Nothing is what it seems in Jeremy 0. Harris’ startling and explosive "Slave Play" which investigates where race and sexual relationships intersect. What we have been watching in the play�…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 09:51PMChesapeake Beach, MD resident, Mickey Cashman has been selected from a pool of over 12,000 global applicants to represent the 80 finalists in the Young Adult Honors Choir. He will perform at…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 09:38PMWHEN IS A PLACE A HOME? THE JUNGLE
By: Samuel L. Leiter
December 28, 2018: No other New York theatre is as beautifully situated as the recent incarnation of St. Ann’s Warehouse, oc…
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Jeremy O. Harris experimental play is sure to make many people uncomfortable, as intended.
SOURCE: Theater News Online at 06:36PMFrom a critical remove, streaming is a strangely liminal space, one not yet secure in its place in the media landscape. It’s a land of opportunity and nonsense, a media format beyond i…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:03PMAll eyes are now on France. Despite the legal hurdles, restitutions are possible but only through a drawn-out process. President Macron’s decision earlier this month to return 26 plundered…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:03PMOur deepest anxieties about the future of where we live are embodied in other cities — in Portlandification, Brooklynification, Manhattanization. The comparison is seldom a compliment. You…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:03PMReturning to its original home at The Neo-Futurarium, The Ruffians' annual holiday tradition remains as anarchic, hilarious, and deeply terrifying as ever.
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Our demanding critics choose the best (and the most disappointing) films of the year. By Arts Fuse Staff The Arts Fuse‘s film critics have sent in their best-of-the-year picks. But, gi…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 05:54PMSet and costume designer Bunny Christie, choreographer Richard Alston and actor Sophie Okonedo are among those to be recognised in the New
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:30PMBelow is a list of theater books to read in 2019, most of which were published in 2018. Click on the titles to find more information and to purchase these books, grouped under four categor…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:12PM"The Prom" is giving Broadway something it’s been lacking for years, which is a high-spirited, old-fashioned musical comedy, where the cast’s energy spills out over the footlights, and i…
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His work in opera, theater and ballet cast aside traditional ideas of what sets should be — realistic and utilitarian — in favor of abstract designs that made a statement.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:54PMThe end result is similar to a trick often used in Hollywood. Superheroes, aliens, and the simians in Planet of the Apesmovies are animated by placing markers on actors’ faces and bodies…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:54PMOne day in December, Katherine Luber, director of the San Antonio Museum of Art, two curators and a museum trustee wandered around a rock yard in China that looked more like a moonscape than…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:54PMGo behind the scenes of Broadway's Head Over Heels with one of 2018's breakout stars, Bonnie Milligan, as she takes over the BroadwayWorld Instagram tomorrow, December 29th Follow along as M…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:48PMAs previously reported, the blockbuster film Almost Famous is being adapted for the stage. A developmental lab will be held this spring, April 29-May 25, 2019. Find out audition details belo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:48PMReynolds' career began unexpectedly in 1948 when she won a beauty contest at the age of 16. Two of the contest judges were scouts fromWarner Brothersand MGM. When they heard Reynolds' show-s…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:48PMTony Yazbeck is also part of the concert, celebrating the centenary of Leonard Bernstein.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:45PMLepage’s play on Black slavery last summer during the Montreal International Jazz Festival was cancelled due to the fact that the play included a mostly white cast picking cotton and singi…
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 04:22PMAriana Grande may be celebrating the run-up to New Year’s Eve with bed rest. One thing is certain: She won’t be spending it on stage at the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, where she’d been …
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Tom Kitt and Cameron Crowe are readying their musical adaptation based on the Oscar-winning film.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:52PMThe BBC has promised to replace Film with another show, but the challenge is how do you cover movies for a BBC One audience? The problem the BBC has is that movie broadcasting has been subje…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:48PM“The current generation of fictional drugs, rather than bubbling up from nature’s underworld, parachute into stories and novels from the corporate-technological top down. The rec…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:48PMThe standup, actor, writer and youngest comedian to perform a solo season in London’s West End on the things that make him laugh the mostPete Holmes as Lightweight James Bond. It’s the f…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:32PM“A Star Is Born” zoomed to the top of the Oscar Best Picture list on Gold Derby’s combined odds chart on Oct. 14, the week after it opened, pushing film fest fave “Roma” to No. 2. …
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 03:30PMThe latest on CNN's New Year's Eve Live, the national tour of Legally Blonde—The Musical, and a look back at 2018.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:24PMChristopher Sieber in The Prom
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Two-time Tony nominee Christopher Sieber is playing cater waiter turned Broadway activist Trent Oliver (did he mention he went to Ju…
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Together and separately, the married collaborators have written such musicals as Mean Girls, Heathers, and Bat Boy.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:47PMThe recent marriage of neuroscience with the fields of computer science and artificial intelligence that have really strengthened this perspective. Work at this interface has shown that a br…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:36PMThe IRS “proof of claim” filings entered Dec. 12 and 19 say the amount owed is cumulative, beginning with an unpaid assessed balance of $1,305,403 in December 2012 and including $552,718…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:36PMAmong the other things he says: “The National Brainiac, that’s what I really wish I could edit. Imagine me being the editor of a tabloid for intellectuals. Imagining hiding outside t…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:36PMWe're counting down the last days of 2018, andthe year has been full of jaw dropping, hilarious, tear jerking, and incredible moments.From once in a lifetime curtain calls, to performances t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:36PMBroadwayWorld is sad to report that iconic dancer and performer Sono Osato has passed away. She was 99.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:36PMJust in time for the new year, Lin-Manuel Miranda is taking off to reprise his lead role in the Puerto Rico production of Hamilton.Check out photos from his arrival below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:36PMThe new adaptation by Aaron Sorkin grossed almost $1.6 million - the best single week in the Shubert Organization's 118-year history.
