New funding opportunities drive arts, cultural and economic recovery in Queensland by Arts Review

Arts Minister Leeanne Enoch has announced the latest outcomes from the $22.5 million Arts and Cultural Recovery Package, to strengthen the Arts sector, help get the economy get back on track…

Jonathan Groff, John Lithgow, and More Join Paul Newman Camp Virtual Benefit

The event, featuring performances from talented campers, will air on the camp's website, YouTube and Facebook. September 13 at 7 PM ET.

Sankofa.org - Christian McBride by The Kennedy Center

BWWLIVE by BroadwayWorld

RIP Diana Rigg, the Once and Forever Emma Peel from “The Avengers,” Star of “Game of Thrones,” Great Stage Star by Roger Friedman

Diana Rigg, the gifted and beloved stage, TV and movie star has died in the UK at age 82. Rigg is permanently

New York Times Theater Critic Ben Brantley Out After 24 Years: When Broadway Returns, What Will Happen Next? by Roger Friedman

Is he stepping down or being pushed out the window? Whichever way it’s gone, Ben Brantley is out as the New York

JAPAN : ‘TWELVE ANGRY MEN’–1950s COURTROOM DRAMA ABOUT CONFRONTING PREJUDICE STILL RINGS TRUE by Robert Shuman

(Nobuko Tanaka’s article appeared in The Japan Times, 9/11; photo of actor Shinichi Tsutsumi.) Back in January, when English director Lindsay Posner visited Tokyo for preparatory meetings …

McDonald Selznick Associates creates an online lifeline for young dancers

McDonald Selznick Associates (MSA) is proud to bring to life a series of online dance intensives ranging from single day, weekend and week-long courses for young artists across the world.  …

Chinese Director Wang Chong Publishes “Online Theatre Manifesto” by Yizhou Huang

The Lunar New Year of 2020 struck Chinese people as unprecedented as Coronavirus forced Wuhan to go into city-wide lockdown the day (January 23) before the New Year’s Eve, and the rest of …

The New York Times theatre critic Ben Brantley steps down by Sean McLoughlin

Benjamin Brantley is an American theatre critic, writer, and publisher who became the co-chief critic for The New York Times

Theater Preview: THE NICETIES (MOXIE Theatre) by Nia Liat

MOXIE’S NEXT PRODUCTION IS ALSO THE CENTER OF A DOCUMENTARY FILM Turning sixteen means new responsibility and new freedom. The same goes for San Diego’s scrappy, innovative, and critical…

Review: Incidental Moments of the Day: The Apple Family Finally Talks About Race by Jonathan Mandell

Things are looking up for the Apple family, but not for me, as the characters talk to one another on a Zoom call yet again. Richard Nelson’s third play in four months about the same set of…

Miss Hadestown? Hear from Creators Anaïs Mitchell, Rachel Chavkin & More on Broadway Profiles by Lindsey Sullivan

The September episode of the monthly series Broadway Profiles with Tamsen Fadal includes catch-ups with members of the Hadestown family. Hosted by PIX11's Emmy-winning anchor Tamsen Fadal …

Watch Audra McDonald Discuss Black Theatre United & Playing Aretha Franklin's Mother in Respect by Lindsey Sullivan

Six-time Tony winner Audra McDonald appeared on CBS This Morning on September 11 to discuss being a founding member of Black Theatre United (BTU), the coalition that aims to combat systemi…

Broadway.com #LiveatFive: Home Edition with Matt Densky of Fully Committed by Broadway.com

Matt Densky stops by to chat about starring in the Equity-approved production of Fully Committed at the Music Theater of Connecticut. 

