Don't miss the series premiere of 'Filthy Rich,' starring Sex and the City star Kim Cattrall on Monday, September 21 at 9/8c.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:18PMMARSH’S ONLINE SOLO FEST LOOKS FOR PERFORMERS From Ann Randolph’s Loveland in 2010 to Dan Hoyle’s Border People last year, The Marsh has presented some of the greatest solo shows I hav…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 05:17PMIt seems like the entire edifice is teetering. If you can’t pay musicians, you can’t get live music. Culture, while a major economic sector, will likely be one of the last to restart aft…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:06PMEven before the pandemic, Greece’s theaters were in trouble. Years of austerity saw government spending on the arts slashed, with subsidies for the largest theaters cut in half, or withdra…
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Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley announced today that the cast of a?oeLA Lawa?? will join them on a?oeStars in the Housea?? LIVE Tuesday, August 4th at 8 PM ET on the Stars In The House YouTub…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:57PMThe virtual workshops will pair the selected playwrights with directors, dramaturgs, and professional actors.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:47PM(Via John Wyszniewski, Everyman Agency.) Laurie Metcalf, Kelli O’Hara, Brian Cox, Austin Pendleton, Daniel K. Isaac, and More Premiere New Work by Craig Lucas, Lena Dunham, Sylvia Khoury, …
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 04:27PMFor a group of scholars, scientists and musicians, Hagia Sophia’s rededication as a Muslim place of worship threatens to cloak a less tangible treasure: its sound. Bissera Pentcheva, an ar…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:06PMFrom woodblock printing (3rd century) to movable type (11th century — sorry, Gutenberg) to stereotyping (in the original sense; ca. 1700) to paperbacks (ca. 1845) to hot-metal typesetting …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:06PMBorn in Calais, France, Fabrice Fourmanoir, 63, might once have been dismissed as a crackpot, a wannabe who would never be welcomed into the sophisticated enclave of art scholarship. But sin…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:06PMAlexis Soloski: “As an undergraduate 20 years ago, I had majored in theater and back then, our training was exclusively and incontrovertibly face to face. Good acting happened in the momen…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:06PMHe was nominated for the best-director Oscar for the 1978 film “Midnight Express” and again 10 years later for “Mississippi Burning.” – The New York Times
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Available onlineThere are a string of cartoonish events and a jangly slice of chart-topping indie pop in this play about missed opportunities
Hottest front-room seats: the best theatre and d…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:48PMEt Alia, a femme-fronted and -focused arts alliance, launches July 31.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:46PMWatch the new trailer for the Southern drama about a mega-wealthy Christian family and its upheaval.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:35PMALIX is a rising, independent singer/songwriter, whose new song “Good” (co-written with NEZZA) really struck a chord with me. It’s about the ending of a relationship, but instead of wi…
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 03:24PMThe country’s first and only African American children’s museum may not have planned for the pandemic, but it was ready.
This year brought a resurgence of pu…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 03:10PMBroadway veteran Lance Roberts' guest this week is Two Time Tony Award winner, Donna Murphy. The conversation features Lance and his guest talking about THE MOMENT his guest got THE CALL to …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:06PMLaura Benanti (My Fair Lady), Megan Hilty (TV's 'Smash'), and musical theatre legend Chita Rivera (West Side Story) will be making appearances in WEST SIDE STORIES: Celebrating NYC in the 19…
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The Muny artist created a moving dance piece at the St. Louis outdoor venue.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:47PMYou are cordially invited to A KILLER PARTY - A MURDER MYSTERY MUSICAL - a brand-new musical premiering online this August, starring Broadway theater favorites Jeremy Jordan, Laura Osnes, Al…
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:29PMIn this gay haven known for its nightlife, the crowds are smaller this summer. And the nightclubs are closed. But by the pool, the show goes on.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:24PMIn “The 7th Voyage of Egon Tichy,” an experimental theater lab operating from a closet adapts a timely tale about the solitude of cramped quarters.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:24PMBut the company remains true to its focus on new work and egalitarian principles.
