Saturday, August 8, 2020 at 11pm (Broadway Time)
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“My White Best Friend (And Other Letters Left Unsaid)” at The Royal Court by Aleks Sierz

The strength of the response to the re-emergence of the Black Lives Matter campaign has encouraged some theatres to create provocative, new work. Often, the keynote is a personal feeling. On…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 11:25PM

Theatre Companies Are Pushing Storytelling Boundaries With Online Audiences Amid COVID-19 by Kelsey Jacobson

One night in April, I found myself holding my cat up to my laptop, eagerly showing her off to a group of strangers on Zoom. I was, in fact, an audience member immersed in a production of Sha…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 11:20PM
Saturday, August 8, 2020 at 9pm (Broadway Time)
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“Fiddler on the Roof” Predicts Progressive Politics—Streaming Netflix by Jordan Freed

Reflections Chaim Topol’s Tevye Proves We Can Change by Jordan Freed A few days ago, I noticed that Netflix was suggesting the 1971 film of the 1964 musical “Fiddler on the Roof.” In t…

SOURCE: Theatrius at 09:07PM
Saturday, August 8, 2020 at 8pm (Broadway Time)
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VIDEO: Watch Broadway Unite to #SavetheArts on STARS IN THE HOUSE

Stars in the House continues today (8pm) for a third installment of #SavetheArts! Past guests have included: Annette Bening, Alex Brightman, Kenny Leon, Marlee Matlin, Rosie Perez, Randy Ra…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:47PM
Saturday, August 8, 2020 at 7pm (Broadway Time)
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Seth Rogen Discusses AN AMERICAN PICKLE's Scene Featuring Barbra Streisand in YENTL

The new film An American Pickle, starring Seth Rogen, includes a scene where two characters, both played by Rogen, watch Barbra Streisand in the 1983 film Yentel. Rogen chatted with USA Tod…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:44PM

Seth Rogen Discusses AN AMERICAN PICKLE's Scene Featuring Barbra Streisand in YENTEL

The new film An American Pickle, starring Seth Rogen, includes a scene where two characters, both played by Rogen, watch Barbra Streisand in the 1983 film Yentel. Rogen chatted with USA Tod…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:42PM
Saturday, August 8, 2020 at 6pm (Broadway Time)
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Theater Review: CRUSH (No Puppet Co.) by Gregory Bernard

WORLD PREMIERE OF PUPPET PLAY, CRUSH, FINALLY GETS ITS DUE No Puppet Co. is offering the World Premiere of CRUSH, an ingenious, fun video puppet play presented in six parts and released i…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 06:49PM

Ghost Light review – a feast of dreams from the National Theatre of Scotland by Mark Fisher

Available onlineHope Dickson Leach’s magical, flickering film of past and postponed works is a dazzling theatrical relay race The test of a good production of Peter Pan is the scene where…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:36PM

Tonya Pinkins Discusses Her New Film RED PILL and More on Backstage LIVE With Richard Ridge

Nothing can stop BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge from bringing you interviews with your favorite Broadway stars! On August 7, he chatted with the incredible Tonya Pinkins about her new f…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:36PM

VIDEO: Madonna is Working on a Screenplay With Diablo Cody

Madonna revealed on Instagram that she is working on a screenplay with Diablo Cody!

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:36PM

Review Roundup: Berkshire Theatre Group's GODSPELL - The First Equity-Approved Production Since March

All eyes are on the Berkshire Theatre Group, as the first musical in the United States to be approved by Actors' Equity Association has officially begun performances.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:34PM

Special Report and Video: Inside The Walt Disney Family Museum's AN EVENING WITH ALAN MENKEN

On August 8th, 2020, The Walt Disney Family Museum hosted their first virtual fundraiser - An Evening with Alan Menken.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:26PM

COVID-19 KNOCKED ACTORS OFF THE BROADWAY STAGE.  BUT ARE THE LIGHT DIM FOREVER? by Robert Shuman

(Daniel Arkin’s article appeared on ABC News on , 8/7; via the Drudge Report. Photos: The livelihoods of thousands of Broadway performers were dramatically upended after the coronavirus cr…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 06:26PM

VIDEO: The Forest of Arden Company Members Discuss Their Collaboration and Experiences

The Forest of Arden, the theatre company launched by Michael Arden, has released a new video, in which the company members talk about their creative process, and what it's been like to coll…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:16PM

Debra Messing and Eric McCormack Will Moderate an Online Discussion and Fundraiser For Joe Biden

Debra Messing and Eric McCormack will moderate an upcoming online discussion and fundraiser for Joe Biden.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:09PM

VIDEO: Sir Patrick Stewart Continues #ASonnetADay With Sonnet 107

Sir Patrick Stewart is continuing his #ASonnetADay series with Sonnet 107!

