Teamwork? We Got Tons by Joe Patti

I read stories celebrating the fact that Covid-19 is finally making businesses recognize the benefits of telecommuting, confident that there will be this great revolution that will see peopl…

The phantom of the opera must be just as bewildered as the wildlife roaming the streets by Sean McLoughlin

A ghost light is an electric bulb left glowing, typically on stage, when a theatre is unoccupied and in the

Stars in the House Welcomes Ashley Horne, Beverly Jenkins, and Bill Berloni by Andrew Gans

The live stream benefits the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.

Vote Now for Broadway Black’s Inaugural Antonyo Awards by Ryan McPhee

The June 19 ceremony will celebrate Black theatre artists and contributors from the Broadway and Off-Broadway community.

Reasons To Be Cheerful, Graeae review – raunchy working-class nostalgia by Aleks.sierz

Film version of a loud and proud 2017 tribute to Ian Dury and the Blockheads If any musical can live up to this title in these troubled times, it must be this show from Graeae, a theatre co…

The Antonyo Awards Nominations – VOTE NOW! by Drew Shade

2019 – 2020 NOMINATIONS | VOTE |  2019 – 2020 NOMINATIONS | VOTE |  2019 – 2020 NOMINATIONS    2019 – 2020 NOMINATIONS | VOTE |  2019 – 2020 NOMINATIONS | VOTE |  2019 – 20…

Breaking: Disney is Developing Jukebox Movie Musical with the Songs of Lionel Richie

According to Variety, Walt Disney Studios is working on a jukebox-style movie musical featuring the music of Lionel Richie. The film tentatively shares the name of one of Richie's best-kno…

Broadway Black Announces Antonyo Awards by Matthew Wexler

The inaugural awards, scheduled for Juneteenth, will honor the achievements of Black theater artists both on and off-Broadway. The post Broadway Black Announces Antonyo Awards appeared first…

Lin-Manuel Miranda, Viola Davis, Cynthia Erivo, Sandra Oh And More Sign Open Letter Blasting Theater Industry’s Racism by Dino-Ray Ramos

As protest and rallies against racial injustice and the killing of Black lives continue, there is a seismic shift happening in the country as the civic unrest is shining a blinding light on …

NSO @ Home: Peter Cain, NSO Bass Clarinet | "Rhapsody" by Willson Osborne by The Kennedy Center

Music and Mind LIVE with Renée Fleming, Episode 4: Deepak Chopra, MD, & Rudy Tanzi, PhD by The Kennedy Center

Curators’ Choice—Week of June 8 by Sabrina Carter

In this week’s round-up of new works, we hope you will find a moment to reflect on the events of the last few weeks and the history of oppression in this country. We also hope you find a m…

Actors' Equity Association Says Texas's Spike in Virus Cases is a Reminder That Theatre Safety Plans Must Be Based on Science

Actors' Equity Association issued a statement following media reports that Texas has a record high number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients weeks following its early reopening.

Viewer Numbers Show Black American Movie, TV Shows Do Well Internationally by Artsjournal

Netflix has begun sharing viewership results with its creators, resulting in what DuVernay called “astounding numbers” that are in dismaying contrast to how her major studio films, “A …

Physics Or Free Will? by Artsjournal

Consider that “everything we see around us – rocks and planets, frogs and trees, your body and brain – is made up of nothing but protons, electrons and neutrons put together in very co…

Italians Revel In Tourist-Free Museums by Artsjournal

With only a trickle of EU tourists arriving, Italians have a historic opportunity: the chance to see their own masterpieces free from throngs of tourists and by booking just days in advanc…

A Spreadsheet That’s “Freaking Out” The Theatre World by Artsjournal

Producer Marie Cisco created a public Google spreadsheet and titled it “Theaters Not Speaking Out.” It was open for anyone to edit, and it had a simple directive: “Add names to this do…

Pipeline Free on BroadwayHD by Barry Gordin

Piercing drama, Pipeline by Dominique Morisseau, free on BroadwayHD beginning today. June 9, 2020:  Live From Lincoln Center, in partnership with BroadwayHD, starting today is bringing…

When this movement goes quiet, what will be left for Black people? by Kyle V.  Hiller

Silence is complicity. But what happens when you’re Black and you’ve been silent? What are you being complicit about? Kyle V. Hiller considers a different kind of silence.

