Staging Australian Women’s Lives: Theatre, Feminism and Socially Engaged Art is a research project that sees the stage is an ideal laboratory for crafting and rehearsing responses to soci…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 08:48PMTV needs the movies. But as the pandemic has forced the closure of countless movie theaters, new questions have surfaced about how much the movies will need TV. – Variety
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:48PMFor three years, 120 people are to receive 1,200 euros per month, and throughout the study period, they will be closely observed and frequently interviewed, as will the 1,380 members of the …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:48PM“More Americans are buying Bibles they read less — if ever — and reading Bibles they didn’t buy because they’re dipping into verses here and there online …, according to the find…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:48PMThe Prison Music Project, which is a political and creative effort, is focused on centering the voices [and] stories of people who get entangled in the justice system, people who experience …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:48PM“The group allegedly circumvented copyright protections on nearly every movie released by major production studios, as well as television shows, and distributed them by way of a worldwide …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:48PMAs many as 40 local television outlets and 200 Canadian radio stations could be forced to close in the next three years as the financial pressures faced by media companies intensify under th…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:48PMThe campaign that was intended to celebrate the partnership of Gene Russell, a Black pianist and producer who died in relative anonymity in 1981, and Dick Schory, a White percussionist and a…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:48PMThe Martha Graham Dance Company has announced its 95th season, which begins with a special Martha Matinee and the finale of The Eve Project on September 23. The 2020-21 season continu…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 08:41PMThe actor must first of all believe in everything that takes place on the stage, and most of all he must believe in what he himself is doing. And one can believe only in the truth. Therefore…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 08:36PMStars in the House continues today (8pm) with Get It Girl You Go! with Laura Bell Bundy, Shoshana Bean and Anika Noni Rose.
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A new group is attempting to build a new Shakespeare theater in Stratford, where the last one burned down last year after decades of sitting dormant. The project hopes to restore the town's …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:56PMIn an ordinary non-pandemic Fringe Festival season, FringeArts would be reaching out to audiences and encouraging them to come to contextual programming for all of the Curated performances a…
SOURCE: fringearts.com at 03:46PMFree Street, Collaboraction, and TimeLine put young theater artists in the frame.
The long hot summer is winding down, according to the calendar, but youth theat…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 03:45PMAvailable onlineCommissioned by Sadler’s Wells, Jonzi D’s new black-and white film powerfully weaves poetry and dance in a tribute to black women who have suffered violence
The best thea…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:42PMIn an ordinary non-pandemic Fringe Festival season, FringeArts would be reaching out to audiences and encouraging them to come to contextual programming for all of the Curated performances a…
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The Grand Acts of Theatre initiative will see large-scale outdoor works staged in 11 communities from coast to coast as the pandemic has shuttered live venues
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 02:54PM"We are proud to announce that PianoFight is the new operator of 1540 Broadway, formerly known as the Flight Deck," organizers announce on website.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 02:36PMIn the centuries prior to western industrialisation, stools or benches were common household furnishings, but chairs were special-occasion objects, usually the exclusive property of the weal…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:18PMThe Richmond Ballet is foregoing its annual cashflow lifeline because the piece simply involves too many people to be done safely while the pandemic continues. But the company’s Studio Ser…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:18PM“When a team of archaeologists deep in the deserts of Sudan arrived at the ancient site of Jabal Maragha last month, they thought they were lost. The site had vanished. But they hadn’t m…
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A Next to Normal reunion, a summer camp murder mystery, and more.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:51PMTitles for theatre lovers coming to HBO Max, Hulu, Netflix, and Prime Video.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:45PMAdanna Paul and Savannah Miller will be the first participants in the Young Playwrights in Progress program, receiving readings in 2021.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:38PMAs he makes his New York debut at Perrotin gallery, the Chinese painter Chen Fei reveals a secret obsession – for sofubi toys
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 01:37PMFifty years on from the first lunar landing, a new crop of designers is gazing up to the heavens for inspiration
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 01:35PMI have just discovered the musical goddess known as Stephanie McCourt, known to millions from being on the X-Factor in 2015. Her powerhouse vocals are on the same playing field as Aretha Fra…
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 01:32PMResponding to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic and the direct impact on the RSC, artistic director Gregory Doran and executive director Catherine Mallyon have confirmed that RSC theatres wil…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:31PMThe residency will pair a BIPOC director or choreographer with an artistic director looking to make significant changes at their theatre.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:16PMThe third cohort of playwrights increased in size by 50 percent to offer support to more out-of-work writers.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:13PMWhat if adaptation is not what is needed? What if we are asking the wrong questions? We are asking how to integrate our structures: staff, collections, exhibition schedules, board membership…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:12PMThe series will have its broadcast premiere this fall.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:03PMDo you know who played these classic characters?
