The Barton sisters carving their own path

You know those hyper-talented families we’re all secretly a little jealous of? The Bartons are one of those families. Sisters Cherice, Charissa and Aszure (from eldest to youngest) grew up…

Today on Broadway: Monday, May 4, 2020 by Matt Tamanini

Lortel Award Winners Announced, Shindle Responds to Haley, Cromer in Talks for “Matilda” Movie “Today on Broadway” is a daily, Monday through Friday, podcast hitting the top theatre …

“Beauty & the Beast:” Children’s Story, a Universal Message by Ian Kiyingi Muddu

It is a full house. Full house on a Friday? That’s rare here. Anyway, we’re almost packed like sardines. I’m sitting next to a lovely three-year-old and her mother. Lovely, until she s…

American Ballet Theatre: Together Tonight by American Ballet Theatre

Alessandra Stenta’s 21-Day Wellness Program inspires well-being

Los Angeles-based professional dancer and wellness expert Alessandra Stenta has created a 21-Day Wellness Program, called “Aspire with Alessandra”, that provides tools to help us tune in…

Appreciating Tony Allen, Afrobeat Creator Who Has Died At 79 by Artsjournal2

Allen was a Nigerian drummer who perhaps didn’t invent Afrobeat but certainly popularized it and took it everywhere. “Allen’s swirl of jazz, Yoruba and highlife was unlike anything the…

A Glimpse Of The Future by Artsjournal2

The U.S. and other countries have been looking to China and Italy to predict what the pandemic would be like during the most intense times of infection. Now, take Wuhan as an example, the sl…

Announcing the winners of the 35th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards for Off-Broadway by Deb Miller

Winners of the 35th annual Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway were announced tonight in a virtual ceremony beginning at 7 pm. Produced by the League of Off-Broad…

Octet and Heroes of the Fourth Turning Lead 2020 Lucille Lortel Award Winners by Olivia Clement

Check out the full list of winners from the ceremony, celebrating the Off-Broadway season, here.

Musical Mondays #5 by Gabi Bergman

Welcome back to Musical Mondays! In case you’re new here, this column is a peek into the depths of the

Watch Cast of Broadway's The Full Monty, Including Patrick Wilson, André De Shields, Jason Danieley, Reunite on Stars in the House by Andrew Gans

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

Watch winners of 2020 Lucille Lortel Awards, celebrating Off-Broadway by Jonathan Mandell

Winners of the 2020 Lucille Lortel Awards (chosen from this year’s nominees is being streamed online for the first time. Outstanding Play BLKS Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven” – …

VIDEO: Lincoln Center Honors Those We've Lost With #MemorialForUsAll

Join Lincoln Center in honoring those we've lost with the inaugural #MemorialForUsAll, led by Jazz at Lincoln Center's very own Wynton Marsalis in the New Orleans tradition.

Two Texas Movie Theater Chains, EVO and Santikos, Will Reopen This Week With New Guidelines in Place

EVO, a movie theater chain in Texas, is planning to reopen with a new check-in process, Variety reports.. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is now allowing movie theaters to reopen, as long as they o…

Artists Who Inspire!: Patrick Flynn by Nicole Hertvik

Playwright Patrick Flynn was on a roll before Coronavirus brought American theater to a standstill. His adaptation of The Velveteen Rabbit, produced by Adventure Theatre MTC, earned him a 20…

On my radar: Hofesh Shechter's cultural highlights by Hofesh Shechter

The Israeli-born choreographer and dancer on Netflix series Unorthodox, the joy of board games – and banana pancakes The choreographer and dancer Hofesh Shechter was born in Jerusalem in 1…

Beth Leavel, Caitlin Kinnunen, and Isabelle McCalla Performed Songs From THE PROM on STARS IN THE HOUSE

Stars in The House, benefiting The Actors Fund, continued this afternoon (2pm) with The Prom Original Broadway Cast, Caitlin Kinnunen, Isabelle McCalla, Beth Leavel, Brooks Ashmankskas, C…

VIDEO: Andrew Lloyd Webber Wants Fans to Write Their Own Lyrics to 'Stick It To The Man' From SCHOOL OF ROCK!

