Today we welcome Beetlejuice ensemblist Katie Lombardo to Broadway and learn about her journey to the Great White Way!
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SOURCE: www.theensemblist.com at 07:54PMReviews of three superior vocal recordings, featuring baritone Gerald Finley, tenor Ian Bostridge, and baritone Thomas Meglioranza.
The post Classical CD Reviews: Finley & Drake’s “S…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 07:48PMBut this is an American musical, so political content (and blame for the way things are) must be kept fuzzy, a strategically-calculated myopia.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 07:48PMWhoops, forgetting (or neglecting to worry about) maintenance isn’t going to cut it anymore, or at least not in this case. “The five judges on a Roman court overseeing the use of public …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:18PMHow long can this last? “This market brings together two groups who normally don’t socialize: critics and collectors. There are the exotic-seeming rich people, as any reader of Henry Jam…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:18PMIt's well-sung and well-acted, but sometimes hard to watch
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 07:06PMBy Bill Hirschman The ominous omens in New City Players’ energetic and passionate Macbeth actually portend promising things for South Florida theater. The rarely spoken of deficiency in of…
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India is a huge country with many different regional cuisines. But cookbooks haven’t reflected that – until now. “As the publishing industry’s view of Indian cuisine approaches homog…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:54PMYes, that finishes as “stay together,” of course. Though it’s a bit unusual in the cosplay community, these women have a different idea. “It was just so nice to share our resources. …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:54PMMarshall, the child of immigrants from Barbados, wrote novels and short stories that connected the US African American community and the communities of the Caribbean – and influenced many …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:54PMMagdalene Odundo, a Kenya-born British ceramicist who hand-builds her work, says clay is a natural substance for creating bodies and other shapes. And no, she doesn’t find the word “craf…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:54PMThe company is part of Killing Eve, the movie Book Club, and around 100 other media properties, to date. Their spin: “In a world of media consolidation at an unprecedented scale, the size …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:54PMOn this episode of BroadwayRadio's 'Tell Me More,' Matt Tamanini talks to one of the most prolific character actors working today, Glynn Turman. After beginning his professional career play…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:48PMErin Kilmurray's queer feminist cabaret/variety show extravaganza, celebrating its 10th season, is a raucous, righteous balm for the weary soul.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 03:30PMSummerhall, EdinburghAhmed El Attar’s bruising two-hander dives into the long lead-up to 2011 in an attempt to determine what causes mass revolt
What causes a people to rise up? Is it a si…
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Barnes served as a studio musician and producer for some of the most popular acts of the 1990s, including Roberta Flack, Sting, and Chaka Khan – and she propelled SNL to early viral fame o…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:36PMThe 9-year-old girl’s parents sued the State and Cathedral Choir of Berlin after her application was rejected, but the court ruled that “the acoustic pattern of a choir is part of its ar…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:36PMRemembering Bob Wilber, and celebrating Gunhild Carling. – Doug Ramsey
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:36PMReinholz, an enrolled member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, also had a hit as a playwright with Off the Rails (an adaptation of Measure for Measure) at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:36PMDorothy West was called Zora Neale Hurston’s “Kid Sister,” and her books were not immediate successes, partly, some say, because she wrote about the Black middle class. “She wrote �…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:36PMLyn Gardner says that “the fringe is like a machine churning out ever more raw talent, which is attractive to venues who buy it up cheaply. But the issue is they then offer very little ong…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:36PMIt’s not quite fair to call City Ballet principal Sara Means a force of nature because she’s so hard-working and disciplined, but it’s tempting. – Deborah Jowitt
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:36PMOlivier-winning actress Elaine Paige is giving Broadway.com listeners a chance to hear her BBC Radio 2 show, Elaine Paige on Sunday, and this week audiences can hear from Tony nominee and a…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:18PMThis week, you’ll find fantastic singers in the clubs and YouTube sensations in the flesh. Here are our top five ways to spend the week of August 19 through 25.
MONDAY, AUGUST 19
HE'S …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:18PMHot Flush is a great idea and there are some moments that really hit home, but while Hot Flush is far from a complete washout, it’s hard to be fully engaged.
