Don’t Miss: NY Pops Tribute to Rodgers and Hammerstein by Matthew Wexler

The New York Pops returns to Carnegie Hall for an evening of Rodgers and Hammerstein featuring Broadway stars Laura Michelle Kelly and Max von Essen. The post Don’t Miss: NY Pops Tribute t…

Call Answered: Antonia Vivino: "Heathers: The Musical" + "Frozen Live" by Adam Rothenberg

Just like the Charmed ones, the Vivino sisters have “The Power Of Three” when it comes to music. After interviewing Donna & Natalia in 2019, I am thrilled to get to interview Antonia…

How Social Media Killed The Paparazzi by Artsjournal

Celebrities didn’t vanquish the paparazzi so much as figure out how to undercut them — and the publications they fueled. In the end, the solution was so straightforward. Celebrities simp…

Jesse White: Hail Fellow Well Met by Trav S.D.

Jesse White (Jesse Weidenfeld, 1917-1997) was used to being “Lonely” so I hope that his spirit will forgive my taking this long to pay him tribute on Travalanche. White was probably best…

Laura Linney Prepares Us for ''My Name Is Lucy Barton'' on Broadway by TheaterMania

THEATER RESOURCES UNLIMITED JANUARY PANEL DISCUSSION NEW YEAR, NEW RULES:  THE UPDATED EQUITY AGREEMENTS AND CONTRACTS THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 202 by Robert Shuman

BE A PRODUCER! Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) presents the January Panel, New Year, New Rules: The Updated Equity Agreements and Contracts, on Thursday, January 16, 2020 at 7:30pm at …

Spring 2020 Broadway Preview: Familiar Stars, Familiar Stories, With A Few Curveballs by New York Theater

For all the Broadway lore and persistent hope that a show on the Great White Way will make new stars and break new ground, the appeal of Broadway increasingly has become its familiarity – …

A farcical look at ‘sex and station’ in 19th-century England with ‘London Assurance’ at Irish Repertory Theatre by Deb Miller

When Dion Boucicault’s premiere farce London Assurance made its debut at Covent Garden in 1841, the 20-year-old Irish actor and playwright became an instant success in England, garnering i…

First Day of Rehearsal | UNMASKED at Paper Mill Playhouse by Paper Mill Playhouse

A Soldier's Play | On Broadway by Roundabout Theatre Company

The Choir of Man by Arts Review

The premise of the show is well stated, that the authentic pub experience is being either diluted, modernised, or – worst of all – torn down to be redeveloped. Thus this group of friends…

Curtain Goes Down on New York Musical Festival by Nancy Coleman

Faced with staff resignations and significant debt, the organization declared bankruptcy after 15 years.

When A Pimp Stabbed Samuel Beckett Nearly To Death by Artsjournal1

It happened in the winter of 1938 in Paris, as he was walking home from a movie with friends: a pimp named Prudent (yes, really) badgered them for money. (Later, in court, Beckett asked his …

How Apple Plans To Make It Big In Streaming by Artsjournal

Unlike some of its streaming competitors, Apple TV+ is being built almost exclusively for original content. Its smaller, more focused catalog is starting to look attractive to Hollywood A-li…

The #ListenWider Challenge by Artsjournal

Want to break out of your algorithmically-determined musical taste? How about being more intentional about what you listen to? Musicology Duck has set up a listening challenge for 2020 that …

200 More Terracotta Warriors Found by Artsjournal

The discovery, first announced by the country’s state-run news agency, came during a decade-long excavation of the first of four pits at the mausoleum, a 4,300-square-foot area where some …

When You Hear That Your Book Just Made The Bestseller List by Artsjournal

It’s rare that a book hitting the list is a total surprise, but there are nail-biters and books that hit higher than we expected and that’s a beautiful thing … but not as beautiful as …

What’s Happening To Airports? They’re Becoming Theme Park Fantasies by Artsjournal

Changi in Singapore, which has long striven to enthral and entertain its users, outdid itself with its new “Jewel” extension to its existing terminals, essentially a shopping mall and na…

English Funding Directly To Artists Has Declined. Here Are The Consequences by Artsjournal

In 2001, the newly-unified Arts Council England (ACE), with plentiful government and lottery arts funding, made the expansive claim of making artists central to arts policy. The individuals …

