Tuesday, January 12, 2021
Big brother is watching you. Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan’s stage adaptation of George Orwell's 1984 is being turned into a five-part limited series, according to Deadline. The indepe…
Linked From Broadway.com at 01:48PMThe pair’s take on George Orwell’s dystopian novel debuted on Broadway in 2017.
Linked From Playbill at 11:29AMRobert Icke and Duncan Macmillan will adapt their in-your-face production for the small screen.
Linked From TheaterMania at 10:36AM This Week in Broadway History:
January 10 - 16
🎭OPENING NIGHTS🎭
January 10, 1947: Finian's Rainbow, the Lane/Harburg classic opened at the 46th Street Theatre, going on to w…
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 08:03AMWednesday, December 23, 2020
Exactly what I needed during this atypical holiday season
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Linked From phindie.com at 01:33PMRebecca Luker, a celebrated actress who lent her crystal-clear soprano to a variety of roles on Broadway, has died, according to The New York Times. Luker revealed in February 2020 that she …
Linked From Broadway.com at 01:03PMTuesday, December 15, 2020
Monday, December 14, 2020
Royal Opera House, LondonDespite fewer dancers and musicians, Peter Wright’s production is a gorgeous spectacle at Covent Garden
To the ballet then, while we can. As London waits to find o…
Linked From The Guardian at 10:24AMSaturday, December 5, 2020
Just got the news that David L. Lander (b. 1947) has passed away. I’d known about Lander’s MS for a while; Michael McKean’s amazing turn on Better Call Saul led me to wonder what had h…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 08:03PMFriday, December 4, 2020
Award-winning composer Alan Menken is teaming up with lyricist Glenn Slater and scribe James Graham for a musical version of George Orwell's allegorical tale Animal Farm. The production is a…
Linked From Broadway.com at 01:48PMThursday, December 3, 2020
The long-awaited movie adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegría Hudes’ In the Heights will debut on HBO Max and theaters at the same time next year. Currently, the film is set…
Linked From Broadway Direct at 03:25PMSunday, November 29, 2020
Written in 1984 by ABBA songwriters, Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, and world-renowned lyricist, Sir Tim Rice, Chess tells a
Linked From AussieTheatre at 07:08PMWednesday, November 25, 2020
EXCLUSIVE: Singer Sarah Brightman’s first livestream Christmas concert next month will include a reunion with her former husband and partner-in-theater Andrew Lloyd Webber. The two will pe…
Linked From Deadline at 10:00AMTuesday, November 24, 2020
Dreambird Studios debut feature film, #valentinesday, produced by industry veteran, Mark Forstater (Monty Python and the Holy Grail) is set to be released on February 14, 2021. A modern day …
Linked From Theatre Reviews Limited at 03:00PMWednesday, November 11, 2020
On Thursday, November 12, Broadway’s Best Shows returns to the digital screen with a new limited-time livestream production of Boston Marriage, written and directed by playwright David Mam…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:03PMFriday, November 6, 2020
We’re not quite sure why, but we suddenly find ourselves writing about all these people from Minnesota: Ignatius Donnelly (November 3), Gig Young (November 4), and today our topic is scree…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 08:12AMTuesday, October 20, 2020
Ahead of the December 18 release of the film adaptation of master dramatist August Wilson's first play Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Netflix offered a press sneak peek. Starring Oscar and Tony w…
Linked From Broadway.com at 02:48PMMonday, October 19, 2020
Australian rock band INXS is getting the musical treatment. The group's long-term manager Chris Murphy and music groups Universal and Warner Chappell have signed on for the development of a …
Linked From Broadway.com at 04:03PMTuesday, October 6, 2020
Radial Park at Halletts Point Play, on the heels of its premiere production of The Phantom of the Opera, has announced the next movie to hit its big screen, 1984's rock-musical drama and Aca…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 03:32PMThursday, October 1, 2020
Netflix has announced the premiere date for its starry screen adaptation of August Wilson's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom. The film will be available beginning on December 18.
As previously ann…
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:24PMWednesday, September 30, 2020
Going online opens more opportunities in this year's festival.
“I’ve been a dancer all my life,” says CounterBalance founder Ginger Lane. Trained primarily…
Linked From www.chicagoreader.com at 04:00PMWednesday, September 23, 2020
It’s rare if not unprecedented for me to use a late paragraph photo of a classic star, but this is how I always think of Walter Pidgeon (1897-1984). Pidgeon was in plenty of movies when I …
Linked From Trav S.D. at 09:32AMThursday, September 10, 2020
5 Best Shows Eligible for the 2020 Tony Awards
Written by: CK Anderson
September 10, 2020
As the old adage says, “The show must go on,” and that includes the Tony Awards. Here are f…
Linked From performerstuff.com at 01:04PMMonday, August 24, 2020
Three-time Tony winner James Lapine is releasing a book about his creative process on one of his most beloved musicals: Sunday in the Park with George! Putting It Together: How Stephen Sond…
Linked From Broadway.com at 04:02PMWednesday, August 12, 2020
(James P. Pinkerton’s article appeared on Breitbart, 8/12; Photo: Warren K. Leffler/Library of Congress.) Male Democrat presidential nominees don’t always do a good job of vetting their …
Linked From stagevoices.com at 08:13PMTuesday, August 4, 2020
DIGGING DEEPER: JOHN B. ROBERTS II ON THE 1984 REELECTION CAMPAIGN’S SECRET OPERATION AGAINST GERALDINE FERRARO, THINKING OUTSIDE THE BALLOT BOX, AND HIS NEW BOOK ON MORNING IN AMERICA…
Linked From stagevoices.com at 01:46PMFriday, July 31, 2020
Available onlineThere are a string of cartoonish events and a jangly slice of chart-topping indie pop in this play about missed opportunities
Hottest front-room seats: the best theatre and d…
Linked From The Guardian at 03:48PMCongratulations! You've made it through another week, in good health we hope. Here's our weekly game to bring you some theater related fun and stress relief. Today we bring back a favorite -…
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 02:03PMTuesday, July 28, 2020
Along with AMC and Cinemark, Regal closed down U.S. sites in mid-March due to the COVID-19 pandemic — which profoundly altered the spring and summer slate. “Wonder Woman 1984” was move…
Linked From ArtsJournal at 02:48PMMOB RULE: JOHN B. ROBERTS II ON THE 1984 REELECTION CAMPAIGN’S SECRET OPERATION AGAINST GERALDINE FERRARO, THINKING OUTSIDE THE BALLOT BOX, AND HIS NEW BOOK ON MORNING IN AMERICA: …
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