Prop Thtr will probably never produce Stephen Sondheim's Follies. Yet somehow, …
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 02:15PMJacqueline Youm, founder of one of DC’s newest companies, JaYo Théâtre, is from Senegal, the daughter of an International Monetary Fund economist. Watch below as this talented performer,…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:12PMThe company’s two-year exploration of Paula Vogel, Lynn Nottage, and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins will be presented as audio plays and podcasts.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:09PMJason Farago: “Tokyo 2020, its name unchanged, will now take place in July 2021 if it takes place at all. Yet all around the Japanese capital is the legacy of another Olympics: the 1964 Su…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:06PMAll members of the theater community - including those who work onstage, backstage and everywhere in between - are encouraged to participate on any and all of their social media platforms, u…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:06PMWhen I pop around and listen to public radio streams from around the country, they almost universally sound like they did before the pandemic started. Same with the programs themselves. Thin…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:06PMCongratulations! You've made it through another week, in good health we hope. Here's our weekly game to bring you some theater related fun and stress relief. Today we bring back a favorite -…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 02:03PMLong Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut, announces Black Trans Women at the Center: An Evening of Short Plays, a celebration of Black trans talent and experience coproduced by Lady Dane…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:00PMThe Beautiful director and longtime Broadway associate director will chat live on The Broadway Q&A from Playbill and The Growing Studio August 3.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:00PM
Elyse Sommer on the pleasures and pitfalls of our current couch potato lives
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 01:54PMBy Douglas Mayo
Sir Alan Parker has passed away today aged 76. The acclaimed director of Bugsy Malone, The Commitments and Evita passed following a lengthy illness.
This post Sir Alan Parker…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 01:44PMFind out what's on tap for several regional theaters across the country.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:42PMThe union Equity said that the PM’s last-minute announcement was ‘distressing news’ as venues in England face financial hit
The government’s last-minute delay to lockdown easing has …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:36PMThe first week in August is always National Clown Week, first inaugurated crazily enough by President Richard Nixon in 1971. Be that as it may, I’ll be honoring the day tomorrow with a spe…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 01:24PMAhead of the virtual edition on August 1, revisit the previous edition of the annual Broadway striptease.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:19PMFrom established stage authors to wannabe first-timers, playwrights from all over the region are drawn each year to create a unique ten-minute play festival called The Variations Project. Fo…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 01:15PMSince art, like life itself, constantly renews itself, new generations of artists arrive on stages, and in studios and publishing houses, whether we are ready for them or not. They are not d…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:06PMThe day has finally come for both The Lion King fans and Beyoncé fans alike. Queen Bee's highly anticipated concept album slash musical film, Black is King, has now been released on Disn…
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 01:00PM
Stars in the House continues today (8pm) with AVENUE Q Original Broadway Cast members Jennifer Barnhart, Stephanie D'Abruzzo, Jordan Gelber, Ann Harada, Rick Lyon and John Tartaglia.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:54PMWesley Morris: “What would an American version be? Court, theater, a hearing, a telethon, therapy, TV, church, Ken Burns, Anna Deavere Smith? Each perhaps — and more. Who would make it? …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:48PMThe video-sharing social media app said in a blog post Wednesday that it will give creators in the U.S. over $1 billion in the next three years, and more than double that globally. – CNBC
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:48PMThe work will premiere in 2021.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:42PMBroadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS is making social distancing sexy! As previously announced, the organization is taking its annual striptease spectacular online for the first time this weeke…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:36PMBy . ArtsEmerson presents a Conversation with Igor Golyak and Wang Chong livestreaming on the global, commons-based, peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Tuesday 11 August 2…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 12:15PMSaturday, August 15 at 6:30 PM
July 31, 2020: Celebrate ARF and honor their staff with the Champion of Animals award for their selflessness and dedication to the animals and ARF's missio…
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How well were you following theater news and reviews in the month of July? Take this quiz to find out.
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:53AMWhat happens when Patti LuPone meets Lady Gaga? Watch as your favorite Broadway stars put their stamp on songs from the movie musicals you haven't seen on stage yet! Christina Bianco sings a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:48AMNo, Dostoevsky’s novel is only the second-most popular title among inmates there; Bulgakov’s The Master and Margarita is in the top spot, with Dumas’s The Count of Monte Cristo at numb…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:48AMMandy Patinkin and his wife Kathryn Grody are at it again! This time the stage and screen star is taking a deep dive into Kathryn's 38,000 unread emails. a?oeNothing gets me more excited th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:48AMKitsch is a conflicted term—hard to strictly define, but as with Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart’s joke about pornography, one knows it when one sees it. For the purchasers of kitsc…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:48AMA stage play about the life story and written works of the late author and poet Maya Angelou has now found its scribe. Native Son and The Chi writer Nambi E. Kelley has signed on for Phenome…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:42AMThe media advocacy organization GLAAD has announced the winners of the 31st Annual GLAAD Media Awards. The virtual ceremony, which featured appearances from Ben Platt, Kandi Burruss, Kaitlyn…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:42AMAs previously announced, Olivier Award winner Andrew Scott, known for his work on season two of Fleabag, will star in Stephen Beresford's new play Three Kings, which will be streamed live di…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:42AMThe annual fundraising event for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS will live on digitally through streamed sizzling striptease featuring NYC’s hottest dancers.