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(Alexandra Guzeva’s article appeared in Russia Beyond, 8/16.) Russian plays are no less famous in the theater and opera world than the novels of Tolstoy and Dostoevsky in the literary. If …
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 12:59PMFenway Theater would be a way to keep Fenway Park busy during the offseason.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 12:55PMAlthough the new Broadway musical “Moulin Rouge! The Musical” takes place in Paris in 1899, it is without a doubt a “Cabaret” for the 21st Century. It captures the sounds of Lady Gag…
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 12:29PMPeter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about Sea Wall / A Life @ Hudson Theatre, Upcoming Little Shop and Jonathan Groff, #DateMe: An OkCupid Experiment @ Westside Theatr…
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But drama is actually doing well, compared to the other arts. Yikes: “Entries for music fell by 6% to 5,125, and dance dropped 18% to 1,050.” – The Stage (UK)
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:48AMIn Brisbane, the Trace show is taking art to bakeries, luggage repair shops, and mechanic shops. The point? To “democratize” the art. – The Guardian (UK)
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:48AMDon’t get distracted by your feelings about obnoxiousness. Well … a little, maybe. “It’s easy to see why phones can be annoying. They represent a sort of loud carelessness, the idea …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:48AMThis week in comics news: “Cartoonist Art Spiegelman, who won a Pulitzer Prize for his graphic novel Maus, withdrew his introduction to a new Marvel comics collection after its publisher …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:48AMThe music, to be released in September, was the Coltrane Quartet’s soundtrack to the French Canadian film Le chat dans le sac (The Cat in the Bag), which is available online now. “Coltra…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:48AMThe cartoonist’s essay about the rise of superheroes is online, and he makes his opinion clear: “International fascism again looms large (how quickly we humans forget – study these gol…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:48AMWell my dearest Broadway fans, it's the end of the summer. The tourists are returning home, school is about to start, the smell of pumpkin spice lattes fills the air and we have to say goo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:34AMFrom Ben Platt to Ruthie Ann Miles, note the stage favorites and Tony Award winners making their way to TV this fall.
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Review: Pynapple / Teleportation, The Bunker4.0starsAs I enter the dark space of The Bunker for new theatre festival This is Black, curated by director and writer Steven Kavuma (founder of t…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:54AMMary Jane Figtree’s play is based on the concept of an Italian 90s play called Orgasmo e Pregiudizio. With this, her first play, she has written something that succeeds in being both funny…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:12AMFierce, unapologetic, thought-provoking and radical, Everything I See I Swallow may not the circus show you wanted, but it’s the circus show you needed.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMRecording artist and actor http://www.yolandarabun.com/ (Yolanda Rabun) considers Nina Simone, a mentor of sorts. Last summer she had the opportunity to sing at the icon’s childhood home…
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The Hive, EdinburghA hallucinogenic trip through the desert provides the basis for a standup show teeming with ideas but lacking true cohesion
Desiree Burch is out of the traps at a gallop i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AMReview: Do Our Best, Underbelly Cowgate, Edinburgh Fringe 4.0stars Sephie is probably the oldest girl guide you’re ever likely to meet. At the tender age of 30, she has returned to the sco…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:48AMThe Caves, EdinburghThe comic turns his childhood trauma into a warm and deeply reflective show laced with jet-back humour
An iron law of Edinburgh shows is that your trauma is your big reve…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AMReview: Pink Lemonade, Assembly Roxy, Edinburgh Fringe4.0starsMika Johnson knows how to work their audience. Bathed in a fluorescent pink glow, Johnson surrenders to the beat of their mouth.…
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Personal stories – of exile, homelessness, illness and existential terror – jostle for hearts and minds with farts and live bread-baking
It will come as no great shock that much of the E…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:33AMWharfhouse, Cropredy, OxfordshireMikron’s second world war show follows two female navy recruits as they battle the enemy and colleagues
“Theatre anywhere for everyone, by canal, river a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:33AMSadler’s Wells, LondonBourne and his superb dancers inject visceral new life into Shakespeare’s overworked tragedy
You’ve got to hand it to Matthew Bourne, choreographer extraordinaire…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:33AMGood quality ice cream doesn’t need a lot of stuff – whipped cream, sprinkles, syrup and a cherry on top. Just enjoy the pure flavor of chocolate or vanilla. The same can be said of Broa…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 05:03AMExploring grief and the impact of trauma on memory and family relationships, Paradigm Lab’s Pink House by Madison Pollack at PQA Venues is somewhat heartbreaking and completely honest.
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VIDEO: MD Theatre Guide Promo: Funny Couple in Silent Film
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 12:29AMThe musical about the pop icon opened December 3, 2018, at the Neil Simon Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe musical, featuring a 20-foot-high, 2,000-pound, puppeteer-operated gorilla as its star, opened last fall.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe musical, based on the film of the same name, is directed and choreographed by Jerry Mitchell.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSome musical are period pieces, written with the intention of telling a
story in another and place. Other musicals are written as contemporary
stories, starting out relevant and feeling ed…
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