Very Young People’s Concerts @ Home: “Make-Believe” with Principal Trumpet Christopher Martin by New York Philharmonic

Scott Rudin, Daryl Roth, Gloria Estefan, and More Among 2020 Broadway Global Producer Of The Year Nominees

Pandemics can't stop Broadway Global Producer of the Year nominations!

Teen Who Threw Child Off Tate Modern Sentenced To 15 Years by Artsjournal

The Old Bailey heard how Bravery spent more than 15 minutes stalking possible targets at the art gallery viewing platform before fixing on a young visitor who had briefly left his parents’…

Consequential Writing About Race by Artsjournal

Appreciating social movements in hindsight is a complicated endeavor. Leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. and Harriet Tubman are often whitewashed to appease modern sensibilities. Some, like…

Broadway 2021 by Barry Gordin

New Opening Dates for Broadway 2021 By: David Sheward June 26, 2020: While New York City is slowly reopening from the lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the return of Broadway an…

Watch the International Thespian Excellence Awards Live Showcase With Seth Rudetsky by Logan Culwell-Block

NY1's Frank DiLella hosts the celebration of the best of high school theatre worldwide.

Disney Postpones MULAN Release to August

The Walt Disney Company announced today that its live-action remake of the animated classic Mulan is now expected to hit theaters on August 21.

Couch Concerts National Spotlight: Marcus Center for the Arts Presents Q the Sun & WebsterX by The Kennedy Center

Coffee Break: Jermaine Rowe & Jacob Santos by Westport Country Playhouse

Recommended shows to catch this weekend by Lorraine Treanor

May 22, 2020 Arena Stage Free View below or view later Arena Stage adds filmmaker to its accomplishments with May 22, 2020, a filmed docudrama, directed by Arena Stage Artistic Director Moll…

Introducing Sherlif Next Trouble: The Charlie Chaplin of Uganda by Trav S.D.

So Chaplin Days begins today (you can see my video talk on “Chaplin and Vaudeville” here) so it seemed a propitious day for a preliminary post on a contemporary artist I’m presently ob…

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Maurice Rocco: Played Standing Up by Trav S.D.

Maurice Rocco (Rockhold, 1915-1976) was the boogie-woogie piano showman who originated the idea of playing while standing up. He claimed he first did it when a tough guy appropriated his ben…

Theatre Skills @ Home: Make Your Own Toy Theatre by Center Theatre Group

Watch Now: ‘The Sound of Music Live!’ Starring Carrie Underwood by Matthew Wexler

Grammy winner Carrie Underwood stars in the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic, now streaming for free on The Shows Must Go On! The post Watch Now: ‘The Sound of Music Live!’ Starring Carri…

CEO Of Hal Leonard On The Future Of Music Publishing by Artsjournal

Larry Morton: “I thought that digital would completely replace things like physical phone books and all that. Certainly digital is a huge part of the business, and it’s growing quickly. …

How The Virus Turned This Ballet Master Into A Real-Life Phantom Of The Opera by Artsjournal1

Curtis Foley, who danced with the Royal Winnipeg ballet and Les Ballets Grandiva, was, until this year, a ballet master at the Polish National Ballet He had just arrived to coach the ballet …

Travel By Webcam: Without The Tourists Places Look Real Again by Artsjournal

What the lens of the Piazza di Spagna webcam reveals, in its own intimate way, is that so-called bucket-list destinations are, and always have been, real places where real people live. With …

Poets, Playwrights, Novelists, And A Swashbuckling Conquistador Nun: The Women Writers Of The Siglo De Oro by Artsjournal1

The polymath Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz was only one of numerous women in Spain and its New World colonies who became accomplished authors during the 16th and 17th centuries (and who should b…

American Nursing Homes Have Been Exposed As A Design Catastrophe by Artsjournal

Even when there is no pandemic to worry about, most of these places have pared existence for the long-lived back to its grim essentials. These are places nobody would choose to die. More imp…

COVID-As-Opportunity: Enough With Utopias, We Need Practical Ideas by Artsjournal

“Maybe I’ve missed the more nuanced views, but if feels like the only people out there – in my echo chambered world at any rate – who admit that they can’t be sure are those with t…

Louvre To Reopen With A Fraction Of Its Usual Visitors by Artsjournal

When the museum reopens, 70 percent will be accessible, including the large galleries of French and Italian paintings, the sculpture courtyards and the Egyptian antiquities section. But with…

‘ENDGAME’ BY SAMUEL BECKETT: LIFE CONSPIRES TO MIMIC ART … YET AGAIN by Robert Shuman

(Terence Killeen’s article appeared in the Irish Times, 6/15.; Samuel Beckett’s Endgame, directed by Conor McPherson (left) and Michael Gambon at the Beckett Film Project. Photograph: Pa…

Britain’s cultural venues to reopen without crowds and queues

Limits to visitor numbers remain a threat to viability of museums and other venues

Theater Review: BLEEDING LOVE (Musical Podcast) by Tony Frankel

BLOODY GOOD! You know, Stage and Cinema has received hundreds of podcasts and other streaming paraphernalia since April when COVID-19 shut the arts down, but most are technically awkward, st…