The post Don’t Miss: ‘B…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 11:42AMMassachusetts' Provincetown Theater, which recently offered a one-night-only streamed presentation of a 2013 performance of David Drake's The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me, will present this …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:42AMCatch these theatre and theatre-adjacent streams July 31–August 2.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:27AMThe daily series from Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley celebrates the ongoing campaign.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:19AMWith her sitcom over and marriage finished, Lucille Ball fulfilled an old dream: a stint on Broadway. It did not go well.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:03AMWelcome back, readers, and prepare ye for four more predictions for post-Covid Broadway. In case you missed it, my first four projections went up here a wee 24 hours ago. And I emailed …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM
Stephanie Hsu stars in the new feminist comedy, Asking for It
SOURCE: Forbes at 10:53AMThe third annual festival from The Sol Project will feature new plays, a sneak peek at a new musical, short films, panels, and more.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:50AMBarrington Stage Company in the Berkshires was all set to go with a production of playwright David Cale’s one-man play Harry Clarke — the union had given the go-ahead, and the theater ha…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:42AM“Venues newly allowed to reopen to customers include movie theaters, auditoriums, stadiums and performing arts centers. Those represent the last of the business restrictions not rolled bac…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:42AM“Because he was not a celebrity editor, he was not particularly well known outside the publishing universe. But let us assure you, because we saw it firsthand: There was nobody quite like …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:42AMIn a statement that also announced the cancellation of all remaining 2020 performances (including The Nutcracker), the company revealed that Michael Pastreich is departing after 14 months. H…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:42AM“During my senior year of undergrad, my voice teacher complimented me on my final Mainstage role by saying: ‘You did great! And you don’t even look African-American on stage!'”“[Th…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:42AMShirley Verrett: “Maestro Stokowski called. He was embarrassed, but said that it would not be possible for me to sing with the Houston Symphony because the symphony board did not want to u…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:42AM“A sprawling, 44-day anniversary program has been mostly postponed until next year. It has been replaced with a reduced, 30-day schedule, through Aug. 30, of concerts, plays and two (inste…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:42AMAs part of the "Flying Free: Wicked Inspired Songs" series (presented with ASCAP) discover the wonderful new work “Token Goat Song” from songwriter Rona Siddiqui, filmed last year and pe…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 10:41AMAnother new month means another new lineup of BroadwayHD programming. This streaming roster includes popular comedy and musical titles to watch all month long. Leading the way this month is …
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 10:32AMThe virtual reunion benefits The Actors Fund.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:30AMJosh, Chris, and John discuss Idiot's Delight, the first of three (!!!) Pulitzer Prize-winning plays by Robert E. Sherwood.
SOURCE: phindie.com at 10:19AMThe £12,000 prize is a galvanising moment for industry that must ‘rejuvenate rather than regress’ after the Covid-19 pandemic
The longlisted writers for a new prize for female playwrigh…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:18AMTheaterMania will stream the event live.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:18AMFellow original stars Usman Ally and Christian Litke will also join the reading.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:18AMThe pair gave a virtual performance from the Stephen Schwartz musical, which debuted in the West End earlier this year.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:05AMAuthor: Jelena Gvozden Note: It would be great if the two parts of the interview could be hyperlinked to each other once they are published. Espi Tomičić is a new playwright on the Croa…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 10:04AMI became intrigued with Laura Lee (1910-1981) on account of her fetching appearance in three Joe E. Brown comedies, all made in 1930: Top Speed, Maybe It’s Love, and Going Wild. IMDB to th…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:03AMWonder Fools have revived their intriguing two-hander The Coolidge Effect about the insidious effect of pornography, for an audio, lockdown production that actively enhances the intimacy of …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMOur friends at Stars in the House, the online web series supporting The Actors Fund are presenting a 17th anniversary Broadway opening night reunion of the original Broadway cast. We're look…
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 10:00AM
The resident summer cohort of feminist producing organization Experimental B*tch Presents share thoughts on their works in progress.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:44AMRestrictions on indoor performances at theatres and music venues will not ease for at least another two weeks
SOURCE: The Independent at 09:36AMFaculty from the two theatre programs will take your questions during the live stream.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:30AMThe annual striptease heads online August 1 to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:18AMRebecca Robbins is a singer, actress, and cancer survivor. Four months after making her Broadway debut she was diagnosed with Stage II Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. Her story of strength inspired m…
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 09:18AMPtaszynski whose hits included the musical Matilda was one of the West End’s ‘greatest experts’
Tributes have been paid to the distinguished theatre producer André Ptaszynski, who has…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:12AMThe standup, writer and comedian on the things that make her laugh the most
Eddie Murphy doing an impression of Richard Pryor in Raw, telling outrageously accurate jokes about having a poo. …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:12AMThe actor and activist looks back on a career that began on Broadway in 1950 and took her around the world to tell Black women's stories.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:00AM
The Dublin band’s tendency towards the propulsive and often somewhat doomy is accentuated on their second album
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 08:40AMTo celebrate the 25th season of Encores!, the New York City Center began with a compilation show called Hey, Look Me Over! Watch Clifton Duncan perform 'Never Will I Marry' from the show!
