The Kennedy Center | Reflections on 2020 by The Kennedy Center

Dance life in quarantine: Jacqueline Green is learning, educating and still dancing

Jacqueline Green, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater company dancer, describes the moment when COVID really seemed to change everything for her and her fellow company members. “I could fee…

New ‘Estella Scrooge’ is Dickensian love letter by Alan Smason

By ALAN SMASON, WYES-TV Theatre Critic (“Steppin’ Out“) It might be easy to dismiss Estella Scrooge: A Christmas Carol with a Twist as another in a continuing procession of holiday far…

Disinfecting your space: Best and worst practices

We have all become painfully aware, courtesy of the pandemic, that we need to battle the COVID-19 virus on many fronts. In fact, fighting bacteria and viruses in closed and at close quarters…

Boosting charisma: Towards Vivencia Founder Jorge Crecis

“I am horribly bad at marketing.” Jorge Crecis, founder of an organization called Towards Vivencia, says this with a playfulness in his voice. But there is an underlying seriousness in…

Amazon and Netflix look beyond Bollywood for India’s next big hit

Streaming groups and cinema chains turn to non-Hindi language films as Covid-19 hits production

Broadway: The Year Ends with Botched Tony Nominations But No Tony Awards: Did They Forget? by Roger Friedman

2020 is almost over. Hey wait– what happened to the Tony Awards? Well, the Tony season never really happened. Broadway closed back

WINTER WEATHER | Starring Devon Teuscher and Cory Stearns by American Ballet Theatre

Toast with us and dance into the New Year with ABT! 🥂 Click the link below for limited access to an especially festive dance-on-film performance, WINTER WEATHER, starring #ABTPrincipal Da…

Hollywood & Entertainment Industry Deaths In 2020 – Photo Gallery by Erik Pedersen

As we finally turn the calendar on the Cruelest Year, let’s take a moment to reflect on some of the memorable people we lost from the world of entertainment. Click through the photo galler…

Honors Memories: John Williams & James Taylor Honor Yo-Yo Ma | 2011 Kennedy Center Honors by The Kennedy Center

Water Seed & Kelvin Wooten | Arts Across America: Winter Traditions by The Kennedy Center

Year In Review. SIX Things I’m Grateful For. by Broadway Joe

Can you believe 2020 is finally coming to an end in a matter of mere hours?  I don’t typically subscribe to the “blame the year” movement that seems to happen every […] The post Ye…

What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? Revisit Our Broadway Cocktail Party 'Ushering In A New Golden Age'

Tonight, we may be trading our favorite New Year's Eve cocktail attire of dazzling sequins, suits and sass for that tie dyed loungewear you bought over the summer.

Boston Ballet’s ‘The Gift’: Redefining traditions

December 17-27, 2020.Accessible through BB@yourhome. They say there’s a first for everything, and — as years go — 2020 was a first for all of us. Faced with the inability to present Th…

Plan For An Inclusive Post-Covid Cultural Experience by Joe Patti

In mid-December 2020, LaPlaca Cohen and Slover Linett Audience Research released an analysis of the data they collected in the Covid edition of the CultureTrack survey through the lens of ra…

Top Social Posts of 2020 | Happy New Year! by American Ballet Theatre

Hollywood Owes A Lot To Theatre. Should It Find Ways To Give Back? by Artsjournal

If Hollywood is going to continue reaping the creative benefits of the theater — the actors’ training, the ambitious storytelling, the characters fleshed out over countless rewrites — …

What YOU mean to the Workshop by New York Theatre Workshop

It's an understatement to say that 2020 has felt like 10 years. Sing Street happened this year! We put a pool in the theatre and welcomed three Endlings into it! We rehearsed and teched Sa…

Ring IN The Old: Broadway Veterans age 89-106 by Jonathan Mandell

At a time when matters of mortality are taking center stage, let’s ring in the new (and hopefully far better) year by saluting  Broadway veterans who are aged 89 to 106, many of them stil…

CONSTANT STANISLAVSKI (105) by Robert Shuman

The hardest thing of all is to begin creative work, to find a goal, a foundation, a ground, a principle, or even a simple scenic piece of hokum and to be enthused by it. Enthusiasm, even the…

Repertory Theatre of St. Louis postpones March production of 'Little Shop of Horrors' by From Staff Reports

In response to coronavirus surge, the Rep will delay its return to the stage, but "Mlima's Tale" is still scheduled for May.

How St. Louis artists, restaurants and institutions braved a year of tragedy and transformation by Jane Henderson St. Louis Post-Dispatch

By the end of 2020, entertainment, dining and artistic venues had closed, opened and closed again — some for good.

Fine arts teachers help the show go on during the pandemic by Blythe Bernhard St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Professional artists and musicians are working with St. Louis high school students who are learning their craft virtually

2020: The Year Theater Reinvented Itself by Matthew Wexler

Here's a look at some of the most compelling moments from the year in theater. The post 2020: The Year Theater Reinvented Itself appeared first on The BroadwayBlog.