Snapshot: ‘Special Characters’ by Lorna Simpson

In the Brooklyn-based artist’s latest work, the stylish and the surreal come together with remarkable ease

Dudu Pukwana: Dudu Pukwana and The ‘Spears’

The saxophonist’s 1969 debut album, unreleased until now, is an exciting piece of South African jazz history

Nadine Shah: Kitchen Sink

Love lives and egg-freezing feature in songs that blend longing with sarcasm

Arca: KiCk i — dynamic, striking electronic arrangements

The Venezuelan producer’s fourth studio album is her most direct and pleasurable work yet

Andrew McCormack: Solo — packed with incident and drive

The London pianist tempers his virtuosity by balancing abandon with restraint in an engaging album

Aurora Orchestra: Music of the Spheres — prepare to levitate

A diverse selection of music has been brought together including a Max Richter premiere

On digital: True History of the Kelly Gang / The Invisible Man

A bloody tale about an 1870s Australian gang leader Ned Kelly; a woman is being pursued and tormented by her evil-entrepreneur ex

Understanding Donald Trump (continued) by Dan Rottenberg

When germophobes were perceived as neurotic, Trump celebrated his own germophobia. What has changed?

Two entertaining serial podcasts for summer binge-listening by Deb Miller

Originally issued in weekly installments, the complete editions of two engaging serial podcasts are now available in full, so you can binge on them all at once, or listen to the individual c…

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Broadway.com #LiveatFive: Home Edition with Kimber Elayne Sprawl of Girl From the North Country by Broadway.com

Girl From the North Country star Kimber Elayne Sprawl chats with Paul Wontorek.

Kimber Elayne Sprawl on Why Girl From the North Country Will Resonate Differently When It Returns by Caitlin Moynihan

Girl From the North Country was the last Broadway show to officially open before the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown theaters. It's now been over 100 days since a curtain rose for an audience and…

Sleepless in Seattle Musical to Open in London This Summer with Social Distancing Guidelines by Lindsey Sullivan

Despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the previously scheduled Sleepless in Seattle musical will still take the stage this year. Jay McGuiness and Kimberley Walsh, the stars who fell in lo…

QuaranToons: A Pandemic Can't Keep Chicago's Roxie & Velma from Perfecting Their Act by Lindsey Sullivan

Broadway.com contributor Tug Rice has been thinking up what our favorite Broadway characters are doing while theaters are closed. So, how are Chicago's merry murderesses spending their time …

San Jose State to operate Hammer Theatre for up to 35 years by Jim Harrington

SJSU has run Hammer Theatre since 2016. “This has been such a successful model in so many ways," says Kerry Adams Hapner, San José director of cultural affairs.

Watch Drag Race's Nina West and Hamilton's Sydney James Harcourt Cover 'A Safe Place to Land' by Andrew Gans

The two artists perform the song made famous by Sara Bareilles and John Legend.

Coming out over and over again by Salem Collo-Julin

Why visibility and community are more important now than ever I’m a late adopter of celebrating the annual National Coming Out Day in October, but two years ag…

The Wilma presents ‘Code Blue,’ a digital performance open to all by Cameron Kelsall

With ‘Code Blue,’ the Wilma Theater engages a national dialogue and offers a possible step forward for filmed theatrical performances amid the ongoing shutdown. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

Why You Don’t Need To See The New Film Version Of “Hamilton” by Artsjournal

This is in part because Hamilton is a sung-through musical, meaning there aren’t any scenes of spoken dialogue in between the songs. Everything in the show is right there on the album—wi…

Fully Half Of The Dramas On US Broadcast TV Are About Cops by Artsjournal1

“Perhaps one reason why America’s national reckoning on police brutality took so long to arrive is because TV is conditioning its citizens to view cops as reliable heroes. Of the 69 scri…

What It’s Like To Be The Only Black Dancer In A Company by Artsjournal

Former Atlanta Ballet dancer Kiara Felder: “The ballet’s audience, typically, are overwhelmingly white. “It’s important to engage with the community, and it’s tough when the commun…

Photographer Li Zhengsheng, Who Captured The Cultural Revolution On Film, Dead At 79 by Artsjournal1

“At great personal risk [he] documented the dark side of Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution, producing powerful black-and-white images that remain a rare visual testament to the brutality …

Director Walter Bobbie Will Answer Questions on The Broadway Q&A by Logan Culwell-Block

Submit your question now, and you might get to ask it live on Playbill and The Growing Studio's series.

Livestreaming Suzan-Lori Parks' Watch Me Work on Thursday 2 July 2020

By . The Public Theater presents Watch Me Work livestreaming on the global, commons-based, peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Thursday 2 July 2020 at 11 a.m.

Livestreaming Suzan-Lori Parks' Watch Me Work on Wednesday 1 July 2020

By . The Public Theater presents Watch Me Work livestreaming on the global, commons-based, peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Wedesnday 1 July 2020 at 11 a.m.