Odds & Ends: Kristin Chenoweth Creates New MFA Program at Oklahoma City University by Broadway.com

Here's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed recently. Get Schooled By Tony Winner Kristin Chenoweth Tony winner Kristin Chenoweth has partnered with her alma mater Oklahoma City…

Watch Incidental Moments of the Day and Read My Review: The Apples Finally Talk About Race by Jonathan Mandell

Things are looking up for the Apple family, but not for me, as the characters talk to one another on a Zoom call yet again. Richard Nelson’s third play in four months about the same set of…

UNC School of the Arts Announces 2020-21 Season by American Theatre Editors

The lineup will feature digital productions, a site-specific project, an audio play, and more.

Fisher Center at Bard Announces 2020-21 Programming by American Theatre Editors

The virtual season will feature digital dance performances, a multidisciplinary project inspired by James Baldwin, and a community engagement project.

Streaming theater review: ‘Buyer and Cellar’ at the Public Theater of San Antonio by Kurt Gardner

Jonathan Tolins’ acclaimed solo comedy works fine as a streaming show, broadcast from the Russell Hill Rogers Theater’s stage.

Noseda conducts American Portraits – NSO/Noseda Fridays, NSO@Home by The Kennedy Center

Read the Reviews for Incidental Moments of the Day, Richard Nelson’s Final Apple Family Reunion by Dan Meyer

The third installment of the playwright and director's ‘Pandemic Trilogy’ picks up six months into self-quarantine.

In the News: Leslie Odom Jr., Sting Set for Virtual SummerStage Jubilee Concert, Steven Levenson's Seven Minutes in Heaven to Launch Colt Coeur Season by Andrew Gans

Plus: Watch Hamilton Tony nominee Christopher Jackson perform an inspiring 9/11 tribute at the U.S. Open.

Remembering the Legendary Dame Diana Rigg by Matthew Wexler

The entertainment world mourns the loss of Dame Diana Rigg, who died on September 10. Rigg was known for her roles in 'Game of Thrones' and 'The Avengers.' The post Remembering the Legendary…

Stage Door Virtually! Meet Hamilton and Rent Alums in New Online Sessions by Dan Meyer

Playbill Social Selects teams up with Broadway Roulette's Elizabeth Durand Streisand for a virtual hangout.

Acceptance Speech: Michael Feingold by American Theatre Wing

Nomadland — delicate, incisive portrait of a life lived on the road

Frances McDormand stars in writer-director Chloé Zhao’s powerful picture of a particular American subculture

Fauci Says It Could Be a Year Before Theater Without Masks Feels Normal by Sarah Bahr

Dr. Anthony Fauci said a vaccine would need to exist for nearly a year before people might feel comfortable returning to theaters unmasked, which he said would likely be mid- to late 2021.

Irish Repertory Theatre Announces Its Online 2020 Season by David Roberts

Irish Repertory Theatre (Charlotte Moore, Artistic Director and Ciarán O’Reilly, Producing Director) is proud to announce its Online 2020 Fall Season. This fall will feature five Performa…

Industry Roundup: New Hires at Lorraine Hansberry Theatre, ArtsEmerson, BroadwayHD, More by Dan Meyer

See who has recently joined the team at theatre institutions in New York and beyond.

The 'High-Wire' Acts of HBO's Coastal Elites, Starring Bette Midler, Dan Levy, Issa Rae, Sarah Paulson, and Kaitlyn Dever by Mark Peikert

The behind-the-scenes joy and challenges of the satirical comedy, premiering September 12.

Review: Richard Nelson wraps up his Apple trilogy on Zoom with ‘Incidental Moments of the Day.’ Aren’t they all? by Chris Jones

“Incidental Moments of the Day: The Apple Family: Life on Zoom" is free to watch, starring Steppenwolf's Sally Murphy in a quiet story worth watching.

For the Love of Lyric fills the vocal void for now by Deanna Isaacs

Lyric hosts a free, multigenre online concert this weekend. This weekend, just about the time when—minus the virus—we would have been plopping our posteriors…

For These Shows, Take a Hike by Alexis Soloski

If you participate in a sound walk and no one is there to applaud, does it count as theater? Our critic argues that it does. Or at least that it can.