Six Questions Special Edition: Singer and Actress Jennifer Roberts

A classically-trained singer and actress with a strong musical theatre background, Jennifer Roberts has also appeared on television and in film. About her versatiity, the late critic William…

These Online Improv Formats Have Clicked With Bengaluru Audiences by Sravasti Datta - The Hindu.com

Improv artistes Balasree Viswanathan and Laxmi Priya talk about the creative spin they have given to their performances Balasree Viswanathan and Arjun Mehra, co-artistic director and artisti…

Banksy has a proposal for empty plinth in Bristol by Reuters

In scenes broadcast around the world, anti-racism protesters taking part in the global Black Lives Matter movement tore down the statue of Edward Colston on Sunday and threw it into Bristol …

Michael R. Jackson, Pasek and Paul, More Set for ASCAP Experience: Home Edition by Logan Culwell-Block

The Pulitzer and Tony-winning writers will talk about their careers in the streamed panel discussions.

Black Lives Matter on Stage. Relevant Theater to Watch Online by New York Theater

Below an alphabetical list of theater by and about African Americans that is available online now (and coming soon), much of it directly relevant to the Black Lives Matter movement, all of i…

Founded by Bway's Best, Broadway Advocacy Coalition Hosts Virtual Forum This Week

This Wednesday (tomorrow!), Thursday and Friday June 10, 11 and 12, 2020, the Broadway Advocacy Coalition will be holding a three part forum for the Broadway community - Broadway for Black L…

“Atlanta theaters, I need your imagination”: An essay from arts journalist Kelundra Smith by Kelundra Smith

Editor’s note: Kelundra Smith is an Atlanta-based arts journalist and theater critic who’s... The post “Atlanta theaters, I need your imagination”: An essay from arts journalist Ke…

Long Wharf Theatre Announces ‘With One City, Many Stages’ by American Theatre Editors

The company will center its 2020-21 season on New Haven with community partnerships and outdoor performances.

RECAP: Hunter Foster, Artistic Director of the Redhouse Arts Center Talked About Their Season on STARS IN THE HOUSE

Stars in the House continued this afternoon (2pm) with Regional Theatre Spotlight On: REDHOUSE ARTS CENTER with Hunter Foster, Jen Cody, Mike DiSalvo, Marc Palmieri, and Temar Underwood.

Twin Cities Theatres Offer ‘A Breath for George’ by American Theatre Editors

7 organizations partner on free screenings of art and interviews honoring the life and death of George Floyd.

ABT Classics as Ballet Classes with Katherine Williams (OF LOVE AND RAGE) by American Ballet Theatre

Austin Pendleton: Remember to Look Up by American Theatre Editors

With 'The Minutes' on hold, Pendleton is passing time with 'The American Clock' and Zoom scene study classes.

Gay Pride goes virtual for this year’s 50th anniversary star-studded festivities by Deb Miller

This year marks the 50th anniversary of New York’s first Pride Parade. And despite the ongoing shutdown of large public gatherings to guard against the spread of the coronavirus, the cele…

Michael R. Jackson, Pasek & Paul and More Join ASCAP EXPERIENCE: HOME EDITION

Last week, ASCAP Experience: Home Edition paused its programming in solidarity with the black community and all standing for racial justice.

Muhammad Ali by Mirvish Productions

PHLAFF presents José Carlos García and Carlos Granda’s ‘Identidad’ by Christina Anthony

‘Identidad (As We Are),’ screened online at the 2020 Philadelphia Latino Film Festival, reflects on Peru’s tumultuous history leading up to its 2018 return to the FIFA World Cup. Chris…

Inaugural Antonyo Awards to Celebrate Best of Black Broadway and Off-Broadway Season

The event will be presented on Juneteenth.

Detrás del Telón 6 - Diseño de Sonido by The Old Globe

Vickie Ramirez Wins 2020 Smith Prize For Political Theater by American Theatre Editors

Ramirez will receive a $5,000 commission, with an additional $2,500 each going to 2 theatres that aid in the play's development.

Pride Plays Presentation of Donja R. Love’s one in two by Playbill

Festival Profile: All My Sons by Christa Skiles

Kansas Thespians find timely message in classic play The post Festival Profile: <em>All My Sons</em> appeared first on Dramatics Magazine Online.

Nicole Vanessa Ortiz on Sister Act & Postponing Her Charity Concert: 'Open Your Heart And Listen' by Lindsey Sullivan

The divine Nicole Vanessa Ortiz was in rehearsal for the previously scheduled production of Sister Act at the Paper Mill Playhouse when COVID-19 put theater on pause. She was preparing to t…

GatherNYC Introduces Mindful Minutes Series With Pianist Lara Downes by Ryan McPhee

Downes will perform works by Black composers as the SubCulture program goes digital.