Livestreaming Suzan-Lori Parks' Watch Me Work on Tuesday 30 June 2020

By . The Public Theater presents Watch Me Work livestreaming on the global, commons-based, peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Tuesday 30 June 2020 at 11 a.m.

Roundabout Theatre Company Postpones Season to Spring 2021 by Broadway Direct

Today, Roundabout Theatre Company has announced their current theatrical season will resume in Spring 2021 and has added the Broadway debut of Alice Childress’s Trouble in Mind, directed…

‘Rent’ original cast reuniting for Broadway Celebrates Pride event by Marc Malkin, Variety

The performance is part of Broadway Celebrates Pride, a virtual fundraiser for Democratic congressional candidates.

Amber Iman, Danielle Brooks, & Jocelyn Bioh are Black Women on Broadway! Register Now! by Marshall Mabry Iv

Black Women on Broadway, founded by Amber Iman (Shuffle Along, Broadway Advocacy Coalition), Jocelyn Bioh (School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play), and Danielle Brooks (Orange is the …

What Broadway Fans Need to Know About the Eurovision Song Contest and the Netflix Movie Spoofing It by Samuel Kuttner

The fjords are alive with the sound of Eurovision music in the Netflix movie musical Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, starring Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams.

Livestreaming Suzan-Lori Parks' Watch Me Work on Monday 29 June 2020

By . The Public Theater presents Watch Me Work livestreaming on the global, commons-based, peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Monday 29 June 2020 at 11 a.m.

World-Premiere Adaptation of The Da Vinci Code to Tour the U.K. by Olivia Clement

Dan Brown's novel is adapted for the stage by Rachel Wagstaff and Duncan Abel.

How DMV theaters are strategizing for reopening by News Desk

With the fall season and following seasons still only tentatively planned, arts organizations are taking the time to focus on a reopening strategy that makes the most sense for their staff, …

ABT Studio Company | Celebrating Stefanie Batten Bland by American Ballet Theatre

Livestreaming Contested Homes: a Migrant Liberation Movement Suite

By . UW-Madison Jazz Studies presents Contested Homes: a Migrant Liberation Movement Suite livestreaming on the global, commons-based, peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on T…

Summer books of 2020: Photography

Josh Lustig selects his best mid-year reads

Theatre Quiz Round 6: Multilingual Musicals by Frankie

This week's quiz is all about language! For each clue, tell us what language the lyric is in and what show the lyric is from!  The post Theatre Quiz Round 6: Multilingual Musicals appeared …

Livestreaming SEGAL TALKS: Sakina Deer and Evoné Walters

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Bleeding Love Musical Podcast to Release Album, Starring Sarah Stiles, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Taylor Trensch, More by Logan Culwell-Block

Created by Jason Schafer, Arthur Lafrentz Bacon, and Harris Doran, the musical is aptly set in a world where it's too dangerous to go outside.

Chicago and Bright Star Director Walter Bobbie Joins Us Live On The Broadway Q&A by Playbill

Scenes from the Vault—"Immediate Family" by Center Theatre Group

Carly Hughes and More Set for Next Wave Initiative’s First Zoom Talk by Ryan McPhee

“To be Young, Gifted, Black…and cast” will take place July 1.

Alice Childress's 1955 Play Trouble in Mind to Receive Broadway Debut

The groundbreaking playwright died in 1994.

New York Theatre Workshop Engages Two Dozen Artists to Develop New Season Content

The theater will experiment with work in a variety of media.

Marlo Thomas Hosts Free to Be… You and Me Episode of Stars in the House June 26 by Andrew Gans

Guests include Rosie O’Donnell, Marlee Matlin, Sara Bareilles, Harry Belafonte, Drew Barrymore, Audra McDonald, Debra Messing, and Michael McElroy.

Live Online Theatre Experiment State vs. Natasha Banina Extends by Olivia Clement

The acclaimed Cherry Orchard Festival production, which takes place on Zoom, continues through July.

Introducing the 2020-21 ITOs by Christa Skiles

Six student leaders elected to represent Thespian voices The post Introducing the 2020-21 ITOs appeared first on Dramatics Magazine Online.

Diversity is Not About Ticking Boxes. It is Time For Radical Change by Ayt Guest Writer

Yasmin Sidhwa, Artistic Director of theatre company, Mandala, writes about the desperate need – now more than ever – for theatre to stop ticking ‘diversity’ boxes, to stop relying on…

Lionel Shriver - “I collect absurdity”

The novelist’s collage of newspaper cuttings reminds her not to take herself — or anyone else — too seriously

Ai Weiwei and me: the collector’s tale

How a Swiss ambassador to China became the dissident artist’s most ardent supporter

University of Michigan and Oakland University Join Playbill Live to Talk College Theatre Auditions June 26 by Logan Culwell-Block

Submit your questions now to see them answered during the live broadcast.

