Nick Cordero, Tony Nominated Broadway Actor, Dies at 41 from Battle with Coronavirus by Michael Paulson

The Broadway actor’s battle with the coronavirus was followed closely by many as his wife chronicled his experience on social media.

Nick Cordero, Tony-Nominated Actor of Bullets Over Broadway, A Bronx Tale and More, Dead at 41 by Broadway.com

Nick Cordero, an accomplished talent who won over audiences in a slew of notable roles on the New York stage, nabbing a Tony nomination for his turn in Bullets Over Broadway, died on July …

Asia TOPA Connected brings some of the boldest moments and brightest imaginations of the 2020 festival to your fingertips by Sean McLoughlin

To continue engaging with works featured in the second edition of  Asia TOPA, audiences now have the opportunity to delve

Nick Cordero, Nominated for Tony as Tap-Dancing Tough Guy, Dies at 41 by Michael Paulson

The Broadway actor’s battle with the coronavirus was followed closely by many as his wife chronicled his experience on social media.

Broadway star Nick Cordero dies at age 41 from coronavirus by Sean McLoughlin

The Tony Award nominated Broadway star Nick Cordero has died (1978-2020) after fighting complications associated with coronavirus over a three

Arts Centre Melbourne’s Big Night In wraps up digital season with much loved songs and previously unseen bloopers by Sean McLoughlin

A special edition of Arts Centre Melbourne’s Big Night In with John Foreman will complete its much-loved digital season with an

Broadway veteran Nick Cordero dies from coronavirus complications by Associated Press

Cordero died Sunday at Cedars-Sinai hospital after more than 90 days in the hospital, according to his wife.

Broadway veteran Nick Cordero dies from virus complications by Mark Kennedy / The Associated Press

Tony-nominated actor Nick Cordero, who specialized in playing tough guys on Broadway in such shows as “Waitress,” “A Bronx Tale” and “Bullets Over Broadway,” has died in Los Ange…

Season 4 of ‘World of Dance’ is off to an amazing start: Meet Itty Bitty Crew by Admin

Season 4 of World of Dance has gotten off to an amazing start with some of the most innovative groups and soloists than seen on previous seasons. There has not been a shortage of amazing p…

Broadway veteran Nick Cordero dies from virus complications by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) — Tony Award-nominated actor Nick Cordero, who specialized in playing tough guys on Broadway in such shows as “Waitress,” “A Bronx Tale” and “Bullets Over Broadway,…

Nick Cordero Passes Away at Age 41 by Playbill Staff

The actor, who fought a long battle with the coronavirus, was Tony-nominated for creating the role of Cheech in Bullets Over Broadway.

Nick Cordero Dies Of COVID-19: Broadway Actor’s Medical Crisis Was Chronicled By Wife Amanda Kloots by Dino-Ray Ramos

Broadway actor Nick Cordero has died after complications with COVID-19. The actor, who received a Tony nomination for his role in Bullets Over Broadway and appeared in productions of Wait…

'At last a glimpse of hope': UK arts figures on the rescue package by Chris Wiegand; Additional Reporting By Dalya Alberge

Responses to the government’s promise of £1.57bn for the arts and heritage sectors Boris Johnson pledges £1.5bn lifeline to keep UK’s arts sector afloat Artistic director of Kiln theat…

London theatre group to tell pandemic stories of black frontline staff by Lanre Bakare Arts and Culture Correspondent

Interviews to be turned into series of short plays to ensure contributions are not forgotten A series of short plays will tell the story of the Covid-19 crisis from the perspective of black …

Forgotten Plays: No 6 – Occupations (1970) by Trevor Griffiths by Michael Billington

The collapse of the 1968 protests left this incisive political dramatist searching for answers – and his response delved brilliantly into the dilemmas of revolution Aside from Comedians (1…

In Conversation with Deniz Başar: “Wine & Halva” – A Play That Tests The Limits of Friendship Within Canadian Institutional Racism (part II by Marjan Moosavi

In April 2020 Wine&Halva, a play by Turkish playwright and theatre researcher Deniz Başar, had a staged reading at the University of Regina. Art Babayants from Toronto Laboratory Theatr…

Les Blancs Review. Lorraine Hansberry’s final play, about reckoning and resistance in Africa by New York Theater

Lorraine Hansberry’s third and final Broadway play, which is being presented online  through July 9 in a dark, expressionistic production directed in 2016 by Yael Farber for the National…