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:32AMA lineup of guests have been announced for the first-ever stream of Broadway Bares this Saturday, August 1, 2020.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:32AMOld Vic theatre told fans the live-streamed performances would be rescheduled
SOURCE: The Independent at 08:32AMA new documentary chronicling the formation, rise and break-up of the iconic group hits all the familiar Behind the Music beats, but does so with a bracing, clear-eyed candor.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 08:06AM
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has updated the country in regard to local lockdowns and indoor performances following the Coronavirus rate of infection increase. This delay will affect reopeni…
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 07:45AMProminent black Britons discuss the conversations where children learn how skin colour will impact their lives
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 07:39AMThe Government has announced that the planned easing of some restrictions tomorrow, will not be going ahead due to a rise in coronavirus cases.
The post The Government announces that some co…
SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 07:22AMWelcome to episode 17 of AYT in Isolation where we’re having another threeway; this time with the joint Artistic Directors of Paines Plough, Katie Posner and Charlotte Bennett. Katie is an…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:12AMEleanor Dewar misses the feeling of belonging that comes from attending the theatre but she doesn’t want things to go back to ‘normal’. Praising Flute Theatre for their work, she hopes…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:12AMAvailable onlinePaul Lightfoot and Sol León bow out with two pieces, Standby and She Remembers, bringing dancers out of lockdown
Hottest front-room seats: the best theatre and dance to watc…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:03AMPolly Findlay's 2015 take on Shakespeare's trickiest comedy pays dividends
Ah, 2015. Those halcyon days of packed theatres. Thank God the RSC had the presence of mind to film Polly Findlay�…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 07:03AMIn today’s Wall Street Journal drama column I review the PBS webcast of the 2016 Broadway revival of Noël Coward’s Present Laughter. Here’s an excerpt.
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PBS has telecast do…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:02AMThe “overture” to Mark Morris’ staging of the Virgil Thomson-Gertrude Stein opera Four Saints in Three Acts, featuring the Mark Morris Dance Group and performed at the Brooklyn Academ…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:01AMBuilding off the success of the movie musical adaptation of Hamilton, reports have confirmed another musical is being adapted for
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:00AM“Dancers are auto-erotic and have no conversation.”
Virgil Thomson, The State of Music
Continue reading Almanac: Virgil Thomson on dancers at About Last Night.
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:00AM
Not just six, but eleven incredible past and present Queens will come together to perform a whole concert's worth of their favourite songs.
The post Eleven past and present Queens to perfo…
SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 06:28AMToday's top stories: an adaptation of Once On This Island is headed to Disney+, The Phantom of the Opera will not close permanently in the West End, and more!
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:18AMJane Clegg falls into the category of a well-made play of three acts and is none the worse for that. Its elegant structure and growing sense of tension make it an absolute pleasure to watch.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMAs the coronavirus pandemic surges, recedes and surges again, an exhibit at Eastern Connecticut State University in Willimantic reminds us of a second and more longer-lasting crisis assaulti…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM
I am sure a lot of people are wondering what other people are doing about performances as you plan for the day you can actually start again. Classicfm.com shared a number of images and video…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 05:54AMFrom the “more things change, the more things stay the same,” whose life do you think this describes? ….she is particularly sharp-eyed, and refreshing, on the practicalities that shape…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 05:54AMI have had a little bit of survey fatigue so I haven’t been keeping up with Colleen Dilenschneider’s ongoing updates on audiences willingness to return to cultural organizations. As a re…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 05:54AMWho is Jonathan Homsey? Jonathan loves making choreography as much as he loves Japanese mayonnaise. His love for dance, visual art and social engagement has taken him around the world and lo…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 05:34AMThe 23rd South Australian Living Artists (SALA) Festival celebrates South Australia’s visual artists throughout August. The 2020 program is a dynamic mix of exhibitions with over 5500 arti…
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