When Will It Be Safe For Us To Sing Together Again? by Artsjournal

To many scientists and doctors, the risk of singing is clear. “It’s not safe for people to simply return to the choir room and pick things up,” Lucinda Halstead, the president-elect of…

Longest-Working Comics Artist In History, Mad Magazine’s Al Jaffee, Is Retiring At 99 by Artsjournal1

“To mark his farewell, Mad‘s ‘Usual Gang of Idiots’ will salute Jaffee with a tribute issue next week. It will be the magazine’s final regular issue to offer new material, includin…

Detrás del Telón 5 - Maquillaje y Peinado by The Old Globe

CONSTANT STANISLAVSKI (84) by Robert Shuman

I was convinced again that between the dreams of the stage director and their realization there is a tremendous difference, and that the theatre is first of all intended for the actor and ca…

D.C. area theaters are mixed on reopening this year by Peter Marks

Theater J and Round House will stay shuttered until 2021. But Mosaic may be back this summer.

TheaterMania Live with Rebecca Luker and Danny Burstein by TheaterMania

When conspiracies aren’t theories: what is COVID teaching the next generation? by Michelle Chikaonda

In a class on combatting conspiracy theories and misinformation in the era of COVID-19, I teach teenagers to recognize dangerous distractions from reality. But what about the conspiracies th…

Celebrate the Culmination of Another Year of the TDF Wendy Wasserstein Project by Playbill Staff

NYC public school students who participated in the project this year attended a virtual celebration.

Detrás del Telón 4 - Diseño de Vestuario by The Old Globe

Major Houston Art Dealer And Philanthropist Meredith J. Long Dead At 91 by Artsjournal1

“Long was the right man at the right time in 1957, when he came to Houston to establish Meredith Long & Co. With less than a million residents then, the city had two art museums, three…

MOCA Cleveland Cancels A Show About Black Victims Of Police, Then Apologizes by Artsjournal

The museum withdrew the show when it got uncomfortable with the content. Shaun Leonardo, the artist, says he wasn’t consulted. Now the museum has apologized for the cancellation. – The N…

ABT Met Memory Featuring Soloist Roman Zhurbin by American Ballet Theatre

Orchestral Performance: Prokofiev’s DANCE OF THE KNIGHTS (Romeo and Juliet) by American Ballet Theatre

Orchestral Performance: Khachaturian’s “The Sabre Dance” (OF LOVE AND RAGE) by American Ballet Theatre

ABT Met Memory Featuring Paloma Herrera by American Ballet Theatre

Audra McDonald, LaChanze, James Monroe Iglehart, More Will Be Part of Inaugural Antonyo Awards, Celebrating Black Theatre Community by Andrew Gans

The streamed ceremony will include a pre-show virtual red carpet, original musical numbers, presenters, and performers.

Pear Theatre hosts virtual season announcement party by Joanne Engelhardt

Pear Theatre in Mountain View is moving ahead in today’s virtual world with a season announcement/subscription kick-off party June 12. Pear Artistic Director Sinjin Jones will host the Pea…

Vineyard Names York Walker First Recipient of Colman Domingo Award by American Theatre Editors

The annual award will support a Black male or male-identifying theatre artist with resources to develop new work.

Broadway.com #LiveatFive: Home Edition with Nicole Vanessa Ortiz by Broadway.com

Nicole Vanessa Ortiz checks in with Paul Wontorek. 

Celebrate Life of Lee Kenneth Richardson

George Street Playhouse: Please join our fellow New Brunswick Performing Arts Center member company Crossroads Theatre Company as they celebrate the life and work of Co-founder Lee Kenneth R…

Theatrical Staging Workshop with Ms. Myxy: Lincoln Center Pop-Up Classroom by Lincoln Center

In Jacob G. Padrón’s Inaugural Season as Long Wharf Theatre Artistic Director, All the New Haven’s a Stage by Ryan McPhee

Padrón reshapes his planned 2020–2021 lineup through the Connecticut company’s One City, Many Stages initiative.

Stars in the House Spotlights Redhouse Arts Center With Hunter Foster, Jennifer Cody, More by Andrew Gans

The live stream benefits the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.

