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Shows That Leave Me Speechless (Or, Why I Should Retire): Clippy and Ms. U. Before Fiddler. Little Miss Perfect. House Rules. by New York Theater

I have spent the past week watching one online theater piece after another that, for remarkably varied reasons, left me debating whether I should commit to saying anything publicly about the…

Meet rising star Lena Garcia by Admin

Dancing virtually in 2020 was a reality for dancers around the world, and Lena Garcia was no exception. But that didn’t stop her from winning Só Dança’s Just Dance Virtual Competition…

Where Are They Now? We Check In With Broadway Workers, Now Off Broadway by Jeff Lunden

Each year ahead of the Tony Awards, we profile essential theater professionals who aren't centerstage. This year, with theaters closed due to COVID-19, we check back in to see how they are c…

Tim Minchin, Bob Downe and WIllsy star in two headline shows coming to Adelaide Cabaret Festival 2021 by Sean McLoughlin

Australian cabaret legend Tim Minchin plus Bob Downe with Anne “Willsy” Wills are among performers starring in two new headline shows announced today, as part of

VIDEO: Jeremy Jordan and Jessica Lowndes Perform Their New Song, 'Alive'!

Jessica Lowndes and Jeremy Jordan have collaborated on a new song called Alive. The song is now available on Spotify and Apple Music. Jordan and Lowndes also created a video of them perform…

Today’s Isolation Echoes In Local Co-Pro Of The Belle Of Amherst by Bill Hirschman

In this time of quarantine, subtle resonances echo the underlying thread of Emily Dickinson’s isolation in Palm Beach Dramaworks and Actors Playhouse’s co-produced filming of the live pl…

Three womxn avenge their killer ex in ‘Drowning Girls’ from Strand Theater by News Desk

Continuing its 13th season as the only brick-and-mortar company in Baltimore dedicated to celebrating womxn’s diverse voices and perspectives, The Strand Theater Company presents the regio…

35+ Stage Performances to Watch This Weekend February 19-21 by Raven Snook

On Sunday at 2:30 p.m. ET, the Congress for Jewish Culture celebrates Purim with a dramatization of Itzik Manger's MEGILLAH CYCLE, a collection of Yiddish poems updating the Biblical story o…

Cynthia Erivo, Shaka King and More Discuss Black Identity in Film by Natalie Oganesyan

Leading Black filmmakers, producers and writers opened up about what inspired them to enter cinema and the importance of capturing the Black diasporic experience on screen during a virtual p…

‘Saturday Night Live’ Books Nick Jonas as Host and Musical Guest by Danielle Turchiano

“Saturday Night Live” has booked Nick Jonas for its Feb. 27 episode. The musician, actor and “The Voice” coach will appear as both the episode’s host and musical guest on the fifth…

West Side Story Star Shereen Pimentel on What Excites Her a Year After Opening Night by Lindsey Sullivan

Shereen Pimentel officially made her Broadway debut on opening night of Ivo van Hove’s innovative revival of West Side Story, which took place on February 20, 2020. Three weeks later, Broa…

Theatre Review: ‘The Mountaintop’ presented by Rockville Little Theatre with Arts on the Green by Susan Brall

“The Mountaintop” is written by Katori Hall and produced by Eric Henry and Jerry Callistein. The online production is presented by Rockville Little Theatre, in partnership with the City …

Review: Digital Sharing 3, KickItDown Productions by Ryan Van Champion

Review: Digital Sharing 3, KickItDown Productions 4.0Overall Score If you’re enjoying our content, then please consider becoming a patreon with every penny going towards keeping AYT going …

Review: Always On My Mind, Living Record Festival by Mirren Wilson

Review: Always On My Mind, Living Record Festival3.0Overall ScoreIf you’re enjoying our content, then please consider becoming a patreon with every penny going towards keeping AYT going an…

Review: Digital Sharing 4, KickItDown Productions by Ryan Van Champion

Review: Digital Sharing 4, KickItDown Productions 4.0Overall Score If you’re enjoying our content, then please consider becoming a patreon with every penny going towards keeping AYT going …

A Matter of Language by Greer Fay Cashman

On Sunday, February 21, at 9:30 p.m. Israel time, Mike Burstyn will direct and perform in a new Yiddish dramatization of Itzik Manger’s MEGILLAH CYCLE as part of the International Yiddish …

Aisha Jackson and Caroline Bowman Talk Disney on Broadway on BACKSTAGE LIVE by BroadwayWorld

Michael Ball & Alfie Boe Chat About Their Music and More on BACKSTAGE LIVE by BroadwayWorld

Carmen Cusack Talks About the Highlights of Her Career and More on BACKSTAGE LIVE by BroadwayWorld

Patti Murin and Colin Donnell Talk About Their Career Highlights on BACKSTAGE LIVE by BroadwayWorld

Ex-Artistic Director of Greece’s National Theater Held After Rape Arrest Warrant by Niki Kitsantonis

The case of Dimitris Lignadis is the most high-profile among the numerous directors and actors to have been named in a torrent of accusations that have rocked the Greek arts world.