Faculty of Design Associate Dean, Academic Affairs, OCAD University by Artsjournal

The Associate Dean champions the processes of decolonizing, Indigenous Vitalization, and diversifying the Faculty’s curriculum, as proposed in OCAD U’s developing Academic Plan. Comme…

Capathia Jenkins & Ryan Shaw Headline Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra’s ARETHA: A TRIBUTE TO THE QUEEN OF SOUL by Michael J. Roberts

Showbiz Chicago Capathia Jenkins & Ryan Shaw Headline Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra’s ARETHA: A TRIBUTE TO THE QUEEN OF SOUL The Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra begins 2020 with two p…

Laura Linney Begins Performances Tomorrow in MY NAME IS LUCY BARTON

Performances begin tomorrow, Saturday, January 4, for the American premiere of the London Theatre Company (Nicholas Hytner and Nick Starr) production of My Name is Lucy Barton starring Laura…

On Two Musical Mischief Makers: George Martin and Neil Innes by Trav S.D.

Today a little thing on Beatles and Bonzos. We’ve been overdue for a tribute to Sir George Martin (1926-2016, it’s his birthday today), having done 20 posts on the Beatles over the past …

Discussing Children’s Theatre with Andrew Threlfall by Gabi Bergman

“How the cat purred and how the witch grinned, As they sat on their broomstick and flew through the wind…” Produced by CDP Theatre Producers, Room on the Broom, is about to open at Me…

Watch the Cast of the Frozen National Tour Perform 'For the First Time in Forever' by Ryan McPhee

The company took to the streets at the 2020 Rose Parade in Pasadena.

To Kill a Mockingbird's Nina Grollman on Playing Both Scout and Her Pop Alter Ego Softee by Lindsey Sullivan

Nina Grollman in To Kill a Mockingbird (Photo by Julieta Cervantes) Nina Grollman has come a long way from her second grade production of The Magic School Bus in Fargo, North Dakota. She g…

Watch the Broadway Inspirational Voices' Revolutionary Rendition of 'The Room Where It Happens' from Hamilton by Lindsey Sullivan

We wish we'd been in this room! Luckily, theater fans can see the incredibly talented vocal stylings of the Broadway Inspirational Voices in a brand new video where they take on the Hamilton…

Nick Payne's Constellations, Elizabeth Swados' The Beautiful Day, and More Part of La MaMa Winter–Spring 2020 Season by Olivia Clement

Check out what's playing at the Tony-winning downtown theatre January–April 2020.

Alla Kovgan’s ‘Cunningham’ by Gary L. Day

Filmmaker Alla Kovgan’s new biography examines how choreographic genius Merce Cunningham changed the face of modern dance. Gary Day reviews.

You Lost Me Spot - Denver Center for the Performing Arts by Denver Center For The Performing Arts

Mrs. Robinson, Based on The Graduate, Will Premiere at San Francisco Ballet by Andrew Gans

Cathy Marston's ballet will make its debut in March.

Odds & Ends: Taylor Mac's New Play Will Seat Audiences in a Ball Pit & More by Broadway.com

Here's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed today. Taylor Mac's New Play Will Seat Audiences in a Ball Pit We're going to have a ball! Taylor Mac, the Tony-nominated playwright…

Translating the Bard by Loren Noveck

By Loren Noveck. Loren Noveck discusses the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s Play On!

Laura Linney Prepares Us for My Name Is Lucy Barton on Broadway

Linney will hold the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre stage all by herself in Rona Munro's adaptation of Elizabeth Strout's novel.

On Bicultural Comedy by Herbert Sigüenza, Matthew McMahan

By Herbert Sigüenza, Matthew McMahan. Matthew McMahan talks to playwright Herbert Siguenza about branching out as a solo writer after years as a member of Culture Clash, writing bilingual c…

Jake Gyllenhaal Reportedly Set to Produce and Star in Fun Home Film Adaptation

Sam Gold, who directed the Tony-winning Broadway production, has also reportedly been tapped to direct the film.

See First Photo of Jesse Tyler Ferguson and More in Take Me Out

Jesse Williams and Patrick J. Adams also star in Second Stage's upcoming Broadway revival of Richard Greenberg's play.

Revisit Tootsie via Our Videos Before It Closes This Weekend

This weekend is your last chance to see Santino Fontana's Tony-winning performance.