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:02PM
Saturday, August 8, 2020 at 4pm (Broadway Time)
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Howard on Disney Plus: The Broadway talent who rejected Broadway by New York Theater

“The last great place to do Broadway musicals is in animation,” says Howard Ashman, in “Howard,” a new documentary on Disney+ that offers a simultaneously sad and inspiring look at A…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 04:09PM
Saturday, August 8, 2020 at 3pm (Broadway Time)
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Saturday, August 8, 2020 at 2pm (Broadway Time)
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Dustin Hoffman and the Descent of Hollywood by Trav S.D.

As far as I’m concerned, the jury is out on Dustin Hoffman’s 2017 sexual misconduct allegations, and if they are true, I think we can safely talk about his work as an actor as an indepen…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 02:42PM

Review: Natalie Barney’s Last Salon, Reading Fringe Digital by Mirren Wilson

Review: Natalie Barney's Last Salon, Reading Fringe Digital 4.0stars Now who doesn’t love a deep chat about a ruddy good book? Have you got a book swap on the go with your friends or are y…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:18PM

Review: The Stove, Electric Dreams Festival, Emma Brand by Nina Cave

Review: The Stove, Electric Dreams Festival, Emma Brand4.0StarsThe Stove was created by Emma Brand to bring people together. Through the intense lockdown of March-June, around once a week a …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:18PM

Review: The Boy In The Book, Electric Dreams Festival / CYOD and TheSpace by Samuel Nicholls

Review: The Boy In The Book, Electric Dreams Festival / CYOD and TheSpace 5.0Stars First published in 1979, the Choose Your Own Adventure books by Charles Packard were a niche but beloved pa…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:18PM

VIDEO: Watch an Encore Presentation of Marlo Thomas and Friends with Free To Be...You and Me on STARS IN THE HOUSE

Stars in the House continues today (2pm) with a very special encore presentation of 'Free To Be...You and Me' which originally aired on June 26. Actress and activist Marlo Thomas created t…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:12PM

‘Godspell’ Review: Musical Theater Rises From the Dead by Ben Brantley

The Berkshire Theater Group put on the first professional musical in the U.S. since the pandemic lockdown, and it’s a revival in every sense.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:02PM
Saturday, August 8, 2020 at 1pm (Broadway Time)
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Looking back ten years ago this week- one of the most successful replacement casts ever! by Fred Landau

Looking back ten years ago this week-  one of the most successful replacement casts ever!  It's 10 years this week since one of the best reviewed and most surprisingly well-realized replac…

SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 01:10PM
Saturday, August 8, 2020 at noon (Broadway Time)
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Stars in the House Welcomes LaChanze, Jessie Mueller, Melissa Manchester, Barry Manilow to #SaveTheArts August 8 by Andrew Gans

The daily series from Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley celebrates the ongoing campaign.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:35PM

Bryan Cranston by NPR

Bryan Cranston, star of Breaking Bad, joins us along with panelists Tracy Clayton, Joel Kim Booster and Tom Bodett.

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 12:00PM
Saturday, August 8, 2020 at 11am (Broadway Time)
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PHOTOS: South Africa's Zip Zap Circus Brings A Big Heart To The Big Top by Tommy Trenchard

The circus was founded to lift kids out of poverty and change racial attitudes. It's become a world-famous institution — performing for Barack Obama, for example — while holding true to …

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 11:12AM

’An extraordinary piece of storytelling’: BLINDNESS – Donmar Warehouse ★★★★★ by Rev Stan

Blindness is adapted by Simon Stephens from a novel by José Saramago and tells the story of an epidemic in which people suddenly go blind.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AM
Saturday, August 8, 2020 at 10am (Broadway Time)
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Nita Talbot: Siren of Stalag 13 by Trav S.D.

A mash note today to comic actress Nita Talbot (Anita Sokol, b. 1930). Being of a certain age, I know Talbot chiefly from what might be called her “middle period”. I almost certainly fir…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:18AM

For International Cat Day: Josie and the Pussycats by Trav S.D.