VIDEO: Watch the Trailer for the 58th NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL, Including Clips from AMERICAN UTOPIA

The 58th New York Film Festival, presented by Film at Lincoln Center, announces the addition of a new festival venuea?"the Bronx Drive-In at the Bronx Zoo.

Dr. Anthony Fauci Predicts Yearlong Intermission Between Vaccine Arrival And Maskless Theater by Greg Evans

A COVID-19 vaccine would likely not be an immediate, complete solution to Broadway’s woes, says Dr. Anthony Fauci, who noted in an interview this week that it could take a year of reliable…

VIDEO: Mandy Patinkin Urges People to 'Get Out The Vote'

Mandy Patinkin shared on Twitter, 'I'm so nervous about this election I'm making my own damn campaign videos. Please get involved! Join one of these orgs. Commit to volunteering. Get friends…

As the world catches up with his work, Meshaun Labrone inks film production deal for SPOOK and Power! Stokely Carmichael by Lorraine Treanor

As theatre companies create virtual versions of stage performances, multi-talented DC artist Meshaun Labrone has signed a partnership with film producers to turn two stage plays into fully e…

Review: A Family Gropes for Words in ‘Incidental Moments’ by Ben Brantley

Richard Nelson’s profound conclusion to his Zoom-format trilogy about the Apple siblings examines the perils of conversation in 2020.

Snapshot: ‘Le Village’ by Luc Delahaye

The Paris-based photographer sought to reconstruct the toil of local farmers and fishermen with carefully staged large-format prints and collages of smaller images

The MCA provides tool kits for plague times by Kerry Reid

Yanira Castro and Meshell Ndegeocello create performance pieces for the at-home audience; Pride comes out of the closet with a new name. The Museum of Contempora…

Patti LuPone, Chita Rivera, Adam Guettel, More Set for Studio Tenn Talks by Andrew Gans

Patrick Cassidy hosts the weekly theatre conversations series.

Audra McDonald on Census Completion, Opening the Theatre Pipeline, More: 'It’s a Moment We Need to Take Advantage Of' by Ryan McPhee

The six-time Tony winner is a founding member of the collective Black Theatre United.

Review: Scenes For Survival – Danni The Champion, National Theatre of Scotland by Liam Offord

Review: Scenes For Survival - Danni The Champion, National Theatre of Scotland5.0StarsMost of the theatre I’ve encountered during lockdown has been claustrophobic to some extent, with film…

Incidental Moments of the Day: Trouble on Zoom with the Apple Family by Steven Suskin

★★★★★ Yet another engrossing and perceptive visit with Richard Nelson and the Apple family The post Incidental Moments of the Day: Trouble on Zoom with the Apple Family appeared fi…

Incidental Moments of the Day: Richard Nelson’s Latest Socially Distant Drama by Michael Sommers

★★★☆☆ The latest Zoom saga of the Apple family's doings in the pandemic remains thoughtfully everyday The post Incidental Moments of the Day: Richard Nelson’s Latest Socially Di…

Olney Theatre Center takes ‘The Humans’ from stage to stream by News Desk

The Humans—Stephen Karam’s Tony Award–winning family dramedy—was slated for a run at Olney Theatre Center this season, but that physical production was shelved this summer when the C…

Opera Lafayette heads to Colorado cattle country for live open air performances of The Blacksmith by Susan Galbraith

Learning about performance companies leaping into bold adventures and rediscovering the impulse of sharing their art in new creative ways has never been more welcome. Opera Lafayette, a comp…

2020 Helen Hayes Awards: Outstanding Lead performer, Play – Helen, Direction, Musical, and Choreography, Play by Lorraine Treanor

This is it! The last of the live Zoom presentations of the 2020 Helen Hayes Awards. You are invited to be part of the audience. Closing in on the last of the virtual presentations of the 2…

NEWS: Wise Children announces full cast of Romantics Anonymous & live socially distanced Bristol show on final night of digital tour by Press Releases

Wise Children, Bristol Old Vic and Plush Theatricals has announce that Emma Rice’s critically-acclaimed Romantics Anonymous will be performed live to a socially distanced audience for the …

Broadway Flea Market Will Go Online Next Weekend

The annual Broadway Cares event will take place virtually.

