Introducing Riverside Theatres Digital by Arts Review

With their physical doors shut, the Riverside Theatres team have been hard at work creating a brand-new unique viewing experience, Riverside Theatres Digital – a series of specially produc…

The Reservoir Room – Australia’s newest virtual venue by Sean McLoughlin

Multi-award-winning Australian entertainer Catherine Alcorn has not been idle during the COVID-19 isolation period having joined forces with Sydney TV/Film

Antipodes Theatre Company announce artists and projects for June Development Retreat by Gabi Bergman

Antipodes Theatre Company (Brandon Pape, Artistic Director) is excited to announce the artists who will be participating in their inaugural

$17 million investment to protect Melbourne’s arts and culture by Arts Review

The City of Melbourne will invest $17 million in the arts to keep Melburnians connected to our creative sector as the city responds to COVID-19. Lord Mayor Sally Capp said the City of Melbou…

A Streetcar Named Desire ****, Mad Forest *** by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward May 24, 2020: There is one upside to all the theaters being closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Through streaming, YouTube, Zoom and other digital platforms, we get a…

Watch PBS National Memorial Day Concert LIVE by New York Theater

Cynthia Erivo, Kelli O’Hara, Christopher Jackson, Renee Fleming are among the many performers who will be part of the 90-minute National Memorial Day Concert on PBS, which you can watch li…

Sydney Fringe goes global by Sean McLoughlin

Sydney Fringe cancels 2020 Festival and reveals plans to partner with leading international Fringe Festivals for a global digital Fringe

A thousand yarns and snapshots – why poetry matters during a pandemic by Arts Review

Why do we have the arts? Why do they seem to matter so much? It is all very well muttering something vague about eternal truths and spiritual values. Or even gesturing toward Bach and Leonar…

Holst: Mars - National Symphony Orchestra | The Kennedy Center by The Kennedy Center

Theaters Across the U.S. Are Losing Hope For a 2020 Return

A new report from the New York Times shows that many theaters across the U.S. are beginning to lose hope of returning to the stage before the year is out. 

VIDEO: Erin Davie Performs 'I Miss You Most on Sundays' on CBS Sunday Morning - Sunday Matinee!

CBS Sunday Morning recently launched a new digital series entitled CBS Sunday Morning - Sunday Matinee! Today, as part of the series, Erin Davie performed 'I Miss You Most on Sundays.'

What It’s Like To Go To An Indoor Movie Theatre Right Now by Artsjournal2

First of all, yikes. However, many of us miss the moviegoing experience, and so a few movie theatres in Texas are trying to “create an early blueprint for all the other theatres that are s…

LA BAYADÈRE’s Kingdom of the Shades Tribute by American Ballet Theatre

For National Brothers Day: Several Brother Acts in Vaudeville by Trav S.D.

May 24 is National Brothers Day, and we take the occasion to present you with a round-up many of the great brother acts of vaudeville. In comedy there were the Marx Brothers, the Ritz Brothe…

Live Performance For 2020 Is Over And Gone by Artsjournal2

No, theatre and dance and opera and concerts won’t be returning in the autumn. “‘I am 100 percent confident that it is not happening,’ said Nancy Umanoff, Mark Morris’s executive d…

Netflix Has A New, Shockingly Smart Automatic Cancellation Plan by Artsjournal2

It’s only shocking because it’s against everything about automatic payments and online sign-ups. “The general imperative of any subscription service is to wring a monthly payment out …

Homebound Project 2. How DO the arts fortify and sustain us? by New York Theater

Mary-Louise Parker introduces us to the second edition of The Homebound Project, an hour-long online collection of 11 new short plays, by explaining that the theme this time is “sustenance…

This Week on Broadway for May 24, 2020: Joes and Plays on Film by James Marino

Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about our Favorite Plays on Film. We also talk about Shows, Songs and Characters named Joe and Joseph from our favorite shows. This…

The Case For Letting The Restaurant Industry Die by Artsjournal2

Does this have implications for other systems that aren’t working well for the people who actually do the work? Perhaps. At the least, the industry “offers a very important lens to exami…

Is It Time To Change The Academy Awards To Recognize Streaming-Only Films? by Artsjournal2

Not just for this year, when the change makes sense due to the coronavirus, but forever? Well, says one critic, “I believe there’s something sacred in the moviegoing experience that I ca…

The vision and resurrection of Studio Acting Conservatory by Ravelle Brickman

 When Joy Zinoman—the doyenne of DC theater and founder of Studio Acting Conservatory—describes the training center’s new home as a “sacred place,” she’s not exaggerating.   …

