Thursday, September 24, 2020
The interstellar adventure deftly mixes the lo-fi aesthetics of budget science fiction with dopey humor and experimental theater’s sensibility.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 03:54PMA musical about two French chocolatiers may satisfy the hunger for live song and dance, but keep the insulin handy.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 01:03PMOur critics and writers have selected noteworthy cultural events to experience virtually or in person in New York City.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 01:03PMCreative professionals can receive $5,000 grants through the end of the year, thanks to additional funding by the Mellon Foundation and others.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 11:12AMThe Bridge theater in London has resumed performances after the coronavirus shutdown with a series of monologues by David Hare and Alan Bennett.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 06:18AMWednesday, September 23, 2020
In a fall season without many live shows, everything is up for grabs. That includes the canon of classics — and where Bill Irwin might be performing.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 10:18AMTuesday, September 22, 2020
Amanda Kloots kept the world informed while her husband, a Broadway actor, lost a battle with Covid. After many grueling months, she’s trying to look ahead.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 04:18PMHe directed unconventional works and championed diversity, both in the material he staged and in the actors performing it. He died of the coronavirus.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 03:24PMStephen Karam’s celebrated play about economic distress looks very different in 2020 than it did in 2015 — and streaming is only part of the change.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 02:18PMMonday, September 21, 2020
This comic short about an actor and his kids staging Greek tragedies under lockdown slyly comments on links between the politics of the family and the state.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 03:42PMNicholas Edwards starred in the closely watched “Godspell” production. “Usually the stage is a safe place,” he said, “but it became a place where I was anxious all the time.”
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 02:48PMSunday, September 20, 2020
In the dreamscape of Toshiki Okada’s play, the American philosopher is a 21st-century presence, and an author meets his younger self.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 03:48PMIn this enthralling streaming production of Brian Friel’s 1979 play, an itinerant miracle worker is grounded in a gritty reality.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 03:48PMFriday, September 18, 2020
In this brief but eerie installation, one viewer and one performer, separated by glass, share the feeling of being trapped underwater.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 03:03PM“The Life” and “The Tap Dance Kid,” which focus on people of color in Manhattan, are planned for the 2020-2021 season of Encores!, the center’s popular series.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 01:54PM“There’s so much more that comes with being Black apart from dealing with racism,” says Theresa Ikoko, a Londoner whose movie “Rocks” opened this week.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 11:06AMThursday, September 17, 2020
He emerged from the Black Arts movement and the famed Negro Ensemble Company, writing dramas and satires about the Black and Caribbean-American experiences.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 03:32PMThis year’s edition of the festival, held under social distancing measures, is devoted to works made on a limited budget by under-the-radar Italian theater-makers.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 01:54PMWednesday, September 16, 2020
Before lockdown, she won praise for three fierce Off Broadway performances. Next: starring in an online reading of a rarely seen Pulitzer Prize finalist.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 03:32PMA naïve young woman struggles with the pitfalls of intimacy in the digital age, on and off the battlefield of a multiplayer online game.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 02:48PMThroughout most of Western history, plays typically went on hiatus when plagues hit. But could contemporary designers, or perhaps outdoor settings or spaced-out seats, provide novel solution…
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 02:06PMTuesday, September 15, 2020
It might seem churlish to criticize productions improvising through a pandemic. But for audiences taking the chance, design makes a difference.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 04:36PMHis 1966 feature, “Closely Watched Trains,” won an Academy Award and was part of a burst of creativity in Czech filmmaking.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 04:24PMMonday, September 14, 2020
The Billie Holiday Theater’s brilliantly designed performance, staged for a live audience in Brooklyn and filmed for YouTube, is an urgent response to police misconduct.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 04:24PM“Six,” the hit musical, will start an 11-week run in November, with other shows including “The Mousetrap” also slated to resume soon.
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The second grouping of these excellent “Here We Are” monologues includes a raucous report from outer space and a small gem from Lynn Nottage.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 01:54PMFriday, September 11, 2020
Dr. Anthony Fauci said a vaccine would need to exist for nearly a year before people might feel comfortable returning to theaters unmasked, which he said would likely be mid- to late 2021.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 03:48PMIf you participate in a sound walk and no one is there to applaud, does it count as theater? Our critic argues that it does. Or at least that it can.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 03:02PMRichard Nelson’s profound conclusion to his Zoom-format trilogy about the Apple siblings examines the perils of conversation in 2020.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 02:12PMEnd unpaid internships. Set term limits for leaders. Get real about inclusion. Take performances to the streets. Say yes to joy, and no to couch plays.
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