Another Knotty COVID Mess The Art World Has To Untangle: Exhibition Planning by Artsjournal1

“Museum exhibitions take an exceptional amount of planning — from curatorial conception to filling out loan forms and insurance, to shipping, hanging, and displaying works. Getting a sho…

Classical Music In The UK Is In Mortal Danger. Why Aren’t People With Clout There Publicly Fighting For It? by Artsjournal1

As the novel coronavirus spread, the machinery of live classical performance ground to a halt months ago, putting thousands out of work; the industry will be one of the last to return to ful…

How American Movies Strenuously Avoided The Issue Of Racist Policing by Artsjournal1

“The entertainment industry has generally followed the official line: blithe ignorance and denial giving way to grudging admission of a problem, but only as far as the ‘bad apple’ theo…

Jane Goodall: COVID Is A Warning From The Natural World by Artsjournal

“We have brought this on ourselves because of our absolute disrespect for animals and the environment,” she said. “Our disrespect for wild animals and our disrespect for farmed animals…

Krumping Right In The Faces Of The LAPD — And Getting Thanked For It by Artsjournal1

“[Even] as krump has journeyed from the streets to screens and stages, it remains a protest art,” writes Sarah Kaufman. That’s why, at a demonstration on Sunday in Santa Monica, Jo’A…

One Thing: Recording Labels Could Help Black Artists By Fixing Inequitable Contracts by Artsjournal

“If the music industry wants to support black lives, labels and platforms can start with amending contracts, distributing royalties, diversifying boardrooms, and retroactively paying back …

Dancers Speak Out About Racism In The Dance World by Artsjournal

A handful of dancers have taken to Instagram to directly call out the problems they’ve seen in their own companies. – Dance Magazine

Theatre Is Magic Is Theatre for Helder Guimarães by American Theatre Editors

With his Geffen Stayhouse show 'The Present,' the illusionist aims to make a connection among dazzled, far-flung audiences via Zoom.

Majority of UK theatres and music venues 'face permanent shutdown' by Mark Sweney

MPs told future is grim unless government steps in with more support after Covid-19 crisis Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Half of all music venues and 70% …

'There is a growing unease': will Covid-19 damage theatre's progress in diversity? by Arifa Akbar

It would be a tragedy if the lockdown left drama narrower and risk-averse. Our chief critic hears from Kwame Kwei-Armah, Indhu Rubasingham, Lynette Linton and Rachel De-lahay As protests ove…

As protests against police brutality ignite, what can Black officers tell us? by Daralyse Lyons

America is reckoning with its racist institutions, including police forces that disproportionately target Black people and people of color. But what about the officers working inside this sy…

Red Bull Theater Continues Free Livestream Readings With THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR Starring Michael Urie & More

Red Bull Theater today announced the next event of its special FREE programming to provide an opportunity for its community of artists and theater lovers to gather in the virtual space durin…

Lee Lessack & Robert Bannon Present QUARANTINE CABARET AND COCKTAILS Featuring Diana DeGarmo, Ace Young & More

Quarantine Cabaret and Cocktails, produced and hosted by entertainer and LML Music founder, Lee Lessack, and actor and frequent SNL regular, Robert Bannon, made its debut nine weeks ago on F…

BWW Exclusive: Daily #MobilityMinute with Mark Fisher Fitness Trainer Harold Gibbons- The Adductor Rockback

Mark Fisher Fitness's Steward of Strength Harold Gibbons is here to show you the Adductor Rockback, a fantastic stretch for opening your inner things - the adductor muscles! Start on all f…

Sam Gregory Artist Spotlight by Denver Center For The Performing Arts

Free TheaterMania Jigsaw Puzzle: Complete This Scene From Hadestown

See how long it takes to put this puzzle together.

The Antonyo Awards to Celebrate Black theatre on Juneteenth…Audra McDonald, Tituss Burgess & more to appear! by Bwyblk

Broadway Black, the multimedia organization highlighting the achievements of Black theatre artists, is pleased to announce the inaugural Antonyo Awards, a celebration of the Black Broadway a…

The Shubert Foundation Awards $32 Million in 2020 Grants to Support 560 Nonprofit Arts Organizations by Lindsey Sullivan

In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, which has resulted in the shutdown of Broadway, off-Broadway and theaters across the United States, The Shubert Foundation has awarded a total of $32…

Kara Young, Susan Heyward & More Set for The 24 Hour Plays' 'Fists Up/Underlying Conditions' Edition by Lindsey Sullivan

The 24 Hour Plays: Viral Monologues will present “Fists Up/Underlying Conditions,” a special event featuring Black artists to benefit Communities United For Police Reform, on June 9 on I…

Broadway on Demand Extends Streaming Window for Allegiance, Starring George Takei, Lea Salonga, and Telly Leung by Dan Meyer

The musical follows a Japanese-American family in the aftermath of Pearl Harbor.