For this week's Sunday Singalong, Andrew Lloyd Webber is encouraging fans to write their own lyrics to Stick It To The Man from School of Rock!

#MemorialForUsAll - Wynton Marsalis by Lincoln Center

Review of “Felt Sad Posted Frog (and other streams of global quarantine)” by Jonathan Mandell

“Felt Sad, Posted Frog,” the title of this collection of six new works of online theater by playwrights from six different countries (on three continents), is what one of the characters …

Lea Michele and Husband Zandy Reich Are Expecting by Lindsey Sullivan

Lea Michele and her husband Zandy Reich are expecting their first child. The Broadway alumna and former Glee star confirmed the news on May 2 with a sweet photo on Twitter. So grateful pi…

TO RESTART AFTER LOCKDOWN, THEATERS NEED TO THINK SMALL by Robert Shuman

(Matt Wolf’s article appeared in The New York Times, 4/30; via Pam Green.) LONDON — Right now, it feels like time’s been put on hold. Or so I thought one recent afternoon as I walked t…

Steven Spielberg honors Sally Field | 2019 Kennedy Center Honors by The Kennedy Center

What’s Going To Happen To Improv? by Artsjournal2

This isn’t a great time for teachers and performers of improv comedy. Caroline Martin, who taught at Upright Citizens Brigade: “I have seen and been invited to do improv shows online on …

Darnell Abraham - HAMILTON's George Washington - Instagram Live by Broadwaysf

In Memoriam: ‘A Tribute to Joe Kaplan’ by Kristin Franco

On April 22, 2020, our theatre community lost a vital and beloved member when Joe Kaplan lost his battle with COVID-19. Joe’s day job was as an attorney, and an impressive one at that. In …

Theatre Review: ‘What Do We Need To Talk About? Conservations on Zoom’ by Public Theater by Mary Ann Johnson

This was simply lovely. The Apple family is back, having a Zoon conversation in the time of COVID-19. They’re older, feeling their mortality, and making plans for the future. They’re fra…

A Thousand Goodbyes for McCarter Theater’s Emily Mann by Laura Collins-Hughes

A virtual send-off for the artistic director and playwright drew more attendees than could have fit under a tent. “I liked this better,” she said.

The Signs Of Our Time by Artsjournal2

Streetscapes aren’t looking too great right now in many cities. And “museums and galleries around the world have locked their doors as people wait out the coronavirus pandemic in isolati…

An Arts Donor On Life, And Giving, During The Shutdown by Artsjournal2

In Oregon, arts organizations know Ronni Lacroute, and she knows what they need – usually. Right now, says the philanthropist, things are just a bit different: “The way I donate hasn’t…

Writing The Future, When The Future Isn’t White by Artsjournal2

N.K. Jemisin won three Hugo Awards in a row for her Broken Earth trilogy, a science fictional world where the protagonist is a middle-aged Black woman (and mother). But to get to that point,…

Remembering That Undefinable Quality Of Actor Irrfan Khan by Artsjournal2

Khan, who was only 53 when he died earlier this week, had a quality common in French cinema but rarely embraced in Bollywood: He was jolie laide, beautifully ugly or ugly beautiful, but more…

Actor Gael Garcia Bernal Trusts Director Pablo Lorrain by Artsjournal2

And that trust took him to some weird places in Lorrain’s newest movie, Ema. Bernal: “All films are mysteries; you don’t know how they’re going end up . . . but this one had mystery …

Sue Davies, 87, Founder Of The First Public Photography Gallery In London by Artsjournal2

Davies was also a fierce advocate for the art form at the Photographers’ Gallery, intended to be democratic in its shows and its audiences. “School parties were encouraged, as were discu…

The Feed May Be Amateur, But The Bookcases Are Great by Artsjournal2

There’s even a Twitter account to analyze exactly what’s going on: “As the broadcast industry shelters in place, the bookcase has become the background of choice for television hosts, …

