Tuesday, July 14, 2020
The annual awards show for Off and Off Off Broadway theater was prerecorded and streamed after the coronavirus led to cancellation of a live ceremony.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 11:06PMWith an influenza pandemic and a war on, New York’s health commissioner took an unorthodox stand, declining to shutter public entertainment.
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The posthumous debut album by the Brooklyn rapper landed at No. 1, becoming one of the biggest releases of a slow summer in music.
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A 29-page document released this week amounts to a call for wholesale restructuring of the system, onstage and backstage, on Broadway and beyond.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 04:24PMThe Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s streaming series begins with a “historical fable” about Catholic orphans and their new families in 1904 Arizona.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 02:06PMFive critics wade into the controversies (like its treatment of slavery) and examine the performances (especially Lin-Manuel Miranda’s) five years after the show debuted.
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How can you get your cultural fix when many arts institutions remain closed? Our writers offer suggestions for what to listen to and watch.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 06:48PMA documentary play based on interviews with New York doctors, nurses and paramedics underlines the inequities of a medical system “flawed from its root.”
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 03:03PMWhat was meant to have opened Shakespeare in the Park’s season has found new life as a four-part audio play with resonance in the wake of Black Lives Matter.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 02:32PM“Staged,” a six-episode sitcom, and “Talking Heads,” a remake of a group of vaunted monologues, show what good can come of a bereft theatrical scene in Britain.
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Animated shows are finally moving away from letting white actors play characters of color. But even well-intentioned efforts at increasing diversity create complications.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 05:36PMImmersive theater, timed and ticketed, has arrived in virtual reality. Is this a brave new pixelated world for live performance? Or just another app?
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 01:06PMThe industry’s show-must-go-on smile masks a harder truth: that there is no substitute for the live interaction between performer and audience.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 10:54AMOur critics discuss the last four months, which thanks to Zoom (and Meryl Streep) have been full of experimentation and playfulness.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 10:54AMTuesday, July 7, 2020
This year, the Kilroys collective turned a spotlight on work by female and transgender writers whose productions were canceled or postponed.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 06:36PMThis new Starz drama is set in a strip club but “pulses with the female gaze,” said the creator, Katori Hall. Its premise is that sex work is as worthy of exploration as any other kind o…
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 02:48PMThe British government has promised $2 billion to save its cultural institutions, while the American theater, lacking meaningful leadership, is left to fend for itself.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 02:48PMMonday, July 6, 2020
The Disney+ filmed version has fans wondering what’s accurate. Historians are fans, too, and they have answers, along with caveats.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 07:36PMTheaters in the Berkshires are planning live shows, “Godspell” and “Harry Clarke,” with limited audiences and virus-related protocols in place. One will be indoors, and one outdoors.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 04:06PMThe Broadway actor’s battle with the coronavirus was followed closely by many as his wife chronicled his experience on social media.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 11:18AMAfter a weekslong campaign, artists in Britain welcomed the move, which will provide support to recipients like “local basement” music venues and museums.
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The Broadway actor’s battle with the coronavirus was followed closely by many as his wife chronicled his experience on social media.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 11:36PMThe Broadway actor’s battle with the coronavirus was followed closely by many as his wife chronicled his experience on social media.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 10:54PMThis Lorraine Hansberry play, set in the 1960s in a fictional African country, speaks incisively to the American present.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 02:03PMSaturday, July 4, 2020
Watching through windshields. Audiences of two. An elbow bump instead of a kiss. Theaters across the country find novel ways to play in a pandemic.
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Even in lockdown, it’s still hard to cut a streaming deal for a professional show. Here’s what viewers can expect, for now.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 01:36PMDisney+ is streaming a live-capture film of “Hamilton.” It’s just the latest chapter in a deepening relationship between the company and the musical’s creator.
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Our culture writers offer suggestions for celebrating Independence Day, and what to watch or listen to without leaving your home.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 02:18PMRichard Nelson’s fictional family returns, but for the first time this drama of connection in the age of American bewilderment feels smaller than life.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 02:18PM“She Kills Monsters” is hugely popular in high schools and colleges. Even in lockdown, performers have found novel ways to make the battles come alive.
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