Octavia. Trepanation by The Theatre Times

Featuring a libretto based on a 1924 essay by Leon Trotsky about Lenin and fragments of a play, Octavia, attributed to Seneca about the Roman emperor Nero, this is a thrilling new opera stag…

Wordsworth’s wise advice for stressed out home-workers

A creative activity could improve mood, by distracting from stress and developing self-confidence

Home Delivery of some of Australia’s finest performing talent by Peter J Snee

Lights Up On The Arts: Home Delivery! is a special and important concert created by James Cutler and Joshua Robson

Home Grown to run Q&A with Eddie Perfect! by Gabi Bergman

As part of a new initiative called Testing Grounds, Home Grown will be connecting audiences with writers and their process,

Today on Broadway: Monday, April 13, 2020 by Matt Tamanini

Nick Cordero’s Wife Asks for Prayers, Musician’s Union Refuses to Allow Stream of Disney Benefit Concert, Online “Theatre” Stuff is Great (Despite What Privileged Gatekeepers Say) �…

Introducing ABTKids Daily by American Ballet Theatre

Recapping Smash 2.16 & 2.17: Smashing the 4th Wall by Mark Peikert

Everyone gets a man—some get a man and a Tony! Some go to prison. And some like it hot, and that ain't bad.

Tim Burton interviewed for Mars Attacks! by Pauline Adamek

From the archives! Here is my interview with director Tim Burton, first published in December, 1996. Over the past decade, Tim Burton has proven himself to be one of the most imaginati…

VIDEO: Sir Patrick Stewart Continues Shakespeare Series With Sonnet 73

Patrick Stewart is continuing his #ASonnetADay posts on Twitter, with Sonnet 73.

Wynn Handman, co-founder of the American Place Theatre, dies at 97 by Jeremy Gerard

Wynn Handman, a revered acting teacher whose Off-Broadway company, The American Place Theatre, defied Broadway commercialism while providing early support to many of the country’s most tal…

Theatre industry will not survive coronavirus crisis without 'aggressive government bailout' by Laura Harding, Laura Harding

'Quiz' writer James Graham says he is concerned that uncertain times ahead could mean a limiting of creativity and the destruction of opportunities for the less privileged

Five of the world’s best homes for sale with cinemas

With large screen entertainment on tap, just sit back, dim the lights and pop some corn

Watch the Cast of Desperate Housewives Reunite on Stars in the House Live Stream by Andrew Gans

The daily series created by Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley benefits The Actors Fund.

VIDEO: Jennifer Holliday Performs a 'I Sing Because I'm Happy'

Jennifer Holliday took to Twitter to post an inspirational video of herself singing the hymn 'I Sing Because I'm Happy.'

Dancer and Choreographer, Louis Johnson, Dies at Age 90

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that Louis Johnson, dancer and choreographer, has died on March 31 at age 90.

VIDEO: Nathan Lane Chats His New Role on PENNY DREADFUL: CITY OF ANGELS, Terrence McNally, His Stage Career, and More!

Nathan Lane was profiled today on CBS Sunday Morning, to chat about his role on the television series Penny Dreadful: City of Angels.

“The Afterlife” Explores Teen Suicide & Gang Murder—Streaming S.F. Youth by Patricia L. Morin

Gary Soto Urges Us to Reflect by Patricia L. Morin As a therapist who ran a suicide hot-line, I have talked to teens who cut themselves, then heal, and cut again.  In Gary Soto’s play, Th…

Girl With A Purell Earring And Other Tweaks Making The Art Rounds During The Pandemic by Artsjournal2

Truth: “Art meme-ing has long been with us, but some mix of quarantine creativity, idle isolation and the need to connect through humor in these uncertain times is sparking a stream of mis…

City Lights Books Sends Out A Cry For Help, Gets $400,000 In Donations by Artsjournal2

The iconic San Francisco bookstore founded by Beat poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti said in its GoFundMe appeal that it was continuing to pay salaries and health care for its employees, but that i…

ROGER HENDRICKS SIMON WINS BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE FROM INTERNATIONAL INDEPENDENT FILM AWARDS 2020 by Robert Shuman

ROGER HENDRICKS SIMON has just won the BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE award from INTERNATIONAL INDEPENDENT FILM AWARDS 2020 for DANIEL KEITH’s multi award winning feature film LOVE IN …

We Are NY Phil @ Home: Sumire Kudo and Nathan Vickery, Part 3 by New York Philharmonic

#ComposerInIsolation | Memory by Andrew Lloyd Webber Musicals

#ComposerInIsolation | Hosanna (Sing-along) by Andrew Lloyd Webber Musicals

The Show Must Go Online: Theaters Closed By COVID-19 Get Creative by Jeff Lunden

As venues across the country have shut down in response to the coronavirus, some theaters have made archival videos of the closed productions available online, for the cost of a ticket.