Of Course Streaming Is Up; Why Are Movie Chains Flipping Out? by Artsjournal2

The reactions of AMC and other chains to NBCUniversal’s touting of a streaming-only release of the movie Trolls: World Tour is head-shakingingly weird. Almost everyone is stuck at home –…

A Delicate Question: Sound Designing Sex And Intimacy by Artsjournal2

Intimacy comes from much more than the sound design for sex scenes, intense though they may be in Hulu’s 12-part Normal People. The music throughout the series, as with other audio queues,…

A Spanish Film Director Has Completed The First Feature Of This Crisis, Filmed Entirely In Lockdown by Artsjournal2

“It is a documentary not about the coronavirus, but about the intimate experience of the confinement that is obviously transformed into a film with dramatic, comical moments, especially to…

Helen McGehee, A Dancer With Martha Graham, Has Died At 98 by Artsjournal2

Choreographer Paul Taylor once wrote of McGehee, “She is basically a lyric dancer but she can turn into a spark-ejecting demonette when cast in dramatic roles.” She taught the Graham tec…

When Your Subject Is Your Family, And Your Family Is Your Pets by Artsjournal2

Photographer Robin Schwartz is used to quarantine, having dealt with being isolated during cancer treatments, but it’s only intensified lately. Luckily, her subjects are the same as ever: …

The Berlin Phil Tests A Path Out For Orchestras by Artsjournal2

The concert hall was empty; the musicians were greatly reduced in number and sitting far from each other; they wore masks backstage and were tested before the event. “Though the seating ar…

Reporting The Box Office – From 1922 by Artsjournal2

There’s literally nothing to report for the box office this week of 2020, so why not go back in history and see what was going on 98 years ago, during the first year of box office reportin…

Peter Jonas, Whose Innovations Changed Opera, Has Died At 73 by Artsjournal2

Jonas ran the English National Opera and the Bavarian State Opera in his career, emphasizing “bold interpretive approaches to the great yet elusive and multilayered operas of the past.” …

Author Sarah Perry Says Books, And Writing, Felt Useless For A While by Artsjournal2

Perry (The Essex Serpent) couldn’t even go into her study at first; books seemed items of contempt. But: “Recently I have concluded that all this amounts to a kind of failure of courage.…

A Ballet In Amsterdam’s Emptied Streets by Artsjournal2

The dancers rehearsed at home and performed on streets and beside canals. “I like this project because we can show what we want to do, and what we’re waiting to do again. … Art, right …

Review: Augmented, GIFT Festival by Aimee Shields

Review: Augmented, GIFT Festival 5.0stars As a relaxed performance, writer/performer Sophie Woolley describes her appearance for the audio-description and invites audience to walk around and…

Review: Less Than Human, York Theatre Royal by Lotty Holder

Review: Less Than Human, York Theatre Royal2.0starsOut of character’s < (less than) human by Paul Birch, is an ambitious piece that examines a post-apocalyptic world in which resources …

Review: Operation Elsewhere, Big Telly Theatre via Zoom by Nick Ferris

Review: Operation Elsewhere, Big Telly Theatre via Zoom 5.0stars As perfect an opportunity as lockdown is to watch all the films or read all the books you have never quite gotten round to, t…

William Inge: Fringe or Hinge? by Trav S.D.

More than a few thoughts, lifted from my notebooks, to mark the birthday of playwright/screenwriter William Inge (1913-73). I was guilty of being dismissive of Inge for many years, mostly t…

Watch Cast of The Prom, Including Beth Leavel, Christopher Sieber, Caitlin Kinnunen, More, Reunite on Stars in the House by Andrew Gans

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

In virtual ‘Borders,’ the radical realism of a gay meetup on Grindr by Michael Poandl

Borders, a play by Nimrod Danishman, tells the story of two young men—Boaz (Eli Schoenfeld), an Israeli, and George (Adrian Rifat), who is Lebanese—who meet on Grindr and fall in love de…

This Week on Broadway for May 3, 2020: Favorite Movie Musicals (Originally on Stage) by James Marino

Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about their favorite favorite movie musicals that were originally written for the stage. This Week on Broadway has been coming to y…

Brave New Shakespeare Challenge - CYMBELINE with Kate Burton | The Public Theater by The Public Theater

Brave New Shakespeare Challenge - CYMBELINE with Stephanie Roth Haberle | The Public Theater by The Public Theater

Brave New Shakespeare Challenge - CYMBELINE with Danaya Esperanza | The Public Theater by The Public Theater

Performing Arts Centers in South Korea Plan to Reopen This Week With New Guidelines

According to The Korea Herald, performing arts institutions in South Korea are planning to resume their activities this week.

Regional Spotlight: How Southern Rep Theatre is Working Through The Global Health Crisis

Now more than ever it is important to support theater and do our part to keep the art form that we love so much alive and as thriving as it can be during these unprecedented times.

Cameron Mackintosh Believes Theatre Will Not Come Back Until 'Early Next Year'

Producer Cameron Mackintosh chatted with Michael Ball this morning on his BBC Radio 2 show, where he provided his insight on what he thinks the future of re-opening theatres looks like.

REVIEW: A Separate Peace, The Remote Read, Zoom ✭✭✭✭✭ by Mark Ludmon

By Mark Ludmon Mark Ludmon reviews A Separate Peace by Tom Stoppard performed live via Zoom and starring Jenna Coleman, Denise Gough, Ed Stoppard and David Morrissey. This post REVIEW: A Sep…

CANCELLED The Midwest Cabaret Conference by Sue Matsuki

It is with great regret but due to Covid-19 , Lina Koutrakos has just announced that this year’s Midwest Cabaret Conference in Chicago schedule for June 26-28 is Canceled. Please watch for…

Travel Around the World on This Week's Elaine Paige on Sunday by Broadway.com

Olivier-winning actress Elaine Paige is giving Broadway.com listeners a chance to hear her BBC Radio 2 show, Elaine Paige on Sunday. This week, Paige is giving viewers the gift of travel. A…

Chita Rivera and Friends Talked About Their Time in THE VISIT on STARS IN THE HOUSE

Stars in The House, benefiting The Actors Fund, continued Saturday night (8pm) with Chita Rivera and friends!

VIDEO: Minnesota Opera's DOUBT is Now Available to Stream on PBS

Great Performances: Doubt from Minnesota Opera is a new opera based on playwright John Patrick Shanley's acclaimed 2005 Broadway play, which was later adapted into an Academy Award-nominate…

Wed @ 7:00 & Sat @ 8:00 Shake Rattle & Roll by Sue Matsuki

Living Room Concert Shake Rattle & Roll Wednesdays – Piano Bingo Saturdays – Dueling Pianos Everyone is stuck at home for the time being. But that doesn’t mean we can’t still hav…

Sundays @ 6:00 pm Micah Young Singalng! by Sue Matsuki

SUNDAYS @ 6:00 pm EST Micah Young Facebook Live Singalong with the whole family HERE EVERY SUNDAY AFTER there is a Musical Theater Adult Happy Hour Singalong HERE  Micah has other things i…

Story Telling During Covid! by Leah Richards

Story Telling During Covid! Leah Richards May 3, 2020 - 11:13 Topics Theater Review Tags off broadway …

The Feingold Column: My Recycled Repertoire, and Why (Pagnol’s Topaze)  by Michael Feingold

From John Barrymore to Fernandel to Peter Sellers, actors all over the world have put their stamp on Marcel Pagnol's Topaze. The post The Feingold Column: My Recycled Repertoire, and Why (Pa…

Mark Watson’s Comedy Marathon: an irresistible carnival of idiocy by Brian Logan

The blokey joker fired up his webcam to deliver a 24 hours of faux-ballads, toilet humour and even a real-life wedding The best theatre and dance to watch online The best arts and entertain…

Gateshead international festival of theatre – a virtual, virtuoso delight by Kate Wyver

The annual extravaganza was moved ingeniously online for a weekend of shows united in their celebration of togetherness The best theatre and dance to watch online The best arts and entertai…

COVID THE MUSICAL a competition for Australian writers by Sean McLoughlin

Music Theatre Melbourne ( MTM ) has announced an exciting competition for Australian writers to try and foster hope and

‘Fast-paced & endlessly creative’: SUPER HAMLET 64 (Online review) by Louise Penn

Edalia Day brings their mix of observational comedy, music, and Shakespearean interpretation to the video game space in the show Super Hamlet 64.

