The 65th Annual Drama Desk Awards by Barry Gordin

June 13, 2020:  The 65th Annual Drama Desk Awards hosted by Frank DiLella from Times Square went virtual and streamed on NY1.com and DramaDeskAwards.com. The Drama Desk Awards featured…

The Inheritance, A Strange Loop & More Win 2020 Drama Desk Awards by Broadway.com

Winners have been announced for the 65th Annual Drama Desk Awards, honoring the best in Broadway, off and off-off-Broadway theater in the 2019-2020 season. The awards ceremony was held virt…

Rockets and Blue Lights review – swirling journey through black history by Mark Fisher

Available onlineWinsome Pinnock’s play, responding to JMW Turner’s Slave Ship painting, is a timely contribution to the Black Lives Matter campaign Hottest front-room seats: the best the…

Preview: A new musical highlights The Young Columbians 45th Anniversary Celebration by Carolyn Kelemen

During the summer of 1984, young Edward Norton interviewed Columbia’s founder James W. Rouse for a teenage television program called “The Graffiti Show.” Jim Rouse looked directly into…

See who won the 65th Annual Drama Desk Awards by Deb Miller

Recipients of the 65th annual Drama Desk Awards for outstanding achievements in New York theater (on, Off, and Off-Off Broadway) of the 2019-20 season were announced tonight by a star-studde…

The Inheritance, Moulin Rouge! & More Win 2020 Drama Desk Awards by Broadway.com

Winners have been announced for the 65th Annual Drama Desk Awards, honoring the best in Broadway, off- and off-off-Broadway theater in the 2019-2020 season. The awards ceremony was held virt…

Tell Me More | Episode 48: Mandy Gonzalez on Broadway’s Best for Breast Cancer & Chemo in the Time of COVID by Matt Tamanini

On today’s episode, Matt speaks to one of Broadway’s most fearless stars, Mandy Gonzalez. From “Aida” to “Wicked” to “In the Heights” to “Hamilton,” Gonzalez is one of Br…

2020 Drama Desk Award Winners: A Strange Loop, The Inheritance, A Soldier’s Play, Little Shop of Horrors by New York Theater

    “A Strange Loop” and “The Inheritance” were the  big winners in the 65th annual Drama Desk Awards, which honors achievement in the truncated 2019-2020 season  by professional…

A Strange Loop, The Inheritance, Moulin Rouge! Win Big at 2020 Drama Desk Awards by Dan Meyer

The Pulitzer Prize winner from Michael R. Jackson took home five trophies, including Best Musical.

Stella Abrera’s ABT Farewell by American Ballet Theatre

Video Flashback: HAMILTON Performs 'America' at Gypsy of the Year 2016

The company of Hamilton took top honors for best onstage presentation. In a?oeAmerica,a?? the cast mashed up the music and lyrics of Bob Marley and Lin-Manuel Miranda and the poetry of Langs…

Jason Coleman: Dancing through COVID by Gabi Bergman

Jason Coleman is a name synonymous with the Australian dance industry. From performing in shows, to choreographing musicals like Hairspray

ABT Weekend Talk Series with Stella Abrera, Gillian Murphy and Mary Jo Shen by American Ballet Theatre

Amanda Kloots Shares That Nick Cordero's CT Scan Results Are 'Not Pretty' But She Still Has Hope

Amanda Kloots has shared a health update on her husband, Nick Cordero. In a recent Instagram story, Kloots shared that, 'We did get a CT scan on his lungs back. It isn't the prettiest, unfor…

BERLIN: THE WORLD’S NIGHTCLUB CAPITAL FACES AN EXISTENTIAL CRISIS by Robert Shuman

(Ruth Bender’s article appeared in the Walls Street Journal, 6/13; Photo: One of the world’s most famous nightclubs, Tresor, located in a disused Berlin power plant, stands empty due to …

Cabaret Hotspot Supports by Sue Matsuki

Cabaret Hotspot supports and is encouraged by those taking action against inequalities facing Black Americans. We are angered and saddened by the degrading murders of George Floyd, Breonna T…

Book Review: Shakespeare in a Divided America. Two Centuries of Tension Revealed Through The Bard. by New York Theater

America’s obsession with Shakespeare has taken some odd, odd turns over the past two centuries – pre-General Ulysses S. Grant was cast as Desdemona in an Army production of “Othello”…

Lies I Tell Myself by Daisy Eagan

I don’t know where to begin, so I’ll just begin, and we’ll see where we get. I’ve been told recently by a few different people that they’ve always enjoyed my blog and that they adm…

Performing In A Pandemic: Taking The High School Play Online by Sequoia Carrillo

Students look forward all year to their big end-of-year productions. This year, many educators got creative in helping their student shine — despite the shutdown due to COVID-19

BWW Interview: Kelly Lynne D'Angelo Goes Van Gough with New Musical, STARRY

From the musical theatre writing team Dahan & D'Angelo comes STARRY, a new musical. STARRY is the story about two brothers, Theo and Vincent van Gogh, and their journey together to find …

Patrick Page, Hannah Yelland, Donna Bullock, Ty Jones, More Read Macbeth on Stars in the House by Andrew Gans

Tony winner André De Shields hosts the live stream benefiting the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.

Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes by Trav S.D.