Shailene Woodley, Doing (Now Online) Movie Release Press From A Big Social Distance by Artsjournal2

The actor, who had success as a child and in her teens and early twenties, says that social isolation with her dog isn’t the worst thing. “This feels like heaven in a lot of ways because…

When Truth Resembles Apocalyptic Fiction by Artsjournal2

Novelist Waubgeshig Rice: “It kind of blew my mind. … I wrote that plot point of Moon of the Crusted Snow just as a what if, not as a how-to guide.” – CBC

Watch Andrew Lloyd Webber and Cast of Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert Reunite on Stars in the House Live Stream by Andrew Gans

The daily series created by Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley benefits The Actors Fund.

Hear the Truth Behind Musicals Inspired by Real Events on This Week's Elaine Paige on Sunday by Broadway.com

Broadway might be canceled, but Elaine Paige on Sunday isn't! Olivier-winning actress Elaine Paige is giving Broadway.com listeners a chance to hear her BBC Radio 2 show. This week, Paige …

The Guggenheim Is The Latest Institution To Lay Off, Furlough, And Reduce Benefits by Artsjournal2

The museum says it’s facing a $10 million shortfall and must furlough 92 people and reduce the salaries for 85 more. The furloughed staff members, “which union officials said include abo…

Irish Scholars Have A Rather Large Bone To Pick With A ‘Hatchet Job’ In The New Yorker by Artsjournal2

Who decided messing with Edna O’Brien was a good idea? Ian Parker of The New Yorker, that’s who. But “after a complicated relationship with her home country – in 2015 President Micha…

Instead of distracting ourselves, what happens when we grasp our new reality? by Michelle Chikaonda

One of the most challenging things in the COVID-19 pandemic is trying to be okay when everything around us is not. After facing her own grief, Michelle Chikaonda finds that rather than merel…

Recapping Smash 2.15: 'You're a Marilyn. Not a Norma Jeane.' by Mark Peikert

Tom and Julia bid adieu with a song, Derek is in trouble, and Eileen has a martini.

Lockdown laughs: my night at a Cheese, Sex and Self-isolation Party by Brian Logan

This streaming event hosted by Anna Mann (AKA Colin Hoult) on NextUp was a valiant experiment in performing live comedy without an audience “There is no eerier sight,” my fellow comedy c…

The Beast Will Rise review – intense solos for a world in isolation by Arifa Akbar

Available onlineGators and Zarabooshka, the first instalments in a new 14-part series of monologues by Philip Ridley, feature anxious characters marooned in confusing times Front-room seats…

Theatre’s Stages Of Grief by Artsjournal2

Idled theatres can’t earn money, can’t meet grant requirement deadlines, and have nothing they can do with huge sets or out-of-work actors or stage crews. It’s not OK. “O’Gara conc…

Restaurants And Retail Are Closed, So What’s An Out-Of-Work Hollywood Artist To Do? by Artsjournal2

Podcast from home, of course. (Or work in video games or animation – those industries, perhaps unsurprisingly, are doing just fine.) – Los Angeles Times

Novelist Ann Patchett, Alone In Her Bookshop With Her Dogs, Says The Store Feel Closer To The Community by Artsjournal2

Patchett isn’t actually alone because her co-owner and staff are still coming in, carefully distanced from each other, to work so they can ship books to all of those desperately wanting ne…

Pandemic Virtual Book Clubs Are Popping Up All Over The Internet by Artsjournal2

Are books therapeutic? Is reading itself, with the concentration it requires, even possible now? Yes, but make it social. “The experience has been, by turns, surprisingly insightful and pr…

How Bad Is The State Of The Arts? by Artsjournal2

At least in one West Coast city – though truly, everywhere in the U.S. – “It’s pretty grim. … Everyone is experiencing the worst.” – Oregon Artswatch

Louis Johnson, Acclaimed Dancer, Choreographer, And Director, Has Died At 90 by Artsjournal2

Johnson choreographed the film adaptation of The Wiz and won a Tony for his choreography for Purlie. He performed in both stage and screen versions of Damn Yankees, created works for the Alv…

What Did It Mean To Exhibit The Shroud Of Turin Online? by Artsjournal2

When the Archbishop of Turin, Cesare Nosiglia, announced the church would livestream the Shroud, things in the world of the mysterious sacred artifact got a bit weird. “Whether Nosiglia kn…

Mirvish pays tribute to Canadian actor Victor A. Young by Debra Yeo - Toronto Star

The musical theatre veteran died of cancer on April 8 in Toronto.