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Ariana Grande was scheduled to perform at The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, but the pop star is now backing out due to "health reasons."
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SOURCE: USA Today at 01:57PMHere in Los Angeles, at the Hollywood Pantages, the colorful musical Wicked is a hot ticket for new audiences and a winter highlight for old fans, especially since the current tour offers so…
SOURCE: www.laweekly.com at 01:49PMSHOWTIME has released the series premiere of its new comedyBLACK MONDAYearly across multiple platforms. The series stars and is executive produced by Emmynominee and Golden Globe Award winne…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:32PMThe Palm Springs International Film Festival is set to honor thecast of Mary Poppins Returns with the Ensemble Performance Award, according to Variety.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:32PMThe 49-year-old is a Broadway veteran, with leads in Urinetown and Little Shop of Horrors under his belt, but he didn’t start directing in earnest until five years ago, at Bucks County…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:32PMPantone’s color of the year for 2019 is “living coral”. And in case 2018’s color slipped by your notice, it was ultra violet. – The Guardian
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:32PMThis year on New York stages, cries against intolerance — and worse.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:24PMThe Japanese-American dancer created the role of Ivy Smith in the 1944 Broadway premiere of Leonard Bernstein’s On the Town.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:15PMIn much the same way that the history of Broadway is peppered with legendary performances, years from now Australian theatregoers will ask each other if they saw Tina Arena in Evita.
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Yes, 2018 in theater was the Year of Leonard Bernstein (centennial celebrations and new movies underway) and of Andrew Lloyd Webber (who got his EGOT, published his memoir, Unmasked, and got…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:56PMArmed with orchestra seats and open minds, Broadway.com staffers are thrilled to take in all the Great White Way has to offer each year. Choosing five favorites is no easy task. This ye…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:54PMThe presents are unwrapped, the bubbly is chilling and the New Years Eve party snacks are all ready. The most important thing to do before the ball drops on the last night of 2018? Pick your…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:54PMIn Polylogues, the audience is watching me, and specifically me trying to listen. You’re watching that effort.
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 12:54PMThe Showtime series, which will make its official premiere January 20, 2019, has been released early across multiple platforms.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:49PM“Simmba,” a sequel to the famous Indian Hindi language action film “Singham” will release in theatres across Spain on December 29, 2018.Ranveer Singh, plays the protagonist in …
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 12:38PMThe second play in Jaffe’s ’Energy’ series will begin performances January 23, 2019, at The Wild Project.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:27PMHartford Public Library has announced the 15 jazz acts playing in its free, Sunday-afternoon 2019 Baby Grand Jazz Series, which opens Jan. 6 with a special Three Kings Day concert featuring …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:27PMThis Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld for 12272018 include new jobs for those looking to work in the theatre industry.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:24PMAmerica's favorite blonde, Elle Woods, is ready to prove who's in charge again as Legally Blonde - The Musical hits the road in 2019, bend-and-snapping its way to more than 40 cities across …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:24PMIt's the final weekend to vote for the 2018 BroadwayWorld Regional Awards worldwide, brought to you by BroadwayHD Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers get to vote for their …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:24PM“Scandals rocked some of its biggest institutions; around the fountain there was a twilight-of-the-gods feeling. … And it was not just Lincoln Center’s independent constituent orga…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:24PMEven though the stranglehold of bro country has given way to various softer, smoother gestures, the men of the format still dominate terrestrial, satellite, and streaming playlists. But it�…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:24PMAs it's the end of the year, we're looking back at the most popular news stories of 2018 and prepare to look forward to 2019.
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 12:17PMBy Julian Eaves
BritishTheatre.com reviewer Julian Eaves talks about his theatre highlights of 2018.