VIDEO: WAITRESS's Lulus Reunite At The Diner!

We're heading to the diner for a look at the little Lulus of Broadway's hit musical Waitress reuniting ahead of the show's final performance at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre on January 5th. Ch…

John Cariani Is Adapting His Popular Play Almost, Maine into a Young Adult Novel by Andy Lefkowitz

Celebrated writer and actor John Cariani is turning his highly produced play Almost, Maine into a young adult novel. Feiwel & Friends, an imprint of Macmillan, is publishing the book, s…

Jake Gyllenhaal to Produce & Star in Movie Musical Adaptation of Fun Home by Andy Lefkowitz

Stage-and-screen star Jake Gyllenhaal has reportedly secured the rights to produce a film adaptation of the Tony-winning musical Fun Home. The Oscar-nominated actor most recently seen on Bro…

Backstage at the Mean Girls Tour with Mariah Rose Faith, Episode 7: Welcome to the New Year! by Broadway.com

Mean Girls' Mariah Rose Faith meets two walk-on rolers, captures the chaos of a two-show day, films a quick Sara Bareilles song cover and more.

Batter Up! Get a First Look at Jesse Williams, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Patrick J. Adams in Take Me Out by Michael Appler

No Bronx cheers here. The first cast photo has been released for the upcoming Broadway revival of Richard Greenberg's Tony-winning play, Take Me Out. Jesse Williams makes his Broadway de…

New Play About Nancy Pelosi to Debut in Chicago by Andy Lefkowitz

A new stage play about Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi will make its world premiere later this month at Chicago's Victory Gardens Theater. Bill McMahon penned the new work, titled The Ad…

T.S. Eliot’s Love Letters To A Woman Not His Wife Are Being Made Public — And He Left A Bitchy Note To Posterity To Go With Them by Artsjournal1

The poet fell in love with Emily Hale in 1912, while he was a graduate student at Harvard. She did not reciprocate at the time, though they corresponded until 1956, when she announced that s…

What Caused The Death Of iTunes by Artsjournal

By the time the software was euthanized earlier this year, it had become an embarrassment, a mess of greasy preference panes and grayed-out, unreliable content. We were glad to see it go. �…

Is Walt Whitman The Writer We’ll Need In 2020? by Artsjournal1

“Watch clips of fevered crowds, from today or the past, chanting against ‘enemies of the people’; they are malignant scenes, but ones that in no small part mimic religious revivals. �…

Super Bowl Broadcast Has Generated $3.6 Billion In Ad Revenue In The Past Decade by Artsjournal

Over the past decade, the Super Bowl accounted for $3.66 billion in advertising revenue, according to data from research firm Kantar Media. In that same time, the average cost for a 30-secon…

Scotland Theatre Highlights 2020 by Mark Ludmon

By Mark Ludmon Mark Ludmon previews some of the Scotland Theatre Highlights coming up in 2020 as part of our British Theatre regional previews. This post Scotland Theatre Highlights 2020 fir…

GLAAD Awards Revives Outstanding Broadway Production Category by Greg Evans

For the first time since 2014, LGBTQ group GLAAD will include Broadway productions in its annual media awards categories, the organization said today. With such major recent Broadway product…

On The Town … with Chip Deffaa: Jerry Herman and Michael Feinstein by Chip Deffaa, Editor-At-Large

Composer/lyricist Jerry Herman was, of course, a Broadway legend.   He gave us such unforgettable shows as "Hello, Dolly!," "Mame," and "La Cage Aux Folles." These musicals were all  huge…

Photo Feature: Shrek, In The Theatre by David Hooley

Shrek is finally here, wading through the misty (or should I say smokey) swamps of Sydney and into the Lyric theatre.  The company is currently in full swing with previews, until their open…

France investigates author over child sex claims

Inquiry into Gabriel Matzneff seen as #MeToo moment for literary establishment

A Day With Waitress Leading Man Drew Gehling by TheaterMania

Watch Broadway Inspirational Voices Sing ‘The Room Where It Happens’ From Hamilton by Dan Meyer

The Tony-Awarded group rearranges the song from the Lin-Manuel Miranda musical.

REVIEW ROUND-UP: As Kinky Boots returns to the big screen, remember the musical’s ★★★★ critical reception by Featured Content

On 4 and 9 February 2020, Kinky Boots The Musical, the multi-award-winning stage hit based on the hit 2005 Britflick, will be screened at more than 650 cinemas across the UK and Ireland care…

On digital: Western Stars / Downton Abbey

Bruce Springsteen having a third act of genuine substance, and taking a global hit series while adding pots of money

Snapshot: Eliot Porter’s Birds, The Amon Carter Museum of American Art

His images are remarkable for their rich colours and detail, achieved through a complex printing process

Kaytranada: Bubba

The artist applies just the right amount of musical detail to the album’s relaxed dance floor atmosphere

Aleshea Harris’ What to Send Up When it Goes Down Will Return Off-Broadway by Olivia Clement

The critically acclaimed production from The Movement Theatre Company will play at Playwrights Horizons over the summer.

Broadway category returns to GLAAD Media Awards by Caitlin Huston

This year’s GLAAD Media Awards will include an Outstanding Broadway Production category for the first time since 2014. The decision to bring back the category came after “a surge of powe…

I Think We Are Alone Tour – Frantic Assembly – Book Tickets! by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo I Think We Are Alone Tour - Frantic Assembly celebrate its 25th Anniversary with a new play by Sally Abbott co-directed by Kathy Burke and Scott Graham. This post I Think We …

Jake Gyllenhaal to Bring Fun Home to the Big Screen by Mark A. Robinson For Broadway Direct

The Tony-winning Best Musical of 2015, Fun Home, is heading to the “Big Screen” with a big name attached to the project. Star of stage and screen, Jake Gyllenhaal, will both produce and …

Decade Round-Up: The Musicals by Emily Garside

And so here it is... my top 10 musicals of the decade. It turned out to be a slightly emotional journey. But it turns out musicals meant a lot in that time and I’ll fight anyone who says m…

Everything Changes: Examining the Legacy of Broadway’s Waitress With 7 Jennas by Nathan Skethway

Before the musical closes January 5, former and current Jennas—Tony winner Jessie Mueller, Betsy Wolfe, Nicolette Robinson, Shoshana Bean, Stephanie Torns, Jordin Sparks, and Katherine McP…

VIDEO: Broadway Inspirational Voices Releases Video of 'The Room Where It Happens' from HAMILTON

In a video introduced by composer/lyricist Lin-Manuel Miranda, BIV continues Season 3 of BOW with an elegant and liquid rendition of a?oeThe Room Where It Happensa?? from Hamilton. This soph…

Orlagh Cassidy to Star as Nancy Pelosi in The Adult in the Room by Olivia Clement

The Bill McMahon play will premiere at Chicago's Victory Gardens.

Mr. Blue Sky (Electric Light Orchestra) - Postmodern Jukebox ft. Allison Young by Postmodernjukebox

From Jersey City to his start on Broadway, little known stories of Jerry Herman by Richard Seff

Broadway lights will dim on January 7, 2020 at 6:45 p.m. for Jerry Herman, who died on Thursday, December 26 at the age of  88, and at the end of a year that saw at its beginning the death …

Brazil's Companhia de Dança Deborah Colker comes to The Joyce | Feb 4-9, 2020 by Joycetheater

Greater Clements - Starting Over Is Not For Everyone by Judd Hollander

Reviewed by Judd Hollander Just about everybody has wished for a second chance at least once in their lives. The opportunity to undo a certain decision, change the direction of one's life o…

The 2010s In Black British Theatre by Artsjournal1

“The last 10 years have seen a boom for black British playwrights, actors, artistic directors and others in the industry. What has changed on and off stage – and what’s next?” Eight …

GLAAD Media Awards to Welcome Return of Broadway Production Category by Olivia Clement

The category returns in 2020 after a six-year hiatus.

Celebrating the musicals of Jerry Herman (1931-2019) by David Nice

An immortal lyricist and composer leaves us plenty to be joyful about How is it that, in the nearly 900 pages of Sondheim's collected lyrics with extensive comments Finishing the Hat and Loo…

Now In The Public Domain: These Works Came Out Of Copyright This Week by Artsjournal

“These works include George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, silent films by Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd, and books such as Thomas Mann’s The Magic Mountain, E. M. Forster’s A Passage…

Following Sexual Harassment Suit, Co-Founder Of Minnesota Multicultural Dance Company Resigns by Artsjournal1

Uri Sands, who founded the St.Paul-based TU Dance in 2004 with his spouse, Toni Pierce-Sands (both are former Ailey dancers), after “a lawsuit was served on a member of the company’s boa…

VIDEO: Meet THE LION KING Tour's Nala, Kayla Cyphers

We're heading to the Pridelands to get to know Kayla Cyphers, who is currently playing Nala in the North American tour of the legendary smash-hit musical The Lion King. Get a behind-the-scen…

Rip Torn Memorials to Be Held in Los Angeles And New York

Deadline has reported that memorials for actor Rip Torn are set to be held in both Los Angeles and New York. 

Of Dabney Coleman and “Buffalo Bill” by Trav S.D.

Three cheers for character actor Dabney Coleman (b. 1932). Educated in acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse, the Texas native got his first TV credit in 1961, meaning he’d been acting prof…

Athena Stevens: As a Woman With a Disability, I’m Told I Should Make a Solo Show by Athena Stevens

Writing and performing in Schism three years ago, put Writer, Athena Stevens on the map and now she’s back with a new show, Scrounger. Here, she talks about the expectations put on margina…

From Chaplin to Conley: The Hippodrome celebrates more than 120 years of Brummie pride by Nick Smurthwaite

Birmingham Hippodrome has survived a string of owners, more than one makeover and even a German bomb. Nick Smurthwaite looks back at

New Sondheim Musical Just Twenty People Singing Different Songs at the Same Time by Broadway Beat

by Kath Dunham. @kathdunham. NEW YORK, NY - Composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim announced today the development of his latest musical, sharing, exclusively with The Broadway Beat, that hi…

The Pixie and the Pudding review – a warm slice of seasonal family cheer by Chris Wiegand

Little Angel theatre, LondonComposer Barb Jungr and director Samantha Lane serve up a characterful take on a Scandinavian folktale, with lashings of puppetry and song There are so many Snow…

John-Luke Roberts: 'I’ve never laughed at something as much as ’Allo ’Allo' by Harriet Gibsone

The comedian, actor and writer on the things that make him laugh the most There’s a sketch in Chris Morris’s Jam where a fight breaks out over some poppadoms and it doesn’t really bear…

A Sneak Peek at Uncle Vanya in the West End by Marc J. Franklin

Conor McPherson’s adaptation of Chekhov play, starring Toby Jones, will begin performances at the Harold Pinter Theatre January 14.

Actor removed from The Color Purple drops legal action against Birmingham Hippodrome by Matthew Hemley

Seyi Omooba, the actor removed from a production of The Color Purple after a historic Facebook post exposed her anti-gay views, has

Angelica Page Will Host Memorial Celebration for Her Father, Rip Torn by Andrew Gans

The Los Angeles event will be held at the Paramount Studios Theatre.

John Legend on Dave Chappelle |2019 Mark Twain Prize by The Kennedy Center

The Snopes Of Musicology? No, Linda Shaver-Gleason Has Been Much More Than That by Artsjournal1

“Since 2016, California musicologist Linda Shaver-Gleason has been using [her] site” — called Not Another Music History Cliché! — “to compile a clear-eyed and level-headed account…

"Louder than Words" from Tick, Tick... Boom! - 2018 Jonathan Larson Presentation by American Theatre Wing

Musicological Mythbuster Linda Shaver-Gleason: The Exit Interview by Artsjournal1

William Robin: “Linda tackled subjects from the purported ugliness of contemporary music to the contested idea of the ‘masterpiece’ to myths around Beethoven’s deafness to whether mu…

Watch the Uncensored New Year’s Eve Performance From Alanis Morissette and Jagged Little Pill Cast by Dan Meyer

The singer joined the Broadway company on stage for a performance that made headlines for its "bleeps."

Why 2020 promises a revolution for women in art

From Artemisia Gentileschi to Wangechi Mutu, 2019 was a year in which women artists broke through the male canon

Artist Vivian Suter: from remote Guatemala to Tate Liverpool

The painter on why she decided to live far from the world of art — until it came looking for her

The Safdie brothers on making crime thriller Uncut Gems

US indie cinema’s rising stars talk about how they finally got Adam Sandler and a Netflix budget for their sparkling New York movie

Succession star Brian Cox on how to get to the dark side

The actor and master of portraying the demonic on why ‘feudal’ UK politics brings out his inner Logan Roy

Nature Unwrapped: music’s environmental inspirations

The 2020 London concert series explores musicians’ response to the natural world

BWW TV: Look Back At FUN HOME's Opening Night

It's time to come to the Fun Home! As BroadwayWord previously reported, Academy Award-nominated actor Jake Gyllenhaal will produce an upcoming big screen adaptation of the Tony Award-winning…

First look: Jesse Williams, Patrick J. Adams suit up for Take Me Out Broadway revival by David Canfield

Jesse Williams is a man in uniform. The Grey’s Anatomy star is set to make his Broadway debut in a revival of the Tony-winning play Take Me Out, which follows a professional baseball play…

Full Casting Set for Albion, Starring The Crown’s Victoria Hamilton by Dan Meyer

Mike Bartlett’s play returns to the West End following a sold-out 2017 run.

Jaime Cepero, Trent Saunders, Katie Ladner, More Cast in ACT of CT's Reimagined Godspell by Andrew Gans

Artistic Director Daniel C. Levine will set the Stephen Schwartz musical in an abandoned church.

In Brazil, Artists And Musicians Are Leading The Resistance To Bolsonaro by Artsjournal1

“‘We can’t become anaesthetised and think, ‘Oh, he won [the election]. There’s nothing we can do,” said [Edu] Krieger, who has written songs for some of Brazil’s most celebrate…

Rome’s Mayor Orders Relocation Of All Souvenir Stalls Near Major Attractions by Artsjournal1

“Seventeen stalls will be moved from sites including the Trevi fountain, Spanish Steps, the Pantheon and Piazza Navona. However, eight of the 17 will still be able to trade on streets away…

Governors Of St. Mark’s In Venice Want 6½-Foot Flood Wall In Square by Artsjournal1

A month after the disastrous flood of November 12, the president of the historic church’s governing body said that the building cannot withstand repeated exposure to salt water it has face…

Progress In Hollywood: Number Of Female Directors Hits All-Time High, But Women Remain Rare In Other Behind-The-Scenes Jobs by Artsjournal1

“Examining the 1,300 top films from 2007 through to 2019, the Annenberg researchers found that on average just 4.8 percent of directors were women, yet that spiked to 10.6 percent in 2019 …

Faustus That Damned Woman Tour 2020 – Book tickets now! by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo Faustus: That Damned Woman Tour - Chris Bush's new play will be presented by Headlong and the Lyric Hammersmith in association with Birmingham Repertory Theatre in 2020. This…

The Friday 5: 5 Favorite Jerry Herman Tunes by JK

Like many of you, I'm sure, news of Jerry Herman's passing caused me to reflect on his shows. I realized that Mame is my favorite score of his, but each one is a bounty of tuneful toe-tappe…

BWW Album Review: CATS Doesn't Make Many Good New Memories

If we're being honest, we can probably count on one hand the number of viewers who went to see Tom Hooper's ill-advised movie version of Cats for the music. Andrew Lloyd Webber's music has n…

ALMOST, MAINE Novel Adaptation Will Be Released in March 2020

The novelization of John Cariani's play Almost, Maine will be released on March 31, 2020.

THE FRE, New Play From Taylor Mac, Will Seat Audience Members in a Giant Ball Pit

Taylor Mac will premiere new play, The Fre, at off-Broadway venue The Flea. The Flea's Artistic Director and frequent Taylor Mac collaborator, Niegel Smith will direct. It has been revealed…

Mind the Blog reflects on a theatre wish list for 2020 by Debbie Gilpin

Mind the Blog has a fairly wide-ranging wish list of things I hope to see, including major shows such as Sunday in the Park with George, Evita, Magic Goes Wrong, Uncle Vanya and the Jamie Ll…

5 Seattle-area arts events to look forward to in 2020 by Brendan Kiley

From the reopening of the Seattle Asian Art Museum to the Pulitzer Prize-winning play "Sweat," here are five arts events to put on your calendar in 2020.

Deadwater Fell, C4 — a slow-burning, brooding tale

A doctor and family man is suspected of doing something unspeakable

Chris Packham: Forever Punk, BBC4 — youthful spirit lives on

The former teenage punk and now prominent environmentalist goes to interview various punk peers

Apocalypse Cow: How Meat Killed the Planet, C4 — a radical take-down of food farming

British writer and activist George Monbiot on how the food industry is destroying the living world

Ebony Steel Band: Pan Machine

One of those rare musical recreations that sheds new light on the original works

The top 10 new musicals of the decade 2010 – 2019 by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo Critics Mark Ludmon, Julian Eaves, Ray Rackham and Editor Douglas Mayo were asked to select the musicals on the Top 10 list of new musicals 2010-2019 This post The top 10 new…

Brahms: Final Piano Pieces

Stephen Hough’s playing beautifully captures the intimacy of Brahms

Buddy Rich: Just in Time — The Final Recording

A previously unreleased live set recorded in 1986 at Ronnie Scott’s is the drummer’s last recording

Burial: Tunes 2011 to 2019

Solitude and the urge for connection are recurrent themes in the collected singles and EPs

Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry: Heavy Rain

Reggae’s elder statesman is a sprightly presence at the microphone in the companion album to the excellent Rainford

Today on Broadway: Friday, January 3, 2020 by Matt Tamanini

NYMF Ceases Operations, Jake Gyllenhaal to Produce/Star in “Fun Home” Film, Matt & Ashley’s 2020 Theatrical Resolutions! “Today on Broadway” is a daily, Monday through Friday, …

The Poem: Elephant by Lorna Goodison

From Jamaica’s poet laureate, winner of the 2019 Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry

NEWS: Kevin Clifton will star in The Wedding Singer at Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre by Press Releases

The Wedding Singer starring Kevin Clifton will play a strictly limited season at the newly opened Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre from 30 January until 1 March 2020. Further casting to be an…

Why Laura Linney Was Meant to Play Broadwy’s Lucy Barton by Mark Peikert

Richard Eyre guides the four-time Tony Award nominee through the new solo play My Name Is Lucy Barton.

Why Laura Linney Was Meant to Play Broadway’s Lucy Barton by Mark Peikert

Richard Eyre guides the four-time Tony Award nominee through the new solo play My Name Is Lucy Barton.

Amalia Ulman: why I staged my own Instagram meltdown

What a fictionalised online performance revealed about the way we view women online

From arcades to political avatars: the evolution of video games since the 1980s

Artists have long been drawn to gaming and its ability to unite and divide us

Sameer Raichur captures the elation of Kannada moviegoing in India

The release of a so-called Sandalwood film is the cue for performative celebrations

Jeff Mermelstein’s photos of other people’s text messages

From the mundane to the absurd, texts illuminate the range of the human condition

Christopher Nunn: when TVs became a weapon of war in Ukraine

When Russian troops seized Crimea in 2014, the television sets in people’s homes became a crucial propaganda tool

Jake Gyllenhaal set to star in film adaptation of Fun Home by Giverny Masso

Fun Home is set to be adapted into a film starring Jake Gyllenhaal. The film will reportedly be produced by Gyllenhaal’s production

Cinema to pilot smart caption glasses developed by the National Theatre by Matthew Hemley

Smart caption glasses, launched by the National Theatre for hearing impaired audiences, are to have their first pilot in a cinema, as

Obituary: Sheila Mercier – stage and screen actor who played Annie Sugden in Emmerdale for 22 years by Michael Quinn

Sheila Mercier will be best remembered as the stern matriarch Annie Sugden in ITV’s Emmerdale Farm (latterly, Emmerdale) for 22 years from

What are the best shows to see in 2020? by The Stage

The Stage’s lead critics Natasha Tripney and Tim Bano take their pick of this year’s productions Rockets and Blue Lights – Royal

The Wedding Singer arrives in London starring Strictly’s Kevin Clifton

It will be popular Strictly Come Dancing pro dancer Kevin Clifton playing the lead role of Robbie Hart in the stage musical version of The Wedding Singer when it arrives at the newly opened …

The hardest of choices by Terry Teachout

In today’s Wall Street Journal I review Lincoln Center Theater’s off-Broadway production of Samuel D. Hunter’s Greater Clements. Here’s an excerpt. *  *  * Now that Horton Foote …

Replay: Ida Lupino appears on This Is Your Life by Terry Teachout

Ida Lupino appears as the guest on This Is Your Life. The host is Ralph Edwards. This episode was originally telecast live by NBC on March 3, 1958: (This is the latest in a series of arts- …

NEWS: Millennial romcom JEW…ish transfers to King’s Head Theatre after Edinburgh sell-out by Featured Content

