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SOURCE: Playbill at 07:50PMWicked star Alexandra Billings will celebrate the 50th Anniversary of PRIDE as host and Grand Marshal of THE LAVENDER EFFECT Live Virtual Pride Parade!
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:48PMUnapologetically Asian, a new movement aimed to celebrate Asian American stories, will host a a?oeBroadway Kikia?? Zoom panel on Saturday May 30th at 7pm ET. The panel will share stories aro…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:48PMJessica Carter Altman, daughter of Wonder Woman Lynda Carter, discovered the tools to thrive on her own terms
SOURCE: Forbes at 07:35PMTim Minchin's Matilda score never fails to provide the feels. In the wake of the coronavirus crisis, the children of the Royal Shakespeare Company production, which has a home in the West En…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:24PMHeidi Blickenstaff has been keeping herself busy during quarantine. The stage favorite, and former Broadway.com vlogger, has launched a new production company with husband Nicholas Rohlfing …
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By . The GC CUNY Doctoral Theatre Students' Association in collaboration with The Martin E.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 05:45PMFor the moment, the eyes of the concert industry are on the Arkansas city of Fort Smith. There, at a venue called TempleLive, blues-rock singer Travis McCready is set to perform a solo show …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:42PMFollowing the Black Death in the 14th century, outbreaks recurred throughout Europe and the Mediterranean for centuries. The spectre of plague was significant not just in the history of medi…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:42PMOur theatres may be dark, but we're keeping the story-telling going. From backstage antics to onstage moments, our artists are sharing their favorite theatre memories.
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SOURCE: YouTube at 05:12PMThe Alliance Theatre this week launched an online video Q&A series called The...
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When David Henry Hwang was first starting out as a dramatist, there was an “indivisible wall” between theater and television. Forty years later, “playwrights have become very popular i…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 04:49PMAudition Songs for Children of Eden the Musical – by Character
Written by Tiffany Wilkie
May 21, 2020
You won’t be ‘Lost in the Wilderness’ looking for an audition song for the…
SOURCE: performerstuff.com at 04:36PMNot your own rant, mind you. A pair of teachers recommends using one of those vehement complaints that turn up every so often in advice columns or blogs. “[The instructors] “note that he…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:36PMThe real question may not be “How can you possibly teach art online?” but “How can you possibly understand art online?” My simple answer to that complex question is: “At best, impe…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:36PMWith high profiles, comparatively secure government funding and established philanthropic networks, major arts festivals are in a position to make a difference. At one point in Getting Their…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:36PMI’ve heard administrators insist that online instruction is just a “change in delivery system,” not a diminution of content. But this bureaucratic bromide wilfully ignores the wisdom o…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:36PMHow many climate-themed works have been presented in the theaters of America, one of the major energy-gouging countries in the world — particularly in our large, well-funded stages? It is …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:36PMBroadway On Demand will celebrate Memorial Day this year with a very special streaming presentation of Richard Oberacker and Robert Taylor's Bandstand, Monday, May 25 on BroadwayOnDemand.com.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:36PMThis week's Weekend Warm-Up will be led by Marie's Crisis pianist Kenney Green, with special guests Drew Wutke and Randy Taylor! Tune in today at 4pm to join the piano party!
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:36PMIn Carnegie Hall's new virtual series, Live with Carnegie Hall, watch Tituss Burgess as he performs a?oeWaiting for Life,a?? a?oeDo You Want to Dance,a?? a?oeGuess Who I Saw Today,a?? a?oe…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:36PMJohn Gardiner & Kyli Rae joined us to talk about their Broadway debuts in JERSEY BOYS and touring as a married couple in A BRONX TALE and SUMMER: THE DONNA SUMMER MUSICAL in a @broadwaysf In…
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:34PMWatch Gillian Anderson star in the 2014 sold-out Young Vic production of 'A Streetcar Named Desire.' Available through May 28.
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SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 04:32PMOur public health crisis has meant the near-total elimination of live public performances. To help keep the music alive, Blue House Productions is partnering with their friends in the Washi…
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 04:29PMA man of many talents, he led Freedom Theater, one of the nation’s top African-American companies, for more than a decade.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:18PMThe interviews will be followed by a Q&A session where fans can interact with their favorite Broadway star.
