Eleanor Lyons and Vladimir Fanshil: Wandering Hearts by Arts Review

To paraphrase the familiar proverb “It’s an ill-wind that doesn’t blow somebody some good”. In this case it was Canberra music lovers who benefited, as a direct result of Covid-19, f…

Actors Benevolent of Fund NSW launches ACTober for 2020 by Arts Review

This October, the Actors Benevolent Fund of NSW will launch, in collaboration with the Alliance of Australasian Performing Arts Benevolent Funds, ACTober – asking you to support arts perfo…

A Chinese filmmakers’ playbook: data analysis and diplomacy

Huanxi Media must navigate censorship as well as the challenges of the streaming era

[HD] York's Show (And Tell!): Merrily We Roll Along by York Theatre Company

A refuge in the arts by Sean McLoughlin

In July English historian Simon Schama spoke of “Art as a refuge from the terrible crisis we are all living

Greenwich Comedy festival review – starry lineup relishes return of live banter by Brian Logan

National Maritime MuseumSara Pascoe, Rich Hall and Aisling Bea warm to an excited crowd – and a divine heckler – in the chilly outdoors ‘Comedy isn’t essential?” asks Rich Hall, in…

> > Streaming Theater > > Update: September 27 by Bdhorwitz

Photo: “12 Angry Men . . . and Women” – #BLM – Billie Holiday Theatre, N.Y. Play List – Mostly FREE – Online Coming Soon Movie: The Glorias –Julie Taymor/Sarah Ruhl  #GloriaS…

VIDEO: Celia Rose Gooding, Elizabeth Stanley, and the Cast of JAGGED LITTLE PILL Perform 'All I Really Want - Democracy Remix'

Cast members from Jagged Little Pill on Broadway reunited virtually to sing 'All I Really Want' in a performance they're calling the 'Democracy Remix.'

NSO @ Home LIVE • September 27 • Marissa Regni, Dayna Hepler & Mira Kim by The Kennedy Center

A strange phone tree leads to hilarity in ‘Human Resources’ at Woolly Mammoth by Amy Kotkin

When was the last time you enjoyed a funny, edgy Woolly Mammoth production while digging up stubborn weeds from your garden or taking a stroll through Rock Creek Park? Just when we thought o…

Two of-the-Moment Monologues and a Multitude of Karens by Jesse Green

One-woman plays by Tracy Thorne and Eliza Bent explore the problems of white power and privilege — and how people who say the right things aren’t helping.

NEWS: Winners announced for The Stage Debut Awards 2020 by Press Releases

Newcomer Sam Tutty scooped two awards for his star-making performance in the hit West End musical Dear Evan Hansen at The Stage Debut Awards 2020. The awards were presented as a virtual ce…

Review: at curtainup.com/The Booksellers by Elyse Sommer

An entertaining and informative documentary for anyone who appreciate's the historic and human value of books. . . .

This Week on Broadway for September 27, 2020: Rory O’Malley by James Marino

Peter Filichia, James Marino, Michael Portantiere, and Jan Simpson talk with Rory O’Malley. This Week on Broadway has been coming to you every week since 2009. It is the longest running Br…

What A Carve Up! All-star cast for digital production announced by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo Sir Derek Jacobi, Sharon D Clarke and Stephen Fry among initial casting announced for the digital production of What A Carve Up! This post What A Carve Up! All-star cast for …

LET’S PLAY ‘BEAT THE BARD’ (5) by Robert Shuman

Can you beat the Bard? Questions by Joyce E. Henry, Ph.D. All rights reserved.

Tony Tanner, Who Brought ‘Joseph’ to Broadway, Dies at 88 by Neil Genzlinger

A versatile writer and actor as well as a director, he was also Littlechap in a film version of “Stop the World, I Want to Get Off.”

Paresh Rawal to Head National School of Drama by The Hindu

Actor and former BJP MP Paresh Rawal has been appointed as the chairperson of the National School of Drama society by President Ram Nath Kovind, Union Culture Minister Prahlad Singh Patel sa…

Listen to Your Favorite Covers on This Week's Elaine Paige on Sunday by Broadway.com

Broadway curtains may still be down, but Elaine Paige on Sunday isn't! Olivier-winning actress Elaine Paige is giving Broadway.com listeners a chance to hear her popular BBC Radio 2 show. …

NEW YORK’S ARTS SHUTDOWN: THE ECONOMIC CRISIS IN ONE LOST WEEKEND by Robert Shuman

(from The New York Times, 9/23; Article by Michael Paulson, Elizabeth A. Harris, and Graham Bowley; Photographs by Dina Litovsky, Victor Llorente and Daniel Arnold; via Pam Green.) We zero i…

Renée Fleming and Vanessa Williams sang at the Kennedy Center. And it turned the electricity back on. by Peter Marks

The first indoor performance at the arts center since March 13 was a night to remember.

Panic! at the Disco’s Flourishes Weren’t Just Dramatic. They Were Theater. by Maya Phillips

A look back at the band’s 15-year-old debut, “A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out,” a commercial success that simultaneously satirized and celebrated staged spectacles.

Wally Van, Vitagraph’s “Cutey” by Trav S.D.

Thanks be to Immortal Ephemera for gathering together more info about Wally Van (Charles Wallace Van Nostrand, 1880-1974) than I might otherwise have easily gotten. Born in New Hyde Park, Va…

Three Cheers for Basil Dean, C.B.E. by Trav S.D.