Review: Fringe favorite Brian Feldman’s #txtshow (on the internet) by Christopher Henley

“If the performance sucks, it is 100% your fault, divided by the number of people here.” So the audience was informed toward the end of #txtshow (on the internet), which I experienced la…

Music for the Movement: I’ll Rise Up by Andra Day by Guest Writer

  My name is Pamela Jafari. I am a  Washingtonian senior who is Black, lesbian, a  mother, a grandmother, and a great-grandmother. I have a 26 y/o grandson, and 3 y/o great-grandson, who …

Hamlet, Starring Ian McKellen, Begins Rehearsals with New Safety Policies by Lindsey Sullivan

With extensive testing going on to keep audiences and actors safe in the wake of COVID-19 as well as innovative new ways of staging being developed, efforts are being made so that curtains c…

International Bestseller The Da Vinci Code to Make Stage Premiere in 2021 by Lindsey Sullivan

This calls for a quarantine reread! Dan Brown's international bestseller The Da Vinci Code is set to become a stage play that will make its world premiere on a U.K. tour in 2021. The product…

Hairspray Revival, Starring Michael Ball, Postponed to Spring 2021 at the London Coliseum by Caitlin Moynihan

The previously announced revival of Hairspray has been moved to spring 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Originally set to begin performances on April 23, and then postponed to fall, the We…

New York Theatre Workshop Announces Updates for 2020-2021 Season by Lindsey Sullivan

After previously announcing the conclusion of its 2019-2020 season due to COVID-19, New York Theatre Workshop has revealed some 2020-2021 developments. In terms of previous productions, Mar…

Roundabout Sets Broadway Debut for Alice Childress' Trouble in Mind; Season Schedule Shifts by Broadway.com

The Roundabout Theatre Company is adding Alice Childress’ acclaimed 1955 play Trouble in Mind to their season. Directed by Charles Randolph-Wright, the Obie-winning work will mark its B…

NEWS: The Da Vinci Code receives its stage premiere, launching UK-wide tour in April 2021 by Press Releases

The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown’s 2003 novel that became an international bestseller and a 2006 film starring Tom Hanks, is now to become a new stage thriller.

ABT Classics as Ballet Classes with Luciana Paris (JANE EYRE) by American Ballet Theatre

Uffizi Gallery Becomes High Art’s Top TikTok Jester by Artsjournal1

Until just a few years ago, the august Florence museum “acted like the internet didn’t exist”: it didn’t even launch a website until 2015 and only got itself a Facebook page after th…

A Plan To Diversify American Orchestras by Artsjournal

The Catalyst Fund, a three-year, $2.1 million program launched in 2019 by the national support organization, is designed to help its members identify, confront and ultimately correct what Je…

"Empire State of Mind," as performed by Atlantic Acting School's Mini Musical students by Atlantic Theater

work_from_home review – audiences become actors in witty Zoom show by Mark Fisher

Available onlineMixing existential soul-searching with wry comedy, this is an adventurous production starring its viewers Hottest front-room seats: the best theatre and dance online The stor…

The UK arts sector was thriving before coronavirus. It's folly not to save it | Polly Toynbee by Polly Toynbee

Our booming film, television, theatre and design industries can’t leap back to life if venues are bankrupt and talent has fled As the furlough scheme tapers off, we are entering a frighten…

Nixon in Agony review – Berkoff gets inside disgraced president's head by Arifa Akbar

Available onlineRichard Nixon’s downfall may be resonant with our age, but in Adam Donen’s experimental sound dramatisation the psychological noise drowns out the story Hottest front-roo…

Government roadmap to reopen UK arts venues dismissed as 'meaningless' by Chris Wiegand

Plan announced by culture secretary Oliver Dowden lacks investment and timeframes say theatre unions and creatives Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage It was pr…

Livestreaming SEGAL TALKS: Iman Aoun

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Livestreaming SEGAL TALKS: Frédérique Aït-Touati

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Condola Rashad Talks About Billions, Broadway, and Why Now Is the Time to Reveal Her Musical Side by Playbill Staff

The four-time Tony Award nominee joined Playbill's Stream Stealers on the heels of her fourth single's release.

Livestreaming SEGAL TALKS: Jeton Neziraj and Gianina Carbunariu

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Sleepless in Seattle Musical Eyes Fall Open in London Under COVID-19 Guidelines by Ryan McPhee

The show, simply titled Sleepless, aims to begin August 25 at the Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre.

Livestreaming SEGAL TALKS: Kemi Ilesanmi and Ebony Noelle Golden

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Broadway’s Roundabout Postpones ‘Caroline, Or Change’, ‘Birthday Candles’ To 2021, Adds Alice Childress’ ‘Trouble In Mind’ To Line-Up by Greg Evans

The Broadway revival of the Tony Kushner-Jeanine Tesori musical Caroline, or Change and the New York premiere of Noah Haidle’s Birthday Candles starring Debra Messing are the latest produc…

[Announcement] The Dr. Kenny Encouragement Fund Scholarship For TheaterMakers

On March 22nd of this year, just a few months after moving into the city to be closer to me and his granddaughter, my Dad, Dr. Kenny Hasija, had a stroke. And as the sun was coming up on Eas…

Roundabout Postpones Season to Spring, Adds Childress’s ‘Trouble in Mind’ by American Theatre Editors

Next spring the theatre plans to mount 'Caroline, or Change' and '1776,' and in the fall and winter, 'Birthday Candles' and 'Trouble in Mind,' in its belated Main Stem bow.