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Flanagan, who will be the theatre's first female ED in its history, succeeds David Schmitz, who joins the leadership at OSF.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:59PMBy . The Public Theater presents Watch Me Work livestreaming on the global, commons-based, peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Thursday 28 May 2020 at 11 a.m.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 03:46PMBy . The Public Theater presents Watch Me Work livestreaming on the global, commons-based, peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Wednesday 27 May 2020 at 11 a.m.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 03:41PMNew release aims to look at some of the less-familiar composers who lived interwoven lives with the musical genius
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 03:36PMOne of a series of projects through which the artist hopes to make urgent environmental challenges less abstract
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 03:34PMRich Gray was asked to write a song thanking front-line workers, to be performed by children connected to youth theaters around the country, including Seattle Children's Theatre.
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 03:24PMThere are more and more calls for help, appeals for solidarity when it comes to the most vulnerable groups for the occasions caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Among them are artists whose …
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 03:20PM26th ANNUAL HERB ALPERT AWARD IN THE ARTS — RECIPIENTS ANNOUNCED.
Five $75,000 prizes given annually for the Herb Alpert Award in the Arts in the categories of Dance, Film/Video, Music…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:18PM
Eva Doumbia is a writer, director and actress. Her creative residence in New Orleans for the development of “Authophagies” was postponed due to the COVID-19 crisis, as well as the premi…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 02:39PMChanje Kunda, star of the cancelled Vault Festival show, Plant Fetish writes about the current wellness trends and the empowering feeling that comes from marrying trees. Wellness has been tr…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:36PMThe new streaming service Broadway on Demand will honor Memorial Day with a special live stream of the musical.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:32PMWatch just a few of the highlights from the Tony-winning Broadway legend's career on stage and screen.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:31PMDoylestown native and national pundit and author Michael Smerconish staked his career on a middle ground in an increasingly polarized world. ‘Clowns to the Left of Me, Jokers to the Right�…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:31PMShoshana Bean is back for her third fundraiser for Beaverton High School's performing arts department. But, instead of packing her alma mater's auditorium with performances from Bean, her mu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:24PMWhen COVID-19 overwhelmed the world in early 2020 and affected the future of in-person, live gatherings, LA TI DO Productions (LTD) came to a standstill like many organizations of its kind.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:24PMBy . The Public Theater presents Watch Me Work livestreaming on the global, commons-based, peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Tuesday 26 May 2020 at 11 a.m.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 02:21PMRachel Burttram Powers, co-founder and co-star (with husband Brendan) of Tiny_Theatre: “I started cleaning out a back closet because I thought, ‘What would happen if you made a theatre a…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:03PMIn the early days of regional stay-at-home orders, theatre artists Rebecca Ballinger and Rebecca Wahls were not ones to waste any time. They secured the equipment they would need: some quick…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:03PMBon Voyage! Happenstance Theater $10 rental fee gives 30 day access Click here The lighthearted troupe known as Happenstance Theater brings back their 2017 production of Bon Voyage!. Masterf…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:02PMWith Memorial Day Monday, we want to take a moment to honor those we have lost that have served in our United States military. Most recently, Bandstand arrived on Broadway in 2017 and receiv…
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Spending a day in Falsettoland always sounds like a good idea, especially when it's with the national touring cast of Falsettos! The cast, led by Max von Essen, Nick Adams, Eden Espinosa, Ni…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:54PMWe check in with Heidi Blickenstaff about GenZStayHome and more!
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:54PMThe daily series from Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley benefits The Actors Fund.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:50PM“Without an urgent government rescue package, 70% of our performing arts companies will be out of business before the end of this year,” she wrote. “More than 1,000 theatres around the…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:34PMFilmmaker Taika Waititi leads a read-along of Roald Dahl's novel James and the Giant Peach to raise money for Partners in Health. He is joined by the Cate Blanchett, Meryl Streep and others.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 01:24PMThe Menil Collection’s octagonal landmark, which houses 14 of Mark Rothko’s black paintings, was closed in early 2019 for work that included reinforcing the walls, installing a digital l…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:18PM“The industry task force that was assembled last month to address the safety issues has generated a 30-page draft of a white paper that is designed to convince governmental officials to gi…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:18PMThe performance, Riccardo Muti conducting the Luigi Cherubini Youth Orchestra in Scriabin and Mozart, will be the opening event of this year’s Ravenna Festival. Attendance will be limited …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:18PMAnd the music at issue is almost always in the public domain. The bots, developed and trained on popular music, are finding performance videos of, Bach, Mozart, Chopin and so on to be too si…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:18PMThe issue discussed in a report just released by the Copyright Office is the DMCA’s Section 512, which lays out what social media companies and Online Service Providers (e.g., Spotify, You…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:18PMMarina Harss: “A masked dancer in a studio, which is empty but for a pianist, peers into her computer’s camera, calling out a cheerful ‘Hi, everyone! So good to see you!’ In another …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:18PM“On Saturday night, about 35 cars converged at the Santa Monica Airport parking lot. Inside each vehicle, the passengers had 12 pages of instructions: Arrive exactly at 7:50 pm; stay insid…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:18PMChris Bohjalian: “If 9/11 is a literary precedent, it could be years before we will see our first rush of novels about the coronavirus pandemic.” (The first such major titles, Ian McEwan…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:18PMIn mitigating the impact of the COVID19 crisis, the federal government swiftly responded with economy-wide measures as part of its immediate relief. It is in this roll out of the Canada Emer…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:18PM“A hummingbird of a woman at 4-foot-8, [she] was a puppeteer whose performances were mock-chaotic, subtly cerebral and always slyly subversive. She made sure to slip in a history lesson, o…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:18PM“As a critic, I am desperate to maintain contact with what musicians are doing, thinking, and feeling. The sound is often tinny, the stage patter awkward, the home décor distracting. One …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:18PMWritten by Tucson, Arizona-born composer Douglas J. Cuomo, set in a Bronx, New York Catholic school in 1964, and sung entirely in English, ‘Doubt’—a dark and riveting tale—will delig…
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The designer-driven project, launching online in June, is co-curated by Tony winner Clint Ramos and Cha See.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:58PMSam Elliott, Joe Mantegna and other Broadway, Hollywood, and classical music mainstays will also make appearances.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 12:52PMCatch Max Von Essen, Nick Adams, Eden Espinosa, and more reunite for a virtual performance.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:45PMLiving through COVID-19 as an adult is tough enough, but being a kid, growing up, in such a trying time, is another challenge all together. That is just one of the topics that made my interv…
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 12:42PM“A Man of No Importance” and “Grand Hotel” have been rescheduled for next summer, with the same casts.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:39PMThe National Theater may reduce its staff by 30 percent, while Shakespeare's Globe could completely shutter. London theater needs a lifeline.
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SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 12:18PMBy Lauren Gunderson. Playwright Lauren Gunderson presents Play Analysis of "Ripped" by Rachel Bublitz livestreaming on the global, commons-based, peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlro…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 12:13PMConversations with…Mark Curry, a series of interviews with a guests from the performing arts & entertainment industry in aid of Acting For Others.
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 12:13PMGHOSTLIGHT RECORDS has announced that The Liz Swados Project is available on digital and streaming formats today, Friday, May 22. The Liz Swados Project - a newly-recorded tribute album to t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:12PMTom Hanks exudes benevolence as kids TV host Mister Rogers; middle-aged cops get weepy in action smovie sequel
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:11PMThe New Jersey playhouse will host a virtual celebration of local high school students.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:07PMIn this time of social distancing and remaining responsibly indoors, we are all looking for ways to brighten our days and get moving any way we can! In the spirit of celebrating theater and …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:01PM
Dance is a sport and should be seen as one.
SOURCE: phindie.com at 11:57AMThe move appears to stem from the decision of the theater not to hire a new artistic director.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:49AMThe album includes the first-ever recordings of 14 songs penned by the late Runaways writer.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:46AMDuring this time when productions all over the world have been put on pause, we are coming together to celebrate plays that have left their mark on theater history. This week we will be focu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:46AMMatilda The Musical has released a video of some of the current young performers along with Miss Honey (Gina Beck) singing ‘When I Grow Up’ from their homes during theatreland shutdown.…
SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 11:45AMMichael Cera and Chris Evans in LOBBY HERO on Broadway
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SOURCE: YouTube at 11:31AMJesse Tyler Ferguson singing "I'm Not That Smart" from The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at the Tony Kiser Theater in 2005.
THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE
Book by Rache…
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:31AMStars in The House, benefiting The Actors Fund, continued Thursday afternoon (2pm) with VARIETY THURSDAY with Bonnie Milligan, Saycon Sengbloh, Steven Weber.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:28AMThe first semi-fictional television series about the West End and COVID-19 is here! It has just been announced that David Tennant (also set to appear in Good at the Playhouse this autumn)�…
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 11:25AMOne of Italy’s famed family-owned circuses has been sitting out the coronavirus pandemic in a field outside Rome.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:24AMStratford was scheduled to roll out 15 productions in four theatres, including Colm Feore’s ‘Richard III’’ as the inaugural show at the new $70-million Tom Patterson Theatre, before …
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 11:23AMJanelle Monae was a guest on Thursday night's episode of Late Night with Seth Meyers to talk about starring in season two of Homecoming on Prime Video. During her interview, Meyers brought u…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:20AMReview: The Understudy: Part 1, Lawrence Batley Theatre Huddersfield with support from Anthology Theatre.4.0StarsThe Understudy explores the life of an underdog in the theatre. Stephen McQue…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:18AMTune in tonight for the next episode of BroadwayWorld's NEXT ON STAGE College Edition - a new, online musical theatre singing competition for student performers sponsored by Broadway Records!
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:15AMA sampling of the virtual offerings to entice theatre enthusiasts over Memorial Day weekend.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:11AMPaper Mill Playhouse has announced casting for 'Rising Star Honors,' a virtual celebration of New Jersey high school students
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:10AMThe lineup features a world premiere and three earlier productions, including the 2013 revival of The Weir, re-imagined for the screen.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:07AMOver the last several months (!), the #1 question for the professionals working on Broadway and the avid fans of the best spectator art on the planet has been . . . “When can we see a show…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM
Tune in LIVE Friday, May 22 at 2 PM on Facebook & YouTube. Can't make it live? Tune in any time after it airs to catch the episode! "Putting It Together" is a new weekly multimedia podcast s…
SOURCE: www.njartsmaven.com at 10:54AMThe show follows the lives of young musicians hoping to make it big in NYC.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:50AM“Theatre stands on the brink of ruin” by Sonia Friedman for The Telegraph – “British theatre is on the brink of total collapse. … Without an urgent government rescue package, 70 p…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:39AMBelow are five “theater openings”* today, a diverse selection, including a new romantic musical comedy to an inventive take on an old Caryl Churchill play, as well as an entire annua…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:38AMThe series concerns a group of British actors furloughed when their upcoming West End production is postponed due to the pandemic.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:34AMIs it good or bad that I began World Goth Day by breaking my Edgar Allan Poe mug into a million pieces on the kitchen floor this morning? On the one hand, it sucks. On the other hand, it is …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:32AMBig thanks to everyone who tuned into our Daddy Long Legs Reunion last night. It was wonderful to see John Caird, Paul Gordon, Michael Jackowitz, Megan McGinnis, Paul Alexander Nolan, and Ad…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:30AMLogo's new series, inspired by the soapy dramas of the '80s, centers on the fight of ownership for a historic gay bar.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:20AMJennifer Connelly stars in series about a strictly hierarchical train carrying Earth’s last remaining inhabitants
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 10:19AMMaitreyi Ramakrishnan and Brandon Thomas Lee also headline the reading of the Shakespeare comedy.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:12AMWatch rehearsal footage from the much-loved 2014 Broadway revival.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:12AMYou voted, here they are! In no particular order, meet our top 15 in the high school category.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:06AMThe first live session of the American Theatre Wing's Master Class Series - featuring a conversation with Tony, Grammy and Emmy Award-winning actress Cynthia Erivo, moderated by the Wing's P…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:06AMWhile Broadway remains shut down, BroadwayWorld is keeping up with your favorite stars and giving you a peek at what they have been up to! Check out yesterday's highlights from some of your …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:01AMOver 50 leading theatres and companies - including the National Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal Court and the Bush - have published an open letter to their networks of free…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMStarting at 2pm EST this afternoon, The Shows Must Go On! YouTube Channel will be streaming NBC's The Sound of Music Live starring Carrie Underwood (Maria) and Stephen Moyer (Captain von Tra…
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 10:00AM
A veteran of the stage, E. Clayton Cornelious’ career spans over 22-years on Broadway. He’s here to sing John Bucchino’s “Better Than I” for #PerformersSingForFans. He can cu…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:54AMThe stage alum, who has been seen in A View From the Bridge, Russian Transport, and Animal, joins Playbill's interview series May 22.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:44AMThe Drive In — a new contact-free way to enjoy the cinema — is set to open at the Troubadour Meridian Water in Enfield. The American drive-in movie experience has crossed the pond a…
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 09:35AMI share this cockamamie little post with you in observation of National Maritime Day (May 22). It concerns a now obscure historical cul-de-sac that I’ve become sort of obsessed with via a …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:24AMFrom Six to Gypsy, all of these shows were inspired by real-life stories, events, and/or people.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:12AMAmanda Kloots has shared another update on the health journey of her husband, Broadway veteran Nick Cordero.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:11AMThis play, written especially for Zoom by John Knowles, looks at a group of people trying to make a seance work when they can't hold hands.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMAs Seattle gets closer to reopening, we talked to restaurant owners, movie theater workers and more to find out what our new normal will look like.