This being International Cat Day, and a Saturday Morning to boot, I thought I’d give a brief nod to an important animated Saturday morning kids show of my nonage, Josie and the Pussycats.�…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:18AM
Saturday, August 8, 2020 at 9am (Broadway Time)
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VIDEO: HAMILTON Fan Creates a Side-By-Side Comparison of 'Helpless' and 'Satisfied'

One Hamilton fan saw some parallels while watching the musical on Disney+, specifically between A Winter's Ball/Helpless and Satisfied.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:48AM

Virtual Theatre This Weekend: August 8-9- with Liz Callaway, Marlo Thomas, and More!

Today (August 8-9) in live streaming: Free to Be... You and Me returns for an Encore, Liz Callaway performs with Seth Rudetsky, and so much more!

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:48AM

Due to Overwhelming Submission, Playbill’s Search for a Star Postpones Announcement of the Top 10 by Ruthie Fierberg

With over 2,500 self-tape auditions, the competition is tight.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:44AM
Saturday, August 8, 2020 at 8am (Broadway Time)
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VIDEO: Watch an Encore Presentation of Marlo Thomas and Friends with Free To Be...You and Me on STARS IN THE HOUSE- Live at 2pm!

Stars in the House continues today (2pm) with a very special encore presentation of 'Free To Be...You and Me' which originally aired on June 26. Actress and activist Marlo Thomas created t…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:42AM
Saturday, August 8, 2020 at 7am (Broadway Time)
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The Roaring Girls: “The amount of fat phobia during lockdown is staggering” by A Younger Theatre

Episode 20 of AYT in Isolation is here and we’re delighted to be speaking to the Hull-based theatre company, The Roaring Girls. By eck. Formed in 2014, The Roaring Girls use autobiographic…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:42AM

‘There is a real ensemble feel to the piece’: MEASURE FOR MEASURE – RSC (Online review) by John Chapman

This is Measure For Measure in a production by RSC supremo Greg Doran and set in turn of the 20th century Vienna. It is and remains a difficult play to pin down but the contemporary resonanc…

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AM
Saturday, August 8, 2020 at 6am (Broadway Time)
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Love letter to Scottish theatre part of digital Edinburgh International Festival by Mark Ludmon

By Mark Ludmon A “personal love letter to Scottish theatre” from the National Theatre of Scotland and a new take on Kieran Hurley’s hit play Mouthpiece are part of this year’s digita…

SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 06:27AM

9 Shows That Use Multiple Actors as 1 Character by Logan Culwell-Block

With three Donna Summers and three Chers recently on Broadway, Playbill looks at seven other productions that featured multiple actors in one role.

SOURCE: Playbill at 06:01AM
Saturday, August 8, 2020 at 1am (Broadway Time)
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An Interview with Tim Minchin, Writer and Star of the New Australian Television Series: “Upright” by Rem Myers

Upright, a new Australian television drama, co-written by and starring the multitalented Tim Minchin (composer of Matilda the Musical and Groundhog Day), is a special show. Premiering on Aug…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 01:07AM

Warm-up Exercise: Brain Dump by Kerry Hishon

This warm-up exercise is perfect for days when your students are feeling stressed, frustrated, or unfocused. You can use it at the start of class to help students clear their brains, or mid-…

SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 01:00AM
Saturday, August 8, 2020 at midnight (Broadway Time)
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To Be (Online) Or Not To Be (Online), That Is The Question For Japan’s Theaters by Nobuko Tanaka

This past week, health officials called for more than 800 theatergoers to be tested for COVID-19 after at least 59 cases were traced back to performances of a play titled Werewolf in Tokyo�…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 12:38AM

Warner Henry, 82 – Quintessential LA Classical Music Funder by Artsjournal

A central figure in the rise of classical music in the city, Henry supported numerous arts organizations including the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Los Angeles Opera, the Colburn School, L…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:12AM

Look Back at Krysta Rodriguez, Zachary Levi, and More in First Date on Broadway by Marc J. Franklin

The musical comedy opened at the Longacre Theatre August 8, 2013.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

Past Free to Be… You and Me Episode of Stars in the House Presented August 8 by Andrew Gans

The closed-captioned stream, originally from June 26, features Marlo Thomas, Sara Bareilles, Audra McDonald, Debra Messing, Michael McElroy, and more, now has closed captioning.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

All that Chat

2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards