On today's Quarantine Check In, Pussy Willow joins me to chat all things containment cookie, The Sims, and mental health!To listen to the podcast, download and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, S…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 11:54PMWith the Australian government restricting gatherings of more than 100 people Australian writer/composer/actor James Millar came up with the idea of HOPE. A NEW WORKS DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:18PMTony-winner Jason Alexander took to Twitter this afternoon to share a favorite show tune to help his fans pass the time.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:18PMThe Indigenous musical Bran Nue Dae, currently on its 30th Anniversary national tour, is the latest production to have its
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 11:09PMThe Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) has announced that the City of Port Phillip has voted to proceed in negotiations with ANAM on a $43M major restoration and transformation of t…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 11:08PMNote: Out Front Theatre’s staging of “warplay” opened and closed last weekend...
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SOURCE: ArtsATL at 11:06PMOpera Australia has today announced that their 2020 Melbourne Autumn Season at Arts Centre Melbourne due to run 6 –
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Performing Arts Connections Australia today said performing arts centres across the country are dealing with the prospect of ongoing, long-term
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 10:50PMWhen Milo Rau arrives in a city, he attracts the attention of theater journalists, professionals, and theatergoers who follow the latest trends. This is definitely the case with his recent v…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 10:39PMAN EDUCATION VIA STREAMING THEATER As schools are turning to at-home learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, many teachers are struggling to find relevant, high-quality distance learning reso…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 10:25PMEven in a pandemic, theatre can still live on the page, in your mind, in your home—and playwrights could use the royalties.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:19PMEquity Announces Streaming Agreements, Dramatists Guild Responds to Playwrights Asked to Return Advances, Seth Rogan Live-Tweets “Cats” while Stoned “Today on Broadway” is a daily, M…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 10:16PMAdelaide Fringe has again broken its all time box office record with 853,419 tickets sold to the value of $21 million; amounting to a 3% increase on number of tickets sold and an 8% increase…
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Rosie O’Donnell and actor/producer Erich Bergen will bring back the Emmy-winning The Rosie O’Donnell Show this Sunday. The special event is a live, one-night-only streaming fundraiser fo…
SOURCE: Deadline at 08:49PMAs I mentioned in my post yesterday, Americans for the Arts hosted a webinar on the impact of Covid-19 today. At its peak, there were over 800 participants. With all those people watching, t…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 08:48PMA glittering array of superstar talent will come together this weekend for a special one-night return of the Emmy-winning Rosie O'Donnell Show. The live-streamed event, presented in support …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 08:36PM(Logan Culwell-Block’s article appeared on Playbill.com, 3/18 and 10/6; photo: Playbill.com; via Pam Green.) (Don’t forget the current free Nightly Opera Stream from the Met Opera.)�…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 08:27PMCarriageworks, Sydney, March 13. It’s often the case that alarm bells start ringing when an artist writes a highly detailed program note explaining precisely what their contemporary dance …
SOURCE: deborahjones.me at 08:25PMLet’s hear it for Rosie O’Donnell! She’s bringing back her TV show for one night, this Sunday, live on Broadway.com and also
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 08:24PMThe event will benefit The Actors Fund in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:06PMDrama schools have made positive changes to improve the diversity of the young people who audition, but more should be done to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:01PMThe daily series, created by Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley, offers daily mini concerts and conversations in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Washington DC’s Council has passed a bill which could provide relief for theatre professionals who have lost work as a result of the COVID-19. The legislation, DC Act 23-247, provides that…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:36PMCheck out a new parody from Lauren Molina and Nick Cearley of The Skivvies as they give Disney's Hercules a Covid-19 twist to encourage responsible social distancing.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:33PMStatement from Season of Concern regarding Covid-19 Season of Concern Chicago offers emergency assistance for [...]
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 07:32PMToday Illinois made history, becoming the first state in the nation to include the arts [...]
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 07:32PMIn response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, TUTA Theatre announced today it will cancel the remaining performances [...]
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 07:32PMThe safety and health of our patrons, staff and theatrical companies is our top priority. [...]
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 07:32PMMarch 22 marks Stephen Sondheim's 90th birthday. It's impossible to state the great contribution and influences this titan of the stage has made to musical theater, but we're taking a stab a…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:24PMDue to the COVID-19 pandemic, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre has announced a yearlong postponement to its musical adaptation of 101 Dalmatians. Originally scheduled to run from May 16 throu…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:24PMOn the heels of a recent announcement that all West End theaters would close in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, London's Old Vic has announced a postponement to its production of Amy Herzo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:24PM"We’re flying blind here, enacting severe, cautionary policies in a void of data. And the lock-down policy itself may exacerbate the crisis – school closures in which kids return to, and…
SOURCE: stageraw.com at 07:23PMThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: At Home Edition will return tonight with guest Lin-Manuel Miranda via Zoom.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:10PMMissed Debbie Allen's Instagram dance class? Watch a recap here and get your dancing feet moving!
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Christopher Sieber and Jennifer Simard, those good and crazy people from Broadway's Company will be going live on Instagram at 6 PM to play games and chat with fans!
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:53PMIt’s not just Americans broadcasting their living spaces to the world in the hopes of finding digital company. In the midst of a pandemic, kids with smartphones and wireless access and unl…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:48PMThe generosity of playwrights has made the New Play Exchange a destination and a hub that is helping some of us close the social distance.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:47PMAdvance ticket sales and income at arts venues nationwide dropped by 92% year-on-year following Boris Johnson’s advice that theatres close, new data
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:24PMPerforming Arts Connections Australia have said performing arts centres across the country are dealing with the prospect of ongoing, long-term shutdowns, with the extension of the ban on eve…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 06:05PMMore than 70% of freelance workers in the creative industries surveyed by union BECTU are worried they will not be able to
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Writers Bloc, a series of talks, readings and discussions, pulls in sold-out crowds for the likes of Rachel Maddow, Cory Booker, Joy Reid, Elizabeth Warren, and the Pod Save America guys. Ye…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:42PMFive days ago, the largest opera company by budget in the United States released a statement to the press that all rehearsals and performances through the end of the month would be cancelled…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:42PM“The authors I contacted all jumped at the chance to do something to benefit both the bookstore and those readers facing isolation, even though many of those authors themselves are enterin…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:42PMThe potential long-term effects for book retailers are sobering. Many in the industry are worried that independent bookstores will be devastated as local and state officials mandate social d…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:42PMIf there is a silver lining in this crisis, it may be that the virus is forcing us to use the internet as it was always meant to be used — to connect with one another, share information an…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:42PMMichael Kaiser: “For many, it is a lack of clarity on the duration of the crisis that causes the most anxiety. Should we proceed with rehearsals for a new production scheduled for May? Do …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:42PMThe London cast appears in a filmed version of the Cyndi Lauper and Harvey Fierstein musical, available to subscribers of the theatrical streaming service.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:42PM“This is 9/11 meets The Great Recession meets the snowstorm,” Randy Engstrom, director of the city’s Office of Arts and Culture (OAC), said during an online public meeting Tuesday afte…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:42PMby Zach Raffio. @zachraffio. As the world continues to attempt to slow the spread of coronavirus, the phrase “social distancing” has become an integral part of our daily conversations, a…
SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 05:29PMAdhering to the advice of the CDC, The Skivvies are helping to curb the spread of Coronavirus, by maintaining social distance. This means maintaining further than usual distance from others…
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With a number of states and cities under a ban on public gatherings, Actors' Equity Association has made new streaming media agreements available for select producers to capture and make a …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:48PMToday we're wishing a very Happy Birthday to three-time Tony Award-winner, John Kander, composer of Broadway's longest running American musical, Chicago!
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:48PMIn response to the public health crisis brought on by COVID-19 (coronavirus), members of the Coalition of Broadway Unions and Guilds (COBUG) issued the following statement.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:41PMSince the 1957 Broadway debut of “West Side Story,” the adaptation of “Romeo and Juliet” with a score by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, there have been five Broa…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 04:23PMThe cooperative hopes to secure funding for arts workers impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:22PMIn 2004, BroadwayWorld gathered a slew of stars for Standing Ovations- a special concert event at Joe's Pub. Below, watch as Mandy Gonzalez belts out a Kerrigan and Lowdermilk song, 'Don't L…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:10PMWelcome to the first installment of Artists Who Inspire! During this unprecedented shutdown of live theater, DCMTA will use this space to lift up local theater artists who are finding ways t…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:06PMBrave Spirits opened Henry the Fifth this past weekend, and then closed it due to the COVID-19 pandemic with the hope to return in a few weeks. A shame, for a multitude of reasons not limite…
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Engage with your favorite theatre stars while supporting important charities.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 03:54PMIn the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, many regional theatres are moving to digital; here's how to join.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:53PMThe Pulitzer Prize winners Lynn Nottage and Annie Baker are among those who said they had been asked to give back advances because of the coronavirus pandemic.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:48PMWestfield News Beat ArtsBeat 3/18/20. How the COVID-19 is impacting the performing arts in our region, and news from Goodspeed Musicals, Hartford Symphony.
SOURCE: thewestfieldnews.com at 03:40PMFrom Dench in a dog hat to Elaine Paige in flower-clad rubber gloves, entertainment royalty is standing up to coronavirus with some bizarre comic relief. Now, where’s Cher?
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:36PMFrance-Luce Benson brings people together. As our Community Engagement Coordinator, she connects folks with the Fountain, and groups with each other. How can we stay engaged from our homes?…
SOURCE: intimateexcellent.com at 03:15PMCheck out highlights from the 2011 portrait unveilings at the famed midtown restaurant.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:14PMArena Stage will cancel the remainder of its 2019-2020 season, the company announced today. Arena will reschedule Celia and Fidel, Seven Guitars, and Toni Stone for the 2020-2021 season as a…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 03:12PMThe 2020 edition of the Helen Hayes Awards, which honors the best in Washington, D.C.-area theater, has been moved to August 24 due to concerns surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. The 36th a…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:12PMRegent's Park Open Air Theatre has announced a yearlong postponement to its musical adaptation of 101 Dalmatians. Originally scheduled to run from May 16 through June 21, 2020, the London pr…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:12PMKyle SmithHometown: I’m originally from a small town in the San Francisco Bay Area called Orinda.Current Town: Brooklyn. I’ve been living in NY for the last 11 years. Right now, my w…
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Like Broadway, the Tony nominee for Disaster! and comedian extraordinaire will be back—maybe even in a certain Lin-Manuel Miranda musical?
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:56PMKyle Abraham, a product of Pittsburgh CAPA and Pittsburgh CLO, earned a spot on the list for his 2012 show “Pavement.”
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 02:51PMStars in The House continues today (2pm) with Marc Shaiman and tonight (8pm) with Melissa Manchester!
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:36PMLinda Lavin and Billy Stritch will present a special casual online concert via 'Facebook Live' today, Wednesday, March 18 at 3:00 PM Eastern. Tune in at www.facebook.com/bstritch
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:36PMThe Tony Award-winning musical, starring Steve Kazee and Cristin Milioti, opened at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre March 18, 2012.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:30PMDue to restrictions on gatherings to slow the spread of COVID-19, many organizations are canceling public gatherings and social events around the city, and are, instead, holding their events…
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 02:27PMThe organization Sama for All, founded by Syrian refugee Souad Nanaa, prepares displaced persons in France to find jobs in museums and cultural organizations. The six-month program teaches t…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:24PM“Shows are drastically scaling down their studio time, production teams are increasingly shifting to remote workflows, public radio stations are postponing their pledge drives, and indepen…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:24PMLAUSD curriculum specialists and PBS SoCal/KCET were in a programming war room, mapping out priorities by grade, and identifying shows inside the TV stations’ library that might match up. …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:24PMDirector, teacher, writer and mentor to countless theater artists, Gerald Freedman has died at the age of 92.
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SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 02:18PMThe Actors Fund has teamed with SiriusXM Broadway host Seth Rudetsky and his husband, producer James Wesley, to produce a daily mini-online show, entitled Stars in The House, featuring stars…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:09PMStars in the House, created by Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley, offers daily mini concerts and conversations in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:06PMWith the Broadway League weighing CDC recommendations for an additional four weeks of dark theaters, the likelihood of this year’s Tony Awards staying on schedule is shrinking daily, if no…
SOURCE: Deadline at 02:04PMSee how companies all over the US are trying to bring the theater to people's homes.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:02PMTuesday 17 March 2020. One of the last theatre performances -for the foreseeable future - in the theatre capital of the world took place at London's Old Red Lion Theatre. A historic, soberin…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 02:02PMThe new support network is expected to go live today to help create a united front amidst the COVID-19 crisis and mass theatre closures.
UPDATE (23 May 2020): The site is now live here: …
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A production of his adaptation of MIDWIVES, about a midwife who performs an emergency caesarean gone horribly wrong, just wrapped at the George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
SOURCE: www.kirkusreviews.com at 01:51PMTop College Theatre Programs You Might Not Know, but Should; Part 3, the Midwestern US Schools
Written by Michelle J. Evans
March 18, 2020
It’s March, which means that current seniors…
SOURCE: performerstuff.com at 01:41PMWith shows like Have I Got News For You going audience-free, stand-up comedian Tiff Stevenson offers her tips for cracking jokes into the void
As anyone in the midst of a divorce, or indeed …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:36PMWatch videos of theater fans across the country doing their own version of the challenge. And thanks for the shoutout, Good Morning America!
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:36PMI told you we had some fun stuff in store! Today, the Rave Theater Festival I founded last year is announcing another, interim festival, as we all look for stuff to keep us going and keep us…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 01:33PMLast night, The 24 Hour Plays released its inaugural series of Viral Monologues on IGTV @24hourplays and at https://24hourplays.com/viral-monologues/. 20 of the theatre world's top writers w…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:31PMWe picked some of our favorite #SocialDistancingMusicals to bring to life, along with some artwork submitted by our readers!
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30PMBroadwayHD is the premiere streaming service for theater lovers everywhere! With all your favorite shows available anytime.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:25PMPerformances have been postponed in an effort to contain the spread of the coronavirus.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:22PMBroadway actress and Bestselling author Leslie Becker (Bonnie & Clyde, Anything Goes, Amazing Grace) is hosting a FREE ONLINE WEBINAR titled How To Survive & Thrive in Uncertain Time…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:19PMDemocracyworks runner-up says theatre unifies rural communities
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SOURCE: Dramatics Magazine at 01:19PM“Life as a freelancer is already touch and go. We can’t really count on work to begin with, we don’t know what our schedules will be more than 3-6 months in advance, there’s always t…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:18PMThese virtual tours take you right inside some of the world’s most iconic institutions. Been putting off that trip to Amsterdam to explore the Van Gogh Museum? Here’s your chance to take…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:18PM“When I first met Inigo Philbrick in 2012, he was all of 25, looked an awful lot like Justin Timberlake, and … I was immediately smitten, professionally and personally; Philbrick was sha…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:18PMWith nearly all of Chicago’s theater productions shuttered, one of the first fundraisers primarily aimed [...]
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 01:18PMThe safety and health of our patrons, staff and theatrical companies is our top priority. [...]
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 01:18PMIn response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, comedian Maz Jobrani has rescheduled his upcoming engagement at The [...]
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 01:18PMIn response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, AstonRep Theatre Company today announced it will cancel its [...]
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 01:18PMClub44 Records has announced the release of Loves Notes, the new album from LINDA LAVIN – the Tony Award and [...]
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 01:18PMIt has come to the attention of the Dramatists Guild that producing theatres around the country are asking (in some cases, demanding, and even coercing) writers to return options and advance…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:11PMBroadwayWorld recently reported that Lyle Waggoner, Star of The Carol Burnett Show and Wonder Woman, passed away at 84.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:07PMThe Town Hall and Mark Cortale has announced that Seth Rudetsky's Broadway with Tony® Award Winner Brian Stokes Mitchell has been rescheduled for Monday, June 1, 2020 at 8pm at The Town Hal…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:01PMLooking for a way to continue your theatre training throughout your COVID-19 quarantine? We can help!
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:01PMSlowing down doesn't mean we stop advancing our careers. Plus, downtime and rest can actually help get our creative juices flowing.
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SOURCE: thisstage.la at 01:00PMUnprecedented, exceptional – you have heard it all. Each day brings a major new development and tomorrow may feel very different to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:00PMBroadway couple Stephanie J. Block and Sebastian Arcelus recommends listening to the 1990 Tony Award-winning musical.
