Here are a few of our staff picks for the coming week.
Linked From St. Louis Today at 02:48PMRobin L. McGee, who has worked on Muny shows, is project manager for the Broadway Relief Project in New York.
Linked From St. Louis Today at 02:48PMThe 2021 summer lineup will also include Shakespeare's The Tempest and an audio version of Macbeth.
Linked From Playbill at 02:47PMCaptured live on stage in 2016 at London's King's Cross Theatre, the presentation will mark the fifth anniversary of David Bowie's death.
Linked From Playbill at 02:37PMIn celebration of the holidays, the world’s biggest-selling soprano and legendary GRAMMY® Award-nominated artist Sarah Brightman will headline her first-ever Christmas livestream eve…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:20PMSeth Rudetsky and James Wesley's daily series benefits The Actors Fund.
Linked From Playbill at 02:12PMAmerican Repertory Theater at Harvard University has announced today details about the next events in the theater’s new Behind the Scenes series with the writers, directors, and composers…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:03PMJason Butler Harner, William Jackson Harper, Aja Naomi King, and Madeline Brewer star in the audio play.
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Following the news that London – plus parts of Essex and Hertfordshire – would move into Tier 3 from 16 December 2020, Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock has announced that th…
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 01:59PMThe Theatre World Awards Board of Directors, Dale Badway, President, has announced, today, the 76th Theatre World Awards Ceremony will take place when Broadway returns. Hosted annually …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:54PMNew Brunswick Performing Arts Center is home to George Street Playhouse, American Repertory Ballet, Crossroads Theatre Company, and Rutgers University’s Mason Gross School of the Arts. The…
Linked From www.njfuture.org at 01:49PMDean Falcone's Vomitorium is a decades-old tradition where Connecticut musicians gather to play obscure and strange rock covers. This year, the Vomitorium has become a "Covidtorium" set of C…
Linked From Hartford Courant at 01:47PMTo remember David Bowie on his birthday and to mark the fifth anniversary of his untimely death, producers Robert Fox and RZO Entertainment Inc are exclusively releasing the stream of the Lo…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:46PMDanny Bernstein, Daniel Mertzlufft, and Gabbi Bolt are among those whose pieces are included.
Linked From Playbill at 01:43PMEveryone's favorite nanny is returning! Mary Poppins has just announced that it will return to London's Prince Edward Theatre in the spring. Opening night is set for May 22, with tickets goi…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:18PMTHE JEWISH SOUL: CLASSICS OF YIDDISH CINEMA: Kino’s essential set shows the diversity and range of Yiddish cinema, while commentary tracks from film critic J. Hoberman and Yiddish historia…
Linked From www.slantmagazine.com at 01:18PMTheatrical production company Seaview (Slave Play, Sea Wall/A Life), today announced the creative team for the one-performance-only, Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical, to benefit The Acto…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:06PMThe musical was filmed in London.
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Review: Raymond Briggs' Father Christmas, Lyric Hammersmith4.0Overall ScoreIt is a year unlike any other and so it should not come to anyone’s surprise that Christmas is not like any other…
Linked From A Younger Theatre at 12:48PM“I’m a playwright, right?,” DC playwright Richard Byrne told me on a phone call. “I miss people getting into my face with my words.” But the pandemic has pushed this prolific write…
Linked From DC Theatre Scene at 12:42PMBroadway's Robbie Fairchild and Adam Perry stop by to chat about pivoting to floral arrangement via their new business, boo•kay! Plus, we share our favorite Broadway-inspired holiday gift…
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:36PMThe Times’s theater critics in London, Paris and Berlin reflect on a year of closures, reopenings, restrictions and curfews, in which the show somehow went on.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 12:36PMThis week, Tom Kitt joined the host of Gone in 30 Minutes, Tom DeSavia, for a conversation about his current projects, including how Columbia University's virtual commencement helped pull hi…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:33PMToday's roundup includes Potted Panto streaming online and returning to the Garrick at Easter plus Bush Theatre's Overflow broadcasting online.
The post London Theatre News Today: Thursday …
Linked From officiallondontheatre.com at 12:12PMMichael James Scott is an actor and singer who originated the role of Genie in the Australian production of Disney's musical Aladdin, which opened in Sydney in August 2016. He received a Hel…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:00PMThespie has “done it again” with Oops! I Streamed It Again, a lively concert featuring some of the stars of West End musical on hiatus, & Juliet.
In a pause where the singe...
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The new podcast chronicles the behind-the-scenes drama of Avvatar, the Musical.
Linked From Playbill at 11:46AMMy feelings about the Farrelly Brothers are…complicated. My principal reason for caring about them at all is that they are from my home state of Rhode Island, and represent it in their mov…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 11:42AMWhat kind of weird holiday show is this? That was my initial reaction – not my usual reaction to a show by Taylor Mac, which is more often: Wow ( to Hir, and A 24 Decade History of Po…
Linked From DC Theatre Scene at 11:36AMBeth Stevens chats with Colman Domingo, Michael Potts and Glynn Turman, stars of the film adaptation of August Wilson's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom. See them talk about playing musicians and …
Linked From Broadway.com at 11:32AMMa Rainey’s Black Bottom’ the Netflix movie adapted from two-time Pulitzer Prize winner August Wilson’s play of the same name is a gem. Producer Denzel Washington has made a commitment…
Linked From Broadway.com at 11:32AMJeremy O. Harris, whose Slave Play earned 12 Tony Award nominations, is taking his creative talents to a different level. After wowing on red carpets throughout the theater season pre-shu…
Linked From Broadway.com at 11:32AMJeremy O. Harris has already taken over Broadway. Now he's making his mark in the fashion industry. According to Vogue, the playwright is launching a 20-piece, gender-neutral collection wi…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:26AMCompanies coast to coast and beyond are revving up their own adaptations for Web consumption.