Paul Rudnick and His Coastal Elites

The dramatist describes his star-filled HBO project about "our national nervous breakdown."

Dr. Fauci Says We Might Not Be Able to Safely Sit in a Theater for Another Year

Fauci discussed his prediction with actor Jennifer Garner.

Josanne Francis & Elena Lacayo by The Kennedy Center

Richard and Linda Thompson: Hard Luck Stories (1972-1982) — a portrait of a marriage

A new box set spans a decade of albums and unreleased songs by the former husband-and-wife duo

The Flaming Lips: American Head — bittersweet mix of innocence and experience

The band’s 16th studio album is rich in real stories, nostalgia and acoustic detail

Everything Everything’s Re-Animator — literate and listenable

The band’s fifth album showcases their intelligent lyrics, layered sound and the soaring voice of Jonathan Higgs

#FitFriday: Work On Your Standing Leg with Broadway Dancer, Elyse Niederee by Playbill

The annual ‘Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction’ goes virtual for 2020 by Deb Miller

For the first time in its history (beginning in Shubert Alley in 1987), the annual Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction, produced by and benefitting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, go…

Baudelaire & Piano — Susanna reinterprets ‘Les Fleurs du mal’

Accompanied only by piano, the Norwegian singer adapts 10 of the 19th-century poems in an unadorned but expressive album

Audition Song Suggestions for Something Rotten! – By Character by Performerstuff

Audition Song Suggestions for Something Rotten! the Musical –  by Character Written by Leryn Turlington August 25, 2020 God, I hate Shakespeare… but I love Something Rotten! Let …

London Symphony Orchestra and Simon Rattle at St Luke’s — for an online crowd

A premiere by Mark-Anthony Turnage is complemented by Knussen and Britten for Medici TV

David Tennant is menacing as a narcissistic serial killer in ITV’s Des

The true-crime series recounts the 1980s investigation into Dennis Nilsen’s grisly five-year murder spree

How the Works of William Shakespeare Have Illuminated American History by Mervyn Rothstein

From John Quincy Adams to today, scholar James Miller looks at the ways in which the Bard's works reveal truths about our politics in new book Shakespeare in a Divided America.

Josh Groban & Sarah Paulson Will Guest on LIVE WITH KELLY AND RYAN on ABC 9/14 - 9/18

Find out what's happening on Josh Groban & Sarah Paulson Will Guest on LIVE WITH KELLY AND RYAN and if it's a new episode, airing on ABC on Monday, September 14, 2020!

Stars in the House Welcome Mamma Mia!'s Louise Pitre, Karen Mason, Judy Kaye, and Tina Maddigan by Andrew Gans

Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley's daily series benefits The Actors Fund.

Checking In With… Kenita R. Miller, Star of Once On This Island, Come From Away, Bella: An American Tall Tale, More by Andrew Gans

"Oppression doesn't care if you're on Broadway or in a movie. This is a movement in history where we all have the opportunity to evolve as human beings."

VIDEO: The NEXT ON STAGE: DANCE EDITION College Top 15 Announced TONIGHT!

This week the judges will review the top 15 performers and provide feedback for them to use in their next performances which will be voted on by the public next week.

Miscast Memory: Jonathan Groff and Christian Borle Sing 'If Momma Was Married' From Gypsy by Andrew Gans

Miscast20, featuring stars of stage and screen performing songs from roles in which they would never be cast, will be presented virtually September 13.