Yulia Ziskel and Scott Kuney Perform Paganini’s “Cantabile” by New York Philharmonic

Sunak gives £1.5bn lifeline to struggling arts sector

Grants and loans made available for theatres, music venues and museums

Roundup: UK Artists and Institutions Respond to the Government's £1.57 Billion Rescue Package For The Arts

The UK Government has announced a £1.57 billion rescue package to help the nation's cultural, arts and heritage institutions weather the impact of the health crisis.  Arts institutions are…

Off-Broadway selections streaming this week from Red Bull, Mint, and The Public by Deb Miller

From an expert conversation about a Shakespearean classic to a series of three rarely produced period-pieces to a documentary drama about NYC’s front-line workers in the current coronaviru…

NEWS: Government announces £1.5 billion lifeline for UK arts & culture by Press Releases

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has bowed to pressure from the arts world and unveiled a £1.57 billion lifeline for the UK’s theatres, venues and museums struggling to stay afloat in the wake of t…

UK Government Announces £1.57 Billion Rescue Package For The Arts

The UK Government has announced a £1.57 billion rescue package to help the nation's cultural, arts and heritage institutions weather the impact of Coronavirus. It follows weeks of lobbying …

BEYOND BROADWAY, THE SHOW DOES GO ON by Robert Shuman

(from the New York Times, 7/4; Photo: The New York Times; via Pam Green.) Inside a former firehouse in Richmond, Va., a lone actor performs “The Picture of Dorian Gray” for audiences as …

£1.57 billion rescue package to protect arts, culture & heritage industries by Hira Desai

The government announced an investment of £1.57 billion to protect Britain's world-class arts, culture and heritage industries. Find out more. The post £1.57 billion rescue package to pro…

ABT Studio Company on Tour 🇵🇭 The Philippines: A Dancer’s Perspective by American Ballet Theatre

Hannibal Buress: Miami Nights review – comic reflects on his arrest by Brian Logan

YouTubeBuress revisits the story of his 2017 arrest for disorderly intoxication in an enjoyable online set that uses technology creatively Cross a comedian at your peril. They can put their …

Sam Mendes launches fund for theatre workers hit by Covid-19 crisis by Chris Wiegand

Netflix makes initial £500,000 donation to the Theatre Artists Fund, designed to help workers ‘at breaking point’ The film and theatre director Sam Mendes has established an emergency …

A Theater Student Gets Supersized Attention After Superhero Video Goes Viral by Christianna Silva

College theater student Julian Bass got big affirmation for his video where he morphs into superheroes. He talks with NPR's Scott Detrow about his sudden fame — and his love for Spider-Man.

NSO @ Home LIVE • July 5 • Carlson, Osterlund, Regni & Boorstin by The Kennedy Center

Sam Mendes, SOLT & UK Theatre announce Theatre Artists Fund for individuals in need of emergency financial support by Hira Desai

SOLT and UK Theatre today announced a new Theatre Artists Fund established with a £500k donation from Netflix and spearheaded by director Sam Mendes. The post Sam Mendes, SOLT & UK The…

Orchestral Performance: Black Swan Pas de Deux from SWAN LAKE by American Ballet Theatre

This Week on Broadway for July 5, 2020: Not Yet Musicals by James Marino

Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about movies that are not yet musicals, but we would love to see This Week on Broadway has been coming to you every week since 2009…

Review: ‘Les Blancs’ Is an Anguished Play for an Anguished Moment by Alexis Soloski

This Lorraine Hansberry play, set in the 1960s in a fictional African country, speaks incisively to the American present.

#MemorialForUsAll - Vanessa Williams by Lincoln Center

‘A Girl of the Limberlost’ by Gene Stratton-Porter by Pamela J.  Forsythe

City-dwellers and suburbanites tired of staying home should try ‘A Girl of the Limberlost,’ an early 20th-century treasure ripe for rediscovery by pandemic-weary readers. Pamela Forsythe…

Orchestral Performance: SWAN LAKE Finale by American Ballet Theatre

Hear Your Favorite Movie Musical Tunes on This Week's Elaine Paige on Sunday by Broadway.com

Olivier-winning actress Elaine Paige is giving Broadway.com listeners a chance to hear her BBC Radio 2 show, Elaine Paige on Sunday. This week, Paige celebrates fan-favorite movie musicals. …

'Theatre was my first love': Bernardine Evaristo on her NHS play, Twitter trolls and 'porny' posts by Arifa Akbar

The Booker-winning writer has returned to the stage, penning a drama defending the NHS. She talks about ‘bittersweet’ success – and getting caught up in attacks on Nicola Sturgeon Bern…

‘It is emotional to watch from start to finish’: HAMILTON – Disney Plus (Online review) ★★★★★ by Emma Clarendon

Spectacularly unique and filled with passion, this filmed version of the hit Broadway musical Hamilton is exquisite to watch – no matter how many times you have seen it.