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New plays written especially for broadcast and recorded live performances will be made available for free by the BBC to “give British
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:54PMThe Arts Council of Wales has warned that theatre companies and venues face “multi-million pound losses” because of cancelled projects, as it
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:54PMIn light of the COVID-19 outbreak, theatre companies and producers are allegedly pushing for writers to return their advances.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:51PMDirected by Artistic Director Timothy Sheader, performances were scheduled to begin at the London venue May 16.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:42PMThe cold never bothered them anyway! Watch two elementary school theater directors quickly summarize the plot of Frozen.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:31PMThe musical (which earned Leigh a Tony Award) opened at the Broadway Theatre March 18, 1963.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:31PMCheck out who’s hopping online to hang out with fans, teach classes, and perform virtually.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:28PMLea Salonga has announced via her website that she has postponed her North American tour due to the ongoing health crisis.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:27PMFor today's performance we've got MEAN GIRLS' Kate Rockwell singing an ode to her dog - a track from her latest album!
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:19PMA free dance class with Debbie Allen, a ballet workshop with Tiler Peck, and more.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:13PMFree ballet classes with NYCB’s Tiler Peck, Houston Ballet’s Chun Wai Chan, and more.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:13PMCoventry City of Culture has said it is refocusing its resources to support those working in the creative sector “during this difficult
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:12PMEden Court in Inverness is to work with its funders the Highland Council to find ways for its 200 employees to join
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:06PMOne of the country’s most racially diverse cities struggles, nicely, with representation and inclusion on its many bustling stages.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:02PMSelf-isolation is no excuse to not “sing like your privates are on fire.”
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Where will we find the tools to forge a new way of learning and making theatre? They may already be in our hands.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:57AMThe Playbill correspondent will talks to Tina Fey, Vanessa Williams, Allison Janney, and more about their high school triumphs and struggles.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:44AMSome non-parody original theater songs, since it's tough to record new stuff right now in social distancing time
From the musical ACROSS STATE LINES (performed previously as The Octagon…
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 11:18AMSOLT and UK Theatre held an urgent meeting of leading theatrical charities on Monday 16 March 2020 to discuss ways to provide support for members of the theatre workforce – both on and off…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:14AMWith gigs cancelled and no support given to an art form that Art Council England does not officially recognise, comedians fear the worst
Coronavirus and culture – a list of major cancella…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:12AMWhat are some of Judy Kuhn's fondest memories from show's past? She discussed many of her career-defining roles on yesterday's matinee edition of Stars in The House- a new concert series fro…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:06AMOwners of the Engeman, Argyle and other Long Island theaters have shut down productions, but don't know when the curtain wil go up again.
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 11:06AMThere are a lot of small regional organizations on this list who are stepping up despite finances that are precarious even in good times, but the only big-name company there is Houston Grand…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:06AMIn addition to being the handsome announcer and sketch actor on Burnett’s show and the foil to Lynda Carter’s superheroine, he was the first-ever centerfold for Playgirl magazine and, la…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:06AMMarina Harss talks to four dancers from across the country about how they’re staying in shape and in touch despite being more or less trapped in their houses. – The New York Times
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:06AMVenetians are posting photos to the Facebook group Venezia Pulita (Clean Venice), saying that they’ve never seen the water in the canals so clear. It’s not that they’re suddenly far le…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:06AMWith the exceptional direction of the Playhouse's Artistic Director, David Saint and featuring an outstanding cast of four thespians, CONSCIENCE presents a slice of history, one that will re…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:04AMThank you. Thank you Laura Benanti for asking high schoolers to send videos of them doing parts of their cancelled shows.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:01AMIt seems Judi Dench just can’t leave the Cats film behind her. A new video posted on Twitter shows her once again
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:00AMThe great test facing the fearful protagonists of this rarely produced Tennessee Williams play—simply going outside—is disturbingly pertinent at this moment.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 11:00AM
The 24 Hour Plays has released its first-ever series of Viral Monologues on IGTV!