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:03PMThe piece streams as part of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's Ailey All Access series.
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In an ordinary non-pandemic Fringe Festival season, FringeArts would be reaching out to audiences and encouraging them to come to contextual programming for all of the Curated performances a…
SOURCE: fringearts.com at 12:55PMI consider the case of Tuesday Weld (Susan Weld, b. 1943) to be one of maddeningly unfulfilled promise. One of the screen’s great beauties as well as one of its great talents, she had the …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:54PMReview: Scenes for Survival, Future Perfect (Tense), National Theatre of Scotland4.0StarsFuture Perfect (Tense) feels like a natural theatrical result of the pandemic. Director Eve Nicol …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:32PMPlays in the House is a spinoff of Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley's daily series benefiting The Actors Fund.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:31PMJennifer Lunn wins £2,500 prize for drama Es and Flo, whose fringe premiere was sabotaged by the Covid pandemic
A drama about an ageing lesbian couple’s love, and their experience of disc…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:24PMThe production marks the first Equity-approved musical since the coronavirus pandemic.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:15PMLincoln Square artist Lothar Speer said he’d restore his prominent German heritage mural. But as the neighborhood has become less German and more gentrified, he wonders if anyone really ca…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 12:15PM“The 29-year-old Dutch author Marieke Lucas Rijneveld has become the youngest author ever to win the International Booker prize, taking the award for their ‘visceral and virtuosic’ deb…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:12PMThe New Zealand Symphony, Royal New Zealand Ballet, and Auckland Philharmonia all say that key members of their companies, foreign nationals who were abroad when the COVID lockdown began, ar…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:12PM“The men, who have been charged with copyright infringement conspiracy, were accused of being members of the Sparks Group, a sophisticated piracy outfit spanning several continents … [th…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:12PMWhen Canadian Opera Company general director Alexander Neef accepted the appointment to run the Opéra national de Paris from 2021-22, he was cutting short his Toronto contract by four years…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:12PM“The incident took place on December 28, when Shakeel Massey, a Spanish architecture student, punched Picasso’s 1944 painting Bust of a Woman numerous times. He held metal padlocks and w…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:12PMCurrent licensing rules for free-to-air commercial TV broadcasters in Australia require a set number of hours of original, locally produced drama, nonfiction/news and children’s programmin…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:12PM“If a successful cultural transformation can be defined as the moment when you can finally stop counting heads, the first sign of that may be when you realize that at least there are heads…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:12PMAfter thirty years at the Jewish Historical Museum in Amsterdam, Hetty Berg is taking the helm of an institution which is, thanks to history, both highly visible and loaded with baggage. The…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:12PMWe should be deeply skeptical of Trumpian fantasies of business-as-usual on the horizon. There is evidence that the pandemic, when it comes to attending live entertainment events, is changin…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:12PMOf the current Plastics over at Mean Girls, Krystina Alabado has the most seasoned and lengthy resumé. That's no slight to the other actresses, of course, but they are in good company. She…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 12:12PMHamilton mastermind Lin-Manuel Miranda just added another film project to his roster. The Tony winner has been tapped to join Blake Lively, Richard Gere and Diane Keaton in the new rom-com …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:06PMThe writer-director talks about exploring turbulent inner lives in his new film ‘I’m Thinking of Ending Things’ and debut novel ‘Antkind’
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:00PMWith their smouldering femmes fatales, hard-boiled anti-heroes and quick-fire dialogue, these films are always worth revisiting
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:00PMTry your hand at cooking with chef and Shakespearean actor John Tufts.
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By Douglas Mayo
Douglas Mayo reviews the Godspell 50th Anniversary concert streamed online benefitting Acting For Others and the National Aids Trust.