Roundabout moves ‘Caroline, or Change’ to spring 2021, announces ‘Trouble in Mind’ by Caitlin Huston

Roundabout Theatre Company has moved its theatrical season, including “Caroline, or Change,” to spring 2021.  “Birthday Candles” starring Debra Messing, has been moved to fall 2021.…

‘Artistic Instigators’ at Center of NYTW’s Non-Traditional Season by American Theatre Editors

25 artists have been engaged to come up with a slate of new work, with forms and delivery methods to be determined.

NEWS: ‘Age-blind’ Hamlet starring Ian McKellen begins rehearsals for eventual run by Press Releases

A new production of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, directed by Sean Mathias with Ian McKellen in an age-blind interpretation of the young Prince, will go into rehearsals on Monday 29 June 2020.

Roundabout Pushes 2020 Shows to Next Year; Adds Alice Childress Play to Broadway Lineup by Olivia Clement

RTC's 2021 Broadway lineup includes Trouble in Mind, Birthday Candles, 1776, and Caroline, or Change.

For Its 2020–2021 Season, New York Theatre Workshop Commissions Over 25 Artists to Make Work That Will Re-Imagine 'Theatre' by Olivia Clement

Aleshea Harris, Dael Orlandersmith, Jeremy O. Harris, Rubén Polendo, and Martyna Majok are among the cohort of Artistic Instigators.

Director Kirill Serebrennikov Convicted Of Embezzlement In Case Many See As Trumped-Up by Artsjournal1

The 50-year-old Russian, celebrated at home and overseas for his productions of theatre, film, and opera, is artistic director of the Gogol Center, Moscow’s most celebrated stage for avant…

Please (Don’t) Touch (Without Hand Sanitizer): How Children’s Museums And Interactive Exhibits Are Trying To Reopen Safely by Artsjournal1

“As states ease restrictions, many museums and animal attractions are next in line to reopen, if they haven’t already. Like other businesses, they must enforce social distancing rules an…

Utah Symphony | Utah Opera Hires New CEO by Artsjournal1

Steven Brosvik comes to Utah from the Nashville Symphony, where he was Chief Operating Officer. He has previously worked in management at the Baltimore, Houston, and San Antonio Symphony Orc…

‘The Black Experience in the Concert Hall’ by Artsjournal1

“Classical musicians of African descent have existed on the margins of obscurity for centuries — in the classroom, the concert hall, the record industry, and on the radio,” says Terran…

After Years Of Criticism, An Off-Broadway Institution All At Once Agrees To Pay Its Actors by Artsjournal1

When the Flea Theater was founded by Sigourney Weaver, playwright Mac Wellman and two others in 1996, it was intended to have no stable location and to shut down after five years. Twenty-six…

10 Shows to See Today, Friday June 26: Lungs, Gloria Steinem, #PrideWeekend by New York Theater

Below are a selection of “theater openings” today, including the much anticipated “Lungs” starring the royal leads from The Crown, the Off-Broadway production of Gloria (about Gloria…

Werner Herzog: ‘Film-making is always risk-taking’

The maverick director on the myths surrounding his movies — and his latest film, about a Japanese rent-a-family business

Hairspray the Musical to open at the London Coliseum in April 2021 by Hira Desai

The smash-hit musical will now begin its rescheduled performances from April 2021 and will play a strictly limited 19-week season at the London Coliseum. The post Hairspray the Musical to op…

‘Never less than arresting’: SHOE LADY – Royal Court Theatre (Radio review) by John Chapman

BBC Radio’s Lockdown Theatre Festival, curated by Bertie Carvel, highlights productions cut short by broadcasting them with the original casts, albeit in an audio format only.

Hot Clip of the Day: Preview the All Star THE NIGHT LARRY KRAMER KISSED ME

Our friends at Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS are sponsoring a special livestream of their 2013 benefit of David Drake's play The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me featuring a lot of familiar …

Billion Pound Cruises investigates the cost of coronavirus on the cruise industry

The documentary explores how infection rapidly spread across liners and turned dream trips into floating nightmares

GRACE NOTES: Friday, June 26, 2020 by Susan Grace

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Dark forces haunt 1930s LA in Penny Dreadful on Sky Atlantic

There are evil spirits and gruesome murders aplenty in this period sleuth series

What to Stream Pride Weekend: A Playbill Spectacular Concert, Zachary Quinto-Helmed The Boys in the Band Sequel, More by Ryan McPhee

Tune in to these virtual events June 26–28.

BBC1’s The Luminaries is menacing and clever — but uninviting

Poor lighting in this adaptation of Eleanor Catton’s novel set in 19th-century New Zealand leaves viewers in the dark

Your Favorite Classic Comedians on Travalanche: 2020 by Trav S.D.

