person theatre out of commission for the foreseeable future, many companies and performers from Broadway and beyond are showcasing their work online. Below are performances you can w…