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:59AMCelebrate Sutton Foster and John Kander's combined birthday with this clip from Amy Sherman-Palladino's Bunheads.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 10:51AMTheatre veteran and The Dock Brief director David Tudor tells us about working with John Mortimer, why his writing is timeless and what he's learned over the years.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:45AMThe Tony-winning star of Miss Saigon and Once On This Island was scheduled to launch her tour April 3 in Honolulu.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:42AMThe initiative offers students the chance to practice and hone their craft during the coronavirus shutdown.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:22AMWhen a series begins with a character auditioning for Mannequin The Musical on Broadway, a theatrelover knows they have a new binge watch.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:12AMActors Equity has issued a statement on members filing for unemployment.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:09AMEditors’ Note: With full acknowledgment of the big-picture implications of a pandemic that has already claimed thousands of lives, cratered global economies and closed international border…
SOURCE: Deadline at 10:03AMGarnet Henderson’s guide includes more than just obvious advice such as “keep three to six months’ worth of income in savings” (which, she acknowledges, is impossible for many dancer…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:02AMOf the dozen or more such articles that we’ve seen so far, this one from David Patrick Stearns is our favorite so far — not only because it offers a lot of options, but also because of h…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:02AMThe replica Elizabethan theatre in the Shenandoah Valley normally thrives, in the usual hand-to-mouth way, with a mix of school groups and out-of-town visitors. Now both are gone indefinitel…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:02AMIn a week when the industry has been brought to a virtual standstill, we look at the last widespread shutdown of theatres
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:00AMCoronavirus: breaking news and live updates as the theatre industry responds
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The two-time Tony nominee and dance legend will lead the session via Instagram.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:52AMPittsburgh Dance Week plans to swap the stage for computer screens when it returns April 5 to 11.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 09:49AMCasting directors Sarah Cooney and Chad Eric Murnane offer some tips for actors auditioning via video.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:45AMAn entire generation of working-class talent could be lost because of a lack of support for freelance workers amid the coronavirus outbreak,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:42AMLeading theatre charities have joined together to create a one-stop shop of advice for people affected by the closure of theatres around
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:42AMThe two musicals were slated to round out the Millburn, New Jersey venue's 2019–2020 season.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:34AMTwenty performers produced and performed a monologue every 15 minutes on Instagram March 17.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:26AMTennessee theatre kids stepped up to bat when they learned the dress rehearsal for 'Let 'Em Play' would be their closing performance.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:20AMOur job now as theatremakers is to adapt to whatever mechanism we have to tell stories.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:19AMWith Mother’s Day looming, we’ve been chatting about our favourite on-stage mums. Here's a list of who we love and why!
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 09:15AMElaine Paige took to Twitter to share some tips on cleaning, as well as a video of herself cleaning her home. Paige even belts out a line of Evita while scrubbing a wall.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:14AM"Contemporary opera is our way to make the audience aware of contemporary problems and to open our minds to see possible solutions to those problems."
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 09:00AMAs a freelance producer, I come into contact with colleagues from across the theatre sector. And, of course, coronavirus is the number
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AM
The artistic director of New York City's the Tank shares self care tips for theatre artists in quarantine.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:56AMOne by one, theaters announced late last week that they would be closed for the foreseeable future in compliance with Coronavirus recommendations. It is a stunning and unprecedented time in …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:50AMGeorge Sidney (Samuel Greenfield, 1877-1945) was a vaudeville, stage and screen comic, closely associated with Jewish stereotype characters. He was the brother of producer Louis K. Sidney, a…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:48AMConservative peer Stephen Gilbert has written to the government asking how it plans to protect the creative industries amid the ongoing heath
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:42AMThe Brighton Festival, which was due to take place in May, has been cancelled for the first time since it was founded
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:42AMTheatre companies are announcing initiatives to support artists as they begin to fight back against the impact of the Covid-19 outbreak on
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:42AMProductions including George Stiles and Anthony Drewe’s musical version of The Wind in the Willows and The Habit of Art starring Matthew
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:42AMSeth Rogen took to Twitter last night, in honor of the Cats film being released digitally, to live-tweet his reactions to the film while stoned.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:02AMRachel Zegler, star of the upcoming West Side Story film remake, took to YouTube to share a cover of What Baking Can Do from Waitress!
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SOLT & UK Theatre launch a new microsite as part of a pan-industry effort to support theatre workforce on & offstage affected by the coronavirus situation.
The post SOLT and UK Theat…
SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 07:39AMTo try and help in this unprecendented time we've put together this news article, which we will update regularly with everything that we currently know.
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 07:22AM“how to wash your jazz hands” 🤣 👐 https://t.co/W59St6MkUy — Frankie (@Francesca1000) March 11, 2020 My dears! I’m self-isolating. Yes, even through
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:08AMFrederick Ashton dances the mime role of Carabosse in Ninette De Valois’s production of Marius Petipa’s The Sleeping Beauty, performed by London’s Sadler’s Wells Ballet (now the Roya…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:01AMThis year there are 20 places on courses up for grabs at Arts Educational Schools London. Paul Vale finds out how the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AM“In public life it is sometimes necessary to appear really natural to be actually artificial.”