A reader got in touch yesterday to comment on a list we shared here about five years ago which reported on the popularity of the various classic comedians on Travalanche (he was pleased to s…

Hairspray Will Open at London Coliseum in Spring 2021 by Andrew Gans

Olivier winner Michael Ball will head the cast as Edna Turnblad.

#ComposerInIsolation - Stories Behind the Scores - Sunset Boulevard by Andrew Lloyd Webber Musicals

Andrew takes a stroll back down memory lane with @Sunset Boulevard and recalls how the LA Strip inspired him to write his musical by the same name. - #TeamALW

The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown to be adapted into a 'fast-paced, gripping' stage play by Louis Chilton, Louis Chilton

Brown said the adaptation will be 'faithful to the book, but will also bring something new for the audience'

NEWS: Sleepless reschedules month’s run from 25 Aug with social distancing measures by Press Releases

SLEEPLESS, A Musical Romance, based on the original screenplay Sleepless in Seattle, has rescheduled its premiere at London's Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre for 25 August to 27 September 20…

One Way to Keep Theatre Alive? Put It on TV by American Theatre Editors

Networks should borrow a model from the 1950s television series which broadcast exciting new plays live from the studio.

Changing Lives by Anita Martin

Stephen Schwartz honors Corey Mitchell with inaugural award The post Changing Lives appeared first on Dramatics Magazine Online.

Review: The Last Five Years, Lambert Jackson Productions by Samuel Nicholls

Review: The Last Five Years, Lambert Jackson Productions 4.0Stars One of the last pieces of theatre I managed to see before the COVID-19 lockdown decimated normal life (and made live perform…

VIDEO: Primera Fila Creates Special Pride Video Featuring Matt Lucas, Cheyenne Jackson, and More

Once again, Spanish online theatre magazine Primera Fila joins Pride in a very special way. Starring some of the world's best-known artists and activists, the site has released an orig…

Review: Scenes For Survival – Dreaming of Edinburgh, National Theatre of Scotland by Mirren Wilson

Review: Scenes For Survival - Dreaming of Edinburgh, National Theatre of Scotland3.0Stars“Edinburgh is the most erotic city in the world.” There’s a conversation starter for you. A you…

Judi Dench expresses concern that UK theatres won’t reopen in her lifetime by Sean McLoughlin

Dame Judi Dench has earned a reputation as one of the greatest actresses in British history, predominantly through her work

Boris Johnson’s Government Releases ‘Roadmap’ To Restarting Live Performance; Arts World Says, Is That All There Is? by Artsjournal1

“On Thursday, Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden published the five-stage plan for a ‘phased return’, which will initially let performances take place outdoors, with indoors performances …

Merrigong Theatre Company facing insolvency by Sean McLoughlin

Scott Morrison’s recent announcement of a $250 million rescue package, for the arts and entertainment sector, may have come a

Join first-ever 24-hour Women Of The World Festival this weekend by Hira Desai

This weekend's WOW Global 24 is WOW's first-ever free 24-hour online festival uniting women and girls across the world. Find out how you can join in here. The post Join first-ever 24-hour W…

Rorschach Theatre to stream ‘Magic in Rough Spaces’ this weekend by News Desk

Four pieces developed by Rorschach Theatre artists will be showcased in online readings this weekend, June 27 and 28, 2020, as “Magic in Rough Spaces.” Three works are brand new; one is …

NEWS: Hairspray postpones for a second time, now runs for 19 weeks from April 2021 by Press Releases

The return of Hairspray the Musical has been postponed again. It will now return next April, a full year after originally scheduled, but now for a longer, 19-week season, rather than ten wee…

Summer books of 2020: Pop music

Ludovic Hunter-Tilney selects his best mid-year reads

Today on Broadway: Friday, June 26, 2020 by Ashley Steves

“The Minutes” and “American Buffalo” Will Bump Up Their Openings To Spring 2021, Signature Theatre Co-Founder Steps Down After Sexual Assault Allegations “Today on Broadway” is a…

Summer books of 2020: Film

Danny Leigh selects his best mid-year reads

Amanda Kloots Shares That Nick Cordero is Able to Communicate With His Eyes and Jaw

Amanda Kloots has shared a health update on her husband, Nick Cordero, in a message on Instagram yesterday.

Review: Pericles, Flute Theatre by Ryan Van Champion

Review: Pericles, Flute Theatre5.0StarsThis time of isolation can be difficult for most, but those with Autism can experience it to a much higher degree. With Pericles, Flute Theatre have de…

Review: Select a Quest, Pins and Needles Productions by Nina Cave

Review: Select a Quest, Pins and Needles Productions 2.0Stars Pins and Needles, Olivier Award Winning Theatre Company, have created Select a Quest over 72 hours in lockdown. Aimed at childre…

As ‘Hamilton’ becomes a movie, suddenly we’re all in the room where it happens by Peter Marks

Lin-Manuel Miranda says “conventional wisdom is wrong”; now is the perfect time to stream the filmed version of his juggernaut stage musical.

VIDEO: Watch a Teaser For THE SOUND OF MUSIC LIVE!, Streaming Today as Part of THE SHOWS MUST GO ON!