There are more reasons to know the name Basil Dean (1888-1978) than you have fingers. but I’m betting you don’t (as I once didn’t). We’ll cut to the chase, then give you his backgrou…

Emoji-titled ‘👨🏾‍💻😷👨‍💻’ from Solas Nua invites on-line interplay by News Desk

Celebrating Solas Nua’s 15th anniversary, the DC-based Irish arts organization has commissioned a series of digital plays from African-American playwright Jeremy Keith Hunter and Irish pla…

2020 Tony Awards nominations preview: 4 musicals battle for top honors at the virtual ceremony by Sam Eckmann

With the 2020 Tony Awards going virtual this fall, all eyes are on the prospective nominees. Just four musicals were able to open before the newly announced February eligibility cutoff, so t…

‘A family drama which transcends its genre’: BURIED CHILD (Online review) by John Chapman

Buried Child is a family drama which transcends its genre and this excellent production enhances its already considerable reputation.

The Play That Goes Wrong announces West End return and Bath season by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo Mischief Theatre have announced that the award-winning theatre disaster The Play That Goes Wrong will return to the West End in November  and have a Christmas season in Bath…

'There will be positives': artistic directors on theatre's terrible year by Holly Williams

The Observer revisits six theatre bosses appointed in 2019 to discuss the existential threat to their industry, and the fightback Last summer, the Observer profiled a group of newly-appointe…

Theatre Talk by Sandi Durell

“Proposed NYC Legislation Could Create More Outdoor Performance Opportunities, Alleviate Roadblocks” by Playbill’s Ryan McPhee – “Two of the bills directly concern cultural opport…

Tonya Pinkins – The School for Wives by Sandi Durell

Molière in the Park’s upcoming live stream of two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Richard Wilbur’s translation of Molière’s biting satire THE SCHOOL FOR WIVES, directed by MIP’s Foundin…

Broadway urges Vote! in video, song and dance. by New York Theater

Lin-Manuel Miranda and cast members of “Hamilton” are the latest Broadway stars to create a video urging Americans to vote, reworking the lyrics of “Alexander Hamilton” and even crea…

Go on a 2-Part Virtual Hamilton Tour With Broadway Up Close and Playbill by Dan Meyer

Tim Dolan will guide Broadway fans around the theatre district and beyond from the comfort of their homes.

Count Philipe Nicole and the Midget Palace of Montreal by Trav S.D.

Philippe Nicole (1881-1940) was a small-statured native of Montreal who worked for the sideshow of the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus between the ages of 12 and 15. In 1906 he me…

‘Blends wry reminiscence, personal experience, poetry & music’: AN EVENING WITH AN IMMIGRANT – Bridge Theatre by Aleks Sierz

This is a masterly revival of An Evening with an Immigrant, Inua Ellams’ 2016 autobiographical one-man show which is both poetic and engaging.

Faith Healer review – this virtual Friel is the stuff of miracles by Clare Brennan

Old Vic, LondonMichael Sheen, Indira Varma and David Threlfall are magnificent in Matthew Warchus’s enthralling livestreamed production of Brian Friel’s 1979 play Does faith healing come…

Knock before entering: stars in their dressing rooms – in pictures

Theatre photographer Simon Annand has been snapping actors backstage for almost four decades. His latest book, Time to Act, is a collection of more than 200 portraits of some of the world’…

Connecticut LGBTQ film fest showing short on Yale Catholic researcher, parody by Hartford activist lawyer and dozens more by Susan Dunne

The 33rd annual Connecticut LGBTQ Film Festival will take place Oct. 2 to 10, showing 18 features and documentaries and dozens of short films. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the festival will…

Fine lines: 18 ways to wear your art on your…

…sleeve, foot, wrist, ear – and more

Revisit York Theatre’s Hallelujah, Baby! by Sandi Durell

Revisit York Theatre’s Hallelujah, Baby!     The York continues its fall season of virtual events on Tuesday Sept. 29 at 7 pm with a live Show (and Tell!) company reunion of its 2000 …

Music Man Parody update - "Till There Is Hugh" - also some videos I did with Sheree Sano reflecting (to me, anyway) a need for change this Election Da by Fred Landau

 Parody update - "Till There Is Hugh" "TILL THERE IS HUGH" - parody lyric by Fred Landau about the Music Man ad - for social distance era. This video is at https://www.youtube.com/watc…

Felicidades, Ballet Hispánico, On Being Named One of America's Cultural Treasures By Ford Foundation by The Dance Enthusiast

"This award will contribute to our long-term stability and enable us to continue elevating Black and brown voices. Through our programs that nurture arts leadership, our platform will expand…

Theater and Music Preview: THE TUNE IN FESTIVAL (CAP UCLA) by Nia Liat

CAP UCLA presents The Tune In Festival A Convergence of Music and Poetry in a Time of Change Oct. 28 – Oct. 31; Online “When the work of Pete Seeger is examined in its entirety, I find t…

How Did We Get Here? is a no-nonsense therapeutic podcast

Dr Tanya Byron dispenses wise advice on complex issues alongside presenter Claudia Winkleman

Tony Nominee Jeff Daniels Stars as James Comey in The Comey Rule, Premiering September 27 by Playbill Staff

The limited series also features Brendan Gleeson, Tony winner Jennifer Ehle, Tony nominee Brian d’Arcy James, and Steven Pasquale.