Jude Law stars in mysterious new mini-series The Third Day

Split into three parts, the drama begins with a man’s journey to the strange island of Osea

Criminal returns to Netflix for a second round of questioning

An authentic Sophie Okonedo and pompous Kit Harington feature in the interrogation drama’s new season

‘Audiences can expect a very eclectic line-up of artists’: James Scotland explains how The Sunday Art Club festival celebrates diversity by Kirsty Herrington

James Scotland, co-curator of The Sunday Art Club, chats about The Sunday Art Club, a free outdoor spectacular celebrating diversity in the arts.

Hot Clip of the Day: We Love New York and So Do Carol, Liza and Cher

We love New York each and every day. Back in the 80's a series of fabulous commercials were released encouraging New York City tourism. The star-power is incredible. You'll see!

Cast Complete for Emma Rice's Romantics Anonymous, to Be Broadcast Live From the Bristol Old Vic by Andrew Gans

Based on the film Les Émotifs Anonymes, the musical features a score by Christopher Dimond and Michael Kooman.

Another Line of Davenports: From Gaslight to “Field of Dreams” by Trav S.D.

We consider one of the missions of this blog to establish as best we can connections to past figures who can seem quite distant. Thus today we give you some relatively minor figures from a …

GRACE NOTES: Friday, September 11, 2020 by Susan Grace

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David Strathairn to Star in Radio Play Adaptation of It Can’t Happen Here by Dan Meyer

Several cast and creatives from Berkeley Rep’s 2016 production return.

Broadway Games: Which Came First? by JK

Congratulations, reader! You made it to Friday! Now, here's a little diversion to help satisfy your hunger for Broadway. Which came first? (The answers to last week's game are below, too.) …

As Diana Rigg's understudy, I never tired of watching her | Margaret Drabbe by Margaret Drabble

At the Royal Shakespeare Company, the star’s comic timing was faultless – and her conversation was racy and rich Diana Rigg and I began as walk-ons together in the RSC, and she went on t…

The Outside Dog and The Hand of God review – chintz and terror from Alan Bennett by Arifa Akbar

Bridge theatre, LondonRochenda Sandall is sensational as a woman suspicious of her husband’s behaviour, while Kristin Scott Thomas’s genteel dowager revels in nostalgia This pair of mono…

An Evening With Kevin and Joanne Clifton Tour 2020 – Book Tickets by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo Kevin and Joanne Clifton will be appearing in An Evening with Kevin and Joanne Clifton Tour designed especially for a socially distanced audience from October 2020. This post…

What to look for in Seattle’s fall 2020 arts scene by Seattle Times Staff

The coronavirus pandemic has thrown the entire world into a tailspin, upending a lot of what we think things should look like, including a fall arts season. Seattle’s fall arts scene looks…

6 months after COVID restrictions began, how are music venues, arts groups and musicians doing? by Michael Rietmulder, Moira Macdonald, Brendan Kiley and Megan Burbank

How are local arts groups and musicians holding up and what do they have planned this fall, despite the restrictions? Here, they tell us in their own words, offering a snapshot of how some a…

UPDATING: Fall 2020 arts events in the Seattle area by Yasmeen Wafai

Despite coronavirus pandemic restrictions, arts organizations in the Seattle area are still finding ways to create and present work. Over the next few months, we will update this list with a…

"Haled's Song About Love" from The Band's Visit by Atlantic Theater

Shoshana Bean Releases New EP, 'Selah'

Shoshana Bean has released a new EP, called Selah.

Today on Broadway: Friday, September 11, 2020 by Matt Tamanini

Diana Riggs Passes Away, Ben Brantley Steps Down, Pulitzers Open Eligibility “Today on Broadway” is a daily, Monday through Friday, podcast hitting the top theatre headlines of the day. …

NEWS: Special installations & live theatre feature in Young Vic’s 50th birthday celebrations by Press Releases

Kwame Kwei-Armah, artistic director of the Young Vic, has announced the start of the Young Vic’s 50th birthday with a year-long programme of work entitled We are the New Tide, dedicated to…

ArtsBeat TV/Radio 9/11/20 by Mark G. Auerbach

New Episode today at 8AM. ArtsBeat TV/Radio chats with theatre writer Fred Sokol about his new novel, “Destiny” and with Valley Arts Mentors’ Jonathan Mirin, of Piti Theatre .