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Playwright Ang Collins, theatremaker Frieda Lee and theatre directors Justice Jones and Claudia Osborne are the four emerging practitioners who will complete three-month theatre residencies …
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 02:27AMI doubt it will surprise any of you to learn that I’d been growing increasingly worried about the inability of Mrs. T’s doctors to rouse her from the medically induced coma into which sh…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:24AMJazz doesn’t want to stay home and chill, so members of the Jazz Journalists Association have launched JazzOnLockdown: Hear It Here, a series of curated v-logs featuring performance videos…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:24AMDesigners have revealed renderings of their project that is to grace the Urals. American studio wHY Architecture is to build a new opera theater in Perm, a Russian city in the Ural mountains…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 02:11AMThis conversation with Christa Sommerer focuses on some aspects of the gigantic artwork that Sommerer and Laurent Mignonneau have been building together since 1992. After a brief synthesis o…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 02:09AMBy Tamara Kissane, Bilal Dardai, Jessica Wright Buha. For this episode of Adventures in Audio Fiction Podcast, host Tamara Kissane talks with Jessica Wright Buha and Bilal Dardai, staff wri…
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Moira Macdonald was at Pacific Northwest Ballet’s final (in too many senses) dress rehearsal for a program the public won’t get to attend. “There was no one in the seat in front of me,…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:24AMNobel laureate Michael Levitt, an American-British-Israeli biophysicist who teaches structural biology at Stanford University and spends much of his time in Tel Aviv, unexpectedly became a h…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:24AM“The few people present in the hall … were asked not to applaud because such meager clapping would sound pallid to listeners tuning in from elsewhere. But for those who were there, it wa…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:24AM“We’re going make sure we protect our people, but we need to keep the arts and the music going. That’s what we’re going to do. That’s why we’re here.” – The Guardian
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:24AMBonfils-Stanton Foundation: “These Denver-based organizations offer ongoing public arts & culture programming and are at risk for earned revenue loss due to the COVID-19 global pandemi…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:24AMThe company will also make movies that are currently in theatrical release available on-demand beginning as early as Friday, starting with the Elisabeth Moss horror film “The Invisible Man…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:24AMAfter many weeks of self-quarantining and social distancing, will people be eager to rub shoulders again when restrictions are lifted? And what will happen to the release calendar, with so m…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:24AM“If you read The Plague long ago, perhaps for a college class, … perhaps you paid more attention to the buboes and the lime pits than to the narrator’s depiction of the ‘hectic exalt…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:24AMThe British Museum on Tuesday announced that 1,311 finds which are defined as treasure had been found by members of the public across England, Wales and Northern Ireland in 2019. They also i…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:24AMCharles McNulty: “I’m sure I’m not the only writer who fantasizes about retreating to a country house with nothing to do but curl up by a fire beside a mountain of Dickens and Dostoevs…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:24AMPlagues functioned as a setup for an even more crucial theme in ancient myth: a leader’s intelligence. At the beginning of the “Iliad,” for instance, the prophet Calchas – who knows …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:24AMAs dance, music and opera companies seek ways to stream performances online; dance teachers hold class and dance parties on Instagram live; university dance programs unveil plans to move cur…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:24AMNewsstands are even registering a small bump in sales. That was clear in Milan. In a busier newsstand, near a major shopping street here, I had to wait to pay for the newspaper. And when my …
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With the announcement that Melbourne Recital Centre has suspended all public events for four weeks due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic, the Centre has guaranteed a one-off payment to …
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 12:43AMLiving Room Concert Shake Rattle & Roll Dueling Pianos Everyone is stuck at home for the time being. But that doesn’t mean we can’t still have ourselves a PARTY. We’re broadcasting…
SOURCE: www.cabarethotspot.com at 12:38AMAn immunocompromised theatre fan on why she appreciates the Broadway community more than ever right now---March 12 is my anniversary with my boyfriend, and we had been planning on celebratin…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 12:00AMWith in-person theatre out of commission for the foreseeable future, many Broadway performers are sharing their talents online. Below are performances as well as a live-streamed class led by…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 12:00AMTop on Cruz's list are performances by Jessie Mueller, Danny Burstein, Mark Rylance, and more.
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