After unrest, Black Lives Matter protest murals emerge in Oakland by Ray Chavez, Gieson Cacho

After several of unrest, artists have started to reclaim parts of Oakland by turning plywood that is used to protect windows as canvas for murals that tell the stories of the Black Lives Mat…

Revisit the Past Decade of The Red Bucket Follies With Hamilton, Newsies, and More by Marc J. Franklin

In honor of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids, look back at the beloved fundraising celebration.

My Book of Mormon Family by Kimberly Exum, Broadway’s Nabulungi by Kim Exum

I felt the need to express some thoughts about The Book of Mormon since I currently play Nabulungi in the Broadway company. I shared a video the other day from a fellow Black member of the t…

Piano Bar Live! Continues Live-Streaming on Facebook & BroadwayOnDemand.com, Tonight, Tuesday, June 9th at 7:15pm ET

This week’s guests will be Luba Mason, Phyllis Pastore, Nina Gabianelli, Bob Diamond, Bob Egan, Jovan E’Sean and a weekly mystery guest!

The Broadway Advocacy Coalition holds space for Black Artists in an Online Seminar by Kim Exum

The Broadway Advocacy Coalition is hosting a three day online seminar to discuss racism in the Broadway community. The forum, entitled “Broadway for Black Lives Matter Again” brands itse…

6 Actors that got their “Big Break” doing August Wilson shows by Marshall Mabry Iv

There are few playwrights in the American theatre that have made an impact as large as August Wilson’s. Wilson’s Pittsburgh cycle chronicling life in every decade of the 20th century is …

Erica Daniels to Leave Victory Gardens Along With Board Chair by American Theatre Editors

Erica Daniels and Steve Miller are leaving their posts at Victory Gardens after weeks of controversy.

Dreamcasting: Les Miserables Edition by Marshall Mabry Iv

Do you hear the people sing? Revolution is the song 2020 seems to be singing so we are casting a show that’s all about revolution, Les Miserables. Currently cracking Broadway top 10 longes…

Wicked’s Brittney Johnson Speaks Out About Racism on Broadway by Marshall Mabry Iv

Last summer, Brittney Johnson made history as the first Black woman to play Glinda in the musical Wicked. Brittney had previously been seen on Broadway in Motown the musical, Beautiful: The …

Michael R. Jackson’s A Strange Loops wins the Pulitzer Prize and Lamda Literary Award by Bwyblk

A Strange Loop is a musical about a plus sized, queer, Black man and so far it has won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Lambda Literary Award, Off-Broadway Alliance Award, New York Drama Critic…

Anna Deavere Smith’s “Twilight: Los Angeles” to be Broadcast in Response to Black Lives Matter Protests by Bwyblk

“In response to the national crisis in the aftermath of the murders of Ahmaud Arbery (Brunswick, GA), Breonna Taylor (Louisville, KY), and most recently George Floyd (Minneapolis, MI) THIR…

Asmeret Ghebremichael Speaks on Tokenism, Microaggressions, and Charges Broadway to make a Change by Marshall Mabry Iv

Asmeret Ghebremichael is known to many as a veteran in the theatre community with a career spanning over 20 years with credits on Broadway and West End. She has been seen in the original com…

Hundreds of BIPOC Theater Artists Call Out Industry Racism in Petition and Statement

Signatories include Lynn Nottage, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and many more luminaries of the theater.

National Black Theater Accepting Applications for 2020-21 Soul Producing Residency

The program helps develop the careers of Black theater producers.

Bill Burr: trash-talk, tenderness and comics who act

The comedian is stretching himself as an actor with Judd Apatow’s The King of Staten Island

Broadway Alums Susan Heyward, Rosalyn Coleman, More Set for The 24 Hour Plays: Viral Monologues ‘Fists Up/Underlying Conditions’ Edition by Dan Meyer

The episode will feature a roster of Black artists performing to benefit Communities United For Police Reform.

Stream of James Ijames’ Kill Move Paradise Released to Raise Money for Black Lives Matter Philly by Dan Meyer

The Philadelphia-based Wilma Theater presented the work in 2018.