Grayson Perry: a potter, traveller and critic

He amuses and taunts us. Amid phallic sketchings and ceramic satire, the artist discusses the interplay between flowery stuff and a dark message

Must they “die soon”? by Terry Teachout

In today’s Wall Street Journal I review a webcast of the Lincoln Center Theater premiere of Dominique Morriseau’s Pipeline. Here’s an excerpt. *  *  * If you’re looking for st…

Replay: Art Farmer and Jim Hall in 1964 by Terry Teachout

The Art Farmer Quartet, with Farmer on flugelhorn, Jim Hall on guitar, Steve Swallow on bass, and Walter Perkins on drums, plays “My Kinda Love” on a 1964 episode of Ralph Gleason’s J…

Behind The Curtain with: Wicked | Performances, Q&A and more with Sky VIP by Official London Theatre

Almanac: Pope on envy by Terry Teachout

Envy, to which th’ ignoble mind’s a slave,Is emulation in the learn’d or brave. Alexander Pope, An Essay on Man Continue reading Almanac: Pope on envy at About Last Night.

‘Homeland Elegies’: Ayad Akhtar’s critique of the American immigrant experience enters the Trump era by Chris Jones

The core asset of Ayad Akhtar's "Homeland Elegies," his latest deeply moving autobiographical novel, is the complexity of its thinking, its innate understanding that seeing the absurdity of …

Jim Brickman Talks About His RADIO FREE BIRDLAND Concert 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 September 10, he chatted with pianist/vocalist extraordinaire, Jim Brickm…

A top-notch storyteller tells ‘Stories I May Not Tell’ at Best Medicine Rep by Bob Ashby

Theaters have gone dark during the pandemic, with little certainty about when or whether actors and audiences can again gather in the same space to tell and listen to stories that illuminate…

The Outside Dog & The Hand of God, Bridge Theatre review - gems of frustration and disquiet by Rachel Halliburton

Alan Bennett's monologues make us reflect on our own little worlds For some of us, it doesn’t take a lockdown to imprison us in our own hellish little world. Since his first series of dram…

‘A complex play which will make you laugh & cry’: ROSE – Hope Mill Theatre (Online review) by Louise Penn

Martin Sherman’s intense play is revived by Hope Mill Theatre with an absorbing performance from Maureen Lipman as the 80-year-old recounting the events of her life.

Connecticut’s theater season kicks off COVID-style: Five shows to catch in September by Christopher Arnott

The 2020-21 theater season has begun, largely online, with shows from established local theaters that speak to contemporary issues like immigration, civil rights and presidential elections.

From waste to taste: the art of recycled ceramic tableware

How a Liverpool manufacturer is creating sustainable dishes from broken plates and old building rubble

Wake Up With BWW 9/11: Ben Brantley to Step Down at the New York Times, and More!

Today's top stories: Ben Brantley will step down from his position as chief theater critic for the New York Times, and more.

VIDEO: Jewelle Blackman and Quentin Garzón Perform 'Sure as the Sun Turns to Moon' From TARZAN

Jewelle Blackman and Quentin Garzón have performed a rendition of 'Sure As The Sun Turns To Moon' from Tarzan.