THE SHOWS MUST GO ON! YouTube Channel will continue with THE SOUND OF MUSIC LIVE!, a television special originally broadcast by NBC in 2013, featuring seven-time Grammy Award-winner Carrie…

Sleepless, A Musical Romance will open this summer with social distancing by Hira Desai

We’ve got some great news for the hopeless romantics out there! It was announced today that SLEEPLESS, A Musical Romance, based on the original screenplay Sleepless in Seattle, will premie…

5-Stage Plan announced by Culture Secretary for reopening theatres!

At long last the government have announced a plan on how we will reopen our theatres. The theatre community have been calling on the government for desperately needed assistance, as theatres…

ArtsBeat TV/Radio 6/26/20. Hartford's TheaterWorks by Mark G Auerbach

New#ArtsBeat TV/Radio today. Hartford’s TheaterWorks’s innovative Rob Ruggiero, Taneisha Duggan, and Eric Ort talk about TheaterWorks' online programming and plans for the 2020-21 season.

The Da Vinci Code UK Tour 2021 – Live On Stage – Book Now by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo Dan Brown's international bestseller The Da Vinci Code is now an epic stage thriller. The Da Vinci Code UK Tour launches in 2021 This post The Da Vinci Code UK Tour 2021 –…

A Midsummer Night's Dream, National Theatre At Home review – a mad delight by Laura De Lisle

Nicholas Hytner makes the familiar gloriously strange in this slippery, sumptuous show Nicholas Hytner’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, filmed for NT Live at the Bridge Theatre last su…

Broadway Games: Six Degrees of Broadway Separation by JK

Can you figure out how these shows connect to each other in order? Are they connected by an actor? A director? The theater they played in? Or something else altogether? Remember, you are fig…

What makes a summer movie? by Terry Teachout

I’ve written an essay for Saturday’s Wall Street Journal about the history of summer movies in America. Here’s an excerpt. *  *  * Summer is here—but there are no movies to mark …

Imaginary reunion by Terry Teachout

In today’s Wall Street Journal I review an Original Theater Company/59E59 Theaters webcast of Alan Bennett’s The Habit of Art. Here’s an excerpt. *  *  * Except for “The History…

Replay: Richard Burton talks about Dylan Thomas by Terry Teachout

Richard Burton talks about Dylan Thomas and Under Milk Wood in a BBC interview originally telecast on February 15, 1971: (This is the latest in a series of arts- and history-related videos…

On This Day In New York Theater: June 26 in the 1920’s, 1930’s and 1940’s by Barry Gordin

By: Samuel L. Leiter (No. 8 in the series) June 26, 2020: Judging by the dearth of shows that opened in the last days of June during the twenties, thirties, and forties, it almost lo…

Almanac: Rollo May on depression by Terry Teachout

“Depression is the inability to construct a future.” Rollo May, Love and Will Continue reading Almanac: Rollo May on depression at About Last Night.

Come From Away's Virtual West End LIVE | Performances, Q&A and more! by Official London Theatre

Winners of Mousetrap Awards 2020 announced including Dear Evan Hansen & Sir Ian McKellen by Hira Desai

The first-ever digital Mousetrap Awards took place on Wednesday 24 June. The winners were announced online. Find out all about it here. The post Winners of Mousetrap Awards 2020 announced i…

Review: The Spirit, Thibault Delferiere & New Perspectives by Anna Perry

Review: The Spirit, Thibault Delferiere & New Perspectives4.0StarsGyrating defiantly from the stage to screen, Thibault Delferiere’s aptly-named trilogy of work, The Spirit, attempts t…

The Last Five Years review – poignant deconstruction of a marriage by Arifa Akbar

Available onlineThere are astute lyrics and energetic performances in this tale of a relationship, from first night to marriage to break-up Hottest front-room seats: the best theatre and dan…

‘An enjoyable piece of audio drama in these troubling times’: JOAN – Cressida Peever (Online review) by Amy Toledano

JOAN follows the young titular character as she strives to make her mark on the world and change it for the better.

Suddenly, next summer: many theaters and concert series postpone their seasons a whole year, but some test the waters by Christopher Arnott

While a few theaters are attempting to stage shows this summer, most are staying closed. Ivoryton Playhouse, Talcott Mountain Music Festival and Westport Country Playhouse are among the perf…

World Premiere Sleepless Musical to open at London’s Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre this August!