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 11:59AMIn this episode, we rejoin some of your favorite actresses from our stage! Betsy Aidem, Ellen McLaughlin and Laiona Michelle talk about those who have inspired them, directing, writing, and …
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:58AMAudition Song Suggestions for The Light the in Piazza – by Character
Written by Leryn Turlington
August 22, 2020
Statues, stories, and 16-bar cuts! Are you yelling, “Aiutami!” o…
SOURCE: performerstuff.com at 11:29AMIn an ordinary non-pandemic Fringe Festival season, FringeArts would be reaching out to audiences and encouraging them to come to contextual programming for all of the Curated performances a…
SOURCE: fringearts.com at 11:28AMThe institution is under ever greater scrutiny over the origins of its collections and how it presents history
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 11:17AMThere has been a lot of time for reflection during the last five and a half months. (Can it be only 5 months since Broadway shut down? Why does it feel like we’re stuck in some Back To The…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:15AMThere's no doubt Billy Stritch can put on an excellent performance! Check out some of his past gigs before this week's Birdland concert!
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:12AMA new study was conducted regarding the transmission of COVID-19 while singing, which has caused official Government guidance to be adjusted.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:12AMThe Broadway Advocacy Coalition (BAC) has announced that applications are now open for the inaugural BAC Artivism Fellowship.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:12AMThe soapy drama will premiere in September.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:12AMTraverse Theatre two-hander transfers well to the screen
In normal times, Edinburgh Festival audiences would now be packing into the city’s invaluable Traverse Theatre, home to some of th…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 11:12AMFour vocalists, three instrumentalists, and two dancers. That’s the field competing this year for the title of Howard County’s Rising Star, an honor bestowed annually at the Celebration …
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Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley's daily series benefits The Actors Fund.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:55AMReal-life couple Hadley Fraser and Rosalie Craig will perform together in Stuart Matthew Price and Timothy Knapman's new musical love story Before After. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the pa…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:54AM“Viva Broadway! Hear Our Voices” will be held online Oct. 1 and will be hosted by Andréa Burns. It will be directed and choreographed by Sergio Trujillo.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:40AMThe solo show, produced by Michael Urie and Zach Laks, played SoHo Playhouse up until the theatre shutdown.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:29AMHosted by Andréa Burns, the evening celebrates Latinx Heritage Month and stars Karen Olivo, Mandy Gonzalez, Jaime Camil, Gloria Estefan, and many more.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:22AMBy Douglas Mayo
Rosalie Craig and Hadley Fraser to star in new musical Before After via live stream at Southwark Playhouse this September with three live performances.
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 10:18AMThe winners of the organization's commissions will be announced at a virtual ceremony Oct. 7.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:17AMThe company will move its 2020-21 season lineup to 2021-22, and will present five socially distant productions.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:08AMA conclusion to our series about how the 2020 Tony Awards could shake out.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:06AMToday (August 27) in live streaming: The New Group presents The Jacksonian, Billy Stritch performs for Radio Free Birdland, and so much more!
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:06AMBroadwayHD will make Happy Birthday Doug, from producer Michael Urie, available to stream!
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:06AMPlay-PerView has announced its lineup of production coming in September! This month's lineup begins with Seneca Falls on September 12, followed by Sugar in Our Wounds on September 19, and H…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:06AMThe staged reading will be presented via live stream at Southwark Playhouse in September.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:03AMWriter and composer Jack Miles chatted to Emma Clarendon about his new musical St Anne Comes Home, playing as part of the Iris Theatre’s Summer Festival.
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The cast also features Diane Keaton, Richard Gere, and Blake Lively.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:51AMCatch Rosalie Craig and Hadley Fraser in new musical Before After via live-stream at Southwark Playhouse next month. Find out how to get tickets here!
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 09:36AMFrom Metallica to Inside Lands; homemade ice cream to Stanford's hidden gems, here are some cool ways to experience this Bay Area weekend.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 09:30AMThe Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company is the Australia’s biggest Aboriginal-led theatre company. Yirra Yaakin (Yir-raarh Yaarh-kin] means “Stand Tall” in Noongar language; the company is ba…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 09:23AMURINETOWN began their Broadway previews on August 26th and we are cheering for this exciting "Run Freedom Run" led by Hunter Foster from Broadway on Broadway in 2001.
