Rachel Chavkin and Anaïs Mitchell on "Why We Build the Wall" by Hadestown

"The first time I heard this song, I couldn't get over how simple it was. It's call-and response, which for any good protest song, is key. I couldn't believe the density of meaning, the numb…

‘People get addicted to it’: the new London venue at the forefront of the great dance revival by Lyndsey Winship

Sadler’s Wells’ new purpose-built space is a reflection of the booming popularity of the art form in the capital. But is all this success representative of the country as a whole? And if…

Working in the Theatre: the beautiful land i seek; Pregones/Puerto Rican Traveling Theater by American Theatre Wing

The current production of "the beautiful land i seek (la linda tierra que busco yo)," written by Matthew Barbot and directed by José Zayas, is (as of this release) the featured production o…

Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE in "High Life" | at The Joyce January 14-19 by Joycetheater

"Richly expressive and irresistibly kinetic” (New York Times), Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE celebrates 40 years of groundbreaking dance works melding the traditions and rhythms of the African …

The week in theatre: Ballet Shoes; The Importance of Being Earnest; The Devil Wears Prada; The Massive Tragedy of Madame Bovary – review by Susannah Clapp

Olivier; Lyttelton; Dominion; Southwark Playhouse Borough, LondonAt the National, Noel Streatfeild’s classic flies while Oscar Wilde’s wit is gorgeously unleashed. Elsewhere, a slavishly…

Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE | at The Joyce January 14-19, 2025 by Joycetheater

"Richly expressive and irresistibly kinetic” (New York Times), Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE celebrates 40 years of groundbreaking dance works melding the traditions and rhythms of the African …

Today on Broadway: Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024 - BroadwayRadio

https://playbill.com/article/kara-young-will-star-in-purpose-on-broadway. 2) Terrence Mann to Join 'The Great Gatsby' in January https://playbill ...

Kara Young Will Star in Purpose on Broadway - Threads

Candice Frederick (@candice.frederick.37). https://playbill.com/article/kara-young-will-star-in-purpose-on-broadway Kara Young Will Star in ...

Kara Young, LaTanya Richardson Jackson and more will lead Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ ‘Purpose’ on Broadway by Michael Abourizk

An opening-night date has also been announced for the Phylicia Rashad-directed drama.

LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Kara Young and More to Star in Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' Purpose on Broadway by Hayley Levitt

The complete cast is set for the Broadway premiere of Purpose, a new play by Tony Award winner Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (Appropriate). Previews begin at the Hayes Theater on February 25, 202…

LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Harry Lennix, Kara Young & More Will Star in PURPOSE on Broadway

Complete casting has been announced for the highly-anticipated Broadway transfer of Steppenwolf Theatre Company’s production of Tony Award-winner Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ new play, PURPOS…

Broadway Casting For Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ ‘Purpose’ To Include LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Tony-Winner Kara Young, More by Greg Evans

LaTanya Richardson Jackson and Kara Young are among the complete cast announced today for the Broadway transfer of Steppenwolf Theatre Company’s production of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ pla…

LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Kara Young to Star in ‘Purpose’ on Broadway by Caitlin Huston

The new play is written by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and centers on a Black family that has cultivated a powerful political dynasty.

Kara Young, Harry Lennix, and More to Star in Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s Purpose on Broadway

Judith Jamison obituary by Lyndsey Winship

Dancer and choreographer who rose to fame with Alvin Ailey’s company in New York and became its artistic director It was a failed audition that set in motion the superlative career of the …

My Variety Review of the New Broadway Musical "Tammy Faye" by Frank Rizzo

It takes more than a holy spirit and revivalist verve to make “Tammy Faye” divinely suited for musical theater. It would take a creative team knowing what their show wants to be: a campy…

The Whitby Rebels review – true-life tale of madcap mission to the Arctic by Mark Fisher

Stephen Joseph theatre, ScarboroughAn unlikely crew, including a vicar and two pensioners, sail a dodgy ship on a voyage to honour an explorer. But the sitcom setup fails to deliver much com…

Nicole Scherzinger Revels in the Role She Was 'Meant to Play' at Sunset Boulevard's Opening Night by Broadway.com

Nicole Scherzinger is finally a bona fide Broadway star, opening Jamie Lloyd's reimagined revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Sunset Boulevard at the St. James Theatre on October 20. "I belie…

McNeal by Victor Gluck, Editor-In-Chief

As in Ayad Akhtar’s plays "Disgraced," "JUNK" and "The Who and the What," all of which have been produced by the Lincoln Center Theater, "McNeal" is always interesting, always arresting. U…

National Dance Company Wales: Frontiers review – a pair of puzzlers by Lyndsey Winship

The Place, LondonMoody masses of bodies, a gang of club kids like shamans at a stick-up … this company is always trying something new Matthew William Robinson, artistic director of Nationa…

The Story Behind Our Town: Building the First Grover's Corners by Hayley Levitt

"Act I: No curtain. No scenery. The audience, arriving, sees an empty stage in half-light." Thornton Wilder (Photo: New York Public Library) Audiences accustomed to the realism of Cliff…

Solotech Chooses Brompton Technology LED Processing to Power Adele’s GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS® LED Screen by Michael Eddy

Adele’s electrifying 10-show residency at the purpose-built outdoor arena at Messe München in August set a new standard in live entertainment, earning a GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS® title for…

When the Bleeding Stops / Because I Can review – unexpectedly joyful reflection on menopause by Lyndsey Winship

The Place, London Lovísa Ósk Gunnarsdóttir warmly narrates her own story of renewal after feeling her personal and professional life was over Contemporary dance about the menopause? A dan…

I Interview Playwrights Part 1121: Kristen Doherty by Adam Szymkowicz

Kristen Doherty  Hometown:I was born near the beach in Glenelg, South Australia. I still live in South Australia, but now in the Adelaide Hills with my husband, three daughters, two oodle …

Trailblazing ballerina Michaela Mabinty DePrince dies at 29 by Adria R Walker

Sierra Leone-born DePrince, who moved to US as a child, danced with Boston Ballet and performed with Beyoncé Michaela Mabinty DePrince, a trailblazer and inspiration to many in the ballet w…

Last supper by Kerry Reid

The tense family dinner has long been a trope for American realism. Just off the top of my head, plays that have such a device as a central dramatic event include Tracy Letts’s August: Osa…

Play It Again: Sweeney Todd's "My Friends" by JK

Play It Again: Sweeney Todd's "My Friends" For this new series, Jeff has invited me to choose some classic Broadway show tunes and compare versions of these songs from several different cas…

California State University: Dominguez Hills - Millennium Stage (September 13, 2024) by The Kennedy Center

Subscribe to The Kennedy Center! http://bit.ly/2gNFrtb Live Tonight on Millennium Stage: Founded in 2009, the Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles (ICYOLA) is a California 501(c)(3) no…

Broadway Update by Barry Gordin

John Mulaney in All In; Purpose; Othello By: David Sheward September 9, 2024: Comedian-actor John Mulaney will return to Broadway in All In: Comedy About Love by Simon Rich beginning per…

Hurricane Season Review. Trippy and transgressive, to a fault. by New York Theater

It would be silly to dismiss “Hurricane Season” just because the production has no curtain call, and the cast is made to work during the entire intermission, performing a kind of robotic…

The Normal Heart is timely again by Albert Williams

On July 27, 1982, as editor of Chicago GayLife newspaper, I attended a meeting in Washington, D.C., between government health officials and a group of LGBTQ+ activists and leaders of organiz…