A Separate Peace review – Stoppard gem earns an ovation from the sofa by Mark Lawson

The Remote ReadDavid Morrissey headed up a cast united on Zoom for a show that took on poignant new meaning and exuded theatrical joy The countdown to the play beginning was on screen rather…

A Survivor’s Guide to the Pandemic #4 – Stir Crazy Much? by Sue Matsuki

A Survivor’s Guide to the Pandemic #4 – Stir Crazy Much? Focus on Your Music, Your Household, Your Kids & Your Spouse/Partner What to do? What to do? We have so much time, every day …

Metropolitan Room Offers 3 Webinars by Sue Matsuki

Bernie Furshpan, Booking Director  of The Triad Theater NYC & Executive Producer of MetropolitanZoom.com Is offering 3 Webinars for performing artists on how to create and promote live…

MONDAY, May 4 @ 5:00 pm Richard Skipper Celebrates David Zimmerman by Sue Matsuki

PRESS RELEASE: RICHARD SKIPPER CELEBRATES DAVID S. ZIMMERMAN Producer, Casting Director, Teacher, Coach, Writer, Actor, Director   May 4th 5:00 PM EST Casting New Lives and NiteLife Exchang…

TUESDAY, May 5 @ 8:00 pm Shakespeare Forum by Sue Matsuki

TUESDAYS @ 8:00 pm EST The Shakespeare Forum is hosting their open workshops via Zoom.  Information available HERE Virtual Open Workshops We are excited to bring our Open Workshops into …

THURSDAY, May 7 @ 6:30 pm 54 Below Celebrate Mel Brooks by Sue Matsuki

54 CELEBRATES MEL BROOKS THURSDAY, MAY 7 @ 6:30 pm Livestreams can be found on our YouTube channel here: youtube.com/54Below. Be sure to subscribe to receive updates and schedule changes! G…

FRIDAY, May 8 @ 6:30 pm Luba Mason 5’10” by Sue Matsuki

LUBA MASON – FRIDAY, MAY 8 AT 6:30 PM Livestreams can be found on our YouTube channel here: youtube.com/54Below. Be sure to subscribe to receive updates and schedule changes! Last year, …

SATURDAY, May 9 @ 12:00 pm APSS Songwriter’s Series by Sue Matsuki

American Popular Song Society Hi Members, Friends and Fans of APSS, I hope you are all doing well and staying home during this pandemic. As we all know, this crisis is taking an emotional an…

SATURDAY, May 9 @ 8:00 pm David Budway by Sue Matsuki

David Budway at Maureen’s Jazz Cellar Saturday, May 9th @ 8:00 pm Live-stream on Facebook https://m.facebook.com/maureensjazzcellar/   Pianist-singer David Budway will be taking request…

“Gators” at Tramp Productions by Aleks Sierz

She’s an ordinary young woman, and she really doesn’t know what to think. After all, things are way out of control. Out of order. She knows that the natural world is pretty fucked and th…

David Friedman’s Book: We Can Be Kind by Sue Matsuki

  Enjoy an Excerpt of the Audiobook On Me! GET 65% OFF when purchasing the entire audiobook. Want the whole audiobook? Use this link for $5.99 Promo. Redeem Now I am Celebrating Kindness He…

Prison Bag is a remarkable new podcast on the ripple effect of jail sentences

The series follows the family of an inmate as they struggle with financial insecurity and prejudice

Tune Into the 2020 Lucille Lortel Awards Online May 3 by Olivia Clement

The virtual broadcast, hosted by Mario Cantone, features appearances from Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Jeremy Pope, Condola Rashad, and many more.