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On today’s special episode, Ashley talks with Alan Filderman, director and casting director of the currently-running production of “Godspell” from Berkshire Theatre Group. The first pr…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 07:55AMBy Douglas Mayo
Defibrillator, in association with The Actors Centre, today announces the cast for the world première of Gemma Lawrence’s new play Sunnymead Court
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 07:32AMIt was announced today that Jennifer Lunn has been awarded The Popcorn Writing Award 2020 for her play ‘Es and Flo’. Find out more here.
The post Jennifer Lunn wins The Popcorn Writing A…
SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 07:26AMFate appears to be conspiring to make me (and thus you) aware of The Sisters G: I caught them recently (they are hard to miss) in Paul Whiteman’s The King of Jazz (1930) and Frank Fay’s …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:24AMJennifer Lunn has been awarded the The Popcorn Writing Award 2020 for her play Es and Flo, and receives a cash prize of £2,500.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:03AM“Men imagine that they communicate their virtue or vice only by overt actions, and do not see that virtue or vice emit a breath every moment.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Self-Reliance”
Co…
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Nothing can stop BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge from bringing you interviews with your favorite Broadway stars! Yesterday, August 26, he chatted with the incomparable Carolee Carmello!
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:48AMChronic Insanity’s final show of 12 in lockdown may well be their best, with each virtual performance a random set of pieces chosen by the viewer from a deck of cards.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMThe coronavirus pandemic has severely cut back services offered by most municipal libraries. But in many towns, people who love books can meet in book clubs on Zoom.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSome early favorites for this year's Tony Awards include "Moulin Rouge" and "Slave Play." But importantly, the virtual ceremony must be about more than competition.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:00AMFrom showgirls and vaudeville to scandals and corporate rescues, the former Pantages Theatre, renamed for beloved Toronto impresario and businessman Ed Mirvish, turns 100 with a more muted C…
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 06:00AM
Review: Scenes For Survival, Tiger is Out, National Theatre of Scotland4.0StarsShort and sweet, Tiger Is Out is an extract from Oliver Emanuel’s forthcoming play I Am Tiger whi…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:54AMToday's top stories: Jujamcyn has filed a lawsuit against its insurance companies for failing to cover losses suffered during the COVID-19 pandemic.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:42AMAustralia’s cultural and creative industries and institutions will be the focus of a new Parliamentary inquiry. The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Communications and the Ar…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 05:28AMThe pseudo-medieval morality tale “Jedermann” inaugurated the first Salzburg Festival with an outdoor performance in 1920. The world premiere of “Everywoman” expands the concept beyo…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:18AMThe award-winning & Juliet actress Miriam-Teak Lee will host this year’s The Stage Debut Awards. Find out more here (including the full list of nominees!)
The post & Juliet star Mi…
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Whilst the world was in lockdown and the arts industry was suffering the terrible impact caused by the COVID-19 outbreak,
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 04:54AMAvailable online The familiar story of transformation, in the company’s 2010 production, is given a free video outing two months before a new live ballet is set to debut
The best theatre a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:48AMNew research by Western Sydney University highlights the pivotal role culture plays in social divisions and inequalities in Australia, between classes, age groups, ethnicities, genders, city…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 04:47AMI am guessing it isn’t any news that a lot of arts and cultural organizations are struggling financially and grappling with the challenges presented by Covid-19. I mean, there is a lobbyin…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 04:06AMThe Stage has announced the award-winning & Juliet actress Miriam-Teak Lee will host this year’s The Stage Debut Awards, in association with Access Entertainment.
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Plus, check out readings of the winning plays for our inaugural Young Playwrights Contest throughout the weekend.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:42AMMy goal as guest editor of Lynne Conner’s blog for the next six months is to share and respond to what I’m seeing happening during this crisis through the lens of the audience. Every day…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:12AMThe reading is part of The New Group's Reunion Reading Series.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMManchester's Hope Mill Theatre streams the Stephen Schwartz musical through August 29.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe August 27 virtual reading is the inaugural presentation of Alladin's Dumont Millennial Productions company.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSeventy-two shows have taken home the title since 1948—can you guess them all?
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMA member of the original cast of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Hamilton, Jasperson has also been seen on Broadway in Matilda and Newsies.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMby Zach Raffio. @zachraffio. WASHINGTON D. C. - Vice President Mike Pence - famously unable to be alone with a woman without his wife, Ka...
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