English Landscapes And Landmarks Inspired Important Spots In Tolkien’s The Lord Of The Ring by Artsjournal2

Perhaps that’s obvious, but a new book “will argue that many assumptions previously made about the origins of scenes from the sagas are wrong.” – The Observer (UK)

What’s Next For The Arts In Britain? by Artsjournal2

The director of the National Theatre and the Tate convened (by screen, natch) to figure it out. “At the beginning, it was shocking but people thought the crisis would last three weeks. Pos…

John Macurdy, American Bass Who Sang More Than 1000 Performances At The Met, Has Died At 91 by Artsjournal2

Macurdy’s rich voice and stage presence won him accolades over his 38-year career at the Met. “Though he achieved success in key roles like Gurnemanz in Wagner’s Parsifal, King Marke…

Interracial Romance Gets A Little More Real In Recent Shows And Movies by Artsjournal2

And that’s partly because of who’s controlling the narrative. There’s a small, but perhaps growing, “cultural trend in which black women, especially those of medium-to-dark-brown com…

College Students Colonize the Divided Romania of ‘Mad Forest’ by Ben Brantley

In a livestream production of Caryl Churchill’s 1990 tale of riot-torn Bucharest, quarantined Bard acting students grapple with revolution.

Savvy Crawford, Presley Ryan, Amaya Braganza, More Read Kat Funkhouser's Do You Read Me? on Stars in the House Live Stream by Andrew Gans

Plays in the House Teen Edition is a spinoff of Stars in the House, the daily series created by Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley to benefit The Actors Fund.

Theatre League Ongoing Fundraiser Aids Gig Artists by Bill Hirschman

More than 60 local theater professionals contracted to work in productions in March and April have shared some of the $12,000 that South Florida Theatre League Relief Fund has raised through…

Broadway Actor Nick Cordero “Showing Small Improvements Each Day,” According To Wife Amanda Kloots by Bruce Haring

Broadway star Nick Cordero’s has had a positive uptick in his health as he continues to battle coronavirus at Cedars-Sinai hospital in Los Angeles. His wife, Amanda Kloots, issued a positi…

The Fall of Autumn: Live Performance Producers Are Giving Up on 2020 by Michael Paulson, Joshua Barone, Ben Sisario and Zachary Woolfe

Uncertainty about the coronavirus and the challenge of protecting audiences and artists is prompting many prominent presenters to wait till next year.

Playing Music Is One Way To Ease The Stresses Of Our Global Pandemic by Artsjournal2

That’s what Orchestra Kentucky says, anyway. And if you don’t have your own instrument, no problem: “Even just listening to music and watching other musicians can have positive effects…

Walter Dallas, The ‘Heartbeat’ Of Philadelphia Theatre For Decades, Has Died At 73 by Artsjournal2

Dallas, who had pancreatic cancer, was a playwright, musician, teacher, and, most notably, a director. He led Philadelphia’s Freedom Theater, one of the nation’s pre-eminent African Amer…

Artist Boss Move: Befriending Your Thief by Artsjournal2

Not everyone’s first reaction, is it? But: “After two of her most prized paintings were stolen, Czech artist Barbora Kysilkova came face-to-face with thief Karl-Bertil Nordland in a …

Turmoil And Rancor Strike The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, With Calls For The Board And Managing Director To Resign by Artsjournal2

The musicians asked to take a 50 percent pay cut. Instead, while two-thirds of the administrative staff stayed on with a 20 percent pay cut, “the board opted to temporarily stand down its …

How Will The Coronavirus Shape Our Cities? by Artsjournal2

Honestly, we don’t know yet – but we do know that every past crisis has changed our urban lives and architecture. Some changes may be good, but others? Horrible to contemplate. Still: �…

The Future Of Filmmaking by Artsjournal2

Some things may change until there’s a vaccine – constant testing, small pods of workers instead of a huge crew, no craft services table – but others, like board meetings by Zoom, are …

A Song Criticizing A Politician Tops The Charts In Poland – And Moments Later, It’s Completely Disappeared by Artsjournal2

Kazik Staszewski is a rock legend in Poland, and his song, “Your Pain Is Better than Mine,” hit a chord last week – or perhaps too many chords when it hit number 1 on a popular show. �…

Meet The Recipients Of The 2020 Herb Alpert Award In The Arts by The Dance Enthusiast

Five $75,000 prizes given annually for the Herb Alpert Award in the Arts in the categories of Dance, Film/Video, Music, Theatre, and Visual Arts.

Celebrate the 'Best of Broadway' 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. In a special show, Paige celebrates the "best of Broadw…

Josh Groban’s Great Big Radio City Show Postpones 2020 Performances by Olivia Clement

The series, which kicked off in February of this year, will now continue in 2021.