Michael James Scott to Guest Host Roundtable Discussion with Black Theater Artists on #LiveatFive by Caitlin Moynihan

Michael James Scott will join the team of Broadway.com's popular daily live news show #LiveatFive on Tuesday, June 9 at 5PM ET. The Aladdin star will host a roundtable discussion with not…

Global Casts of Thriller Live Create Compelling 'I'll Be There' Video in Support of Black Lives Matter by Andrew Gans

Cast members from the musical perform the Berry Gordy, Hal Davis, Bob West, and Willie Hutch tune while offering words of wisdom and inspiration.

'This ends today': over 300 stage figures call out 'anti-blackness' of US theatre by Benjamin Lee

A statement, from names including Viola Davis and Lynn Nottage, decries the ‘white fragility’ of American theatre A roster of more than 300 leading stage artists have signed a letter dec…

News: Howard County Chinese Cultural Center Presents ‘Hope with Feathers’ by Mark Beachy

Even though these are difficult times, Emily Dickinson’s poem “Hope” reminds everyone that life is not hopeless, saying, “’Hope’ is the thing with feathers, That perches in the s…

BEST OF THE DECADE: 15 Favorite New Musicals Based on Films by JK

Love 'em or hate 'em, musicals based on films have been on Broadway for decades. There have been some great ones (Grand Hotel, Sunset Boulevard), and some not so great ones (you know what we…

The Livestreams Are BACK! Same time, new schedule, NEW GUESTS!

And we are back! Well, next week, anyway.  🙂   First, we are returning to The Producer’s Perspective LIVE starting next Tuesday, June 16 at 8 PM EDT. Second, since even NYC herself ha…

CHECK IN FROM AWAY | Episode 5 | All Things Hamilton by Mirvish Productions

OperaDelaware presents ‘Drive-Through Arias’ by Gail Obenreder

OperaDelaware made its first foray into pandemic-era performance with ‘Drive-Through Arias,’ a three-performance program featuring a trio of singers bringing opera’s greatest hits to t…

When Public Libraries Reopen, Things Will Be Different (And Very Hard On Librarians) by Artsjournal1

Not only will library staff have to deal with a raft of new safety procedures and protective equipment, they will be faced with enforcing mask-wearing and distancing rules on potentially rec…

Second City Co-Owner And Executive Producer Says He’ll ‘Step Away’ From Company Following Accusations Of Institutional Racism by Artsjournal1

Andrew Alexander, who helped launch the careers of dozens of prominent performers since he purchased Second City’s Toronto outpost in 1974 and the Chicago flagship in 1985, issued an apolo…

Shubert Foundation Grants $32 Million to Non-Profit Theatres Across the Country by Dan Meyer

Of the record 560 non-profit companies, 78 New York City theatres received funds.

Do We Need Hysterical Strength To Bring About Required Change? by Joe Patti

It appears Indiana University’s Center for Cultural Affairs was having some sort of virtual convening around the topic of New. Not Normal: Artists, the Creative Sector, and Innovation afte…

I feel I personally have to advocate for Shakepeare’s Globe even more strongly by Debbie Gilpin

Reading that the Globe may struggle to come back from this current crisis without the help of donations and emergency funding didn’t seem quite real.

Black Lives Black Words' Plays for the People Series Will Feature New Works By Chisa Hutchinson, Idris Goodwin, and More by Andrew Gans

Seven Black playwrights will be celebrated in the first season of the online series launching July 8 on Zoom.

GRACE NOTES: Tuesday, June 9, 2020 by Susan Grace

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Reading Rep Theatre opens first permanent home in 2021 by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo Reading Rep Theatre is to open its first permanent home in 2021. The new cultural hub will allow the company to continue to produce ambitious work This post Reading Rep Theat…

300 BIPOC Theatre Artists Call for Reckoning in the White American Theatre by Olivia Clement

Cynthia Erivo, Viola Davis, Suzan-Lori Parks, Lynn Nottage, and Lin-Manuel Miranda are among the signatories of the powerful letter.