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 09:00AM
New York’s famed Public Theater is losing a lot of money while the lockdown continues. Their revenue stream needs a big shot
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 08:54AMSteven Spielberg has produced dozens of movies and TV shows but just one Broadway play. “The Farnsworth Invention,” written by Aaron Sorkin,
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 08:54AMWell played! The Tony Awards will be celebrated on June 7th as planned, streaming on Broadway.com. The John Gore Organization will produce
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 08:54AMA little bit of nostalgia therapy is just what the doctor ordered. This summer, The Drive In at the Troubadour Meridian Water is taking us back to the 1950s. Practice good social distancing…
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 08:30AMhe Madam Secretsry series ends with a feel good, finale that one wishes were true. . .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:18AMFestivals cancelled, venues shut and funding shelved: Covid-19 has forced those working in theatre to rethink their art form
‘It’s like the seven stages of grief,” says Paula Varjack,…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:12AMSouth Hills native Kara Mikula tells a harrowing story of fighting COVID-19 in a New York City hospital during the worst days of the pandemic.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 08:00AMIn Take Five with Patricia Sheridan, five questions offer a glimpse of the person behind the well-known persona. This week: Karla Boos.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 08:00AM
Find round two of our Theatre Quiz series - finish the musical theatre lyric to find the secret word! Perfect to jazz up your next Zoom quiz.
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 07:48AMAs part of Roundabout's Off-Script series, Kate Burton is reflecting on working with the company on past productions.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:44AMBeen spending some time at home alone watching old game shows. Password is one of my favorites. If you don't know the game, celebrities and their contestant partners give one word clues unti…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:32AMBuilding on over 40 years of producing powerful contemporary theater, Studio Theatre is embarking on the largest round of commissioning in its history. They are awarding grants to ten arti…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:29AMIn today’s Wall Street Journal I review the latest American Shakespeare Center webcast, a revival of Frank Galati’s stage version of The Grapes of Wrath. Here’s an excerpt.
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SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:03AMNewfound Hope Songs commissions musical theatre performers to write and collaborate on new songs that move us, uplift us, inspire us, and entertain.
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 07:01AMMichael Parkinson interviews James Stewart and his wife Gloria on the BBC in 1973:
(This is the latest in a series of arts- and history-related videos that appear in this space each Monday,…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:01AM“To rank the effort above the prize may be called love..”
Confucius, Analects
Continue reading Almanac: Confucius on diligence at About Last Night.
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:00AM
The theatre industry's fightback was raised to a new level as, after more than two months of enforced venue closures, leaders coordinated efforts to pressure the government for further suppo…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:51AMThe original cast of Matilda has reunited, virtually, for a performance of When I Grow Up!
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:48AMTony Award nominee Emily Skinner has been tapped to star as matriarch Amanda Wingfield in the Actors Fund 'Friday Night Play Reading' series, created by Alison Tanney and Tim Realbuto.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:45AMArtsBeat TV/Radio 5/22/20. Tracy Flater from Playhouse on Park and Shawn Farley from The UMASS Fine Arts Center.
SOURCE: YouTube at 06:44AMThe stagiest weekend of the year may be cancelled but West End LIVE will still be celebrating the best of the West End with Virtual West End LIVE.
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 06:00AMConnecticut theaters, dancers, DJs, drag artists and more go online with virtual performances.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM
This year's West End Live, the world's largest outdoor theatre festival, held each summer in London's Trafalgar Square, was cancelled in March after the UK went into coronavirus lockdown. Or…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:59AMA message from Christie’s CEO Guillaume Cerutti, which hit my inbox late Friday, included a boldfaced passage that struck me (and probably some of his firm’s clients) as an implied gibe …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:36AM“Jay,” the name he went by among close friends, was widely regarded as one of Germany’s premiere second-generation Beat writers. But his narrative fiction — like that of William S. B…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:36AMLes Enfants Terribles have announced this morning a brand new online immersive experience, where participants make choices to create their own unique journey through a strange and wonderful …
SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 05:27AMDuring a 90-minute livestream, viewers were treated to some iconic performances from around the world in isolation.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AM
Nice in-jokes and smart observations about actors
A running gag in David Nicholls' novel The Understudy is that its main character is called Steve McQueen. Not that Steve McQueen, the multi…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 12:12AMThe origin story of Australian modernism often centres around Heide – the Melbourne artistic community where, from 1934, bohemian art patrons John and Sunday Reed nurtured talents such as …
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 12:04AMWith in-person theatre out of commission for the foreseeable future, many companies and performers from Broadway and beyond are showcasing their work online. Below are performances you can w…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 12:00AMWith in-person theatre out of commission for the foreseeable future, many companies and performers from Broadway and beyond are showcasing their work online. Below are performances you can w…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 12:00AMThe new feature series catches up with Broadway actors during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM 