This post Critic’s Choice – Julian Eaves first appeared on British Theatre. H…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 12:13PMA five-day journey to Bear’s Ears National Monument in Utah in the company of other dancers, choreographers and Native Americans turned Gotheiner’s mind to more serious pursuits resultin…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:04PMTake a look back at the stunning portraits, backstage glimpses, memorable reunions, and historic moments that define the theatrical year.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PMFrom John Lithgow: Stories by Heart in January to To Kill A Mocking Bird in December, look back at all the shows that opened on Broadway in 2018.
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The film, based on the life of Freddie Mercury and band Queen is running through December, 2018 at movie theatres across Japan.Featuring Rami Malek as Mercury, “Bohemian Rhapsody,” docum…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 11:48AMPerformances will begin in January 2019 in Orange, Texas.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:26AMThe sale follows a failed deal with Cameron Mackintosh that would have seen the venue renamed the Sondheim Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:25AM“The author of 18 books in Hebrew and a longtime candidate for the Nobel Prize for literature, Oz was best known for novels including Black Box, In the Land of Israel and A Tale of Lov…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:24AM“If there are members of the UK cinema community who think Brexit is a good thing, they are all but impossible to find. Actors and film-makers were virtually unanimous in their advocac…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:24AMIt's a Wonderful Life: Live in Chicago! - American Blues Theater at Stage 773, 1225 W. Belmont Ave. is offering $15 industry tickets with the code LIGHT on Monday, December 31 at 7:30 p.m. F…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 11:18AMThe creators of Hamilton were recently honored for their contributions to American culture at the Kennedy Center Honors. Shortly after, director Thomas Kail, choreographer Andy Blankenbuehle…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:18AMBroadwayWorld has teamed up with renowned caricature artist Ken Fallin, a life-long theater enthusiast, who has drawn many Broadway and Off-Broadway productions. Below, check out his latest …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:18AMBroadwayWorld is excited to continue our exclusive collaboration withPets of BroadwayFrom the cats of choreographers, to the dogs of dancers, to the birds of belters and the many pets in bet…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:18AMCalled an out-of-this world theatrical encounter by critics; “We Are Not Alone” written by and starring Damien Atkins will be on stage at Toronto’s Crow Theatre from January 7-26, 2019…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 11:13AMVerdi's opera will open the Met’s 2020–2021 season.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:09AMIn my round-up of theatre in 2017, I warned 2018 that it had “big shoes to fill”. Not only did 2018 not need the door to be opened, but it also didn’t even need anyone to hold its coat.
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Gods and gays ruled the cast recordings this year.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 10:57AMKanye West. Philip Roth. Opera. Jazz. Salsa. King Kong. Tonya Harding. We can go on, but why don’t you see for yourself.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:48AMFind your next job with this selection of upcoming auditions for Broadway and shows and around the country.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:32AMThe post Quiz: Are You Elsa Or Anna From ‘Frozen’? appeared first on Theatre Nerds.
SOURCE: theatrenerds.com at 10:28AMTony winner Bill T. Jones leads the discussion for New York Live Arts.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:22AMThe 91-year-old theatre legend talks about stepping in for Diana Rigg as Mrs. Higgins in the Broadway revival of My Fair Lady. (No, she wasn’t at all insulted, and she found the prospe…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:18AMThe Lord really does move in mysterious ways, it seems. Not only has tourism to the Spanish town of Borja more than quadrupled, but revenues have funded places for the indigent in the local …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:18AMThe justice’s nephew, Daniel Stiepleman, wrote the script; her grandson has a part; her daughter reviewed drafts of it, as did RBG herself. (“As if it were a contract.”) As…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:18AMOur critics picks some of the highlights of the year in dance.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:06AMWith the release of Ultimate, Super Smash Bros.
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Peter Saide will co-star in the regional production directed by Michael Arnold.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:40AMCalifornia students joined star-studded cast
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SOURCE: Dramatics Magazine at 09:12AMAs a 12-year-old on Chicago’s South Side, Solomon Dumas was interested in the arts but had never thought much about dance. Then his mother sent him to AileyCamp. “After that camp…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:12AMThe BBC’s Jennifer Scott reviews a history that goes back to the very invention of the phonograph. — BBC
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:12AM“The Rockettes are all about power and cheery domination — they are a glittering army in heels — but there is no hierarchy. Their power is group power. It’s a collective whos…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:12AM“There have been breakthroughs and positive changes in the dance climate this century. They’ve made me happy. Yet, Cassandra-like, I foresee ills ahead. … We’ve now enter…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:12AMThe chain, which has appointed administrators from KPMG, has been wallopped by online sales and streaming; it had an unusually weak Christmas shopping season this year. Customers with HMV gi…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:12AMSouth Florida will reinforce its commitment to new play development in January with two simultaneous new play reading festivals at Palm Beach Dramaworks and FAU Theatre Lab during the first …
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:12AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on December 28 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:06AMSome of our favorite on-camera moments with Kristin Chenoweth, Donna Murphy, Daniel Radcliffe, and more.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:01AMOn this special episode from BroadwayRadio, Matt Tamanini talks with his BroadwayWorld colleague Alan Henry about their favorite shows from their 2018 theatre-going. Unsurprisingly, Matt and…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 09:00AMChoreographer and director Craig Revel Horwood speaks to LLLC about starring in pantomimes and Christmas traditions.