The round, the rotund and the oblong: homeware with curves

These soft shapes can bring some well-rounded perspective to your home

On the Couch with Luke Zwolsman by Arts Review

Who is Luke Zwolsman? Buying the next round! What would you do differently from what you do now?  Started much sooner with protecting my personal identity, information and privacy. Who insp…

Be You Inc – a new voice in the arts empowering young artists and fighting for inclusivity. by Arts Review

On a mission to support theatre performers, Be You Inc. have been developing programs to empower young artists by providing them with workshops, courses and performance opportunities. Known …

20 Theater Figures on How to ‘Revolutionize’ Their World by Jennifer Schuessler and Scott Heller

End unpaid internships. Set term limits for leaders. Get real about inclusion. Take performances to the streets. Say yes to joy, and no to couch plays.

How Paul Rudnick, Humorist, Spends His Sundays by Paige Darrah

In his new socially distanced HBO satire, “Coastal Elites,” five New Yorkers and Angelenos handle the curveballs of 2020.

How to Birth a New American Theater by Jesse Green, Maya Phillips, Laura Collins-Hughes, Elisabeth Vincentelli and Alexis Soloski

Six months dark. Thousands of artists out of work. Could this disaster have a surprise ending? Five critics on what must change, onstage and off.

Synchronicity Theatre returns October 5 with “in theater” and “on-screen” options by ArtsATL Staff

Synchronicity Theatre opens a season unlike any other on October 5 with... The post Synchronicity Theatre returns October 5 with “in theater” and “on-screen” options appeared first o…

Art + Theater: Solo artists; True Colors’ talk by ArtsATL Staff

Alison Hamil, artist in residence at Blue Heron Nature Preserve in Buckhead, opens... The post Art + Theater: Solo artists; True Colors’ talk appeared first on ARTS ATL.

Performing Again: An Interview With Michael Vogel And Familie Flöz At Schiller Theatre by Armando Rotondi

Led by artistic directors Hajo Schüler and Michael Vogel, Berlin-based “Familie Flöz” is one of the most famous theatre companies in Europe, with a unique style in the use of masks, im…

Art as essential activity: an inquiry by Arts Review

From the depths of Melbourne’s COVID-19 Stage 4 lockdown, TarraWarra Museum of Art has commissioned a new series of artistic inquiries that explore the role of art in a global pandemic. T…

Watch Kaitlyn Dever in a Scene from HBO's New Comedy Coastal Elites

Paul Rudnick's new work is directed by Jay Roach.

Flashback Friday: Andrea Martin Tells the Tale of the Barking Hamburgers

Start your weekend with this story of Theater Gone Wrong.

Brisbane is getting a fringe festival! by Arts Review

Adelaide has the world’s second largest fringe; Perth has the third. It’s time for the Sunshine State to have its own and Wynnum Fringe will be its home! This November, artists from a wi…

City of Melbourne buskers taking their performances online by Arts Review

Melburnians are being urged to throw their support behind the city’s iconic buskers, with the creation of an online competition to help performers whose livelihoods have been impacted by C…

Paul Rudnick On Coastal Elites, Trash-Tweeting Ivanka, and How Bette Midler and Theater Give Him Hope by Jonathan Mandell

You’re getting attention for “Coastal Elites,” which was supposed to be a play at the Public Theater, but launches as a film on HBO September 12th, starring Bette Midler, Kaitlyn Dever…

Night in the Woods: the video game that captures bittersweet, millennial life under COVID-19 by Arts Review

Night in the Woods is a video game about strange in-between spaces: between youth and adulthood, between a rose-tinted past and an uncertain future. Released in 2017, it feels especially res…

Director Antonio Campos on a slice of backwoods noir in a time of superheroes

New film ‘The Devil All The Time’ assembles a starry cast from fragments of the Marvel universe

Drama clings on amid the crisis

British MPs have heard stark warnings about theatre’s future, but ingenuity is keeping the sector alive

The Playbill Weekend Streaming Guide: What to Watch September 11-13 by Ryan McPhee

A Mamma Mia! meet-up, Miscast mania, and more!

How Well Do You Know Past Decade of Tony Award Winners for Best Performance in a Musical? by Marc J. Franklin

Test your theatre knowledge.