The Broadway Q&A: Joanne M Hunter - Highlights by Playbill

Everybody's Talking About Jamie back on sale, extending West End run to winter 2021

The producers of the award-winning musical Everybody's Talking About Jamie have proudly announced the show's anticipated return to the stage. Though the Apollo Theatre doors remain closed f…

California’s Cinemas Could Reopen As Soon As This Weekend by Artsjournal1

Guidelines, issued on Monday by the state’s Dept. of Public Health and currently under review by the governor’s office, require spacing between seats, masks required of all customers whe…

El Sistema Alum Will Be Next Chief Conductor Of Royal Liverpool Phil by Artsjournal1

Domingo Hindoyan will succeed Vasily Petrenko on the podium of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic in September 2021. A former assistant to Daniel Barenboim at the Staatsoper in Berlin, Hindoya…

Texas Governor Finally Gives Performing Arts Groups Guidelines On Operating Under COVID by Artsjournal1

Gov. Greg Abbott’s Phase III reopening guidelines covering “performance halls,” effective June 10, allow audiences up to 50% of capacity at indoor venues; there’s no such limit for o…

Jigsy review – Les Dennis sheds tears of a clown for comedy's lost era by Brian Logan

Available onlineThe scuzzy end of show business and all its sozzled, sentimental excesses are captured by the ex-standup in a heartfelt monologue I last saw Les Dennis on stage two years ago…

Gbolahan Obisesan: give BAME talent trust and theatre will thrive by Interview By Chris Wiegand

As he returns to his role in Katori Hall’s The Mountaintop, the actor, writer and director talks about Black Lives Matter, Martin Luther King and the state of UK theatre This is the third …

A challenge to theaters to reopen now—outdoors by Malcolm Lewis Barnes

When are the Small Box theater companies going to throw off the straightjacket of conventional space-bound theater and explore alternative venues? Black Lives Matter Plaza was created overni…

SOLT and UK Theatre give oral evidence to the DCMS Select Committee in support of the industry by Hira Desai

Earlier today, Julian Bird, Chief Executive of Society Of London Theatre and UK Theatre gave oral evidence to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) as part of the inq…

Watch a special virtual production of Sebastian Faulks’s Birdsong adapted by Rachel Wagstaff by Hira Desai

On 1 July, there will be special fully cast, abridged virtual production of Rachel Wagstaff’s highly acclaimed adaptation of Birdsong. Find out more, here! The post Watch a special virtua…

08: The King and I by Musicalsplaining

Lindsay and Kaveh, star of the international hit film Argo, get in way over their heads with Rodgers and Hammerstein’s extremely dated classic, the King and I. See Privacy Policy at https…

Westfield News ArtsBeat 6/9/20. by Mark G. Auerbach

Westfield News ArtsBeat 6/9/20. The Pitch returns to open Majestic season. Online programs from James Barry, Hartford Stage and arts news for WMass and No.CT.

THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Continues to Run in Seoul With Safety Measures in Place

The Seoul run of The Phantom of the Opera is continuing to run amidst the health crisis.

BIPOC Theatremakers Pen Letter to White American Theater Demanding Change

A group of BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) theatremakers have published a letter to 'White American Theater' addressing racism in the industry and demanding change.

GREASE Sing-A-Long Garners 3.9 Million Viewers; Beat by CELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD in its Timeslot

CBS aired its sing-a-long of Grease on Sunday night, a replacement for the annual Tony Awards, which were cancelled this year due to the health crisis.

One Recommendation: Chicago Dance History Project by Sharon Hoyer

CDHP has conducted over 130 video interviews and conversations, and currently has over 120 edited clips available on their website.

Living Room Concerts: SIX Queen Sophie Isaacs Sings 'At Last'

In our latest Living Room Concert, the wonderful Sophie Isaacs performs 'At Last' - the Mack Gordon and Harry Warren song made famous by the likes of Etta James, Glenn Miller, Celine Dion an…

Today on Broadway: Tuesday, June 9, 2020 by Matt Tamanini

Drama Desks Announce New Air Date, BC/EFA Donates $125k to BLM Causes, “Pipeline” Available to Stream for Free “Today on Broadway” is a daily, Monday through Friday, podcast hitting …

New live shows and films announced for The Drive In at Troubadour Meridian Water

The Drive In at Troubadour Meridian Water in London keeps getting more and more exciting! The venue continues to add more films and live shows to its performance schedule for its highly an…

Out Sick! by Trav S.D.