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Yes, that’s John C. Reilly as Oliver Hardy. And Steve Coogan as Stan Laurel. Catch them in a new film about the duo’s enduring collaboration.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:48AMShe toured the world with the Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo, danced with the Ballet Theater and gained acclaim in two Broadway musicals.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:48AMThis is a competition without a winner, a quiz without a prize: simply name the work of art, and its artist, from which each of these details is taken
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 08:44AM“Nationalism — taboo for half a century following World War II and the fall of Mussolini — is suddenly in, as every possible political dispute is cast in chauvinist hues. Culture h…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:12AMLast year’s tree arrived half-dead, shedding needles and nicknamed Spelacchio (“Mangy”) — yet people grew so fond of it that they attached handwritten notes to it and cre…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:12AMWith a big Piero della Francesca exhibition at the St. Petersburg mother ship and exhibitions, exchanges, and even satellite museums abroad and regional Russia, Mikhail Piotrovsky, compares …
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Frank Adonis, an actor best known for his roles in Martin Scorcese films including “Goodfellas,” “Raging Bull” and “Casino,” has died
SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:48AMThe Stage’s team of critics reviewed over 1300 productions across the UK in 2018. What were the most read reviews? 1.Confidence starring
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:33AMThis compilation of vintage vernacular photography documents everything from the light-hearted peck on the cheek to the passionate embrace
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 07:07AMArchigram’s visions of the city as an ever-adaptable collage were ultimately realised in shopping malls and Vegas casinos
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 07:07AMOur last Friday 5 of 2018 celebrates the 5 Breakthrough Performances by an Actor and the 5 Breakout Performances by an Actress from the last 365 days! These are those performances that we fe…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 07:06AMA pedigree production of ‘Cinderella’ from Scottish Ballet and ‘The Mother’, a piece based on a Hans Christian Andersen story
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 07:01AMChet Atkins and Doc Watson perform “Tennessee Rag,” “Beaumont Rag,” and “On My Way to Canaan’s Land” on The Tonight Show. They are introduced by Johnny Carson. This performance…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:01AMAnthony Neilson’s adaptation of The Tell-Tale Heart for the National Theatre updates the original, adding slasher film shocks while retaining the intense strangeness of the original.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AM“Someone asked me about the long marriage to Joe [Gousha, Powell’s recently deceased husband]—42 years—and I reflected that he was the only person in the world I found it always a ki…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:00AMFacts, figures and deep-dive trivia to get you ready for the groundbreaking musical that opens at the Benedum Center Jan. 1
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Seven remastered albums and 75 unreleased recordings show there’s much more to the performer than ‘Ode to Billie Joe’
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 06:59AMBroadwayWorld presents a comprehensive weekly roundup of regional stories around our Broadway World, which include videos, editor spotlights, regional reviews and more. This week, we feature…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:54AMDecember 28 was the birthday of Martin “Mike” Branner (1888-1970). Branner was the son of a New York lacemaker. At age 17 he got a job as a clerk to a couple of vaudeville booker…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 06:32AMBy Mark Ludmon
BritishTheatre.com reviewer Mark Ludmon nominates his theatre favourites from 2018.
This post Critic’s Choice 2018 – Mark Ludmon first appeared on British Theatre.…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 06:09AMThe blazing pop trio Chvrches bring their seismic stadium-sized show to Sydney Opera House's Concert Hall on January 7, 2019.Guess it’s time to get up close for a neon-soaked rave of emoti…
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Although I gave Andy Warhol — From A to B and Back Again (to Mar. 31) a mixed review last week, one focus of the Whitney Museum’s widely praised extravaganza particularly interested me. …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:48AMAs Olivier de Sagazan uses clay to turn himself into a human sculpture at London’s mime festival, we look at the dancers who have performed on stages filled with soil, flowers, dust and wa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:24AM“True West” is going strong since its West End premiere and will run at London’s Vaudeville Theatre through February 23, 2019.Matthew Dunster directs Sam Shepard’s wickedly amusing m…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 03:17AMHamlet, our wise-cracking, porcine ‘resting’ actor, has hit 30 years old. Creator Harry Venning explains how the pig came to life after
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:00AM1.Confidence, Southwark Playhouse Confidence review at Southwark Playhouse – ‘Tanya Burr stars in a bawdy 1990s comedy’ 2. Bat Out of Hell,
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