Noteworthy performance, contest honor Beethoven’s 250th birthday by Joanne Engelhardt

Audiences who log on July 12 to a livestream benefit performance of Hershey Felder as Beethoven will also have the chance to vote for their favorite artistic interpretation of the composer�…

Review: Charlie Ward at Home, Sound&Fury by Jessica Handscomb

Review: Charlie Ward at Home, Sound&Fury3.0starsCharlie Ward (presumably a pun on Charley’s War, the famous 1979 comic strip centred on an underage soldier) was first staged in 2014, t…

Milburn Stone: From Tent Shows to Television by Trav S.D.

Those of us of a certain age will remember Milburn Stone (1904-1980) from his role as Doc Adams (1955-1975) on the long-running western Gunsmoke. How delightful to learn this morning that no…

Meg Stalter: Little Miss Ohio review – happy parade of hopeless wannabes by Brian Logan

YouTubeIn Stalter’s sharply observed, bittersweet character comedy, a string of awkward talkative types bare their souls Disastrous for many comedians, lockdown has propelled others to pr…

‘Beautifully done, if you don’t find that sort of thing unbearable’: LOVE LETTERS AT HOME – Fuel Theatre (Online review) by Louise Penn

Love Letters At Home takes the well-worn Our Tune concept from the old days and uses it to develop a show where, no matter what’s going on and whether we are together and apart, it is alwa…

Our comedy industry is in crisis – the government must act now to save it | Romesh Ranganathan by Romesh Ranganathan

UK venues are in peril and standups can’t make a living if clubs are closed. Without support, we’ll lose talent as well as theatres I have fond memories of playing Southampton’s Nuffi…

Photographer Natasha Castillo by Sue Matsuki

This is an impressive young lady. Not only does she have a very serious “real job” for the State Dept. of Finance, she is a MAC nominated host for her MAC Nominated Open Mic (now virtual…

SONGWRITER Maria Gentile Singing “Hiding in a Ghost Town” by Sue Matsuki

Beloved piano bar singer and bartender/Goddess at The Duplex, Maria Gentile has long been one of my personal favorite songwriters. Today she is sharing a brand new song that she has written …

07/08 @ 7:00 pm Happy Birthday Stephen Mosher! by Sue Matsuki

On Wednesday, July 8th (Stephen’s actual Birthday) @ 7:00 pm Stephen Mosher will be making a rare on camera appearance on THE JIM MASTERS SHOW LIVE! Stephen is an editor, writer and review…

FUNNY VIDEO from Japan – World Order by Sue Matsuki

My husband is constantly trolling new songs and funny videos to share with me. I LOVED this one. It was so odd and just made me smile. Can’t we all use a few more smiles these days? What r…

SONGWRITERS Jennie Litt & David Alpher – “Our Common Ground” by Sue Matsuki

Husband and wife songwriting team, Jennie Litt and David Alpher, wrote this song for a songwriting competition sponsored by an organization called Braver Angels, which seeks to foster dialog…

VIDEO – David Vernon Sings “I’m Always Chasing Rainbows” by Sue Matsuki

This man has an exquisite voice and energy on stage. He is “other wordly” at times in how he loses himself in a tune. Please enjoy this clip from David Vernon. It was for the Paul Sheesl…

07/14 & 16 Bobbie Horowitz Offers 2 Workshops by Sue Matsuki

Another of Cabaret’s best friends is THE most supportive Bobbie Horowitz who offers up two classes/workshops on Color Psychology and Numerology. “How to Use Color Psychology”   7/14…

SONGWRITER Stew Frimer Sings “I Wanna Be a Cabaret Singer” by Sue Matsuki

Stew is a friend from the late, great Barry Levitt’s class. He has been studying Cabaret and performing for a while now but this is the first time writing a song! He writes: “I have abso…

Are young people the key to the economic recovery of live theatre? by Peter J Snee

Historically, theatres have the reputation of being a place where the elite would gather to be entertained; a place to