This Week on Broadway for April 12, 2020: Hits I Didn’t Love by James Marino

Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about shows that were financial successes, but we didn’t necessarily love. This Week on Broadway has been coming to you every wee…

The Daily Distraction: Look Who's Here (It's Ann Miller) by Ryan McPhee

The star of musicals on stage and screen appeared in Paper Mill Playhouse's 1998 production of Follies.

Labor Dispute Sinks Broadway Benefit for Pandemic Assistance by Michael Paulson

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS had planned to stream a concert of Disney songs, but canceled the program when a union demanded compensation for musicians.

[REMINDER] The Cast of Godspell reunites TONIGHT at 8 PM!

Hey all! Don’t forget, we’ve scheduled a very special Easter surprise for all of you tonight! The company of my Broadway production of Godspell will be reuniting tonight!  We’re talki…

Brave New Shakespeare Challenge - ROMEO AND JULIET with Chukwudi Iwuji | The Public Theater by The Public Theater

Brave New Shakespeare Challenge - ROMEO AND JULIET with | The Public Theater by The Public Theater

Brave New Shakespeare Challenge - ROMEO AND JULIET with Pedro Pascal | The Public Theater by The Public Theater

VIDEO: Jennifer Tierney and More Virtually Perform Uplifting Rendition of 'Beauty and the Beast'

A group of talented performers and musicians have come together virtually to lift our spirits through beautiful music.

VIDEO: Patrick Dunn Performs LES MISERABLES Parody 'Stay At Home'

Patrick Dunn, the current Jean Valjean of the Les Misérables North American Tour, has shared his pandemic parody of 'Bring Him Home' lovingly changed to 'Stay at Home'. 

VIDEO: Watch London Residents Perform the Balcony Scene From ROMEO AND JULIET From Their Windows

While stuck inside, these London residents have found a way to interact with one another and remain creative during social distancing.

Bollywood Grinds To A Standstill, Halting Movies And Careers by Artsjournal2

No, that’s not different from the U.S. or Nigeria, but Bollywood stars, directors, production companies, dancers and everyone else are trying to figure out what to do next. “Given the sp…

Bruce Baillie, ‘Essential’ Avant-Garde Bay Area Filmmaker, Has Died At 88 by Artsjournal2

Baillie “personified the Bay Area experimental cinema of the 1960s as an independent filmmaker and consummate 16-millimeter craftsman whose most extraordinary movie is a single panning sho…

VIDEO: Andrew Lloyd Webber Plays 'Memory' From CATS

It's the song everyone has been asking for, and today, Andrew Lloyd Webber has given the people what they want! 

That was the weekend we knew the theatres would go dark by Dominic Cavendish

On the weekend of 14 March 2020, following the closure of theatre on Broadway (on 12 March), it became clear that something overwhelming was about to happen to British theatre.

Disney Broadway Streaming Benefit For COVID-19 Fund Halted After Musicians Union Objects by Greg Evans

The pre-recorded Disney concert set for streaming Monday evening as a benefit for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS ’ COVID-19 Emergency Assistance Fund has been canceled. The charitable o…

Musicians pen open letter asking for Broadway Cares fundraiser to go on by Caitlin Huston

The musicians involved in a dispute between their union and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS are asking the union to stand down. Broadway Cares had planned to stream the pre-recorded concer…

Lincoln Center Has Canceled Everything Through The End Of August by Artsjournal2

No Lincoln Center Out of Doors, no Mostly Mozart Festival, no summer programming at all. – NPR

Craft Workers Side-Eye The Not So ‘Sanitary’ Conditions On Hollywood Sets by Artsjournal2

When should Hollywood start up again – and can it fix all of this? “Until now, lackadaisical hygiene has largely been accepted as part of the job. While production was shut down in an …

The Show Is Going On by Artsjournal2

No matter how bad the technology may be, actors gonna act; singers gonna sing; and a theatre-loving public may get some benefit from the many performance livestreams. – BBC

Playing To An Empty Cathedral On Easter by Artsjournal2

Organists and cantors prepare to play for live streams instead of live services. On the other hand, sometimes that’s a bigger crowd: “Fewer than 600 people would tune in to watch the cat…

Diane Rodriguez, Longtime Champion Of Theatre Artists Of Color, Has Died At 68 by Artsjournal2

Rodriguez, a writer, actor, and former associate artistic director at Center Theatre Group, died of cancer on Friday. “‘Diane was an incredibly disciplined artist, with equal talent as a…

Trav S.D.’s Quarantine Song by Trav S.D.