Linked From Washington Post at 11:18AMThe beloved film stars Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer.
Linked From TheaterMania at 11:12AMJewelle Blackman, Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer, and Kay Trinidad with the Hadestown ensemble (guest soloists: Khaila Wilcoxon, T. Oliver Reid, Kimberly Marable, and Malcolm Armwood). From the new a…
Linked From Broadway Direct at 11:06AMMembers of the creative team discuss what it took to adapt the August Wilson play for Netflix and trying not to be “outdone” by the late actor.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 11:03AMIt’s weird. We should be more excited today than any other day during this pandemic. The vaccine was approved. It’s more effective than anyone could have imagined. And it’s being a…
Linked From The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMWhile starring in Peter Shaffer’s drama—which opened on Broadway December 17, 1980—Ian McKellen wrote about the hazards of impersonating historical characters for Playbill.
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Hershey Felder plays Tchaikovsky, and Andrea McArdle, Broadway's original Annie, performs her holiday concert. And don't miss Josh Groban's, either.
Linked From TheaterMania at 10:36AMThe Emmy winner presents a newly adapted livestream edition of a stage show that got cancelled by Covid.
Linked From TheaterMania at 10:36AMThe underwater puppet production was captured for the screen in 2018.
Linked From TheaterMania at 10:36AMSwedish actress Noomi Rapace will play a gender-swapped version of Hamlet in the upcoming film 'Insane and Bloody,' directed by Ali Abbasi.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:30AMPlaybill will release episode spotlights with behind-the-scenes videos and interviews with stars like Jenna Russell and Aisha Jawando.
Linked From Playbill at 10:11AMMcKellen received round one of the shot in his native England.
Linked From TheaterMania at 10:03AMTony and GRAMMY winning superstar Leslie Odom Jr. brings the holiday cheer with this song from 'The Christmas Album,' his new project that reimagines a host of holiday favorites.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:00AMPlus, a Q&A with Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer, Jewelle Blackman, and Kay Trinidad about their holiday album.
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Today (December 17) in live streaming: the cast of Homeschool the Musical on Stars in the House, Norm Lewis in concert, and so much more!
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:59AMHolland Taylor shares her and her girlfriend Sarah Paulson's love for Seth's dog Frisbee, talks about why her play Ann is the greatest achievement of her life and reveals why she still gets …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:54AMSwedish-Danish-Iranian filmmaker Ali Abbasi directs.
Linked From Playbill at 09:50AMThis month marks the centenary of THE DYBBUK, the most famous Jewish work in the world, by Shloime Ansky, and Monday a new version was released on the YouTube channel of the Congress for Jew…
Linked From www.radiojai.com at 09:46AMJames Corden connects with his co-stars of 'The Prom,' Nicole Kidman and Kerry Washington, and James asks them about making the most out of 2020, with Kerry being named one of EW's entertain…
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Linked From gracenotesstage.com at 09:40AMPeppermint stars as Gabriel—and Portia as God—in the one-act parody of the Biblical trip to Bethlehem.
Linked From Playbill at 09:19AMMany people in the theater community have stepped up to this moment of multiple crises, including those I detail below, listed roughly in alphabetical order. They stand in for all the others…
Linked From newyorktheater.me at 09:16AMThis Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld for 12/17/2020 include new jobs for those looking to work in the theatre industry.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:10AMComposer Natalie Tenenbaum and lyricist Kevin Wanzor have created THE WORST PEOPLE YOU KNOW (or #TWPYK), a serial musical comedy web series that celebrates the most terrible and …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:04AMViola Davis, Chadwick Boseman (in his final movie role) and the ensemble cast give masterful performances in Netflix's stellar version of playwright August Wilson's "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom…
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“Moulin Rouge!” National Tour Gets New Dates, Roundabout And Other Companies Get Grants “Today on Broadway” is a daily, Monday through Friday, podcast hitting the top theatre headlin…
Linked From BroadwayRadio at 07:55AMThe new Disney+ docu-series follows students at the prestigious School of American Ballet Theatre and in New York City Ballet's The Nutcracker.
Linked From Playbill at 07:52AMRoyal & Derngate Northampton has announced that it will premiere a season of original musical theatre as part of its upcoming Made in Northampton 2021 season.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 07:25AMWritten by the Olivier award winner James Graham and produced by the Guardian in partnership with the National Theatre, this short musical film is a unifying song for the country to take …
Linked From The Guardian at 07:18AMThe playwright has collaborated with the Guardian and the National Theatre on a new short film, We Begin Again, looking back at – and beyond – this turbulent year
How does a playwright a…
Linked From The Guardian at 07:18AM“To assert dignity is to lose it.”
Rex Stout, The League of Frightened Men
Continue reading Almanac: Nero Wolfe on dignity at About Last Night.
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Today's top stories: Moulin Rouge! announces new tour dates, Laura Osnes sings from Carousel, Brian Stokes Mitchell and Audra McDonald sing from Ragtime, Lin-Manuel Miranda on the future of …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 05:18AMTraditional pantomimes often spin the same old narratives about gender and beauty, says the maker of an alternative show, about LGBTQ+ activists
“Kids love a mosh pit! They love a headbang…
Linked From The Guardian at 05:06AMWho is Peta Anderson? Peta is one of Australia’s leading tap dancers and is taking the world by storm by combining her knowledge in both Irish and Tap dance styles to create unique rhythms…
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This week on Throwback Thursday Emily Redpath talks about playing Juliet to Sam Tutty's Romeo and how you personify vomit at the Edinburgh Fringe.
This post THROWBACK THURSDAY: …
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