LIVE VIEWING PARTY: Undiscovered Sonnets and Up Close and Musical ft. Alexis Gordon by Stratford Festival

JEAN-CLAUDE CARRIÈRE, 89, DIES; PROLIFIC WRITER OF SCREENPLAYS AND MORE by Robert Shuman

(Neil Genzlinger’s article appeared in The New York Times, 2/11; Photo: Jean-Claude Carrière in 1999. He had more than 150 film and television writing credits and also wrote books and pla…

The Past is The Past Review. A Black Son Confronts His Absent Father by New York Theater

At the start of MTC’s new virtual reading of Richard Wesley’s short play “The Past is the Past,” available for free through February 28th, a middle aged man named Earl (Ron Cephas Jo…

Andrew Scott wins Best Actor for Present Laughter | Olivier Awards 2020 with Mastercard by Official London Theatre

Virtual Production of MEGILLAH CYCLE Premieres Sunday with All-Star International Cast by Ruth Ross

WHEN: This exciting new production will kick off 2021’s Purim week this Sunday, February 21 at 2:30 pm EST. WHERE: On the Congress for Jewish Culture's YouTube channel, where it will remai…

Classic plays from Red Bull and Mint streaming on Monday by Deb Miller

Two acclaimed Off-Broadway companies continue their mission of presenting rarely produced plays from the past, and works by undeservedly forgotten women dramatists, with virtual productions …

Three lauded local actors to go solo in spring season from Round House by News Desk

Round House Theatre plans a spring 2021 season with virtual productions of three moving one-person performances: Colman Domingo’s A Boy and His Soul, directed by Craig Wallace; Lucy Alibar…

Best of WWDTM February 2020 by NPR

This week, WWDTM spends time with the people we wish had been our Valentines; Sarah Paulson, Tyra Banks, A'ja Wilson, and Andrew Rannells.

Bill Irwin on the Art of Beckett and Clowning by TheaterMania

Bill Irwin discusses his new filmed stage show On Beckett/In Screen, presented by the Irish Repertory Theatre and streaming for free February 20 and 25, and March 7.

NY PopsUp Holds Inaugural Performance Today at 12:30pm

NY PopsUp is an expansive festival consisting of hundreds of pop-up performances that will regularly permeate the daily lives of New Yorkers. It is intended to revitalize the spirit and emot…

On Delno Fritz and Some Sword Swallowing Successors by Trav S.D.

We have written about thousands of performers here on Travalanche, but Delno Fritz (1876-1925) is only our third swallower, after Chevalier Cliqout and Mimi Garneau (apart from some contempo…

The Vaudeville of “The Muppet Show” by Trav S.D.

The internet is abuzz with news of the streaming availability of The Muppet Show on Disney+, and I am surprised this morning to discover that I hadn’t already done a dedicated post on the …

NEW DAWN:  THEATRE AFFIRMATIONS by Robert Shuman

I take the time needed to express my creativity—and it is always  in demand.   Inspiration and invention lead me, and my ship comes in now.   I can easily solve any problem and correct …

THE PROM, MULAN, and More Nominated For 2021 Casting Society Artios Awards

The Casting Society of America has announced the nominees for the 2021 Artios Awards. Among this year's nominees are The Prom, Disney's new live-action Mulan film, and more.

Quantum's latest production shows dystopia may not be so 'Far Away' by Tyler Dague / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

‘Perhaps the best one yet’: The Theatre Channel – Episode 5 The Classics of Broadway (Online review) by Louise Penn

We are now into a third lockdown, but the Theatre Cafe and Adam Blanshay Productions continue undeterred with the Theatre Channel’s musical theatre spectaculars.

Tom Ford on Wearing the Same Ripped Jeans and Allowing Himself to ‘Be Unproductive’ by Vanessa Friedman

As New York Fashion Week ends, the designer and film director explains why his show was postponed and how he has been affected by the pandemic.

Representation and Perception | Black America by Cunytv75

Librettist Rick Elice | THEATER: All the Moving Parts by Cunytv75

Virtual Theatre This Weekend: February 20-21- with Santino Fontana, Jessie Mueller and More!

Broadway might be dark, but that doesn't mean that theatre isn't happening everywhere! Below, check out where you can get your daily fix of Broadway this weekend, February 20-21, 2020.

Review Round Up: Hymn at the Almeida Theatre by Emma Clarendon

We round up the reviews for Lolita Chakrabarti’s new play Hymn, starring Adrian Lester and Danny Sapani.

Johannes Fritzsch named Artistic Adviser of Queensland Symphony Orchestra by Sean McLoughlin

Johannes Fritzsch, one of Australia’s leading international conductors, has been named Queensland Symphony Orchestra’s new Principal Conductor and Artistic Adviser;

Act of Will: Kenya Theatre Award Defy Covid-19 Gloom by Alexander Nderitu

The big winner at the awards (Kenya’s version of the Tony's) was Back to Basics theatre group. Founded by veteran thespian Mbeki Mwalimu, Back to Basics raked up a total of 6 awards. The f…

Metropolitan Opera Backstage Workers: 'Without People, The Opera Is Nothing' by Jeff Lunden

A union representing 800 backstage workers began a publicity campaign today urging donors and government entities to withdraw support for the company because of a labor dispute.

Wolf Lullaby

The Other Side of the Story: The Bystander by Kerry Hishon

Welcome to part three of Theatrefolk’s The Other Side of the Story series! We’ve written about exploring the perspectives of the villain and the best friend. Today’s post brings into f…

Revisit Kelli O'Hara, Steven Pasquale, and More in The Bridges of Madison County by Marc J. Franklin

The musical, featuring music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown and a book by Marsha Norman, opened at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre February 20, 2014.

Celebrate Tony Winner Jessie Mueller With A Look Back at Her Career Onstage by Playbill Staff

The Beautiful and Waitress star celebrates her birthday February 20.

Stars in the House Welcomes Jessie Mueller February 20 by Andrew Gans

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