Wild and crazy world it is for someone of my (unspecified) age, in which the names Basil Rathbone and Sherlock Holmes are no longer synonymous. Yes, many actors have played Arthur Conan Doyl…

Doc Cheatham: 70 Years of Sounds by Trav S.D.

It is disappointing to learn that Doc Cheatham was not the name of a medicine show huckster — could there ever be a better one? But Doc (Adolphus Anthony Cheatham, 1905-1997) was a jazz mu…

Ashima Shiraishi by NPR

Ashima Shiraishi, mountain climber, joins us along with panelists Jessi Klein, Josh Gondelman, and Negin Farsad.

EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE Film Delayed to January 22

The film adaptation of the musical Everybody's Talking About Jamie has been delayed to January 22, 2021, due to the health crisis. The film was originally set to premiere on October 23, 202…

HARRY POTTER Screenwriter Steve Kloves Speaks Out Against J.K. Rowling's Anti-Trans Statements

Harry Potter screenwriter Steve Kloves is speaking out against J.K. Rowling's anti-trans tweets. 

Caretaker: An Unnecessary Art Installation? by Aleks Sierz

We are living, I have frequently been told, through weird times. Maybe. But do weird times necessarily require weird art? Do bad times provoke bad art? Well, one of the most unusual response…

Bob Dylan Shares That GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY Made Him Cry

Bob Dylan chats with The New York Times about his recent music releases, as well as his thoughts on Girl From the North Country.

Watch Katrina Lenk, Patti LuPone, and the Cast of Company Perform the Title Song Virtually by Dan Meyer

The Broadway stars collided in a socially distanced take on the number.

Dance Theatre of Harlem Launches 7-Weeks of Online Programming by Mark Peikert

As part of its 50th anniversary celebration, the venerable company is sharing full streams of works from its archives.

NEWS: Online premiere of one-man play Declan raises funds for The Actors Centre by Press Releases

Declan, a new play written and performed by Alistair Hall, is making its debut online to raise funds for London’s The Actors Centre.

Montalvo hits the Bay Area’s streets with new public exhibition by Sal Pizarro

Work by six artists examines the meaning of loneliness in "lone some," a new exhibition on display at bus shelters and billboards in communities including San Jose, San Francisco and Oakland.

65th Annual Drama Desk Awards Take Place June 13 by Playbill Staff

The remote ceremony, honoring a theatre season cut short, airs on NY1.

Invisible Diaries: “Possession” by Katalin Trencsényi

This post is dedicated to theatre-makers everywhere in the world. In his book, Epidemics and Society, From the Black Death to the Present, Frank M. Snowden makes an important observation: �…

On This Day in New York Theater: June 13 in the 1920’s, 1930’s and 1940’s by Barry Gordin

By: Samuel L. Leiter (No. 6 in the series) June 13 in the twenties, thirties, and forties had its theatrical ups and downs, mostly downs, of course, like the vast majority of summerti…

Karen Kain had well-laid plans for her National Ballet goodbye — but COVID-19 had other ideas by Michael Crabb - Special To The Star

With major premieres like a new ‘Swan Lake’ and ‘MaddAddam’ postponed, and the search for a successor slowed, the prima ballerina turned artistic director will stay as long as the co…

11 actresses I’d love to see onstage more often post-lockdown by Rev Stan

While there might not be quite as many meaty stage roles for actresses as there are actors (is that changing?), the plethora of acting talent I've seen over the past 10 years made this quite…

CT CULTURAL TREASURES: Peek inside Goodspeed Musicals the Tony winning theater right here in CT! by Goodspeed Musicals

Call Answered: Cissy Walken: "Amy Winehouse: Alone" on StageIt by Adam Rothenberg

I am not the biggest Amy Winehouse fan, but I enjoy talking to people who love her. I like to hear why they feel Amy is so fantastic. That is why I was very interested in interviewing Cissy …

Monologue Exercise – Share Your Heart by Kerry Hishon

In this multi-part exercise, students will write monologues based on the concept of an “I want/I wish” song, which is used by a character to share their heart’s desire. It is primarily…

TV has changed, so must the way we support local content by Arts Review

Australians have enjoyed watching Australian stories on the small screen for generations. From Number 96 to Offspring, House Husbands to Mystery Road, Australian television has reflected Aus…

Collecting: Art Basel in Basel 2020

How to negotiate the new digital landscape: artists, collectors, the fair director, commentators and more

Russell Tovey: ‘Art has become a huge part of my life’

The actor on his podcast with gallerist Robert Diament and his love of Tracey Emin

The digital renaissance has its limits

The fair’s global director on how the pandemic will change the art market — but also how it won’t

Anne Tallentire: the artist making captivating work from stationery

The queen of anti-spectacle uses humble materials to create subtle political commentary

Who’s buying what art online?

As Art Basel launches its latest Online Viewing Rooms, the digital landscape seems ready for a reassessment

Union Pacific gallery — ‘We couldn’t do without art fairs’

The founders of the young London gallery are venturing into the digital world — but are optimistic about a return to live events

Dylan’s Rough and Rowdy Ways is deft, teasing and footloose

The veteran musician roams to all points of the compass, fusing religion, myth and reality

26 LGBTQ+ Theatre Characters That Keep Us Inspired by Marc J. Franklin

We asked, you answered: Take a look at the queer characters that have moved you on the stage and beyond.