Merrimack Rep Names Courtney Sale Artistic Director by American Theatre Editors

Replacing Sean Daniels, Sale will be the first woman to lead the Massachusetts company.

Cara Mía and Teatro Dallas Awarded 25-Year Residency by American Theatre Editors

The two Latinx companies will take up residence at the Latino Cultural Center in Dallas.

ALL ARTS Names Taylor Mac Inaugural Artist in Residence by American Theatre Editors

Mac will create video content for the company's broadcast television station and other digital platforms.

The Tall Boy by TotalTheater

Regional – Chicago, IL: Stage 773: 1225 West Belmont Avenue. Dec. 5-Dec. 15, 2019. Solo Drama. Author: Simon Bent. Director: David Hammond. 75 min. Critic: Mary Shen Barnidge (Dec. 2019). …

Live Your Life! : An Interview with Deborah Zoe Laufer by Merényi Ágnes

Interviewer: You had said once “My plays are generally about things that perplex me. And worry me… I never solve any problems. I usually wind up with more questions and uncertainty than …

Dr. Hoffmann’s Sanatorium: Delving Deep into the Weird World of Kafka by Nobuko Tanaka

The starting point for Dr. Hoffmann’s Sanatorium was, according to the play’s Japanese creator, Keralino Sandorovich, the idea that “someone found an unpublished novel by the great Fra…

MAKING SHAKESPEARE SING: ON VERDI: CREATING “OTELLO” AND “FALSTAFF”—HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE RICORDI ARCHIVE by Robert Shuman

(Matthew Aucoin’s article appeared in the New York of Books 12/19.) Verdi: Creating “Otello” and “Falstaff”—Highlights from the Ricordi Archive an exhibition at the Morgan Librar…

BWW Review: A Chilling Revival of Ödön von Horváth's 1937 Social Commentary JUDGMENT DAY

Born in 1901, Austro-Hungarian playwright and novelist ?-dön von Horváth spent the latter of his 36 years warning against the growing threat of European fascist regimes before being fatall…

Greater Clements ****, Sing Street **1/2 by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward December 25, 2019: Crushing economic forces devastate two communities in a pair of Off-Broadway productions. How the characters deal with these financial blows vary as…

The 7th Annual “Vee-Cee” Awards for Top Performances in Ventura County Theater by Cary Ginell

It’s time once again for the annual “Vee-Cee” Awards, in which we honor some of the most memorable performances on Ventura County stages over the course of the past year. As I explain …

Broadway Sings Christmas! by Matthew Wexler

Have a listen to our favorite performers singing holiday songs familiar and new, including Idina Menzel, Jeremy Jordan, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Norm Lewis, Kelli O'Hara, Kristin Chenoweth, Si…

Rest in Peace: Theater Community Members Who Died in 2019 by Jonathan Mandell

Below are some of the people from the theater community who died in 2019. Click on any photograph to read the caption.

“London Assurance” at the Irish Repertory Theatre by Richard Seff

Dion Boucicault lived through seventy years of the 19th century and spent fifty of them writing plays. He was only twenty-one when he delivered this stylish comedy of manners;  it was  his…

Tiffany Haddish on Dave Chappelle | 2019 Mark Twain Prize by The Kennedy Center

DC theater community mourns passing of Victor Shargai by Dc Metro Theater Arts Staff

We were saddened to learn of the passing of Victor Shargai. The philanthropist and Helen Hayes Award founding board member passed away yesterday. His loss will be felt by the many theaters a…

11 Musicals Heading To The Big Screen by Nicole Mellion

It’s not every day our favorite Broadway shows get made into films. These star-studded movies can either go very well (such as “Les Misérables” or “Hairspray”) or terribly wrong (…

Milwaukee Rep Announces Cast For HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH by Showbiz Chicago Newsdesk

Showbiz Chicago Milwaukee Rep Announces Cast For HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH Milwaukee Repertory Theater is pleased to announce complete cast and creative team for the much anticipated [...]…

Westfield News ArtsBeat 12/25/19: 2019 in Review by Mark G. Auerbach

Westfield News ArtsBeat 12/25/19. 2019 in Rev iew: Remarkable plays, productions, and performances this year in WMass and No.CT.

Moving through different worlds, in one world: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

New York City Center, New York, NY. December 6, 2019. Sophisticated, thoughtful dance art — and programming of its presentation — can take audience members through various moods, atmosp…

Steve Brodie: Of the Bowery and the Brooklyn Bridge by Trav S.D.

The name Steve Brodie (1861-1901) is holy to New York history lovers, even if his most famous feat stirred up a lot of muddy water. Brodie dined out for years on having jumped off the Brookl…

Oscar Polk: Plowing Past Pork by Trav S.D.

Though best remembered as “Pork” in Gone with the Wind, Oscar Polk (1899-1949) had roles in numerous important stage and screen productions over a 20 year period. Originally from rural A…

Disney Christmas Favorites (1973) by Trav S.D.

I just started off my Christmas morning by listening to a record I haven’t heard since the mid ’80s, though it was an ENORMOUS part of my annual Christmas experience throughout my childh…

Island Moving Company’s ‘A Newport Nutcracker’: Where the magic meets the realism

Rosecliff Mansion, Newport, RI. November 27, 2019. Like ballet at large, a big part of The Nutcracker‘s allure is the space where magic meets reality — the superhuman meeting the human,…

Spend a 2-Show Day With A Christmas Carol's Brandon Gill by Nathan Skethway

Gill plays Fred in the new adaptation of the Dickens classic, currently running at the Lyceum Theatre.

Snapshot: Peter Warlock’s “Bethlehem Down” by Terry Teachout

Peter Warlock’s “Bethlehem Down,” performed by Stephen Cleobury and the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, in 2016: (This is the latest in a series of arts- and history-related vide…

Almanac: William James on faith by Terry Teachout

“It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all. And often enough our faith beforehand in an uncertified result is the only thing that makes the result com…

The Puppets Are Changing: “The Weak Year” at The Academy of Theatre Arts in Wrocław by Katarzyna Waligóra

The play begins with an entrance exam. Clad in suit jackets, a group of women and men sit onstage on white pedestals of varying heights. In the middle, also on a pedestal, lies a small white…

Broadway Shockers 2019: Patti LuPone Joins Twitter After Swearing She Wouldn't

Either way, she's proving to be mightily entertaining.

Andy Karl and Cate Blanchett in Die Hard The Musical: Merry Christmas, Motherf*cker

Unwrap our (entirely fabricated) solution to Broadway's dearth of holiday fare.

Merry Christmas! by JK

We hope this holiday season brings you joy and time with those you love. Two things: 1. Yes, this IS a Christmas song! (And it is 50 years old!) 2. Donna McKechnie is made of rubber. My ne…

Cineworld chief accuses Netflix of crushing box-office sales

Early streaming of Martin Scorsese’s ‘The Irishman’ left film with reduced cinema audience