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Concert for America, January 20th @ 7 PM ET/ 4 PM PT by Stars In The House

Concert for America has always been about uniting our artistic community to raise awareness and funds for those who are facing adversity, and the organizations who are working tirelessly to do the same," said Rudetsky and Jac…

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Cymbeline clip | STRATFEST@HOME by Stratford Festival

Infused with romance, comedy and tragedy, Cymbeline is an epic drama. When Cymbeline’s daughter, Innogen, one of Shakespeare’s most celebrated heroines, is thrust into the world of court politics and ruthless personal amb…

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In Memory of CLAIRE van KAMPEN, here discussing her 2017 play FARINELLI & THE KING by Theater Talk Archive

Writer-composer Claire van Kampen (1952-2018) on THEATER TALK in 2017, discussing her award-winning play FARINELLI AND THE KING with her husband, actor Mark Rylance, and playwright Warren Leight. Rylance was appearing on Bro…

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Hadestown Terminology by Hadestown

Get to know the words of the Underworld. Malcolm Armwood and Alex Puette are walking us through more Hadestown terminology!

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Censorship and Artistic Expression by Stratford Festival

Censorship and Artistic Expression In this conversation moderated by actor Khadijah Roberts-Abdullah with Assistant Professor of University of Toronto and Director of the Southeast Asian Seminar Series at the Asian Institute,…

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Remembering writer CLAIRE van KAMPEN, here talking about her 2017 play FARINELLI AND THE KING by Theater Talk Archive

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Gatsby? WHICH Gatsby? Jeremy Jordan & Ryan McCartan Chat Broadway’s THE GREAT GATSBY by Broadway.com

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Sarah Hyland & Ryan McCartan sing THE GREAT GATSBY’s “My Green Light” (Howland/Tysen) at gala night by Broadway.com

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The cast of & Juliet is definitely not excited for Joey Fatone's first performance on Tuesday by & Juliet Broadway

The cast of & Juliet is definitely not excited for @joeyfatone’s first performance on Tuesday...

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Raising our Ya Ya Ya with Jodie Langel by & Juliet Broadway

Raising our Ya Ya Ya with @jodielangel 💖

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Jordan, Noblezada & Broadway’s THE GREAT GATSBY’s Company pass green light to McCartan & Hyland 💚 by Broadway.com

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Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater | Feb. 4 - 9, 2025 by The Kennedy Center

https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/explore-by-genre/dance/2024-2025/alvin-ailey/ More than 25 million people in 71 countries have seen Revelations, making it the most widely viewed modern dance work in the world. It tak…

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Erika Jayne on Why She's Returning to Chicago on Broadway by Playbill

Erika Jayne, of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and 2007 dance hit “Roller Coaster” fame, returns to the Broadway production of Chicago January 20, and she's ready to step back into Roxie Hart's silver shoes. Jayne, …

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Tessie's Turn: Backstage at GYPSY with Lesli Margherita, Episode 4 by Broadway.com

Join GYPSY's Lesli Margherita as she answers fan questions and more! Get tickets to GYPSY: https://www.broadway.com/shows/gypsy/

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Go Inside First Rehearsal of GHOSTS by Lincoln Center Theater

Go inside the first rehearsal of Henrik Ibsen's GHOSTS at Lincoln Center Theater. A new version by Mark O'Rowe ("Normal People"), directed by Jack O'Brien (The Coast of Utopia, Shucked). February 13 - April 13, 2025. Visit L…

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Idina Menzel, Zachary Noah Piser and More on Bringing REDWOOD to Broadway by Broadway.com

Hear from star Idina Menzel, composer Kate Diaz and the company of REDWOOD as they prepare to bring the new musical to Broadway. Get tickets to REDWOOD: https://www.broadway.com/shows/redwood/

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Crew Series: Dresser Travis Ryder by Hadestown

He makes sure we're dressed for up top and down below! Dresser Travis Ryder walked us through his pre-show preparations at the Walter Kerr.

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Broadway Jeopardy! Game #32 (1/16/25) 26 All-New Clues for MUSICAL THEATRE NERDS! by Broadway By Ghostlight

It's time for an ALL-NEW episode of Broadway Jeopardy!! 5 Categories, 25 Clues PLUS the Final Jeopardy Question! The questions start off easy and then get slightly more challenging until the ultimate test, the $1000 round!…

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Eureka Day and Wicked: From Stage to Screen | THEATER: All the Moving Parts by CUNY TV

In this episode, host Patrick Pacheco dives into a double-bill of fascinating productions: one ripped from the headlines, the new Broadway drama "Eureka Day"; the other making headlines, "Wicked," the musical explosively tran…

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Sanaz Toossi, Tala Ashe, and More Discuss "English" on Broadway by Playbill

Sanaz Toossi's Pulitzer Prize-winning play English began previews January 3 at the Todd Haimes Theatre on Broadway ahead of a January 23 opening night. Above, Toossi and the show's cast explains how the play dismantles Middle…

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& Juliet Swings Play HOW Many Characters? by & Juliet Broadway

Happy National Swing Day to the many swings (& their many characters) of & Juliet on Broadway and on tour! #shorts #andjuliet #andjulietmusical & Juliet is the hit Broadway musical created by the Emmy-winning writer of Schit…

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#NationalSwingDay by Hamilton

Everybody give it up for the swings of Hamilton! #NationalSwingDay

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Aneeshwar Invites You to EARTH to SPACE @ The Kennedy Center! by The Kennedy Center

Kennedy Center Youth Ambassador for the Arts & Environment Aneeshwar Kunchala invites you to EARTH to SPACE: Arts Breaking the Sky, at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., March 28-April 20, 2025. For two weeks, EARTH to …

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Aneeshwar Invites You to EARTH to SPACE @ The Kennedy Center! by The Kennedy Center

https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/festivals-series/earth-to-space Kennedy Center Youth Ambassador for the Arts & Environment Aneeshwar Kunchala invites you to EARTH to SPACE: Arts Breaking the Sky, at the Kennedy Cente…

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Monday, January 20, 2025

New York City Ballet Pays Tribute to Maria Tallchief in Her Centennial Year by Meryl Cates

Widely considered America’s first prima ballerina, Tallchief is being celebrated by New York City Ballet, where she was a Balanchine muse, in her centennial year.

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Sunday, January 19, 2025

Claire van Kampen, 71, Playwright and Arranger of Early Music World, Dies by Alex Traub

After she married Mark Rylance, the two often collaborated; her specialty was arranging music for Tudor-era plays. Then she wrote a period piece of her own.

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Lynne Taylor-Corbett, ‘Footloose’ Choreographer, Dies at 78 by Alex Williams

Striving to widen the audience of dance, she brought vitality to Broadway musicals like “Swing!” as well as ballets and Hollywood films.

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Saturday, January 18, 2025

The 13 Greatest ‘S.N.L.’ Commercial Skits by The New York Times

To us, anyway. Over 50 seasons, “Saturday Night Live” has introduced crystal gravy, robot insurance and countless other demented goods and services. Share your favorites in the comments.

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‘Grand Theft Hamlet’ Stages Shakespeare in a Land of Shootouts by Brandon Yu

During a pandemic lockdown, out-of-work actors turned to the video game Grand Theft Auto Online, where a tortured soliloquy may be interrupted by a rocket launcher.

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Friday, January 17, 2025

‘Prima Facie’ and Other Theater Productions to Stream Now by Rachel Sherman

This month’s picks include “Prima Facie,” intimate audio plays and bite-size dramas.

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‘Grand Theft Hamlet’: The (Game) Play’s the Thing by Alissa Wilkinson

The film captures two players staging the classic within an online video game, raising fascinating questions about community and connection.

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Thursday, January 16, 2025

Conan O’Brien to Receive Mark Twain Prize for American Humor by Sarah Bahr

The comedian and former late-night talk show host will be given the Kennedy Center’s annual comedy honor at a ceremony in March.

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‘Wicked,’ ‘Anora’ and ‘A Complete Unknown’ Get Writers Guild Nominations by Kyle Buchanan

The three films have momentum leading up to the planned Oscars nomination announcement next week.