VIDEO: Anika Noni Rose Sings 'I Want a Friend' For the 2020 Game Changers Virtual Gala

Anika Noni Rose closed out the Game Changers Virtual Gala with 'I Want a Friend.'

Drama Desk Honors Harold Prince by Barry Gordin

The late great Harold Prince will be celebrated on Sunday at the 65th Annual Drama Desk Awards. May 22, 2020: The 65th Annual Drama Desk Awards will celebrate the life and legacy of Ame…

Conrad Ricamora by Barry Gordin

Conrad Ricamora Reflects on a Season That Said Good-Bye to Power and Murder  By: Iris Wiener The Public Theater’s Soft Power closed in 2019, but David Henry Hwang and Jeanine Tesor…

“You Can’t Lose Me, Charlie” by Trav S.D.

Happy birthday to my son, Charlie!  I penned this song for him when he turned 21 last year (as I had previously shared a song to his brother), but I post it now publicly because it now doub…

Weekend Video Roundup: Ben Platt and Tom Kitt Craft a Tribute to 2020 Grads, a Matilda Reunion, and More by Kerri Kearse

Stage favorites are taking to social media to boost morale in light of the COVID-19 crisis.

#MemorialForUsAll - Kelli O'Hara by Lincoln Center

Party Skills for the End of the World review – a wild night out … without leaving the sofa by Arifa Akbar

Manchester international festivalBooze, music and martial-arts lessons are punctuated by existential musings in this delightfully strange virtual blowout Hottest front-room seats: best theat…

American Museums Start To Reopen With Timed Entry, Masks, And Many More Rules by Artsjournal2

Of course, it all begins in Texas, where (as in other areas), Houston’s Fine Arts Museum has coordinated with other museums to create shared ideas of just how to do this. “The Fine Arts …

Georgia Issues Guidelines For Film Shooting To Start Again by Artsjournal2

Tyler Perry wants to start filming in early July, and Georgia seems amenable – as long as the actors follow guidelines including dealing with clear barriers between them until just before …

Against Hype, A Few Films Actually Are Different From Anything That Came Before Them by Artsjournal2

Take Daughters of the Dust, for instance. ” Julie Dash’s astonishing debut is a portrait of a multigenerational South Carolina Gullah family as they prepare to migrate north in 1902.”…

Who Has The Rights To The Omegaverse? by Artsjournal2

You might (or might not) consider wolf erotica a niche market. It’s a bigger niche that is now walking through a minefield of copyright questions, with larger implications for genre writin…

ON THIS DAY IN NEW YORK THEATER: MAY 24 IN THE 1920’S AND 1930’S by Barry Gordin

By: Samuel L. Leiter (No. 3 in the series) May 24, 2020: This series aims to offer a new column every four or five days, describing shows that opened in New York on a particular cale…

Alan Ayckbourn: 'People went back to theatres after the plague, but they didn't have Netflix then, did they?' by Vanessa Thorpe

Britain’s most prolific playwright is producing and acting in his own audio play, but he holds out little hope for live theatre in the short term Sir Alan Ayckbourn, one of Britain’s mos…

Wilkie Branson: TOM review – a sublime, slow-burn study of isolation by Lyndsey Winship

Sadler’s Wells Digital StagePart dance performance, part film, this solo show is a note-perfect portrayal of the all-consuming nature of loneliness Hottest front-room seats: best theatre a…

Paapa Essiedu: 'Michaela Coel captures the reality of lives that I recognise' by Claire Armitstead

Since his electrifying breakthrough as a hip-hopping Hamlet, the actor hasn’t stopped. He talks about overcoming challenges and his role in the provocative new BBC series from the creator …

‘In a year’s time, we would hope every theatre in the country is open & thriving’: SOLT chief executive Julian Bird on the way forward: thou by Dominic Cavendish

'The major question is that the majority of theatres cannot open with social distancing in place – it’s impossible, for economics, for the business case let alone the experience, it just…

Sea Wall review starring Andrew Scott, Sea Wall Films ✭✭✭✭ by Paul T Davies

By Paul T Davies Paul T Davies reviews Andrew Scott in Sea Wall by Simon Stephens currently being streamed online by Sea Wall Films. Stream extended until 25th May. This post Sea Wall review…

So You Want to Sing Cabaret by Cabaret Hotspot!

New Book by David Sabella coming out soon!