Unleash the Llama's acclaimed, sell-out romantic comedy JEW...ish returns to London this month for six performances only at the King's Head Theatre, running from Tuesday 14 January to Sunday…

Almanac: W.H. Auden on debate and good faith by Terry Teachout

“Whatever the field under discussion, those who engage in debate must not only believe in each other’s good faith, but also in their capacity to arrive at the truth.” W.H. Auden, “Th…

WATCH: How dangerous can words be? Find out with new drama For the Sake of Argument by Featured Content

The power of words and argument are put under the spotlight in new play For the Sake of Argument, set at the time of the Iraq war. Take a look at it's powerful new trailer and peek into rehe…

Wake Up With BWW 1/3: Jake Gyllenhaal Will Produce and Lead a FUN HOME Film, and More!

Today's top stories: Jake Gyllenhaal will produce and lead a film adaptation of Fun Home, and more!

NEWS: Full cast is announced for Albion at the Almeida Theatre by Press Releases

The Almeida Theatre has announced the full cast for its revival of Mike Bartlett’s Albion, directed by Rupert Goold, running from 3-29 February 2020 (press night is 5 February) following t…

MoMA’s Accessibility Crunch: Too Many Long Lines, Too Many Stairs, Not Enough Chairs by Artsjournal1

I gave the newly expanded Museum of Modern Art a test it was bound to fail by revisiting on the Sunday after Christmas—a tourist-heavy time of year. Below is my report card, along with som…

Message from the Skies review – Edinburgh's heritage illuminated by Mark Fisher

Various venues, EdinburghCharlotte Runcie and Irvine Welsh are among the writers exploring Scotland’s maritime history in these evocative installations A litany of names is projected on th…

Teatr Brama’s “Ghost Dance” by Sarah Magill

In the main Sala of the Vorpommen Theater in Greifswald, northern Germany, a row of bare-footed actors in simple clothing introduce themselves, one by one, to the audience. Their reserved po…

Re-visiting Sartre with a Pacific twist: “Uma Lava” by Victor Rodger by David O'Donnell

Uma Lava by Victor Rodger, Circa Theatre, Wellington. 23 November – 7 December 2019. Directed by Vela Manusaute. Produced by F.C.C. Playwright Victor Rodger writes from a Polynesian persp…

Howard Sherman: Last year introduced me to some great playwrights, but in 2020 I want to hear more diverse voices by Howard Sherman

The end of 2019 brought a double whammy of cultural ‘best of’ lists: not just best-of-the-year rundowns, but also assessments of the

Where to spot bald eagles (in the wild and in shows) by From Staff Reports

The St. Louis area, with its river confluences and open bodies of water, is a favorite stop for American bald eagles escaping colder weather and frozen water up north. Some are here year-rou…

Eye-catching 2020 exhibitions show art from French painters to modern sculptors by Jane Henderson St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Five (plus) upcoming shows to see at local museums.

Expansion, exhibitions and an elephant baby among 2020 highlights at cultural institutions by Valerie Schremp Hahn St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Officials will break ground soon at MOBOT for a new visitor's center, and prepare to ooh and ahh at a new baby elephant this summer at the St. Louis Zoo.

Flashback Friday: Waitress Is Closing Up, but Look Back at Where It Began

Watch Jessie Mueller, Christopher Fitzgerald, Keala Settle, and the rest of the original cast preview their new Broadway show for the press in 2016.

Forbes sings St. Louis' praises in 2020 travel article by Joe Holleman St. Louis Post-Dispatch

In a travel advice story, "25 Best Places To Visit in 2020," Forbes writer calls St. Louis "a cool city with class."

Make certain they stay! 7 ways to make senior year so special by Admin

Do you struggle with teen dancers quitting as high school activities beckon? One way I combat this problem is by implementing seven ideas to make every dancer’s senior year at the studio s…

Janet Dacal Joins Cast of The Band’s Visit National Tour January 3 by Andrew Gans

The Broadway alum begins performances in Schenectady, New York.

My New Year's Resolutions, All Inspired by Show Tunes - How I'm letting Broadway help me make 2020 a success

How I'm letting Broadway help me make 2020 a success---"What will this day be like? I wonder. What will my future be? I wonder."Like Maria in The Sound of Music, who sings those lines in "I …