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Fun Things to Do in NYC in January 2025 by The New York Times

Looking for something to do in New York? Explore the percussive side of saxophones with PRISM Quartet and Miguel Zenón or introduce the kids to “The Iron Giant.”

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Wednesday, January 15, 2025

In a ‘Show Boat’ Reboot, Ol’ Man River Gets an Extreme Makeover by Jesse Green

“Show/Boat: A River” reverses the racial lens on the great-grandfather of American musicals.

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Tuesday, January 14, 2025

Under the Radar: Venturing to Fantastical Universes With a Dodo and More by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Stories from refugee children, gloriously morbid puppets and a rooster who defies a dictator. These are some of the offbeat offerings this January.

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Two Blistering Solos Raise the Stakes at Live Artery by Gia Kourlas

Highlights so far of the 2025 contemporary dance festival, spread across New York City, are Symara Sarai and Leslie Cuyjet’s outstanding dances.

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For These Teenagers in Ukraine, Hope Arrived at the Stage Door by Kim Barker and Dzvinka Pinchuk

The students in a summer acting course performed a play set in America, called, “It’s okay!” And it gave them hope that their lives would be OK, too.

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Monday, January 13, 2025

Miguel Gutierrez’s ‘Super Nothing,’ a Critic’s Pick by Siobhan Burke

Miguel Gutierrez’s “Super Nothing” at New York Live Arts asks how dance can confront the steady stream of life’s troubles.

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Second Stage Moved Out. Now This Prolific Theater Producer Is Moving In. by Michael Paulson

Seaview, whose buzzy shows include “Romeo + Juliet,” has seized a chance to have its own theater by taking over Second Stage’s former Off Broadway home.

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The Mothers on Broadway Are Finally More Than Monsters by Laura Collins-Hughes

Onstage, the flip-side of filial devotion has often been contempt. But a wave of forceful and multidimensional mothers suggests that may be changing.

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At This Ballet Company, the Priority Is Dancers’ Mental Health by Sophie Bress

Azara Ballet in Florida is a place where performers can just be themselves.

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Sunday, January 12, 2025

Atlantic Theater Stagehands Go on Strike by Michael Paulson

The stage employees union accused the nonprofit theater of stalling talks. The strike forced the cancellation of Sunday performances of two new plays.

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Resisting Oppression With Creativity, Two Ways by Brian Seibert

The Out-Front! Festival at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on Saturday featured thrilling works by Angie Pittman (“Black Life Chord Changes”) and Kyle Marshall (“Joan”).

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Abigail McGrath, Founder of an Experimental Theater, Dies at 84 by Penelope Green

She was an aspiring actor when she was cast in an Andy Warhol film called “Tub Girls.” But she was best known for the beloved Off Center Theater.

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Los Angeles Is Starring in an All-Too-Real Disaster Story by Alexis Soloski

A reporter, an L.A. native, has watched movies and TV destroy her hometown for years, but nothing can prepare someone for seeing real devastation.

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Saturday, January 11, 2025

‘Wicked’ Star Cynthia Erivo Sees Her Characters Through by Salamishah Tillet

Whether it’s Elphaba in “Wicked” or Celie in “The Color Purple,” the star doesn’t choose parts “frivolously”; she wants roles that stay with viewers.

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Friday, January 10, 2025

Review: She’s the Dancing Body, He’s the Restless Mind by Gia Kourlas

Monica Bill Barnes and Robbie Saenz de Viteri ring in the New Year in their physical and introspective “Many Happy Returns.”

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‘Tammy Faye’ and ‘Cinderella’ Were Hits in London but Failed on Broadway by Jesse Green

What happened to “Sunset Boulevard,” “Back to the Future,” “Cinderella” and “Tammy Faye” when they crossed the Atlantic?

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Thursday, January 9, 2025

Otto Schenk, Opera Director and Bulwark of Tradition, Dies at 94 by A.J. Goldmann

A prominent practitioner of the historically grand productions that were once fashionable at the Met, he was especially well known for his stagings of Wagner.

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