As DC Theatre Scene ends – resources and expressions of gratitude by Lorraine Treanor

DC Theatre Scene ends its 15 year run today. But we won’t be disappearing any time soon. Thanks to a generous donation, we will be able to remain online for the next 3 years. I know many o…

Phindie’s Most Read Articles of 2020 by Christopher Munden

What a fucking year that was. The post Phindie’s Most Read Articles of 2020 appeared first on phindie.

‘Ratatouille,’ the Musical: How This TikTok Creation Came Together by Christina Morales

We talked to the Broadway stars behind a virtual performance of the animated film. Inspiration started with quirky TikTok segments circulating this fall.

‘Frankenstein’: An Oral History of a Monstrous Broadway Flop, Exactly 40 Years Ago by Artsjournal1

“When the curtain went up at the Palace Theater on Jan. 4, 1981, the expectations — and the stakes — were high. Frankenstein, an adaptation of Mary Shelley’s novel, had cost a report…

Get to Know Up-and-Coming Musical Theatre Writer Donta Storey by Dan Meyer

The non-binary artist talks about LiME, a work that started as a poem and is on its way to becoming a fully-fledged production.

Holiday Concerts in Review: 6 shows that went on despite the pandemic by Henrik Eger

Some of the most beloved choruses and orchestras in the Philadelphia area became creative in entertaining audiences in safe and often unexpected ways via virtual holiday performances.  The …

Coronavirus in N.J.: What’s reopened, what concerts, festivals and shows are rescheduled, canceled by Patrick O'shea

George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick is one of the venues posting a virtual 90-minute production of “A Christmas Carol” with Jefferson Mays in 50 roles, through Jan. 3.

BWW Interview: Andrew Barth Feldman Gives a Behind-The-Scenes Look Into RATATOUILLE: THE TIKTOK MUSICAL

Few things have fed our appetite for theatre during the pandemic like Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical has. Born entirely from creative minds on TikTok, Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical stemm…

9 Alex Brightman Videos We Can't Get Enough Of!

Alex Brightman is stopping by the Seth Rudetsky Concert Series this weekend! We're looking back at past performances before his show on Sunday!

‘Both mocks & celebrates this most British of theatrical styles’: POTTED PANTO (Online review) by John Chapman

Potted Panto is a quick and jolly canter through Pantoland hosted by a couple of energetic and resourceful performers.

‘Twelve Days of Watchmas’ from #WeSeeYou is a blunt and raw must-read by Ramona Harper

Revolution is rooted in protest. And in revolutionary ways, protest theater promotes social change. The ubiquitous We See You, White American Theater movement courageously flips the script u…

Nathan Lane and Vanessa Williams Join NBC's New Year's Eve 2021

Donations will benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS' national efforts addressing hunger and food insecurity.

The Top 10 Best Broadway Moments of 2020 (yes, there really were 10): PART I

Boy oh boy was this blog an exercise in how to find a bright spot (or 10) in the darkest of all times.   Broadway shut down in 2020. Something it has never done. Like ever. How could there …

Stars in the House Celebrates New Year's Eve With 3 Shows December 31 by Andrew Gans

Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley ring in the new year with streams at 6 PM, 10 PM, and 1 AM ET.

What I learned after 31 workouts in 31 days by Victoria Cairl

It was a year and it felt like everything in my life was constantly in a tailspin. I had been working in theater, an institution as old as… Continue reading on Medium »

Ticketmaster Will Pay $10 Million Fine to Settle Federal Charges It Hacked Rival’s System by Todd Spangler

Ticketmaster agreed to pay a $10 million criminal fine to avoid prosecution over charges that it illegally accessed systems of a startup rival to steal proprietary info in an attempt to “c…

The Top Theatre Stories of 2020, From Zoom to Zazz by Playbill Staff

An extended intermission. An overdue reckoning. A lot of gridded stages.

11 Things Our Critics Are Looking Forward to in 2021

Nicolas Cage hosts the history of swearing. Lorde writes a book and Julie Mehretu takes over the Whitney. This new year has to be better, right?

Nathan Lane and Vanessa Williams to Appear on NBC's New Year's Eve 2021 to Raise Funds for Broadway Cares by Andrew Gans

Carson Daly hosts the event live from Times Square.

A Look Back at 2020 in Video by Playbill

As 2020 comes to an end, we invite you to look back at some of our favorite on-camera moments: from interviews and in-studio performances to Playbill's original series and virtual concerts. …

‘The themes are both relevant and mildly hopeful’: DECEMBER – Old Red Lion Theatre (Online review) by Aleks Sierz

I watched the streamed version of December, written and directed by Alexander Knott, and performed in the Old Red Lion Theatre and pub.

The Playbill Weekend Streaming Guide: What to Watch Over New Year's Weekend by Talaura Harms

Ring in the new year with Billy Porter and Cyndi Lauper in Times Square, then make this the year of the rat with Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical.