Happy Easter! It’s well timed this year, isn’t it? Thanks to Spring Hay Fever I go to bed at least once a week convinced I’m going to die, and then wake up the next morning, lo and beh…

Disney on Broadway Benefit Musicians Release Open Letter; Petition Own Union

The Musical Director for the concert, Jim Abbott, has now released an open letter along with a petition - to his own union signed by all of  the members of the orchestra for the night, the…

E is for Elaine Stritch. Over 60 years on Broadway in photos and videos. by Jonathan Mandell

Elaine Stritch died in 2014 at the age of 89, having performed in 19 Broadway productions, over more than 60 years. There are more still photographs of her early performances in plays and mu…

The Tempest review – interactive online production goes down a storm by Miriam Gillinson

Available onlineGiven a portal to Prospero’s island by Zoom, the audience become the most excited characters in this mischievous and magical version of Shakespeare’s fantasy Front-room …

Harold Lockwood: Died in the Spanish Flu by Trav S.D.

The name Harold Lockwood (1887-1918) might well be better remembered if the silent movie star’s life hadn’t been cruelly cut down at age 31. Originally from Newark, Lockwood started out …

Celebrate Brendon Urie With a Look Back at his Broadway Debut in Kinky Boots by Marc J. Franklin

The Panic! at the Disco rock star celebrates his birthday April 12.

‘Philip Ridley’s masterly monologue explores the anxieties of our current culture of fear’: GATORS (Online review) by Aleks Sierz

Gloriously surreal monologue about everyday anxieties in extraordinary circumstances: welcome back the glittering dark!

Because we're seeing sometimes the only way to not give up is to laugh, or burst into song - on social distancing by Fred Landau

Because sometimes the only way to not give up is to laugh, or burst into song.  It doesn't make the problem go away, but it can help you face it better after you laugh or sing.  And it m…

Thursday 04/16 @ 1:00 & 6:00 pm Metropolitan Room Open Mic by Sue Matsuki

The Metropolitan ZOOM Video Open Mic!  THURSDAYS @ 1:00 pm & 6:00 pm EST  Participation is limited They will expand it to more dates and times if there’s interest. Sign up here: http…

Friday 04/17 @ 4:30-6:30 pm Nicole Zuraitis by Sue Matsuki

Grammy Nominated Vocalist Nicole Zuraitis in Virtual Piano Bar FRIDAYS 4:30-6:30 pm EST Facebook Live @ nicoleZmusic.com/merch Vemmo or PayPal Nicole Zuraitis  

Saturday 04/18 @ 9:00 pm Jeff Cubeta’s All Request Set by Sue Matsuki

Jeff Cubeta’s All Request Set SATURDAYS @ 9:00 pm EST Facebook.com/Jeff.Cubeta/98 Requests will be taken from 5:15

DISNEY ON BROADWAY streaming fundraiser for COVID-19 emergency fund cancelled by Peter J Snee

A streaming fundraiser of 2019’s Celebrating 25 Magical Years of Disney on Broadway has been cancelled after organizers failed to

After the Plague, Shakespeare Imagined a World Saved from Poison, Slander and the Evil Eye by Paul Yachnin

Shakespeare lived his life in plague-time. He was born in April 1564, a few months before an outbreak of bubonic plague swept across England and killed a quarter of the people in his homet…

Simon Armitage invites guests for sherry in The Poet Laureate Has Gone to His Shed

Discussions of art, literature and life with Maxine Peake, Antony Gormley and others in a BBC series

Coronavirus has Dimmed the Lights on Live Entertainment. What Now for Event Managers? by Chris Gibbs Louis-Etienne Dubois

COVID-19’s impacts on society are unprecedented and nobody can say precisely when we will return to normal public life. Experts predict that COVID-19 will cut US$12 billion out of the ente…

Watch Emmy-Winning Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert, Starring John Legend, Sara Bareilles, More, April 12 by Andrew Gans

Brandon Victor Dixon, Alice Cooper, Norm Lewis, and Jason Tam co-starred in NBC's 2018 live staging of the Andrew Lloyd Webber-Tim Rice musical.