What the Heck am I Watching?! by Sue Matsuki

What The Heck Am I Watching?! Further to what Stephen Mosher has written for Broadway World (see our Spotlight bar to read), Cabaret Hotspot has been attending  several of these on-going sh…

BBW’s Cabaret & Concerts in the Time of Coronavirus by Sue Matsuki

Cabaret & Concerts in the Time of Coronavirus Today we are featuring and Spotlighting an article written by our good friend, Stephen Mosher for www.broadwayworld.com on the new paradigm …

MONDAY 05/25 @ 5:00 pm Richard Skipper Celebrates Blog Talk by Sue Matsuki

MONDAYS @ 5:00 pm EDT Richard Skipper Celebrates Blog Talk This week Richard interviews Cabaret Hotspot’s own Sue Matsuki and David Sabella discussing their new book, “So You Want to Sin…

TUESDAY 05/26 @ 6:30 pm 54’s Another Opening, Another Duet by Sue Matsuki

ANOTHER OPENING, ANOTHER DEBUT! BROADWAY DEBUTS OF THE 2017-2018 SEASON TUESDAY, MAY 26 @ 6:30 pm Part of #54BelowatHome Series on youtube.com/54Below. Every year new faces join the Broadway…

SATURDAY 05/30 @ 7:00 pm JayCee Driesen by Sue Matsuki

JayCee Driesen ~ “The Start of Something Big” JayCee Driesen will be performing on MetropolitanZoom’s virtual performance-virtual audience platform and will feature her One Woman Show,…

The Other Is Denied a Voice: Maja Kleczewska’s “Hamlet/Гамлет” by Witold Loska

What is the role today of one of the pivotal narratives of Western culture, William Shakespeare’s Hamlet? Does it really serve the functions it has been claimed to serve, providing a narra…

Curve Leicester’s “What the Butler Saw”: A Review by Aleks Sierz

Over the past couple of months, theatre reviewing has become film reviewing, and venues all over the country have struggled to make material available for watching online. The biggest instit…

Twenty Theatres To See Before You Die (Book Review) ✭✭✭✭✭ by Paul T Davies

By Paul T Davies Paul T Davies reviews Amber Massie-Blomfield's Twenty Theatres To See Before You Die published by Penned In The Margins. Book Review. This post Twenty Theatres To See Before…

West End Live 2020 – a virtual celebration not to be missed. by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo West End Live 2020 is to celebrate the best of the West End with two highlights programmes featuring performances from the last five years on 20-21 June. This post West End L…

The Drive In launches at Troubadour Meridian Water by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo The Drive-In is a new contact-free way to experience film, pre-recorded theatre and live events at Troubadour Meridian Village in Enfield. This post The Drive In launches at …

A Streetcar Named Desire review, National Theatre Home / Young Vic ✭✭✭✭ by Paul T Davies

By Paul T Davies Paul T Davies reviews the Young Vic's production of A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams on the National Theatre at Home platform. This post A Streetcar Named Desi…

Podcast Interview: ASHLEY WHEATER –Joffrey Ballet Artistic Director by Showbiz Chicago Newsdesk

Artistic Director Ashley Wheater on navigating the legendary ballet company through a pandemic while continuing [...]

Raven Theatre’s TAKE FLIGHT SUMMER CAMP 2020 Goes Online by Showbiz Chicago Newsdesk

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Raven Theatre announced today it will take its Take Flight Summer Camp [...]

The stars of Broadway sing new Australian musical theatre by Peter J Snee

Broadway Sings Alanya Bridge is an intimate international virtual concert featuring the music of Australian musical theatre composer Alanya Bridge

NSW government throws a $50 million lifeline to struggling arts organisations by Peter J Snee

The NSW government will inject a $50 million lifeline for creative arts companies suffering from severe financial distress. The package

Old masters trade obliged to change its style by coronavirus

Sotheby’s online auction overturns conventional wisdom on selling pre-20th-century paintings

Podcast: Grounded with Louis Theroux has depth, curiosity and punches to the gut

The documentary maker’s new podcast features chats with Jon Ronson and Lenny Henry

Quiz: There's No Business Like...the Business in a Show by Talaura Harms

Identify the musical from its factory, shop, or corporation.

Kelli O'Hara Leads Memorial for Us All Lincoln Center Broadcast May 24 by Andrew Gans

The interfaith collaboration honors those lost during the coronavirus pandemic.

Playbill Viewing: Cynthia Erivo, Kelli O’Hara, Christopher Jackson, More Are Part of Special Presentation of PBS' National Memorial Day Concert, Air by Andrew Gans

Tony winner Joe Mantegna and Emmy winner Gary Sinise host the annual celebration.

Celebrate Beetlejuice’s Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer by Revisiting Her Stage Highlights by Marc J. Franklin

The Drama Desk-nominated actor celebrates her birthday May 24.