Sleepless A Musical Romance starring Jay McGuiness and Kimberley Walsh is set to open at Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre on 25 August 2020 with its official press night on 1 September 2020.…

How to make brown furniture look brilliant

Antiques can be enlivened with bold upholstery patterns and light wall colours or wallpaper

Hairspray at the London Coliseum rescheduled to play from April 2021 by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo Hairspray the musical starring Michael Ball will now play at the London Coliseum from 22 April 2021 due to theatre closure. This post Hairspray at the London Coliseum resched…

SLEEPLESS, A MUSICAL ROMANCE To Open With Social Distancing This Summer

SLEEPLESS, A Musical Romance, based on the original screenplay Sleepless in Seattle, will premiere at the Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre, London on Tuesday 1 September 2020, with previews f…

On the Couch with Sarah Runcie by Arts Review

Who is Sarah Runcie? The Chief Executive Officer of the Brisbane Writers Festival, mother to a red-headed, and occasionally red-tempered, nine-year old, a garden enthusiast, an avid reader a…

Hairspray at the London Coliseum reschedules its run to 2021

It has been announced that due to the ongoing situation surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK, the upcoming West End revival of Hairspray has been once again rescheduled. The musical …

Kimberley Walsh and Jay McGuiness perform Are You Looking Up from new musical Sleepless by Official London Theatre

Sir Ian McKellen to play Hamlet in 'age-blind' theatre production by Louis Chilton, Louis Chilton

Actor previously took on the role nearly five decades ago

BLEED: Biennial Live Event in the Everyday Digital by Arts Review

Interrogating how live Australian performance can be co-created with residencies, research and presentations as they seek to understand, stretch and respond to our digital existence and expe…

Culture Secretary announces a roadmap towards reopening of the performing arts sectors by Hira Desai

Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden announces a five-stage roadmap to bring our choirs, orchestras, and theatres back safely. Read it here. The post Culture Secretary announces a roadmap toward…

The Taverna by Arts Review

A brand new black comedy from award-winning Australian writer/director Alkinos Tsilimidos, The Taverna covers one utterly chaotic evening in a family run Greek restaurant. It’s a busy nigh…

Grzegorz Jarzyna On The Pandemic And Post-Pandemic Theatre by International Online Theatre Festival

Grzegorz Jarzyna – the head and artistic director of TR Warszawa (Poland)– responds to Boris Yukhananov and discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected his work, TR Warszawa, and th…

Dylan Van Den Berg wins 2020 Griffin Award by Arts Review

Dylan Van Den Berg has been awarded the 2020 Griffin Award for new Australian playwriting for his play: way back when. Set in a fictional post-colonial Tasmania, way back when sees Ghost, a …

Three stories of triumph coming to one: Finding family through dance by Admin

A true treasure of a life in dance can be the communities we find along the way. We find these communities through lows and highs, through hardship and triumph. Dannys Gonzalez, Steven Vilsa…

Family Album: With Artistic Director Stas Zhyrkov And Director Matteo Spiazzi by Melissa Trepa

Inside Look at Family Album  Artistic and Financial Director, Stas Zhyrkov and Director, Matteo Spiazzi, give their take on their production of Family Album and its impact on our current cl…

Songs of Bernadette by Arts Review

On Sunday 28 June, Bernadette Robinson launches her new album, Songs of Bernadette, in her debut live-stream performance from MEMO Music Hall. Robinson’s performances in her solo show Song…

TDF Giving Day 2020 by TDF

Flashback Friday: When Larry David and David Schwimmer Starred in The Producers on Broadway

OK, it was Broadway by way of Curb Your Enthusiasm.

How to watch Global Pride this Saturday! by Arts Review

Hundreds of Pride festivals from across the globe have been cancelled due to Covid-19, but the Pride spirit lives on! The Global Pride 24-hour online broadcast is happening on YouTube and …

The Adventures of Pericles Preshow | Stratford Festival On Film by Stratford Festival

‘World of Dance’ Season 4: Get to know Project 21 by Admin

While we are only in the beginning stages of Season 4, the World of Dance competition is starting to heat up as more and more hopefuls from all over the country have displayed their talents …

Antoinette Nwandu: ‘I long for white writers to wrestle with whiteness’

The American playwright on writing ‘Pass Over’ and how the theatre industry needs to dig deep

Summer books of 2020: Visual arts

Jackie Wullschläger selects her best mid-year reads

The International Association of Blacks in Dance announces "Can You Hear Me Now?" Campaign by The Dance Enthusiast

The International Association of Blacks in Dance announces "Can You Hear Me Now?", an online and social media campaign dedicated to acknowledging and dismantling long-standing racial dispar…

Ping Chong + Company Presents NOCTURNE REMIX 2020, An Online Gallery Reflecting On The Times by The Dance Enthusiast

Ping Chong + Company Presents NOCTURNE REMIX 2020, An Online Gallery Reflecting On The Times

Mario Cantone, Kevyn Morrow, Telly Leung, and More Star in Pride Plays’ The Men From the Boys June 26 by Ruthie Fierberg

The Boys in the Band star Zachary Quinto directs the live stream of Mart Crowley's sequel to his Off-Broadway hit.

Checking In With… Tina: The Tina Turner Musical's Jessica Rush by Andrew Gans

Rush has temporarily relocated to La Jolla with husband and fellow actor Eric Anderson and their daughter Elliot.

Gloria: A Life, Starring Emmy Winner Christine Lahti, Airs on PBS June 26 by Andrew Gans

Tony nominee Emily Mann's Off-Broadway production follows feminist trailblazer Gloria Steinem, before opening the conversation up to the audience.

Celebrate Sean Hayes With a Look Back at Promises, Promises on Broadway by Marc J. Franklin

The Emmy Award winner and Tony Award nominee celebrates his birthday June 26.