Hi! Don’t worry, this isn’t the “big sick”, it’s the one I mentioned a couple of weeks ago in my Vaudevisuals interview with Jim Moore. I’ve actually gotten a repetitive stress i…

Lookback: a memory of Jonathan Wolken by Terry Teachout

From 2010: I find it hard to grasp that one of the founding members of a performing ensemble that has long been so much a part of my aesthetic life is no longer with us. The good news—if y…

Almanac: Barbara Pym on drinking at day’s end by Terry Teachout

“‘I always think one needs a drink at this time,’ he said, as they approached his front door. “‘A drink?’ said Marian in a surprised tone, and Aylwin realized that they were so m…

Playwright Tomson Highway on why artists need to fight evil by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

The Cree playwright, whose ‘The Cave’ is part of the online Luminato Festival, says ‘the greater the challenge the greater the fight,’ whether it’s anti-Black racism, climate chang…

The Thick of It writer Armando Iannucci warns of 'absolutely terrifying' future for the arts after coronavirus by Isobel Lewis, Isobel Lewis

'We've got to have something to come back to'

Theater Artists Decry Racism in Their Industry by Michael Paulson

More than 300 sign a letter saying theater is a “house of cards built on white fragility and supremacy.”

‘We want to spread love, support & solidarity’: Tori Allen-Martin & Sarah Henley on launching Burn Bright by Emma Clarendon

Emma Clarendon chatted to Tori Allen-Martin and Sarah Henley about their new not-for-profit organisation, Burn Bright.

StageOne Family Theatre names Andrew Harris as new producing artistic director by Elizabeth Kramer

Pick of theater’s 20-year veteran comes five months after departure of former leader Idris Goodwin who left to become director of Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center

David Tennant says UK theatres are 'teetering' close to collapse over coronavirus crisis by Isobel Lewis, Isobel Lewis

Actor has called on government to intervene to save industry

Is British theatre about to go out of business? by Presented By Anushka Asthana With Elizabeth Newman and Llanre Bakare, Produced By Elizabeth Cassin and Axel Kacoutié, Executive Producers Nicole Jackson and Phil Maynard

Every year, 34 million people go to the theatre, double the number that attend Premier League football. But lockdown and physical distancing rules mean the industry is on the edge of collaps…

Sydney Opera House releases its first online guided tour by Arts Review

The Sydney Opera House is bringing its popular backstage tour to homes around the world with the release of its first ever online guided tour. Last year, more than 560,000 people took a guid…

Theaters Return To An Old Art Form — The Radio Drama — With A Twist by Jeff Lunden

Theaters closed due to the coronavirus pandemic are struggling to get work to the public. Some are doing plays for podcast, others are turning what would have been stage works into audio dra…

What Does Anti-Racist Theater Look Like? by Variety

What Broadway and the theater industry can do to work toward anti-racism, with artist, educator and activist Nicole Brewer.

“Grease” Was Not the Word: CBS Sunday Night Sing-a-long Replacement for Tony Awards Beaten by…Celebrity Family Feud by Roger Friedman

“Grease” was not the word Sunday night. CBS’s answer to not having the Tony Awards was a sing-a-long to the movie “Grease,”

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child performance schedule update – June 2020 by Arts Review

In line with current government advice to prevent the spread of COVID-19, performances of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at Melbourne’s Princess Theatre will be suspended for a further …

The politics of dancing and thinking about cultural values beyond dollars by Arts Review

What keeps democracies together? As America burns, Brazilians die and Europe braces for another wave of the coronavirus, the question assumes an alarming immediacy. If the answer is complica…

Get The Right Microphone To Fit Your Needs by Drew McManus

There’s a great article from Adam Molina on soundguys.com that walks you through all of the considerations for selecting a microphone to use when creating online content. It’s clearly wr…

Hugh Sheridan, Gorgi Coghlan and Gretel Killeen join Episode 7 of Arts Centre Melbourne’s Big Night In with John Foreman by Gabi Bergman

Star of the stage and screen Hugh Sheridan, journalist and musical theatre performer Gorgi Coghlan and humourist and social/political commentator Gretel Killeen will join

“Winter’s Tale” Unfolds Agonies of Jealousy—Streaming Cheek by Jowl by Jules Auston

Millennial Notes Declan Donnellan Invokes Love and Fear in Shakespeare by Julian Auston “The Winter’s Tale” remains my favorite play for its extravagant emotions. Could it be Leontes�…

Bell Shakespeare to stream award-winning documentary Kings of Baxter by Arts Review

Bell Shakespeare has announced that it will stream the award-winning documentary Kings of Baxter, followed by an exclusive live Q&A with the film’s director and stars, on Thursday 11 J…

Schlossgut Schwante Sculpture Park: ‘We have so much space — soul space’

Loretta Würtenberger and her husband have created a new sculpture park in a grand estate near Berlin, and are opening to visitors next week despite Covid-19

Revisit Benj Pasek's Career Highlights in Honor of His Birthday by Marc J. Franklin

The Dear Evan Hansen and Great Showman writer celebrates his birthday June 9.