[HD] MTTP Episode 3: They Rehearse by York Theatre Company

Now for the really good stuff, as the York Theatre MTTP Summer Intensive 2020 shifts into full collaboration mode: Time to get the songwriters and the students together! Are the songs good '…

2020 crushed Seattle’s arts, food and other industries: 8 people share how they survived and their hopes for 2021 by Seattle Times Staff

The pandemic was hard on Seattle's food and beverage and arts and entertainment industries. How did everyone get through it? Some shut their doors to hibernate, others pivoted to start new b…

James Graham reveals Covid crisis accelerated Elton John musical collaboration by Mark Brown Arts Correspondent

Writer says singer’s cancelled farewell tour resulted in ‘real progress’ on stage project For writer James Graham, one plus side from the grind of 2020 was being able to work with Elt…

On This Day in New York Theater: New Year’s Eve from the 1920’s through the 1940’s by Barry Gordin

By: Samuel L. Leiter (No. 20 in the series) December 31, 2020: For this column’s last entry in the horrific year of the pandemic, I thought it might be interesting to see what open…

Replay: Tell Me More | Episode 17: Rebecca Luker on Premiere’s Inner Voices 2018 by Matt Tamanini

As we reflect upon the passing of Rebecca Luker, we are replaying a conversation that we had with her on BroadwayRadio in 2018. On this episode of BroadwayRadio’s “Tell Me More,” Matt …

The show will go on by Holly Webster

In honour of a terrible year finally coming to a close, Holly Webster reflects on what she misses most about live theatre and the ways in which the industry has responded to mass closures th…

Ms. Broadway December 2020: Hadestown's Eva Noblezada by JK

It seems only fitting that we end 2020 by honoring the living history of Broadway with our Mr. Broadway December 2020, Andre De Shields, and also honoring the living future of American theat…

Nathan Lane and Vanessa Williams Join NBC's NEW YEAR'S EVE 2021 To Support Hunger Relief Efforts Of BC/EFA

Broadway's Nathan Lane and Vanessa Williams will make special appearances during tonight's broadcast of “NBC's New Year's Eve 2021” to encourage donations for Broadway Cares/Equity Figh…

2020: A Glance Back Before Fleeing by Trav S.D.

Goodbye, 2020! Don’t let the door bang you on the ass on the way out! I started my traditional year end wrap-up assuming that I hadn’t accomplished much in 2020, a feeling naturally enha…

Rear-view mirror by Terry Teachout

A year ago today, my beloved Hilary was in an intensive-care unit at New York-Presbyterian, fighting for her life as she awaited a double-lung transplant. She had no idea that worse awaited …

The cost of talent—and grief by Terry Teachout

In today’s Wall Street Journal I write about the Stephen Joseph Theatre’s webcast of a radio play written and performed by Alan Ayckbourn. Here’s an excerpt. *  *  * Alan Ayckbourn…

‘Riotous fun from start to finish’: COVIDELLA & THE MASKED BALL – Stream.Theatre (Online review) ★★★★ by Emma Clarendon

Created by those involved and studying at the Musical Theatre Academy, Covidella & The Masked Ball really puts a quirky twist on the traditional story of Cinderella.

The Man Who Fell From the Sky investigates a tragic stowaway story

This gripping documentary attempts to find out more about the ill-fated Carlito Vale

Virus horror series The Stand comes to Starzplay

This grisly adaptation of Stephen King’s 1978 novel follows the few survivors of a deadly plague

The body fights back on The Truth About Boosting Your Immune System

This BBC1 documentary offers a lively look at the human defence system

Homegrown Broadway talent teaching at Wilmerding arts school by Tyler Dague / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Local theater companies stretch creativity as pandemic continues by Tyler Dague / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Theater companies hold conversations on race, equity and inclusion by Tyler Dague / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Almanac: Philip Larkin on love by Terry Teachout

The stone fidelity They hardly meant has come to be Their final blazon, and to prove Our almost-instinct almost true: What will survive of us is love. Philip Larkin, “An Arundel Tomb” Co…

He dunnit: State College teen organized, directed virtual production of 'Clue" with friends by Joshua Axelrod / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Mitchell Case missed live theater, so he pursued the rights to “Clue” and staged an online performance himself.

How the hurdy-gurdy went hardcore

Part violin, part bagpipes... the duck-billed platypus of instruments is enjoying an extraordinary revival

Wake Up With BWW 12/31: Guide to RATATOUILLE: THE TIKTOK MUSICAL and More!

Today's top stories: check out our guide to Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical, Seth Rudetsky chats with Richard Ridge on Backstage Live, read our interview with Brian Stokes Mitchell, and more!

5 Things to Do This New Year’s Weekend

Our critics and writers have selected noteworthy cultural events to experience virtually.

NEWS: Sheila Hancock is made a Dame in the New Year Honours list 2021 by Press Releases

Sheila Hancock has been made a Dame in the New Year Honours list 2021 with actors Toby Jones (OBE), Nina Wadia (OBE), Lesley Manville (CBE) and Sally Dynevor (MBE) also recognised.

The Year in Review from HowlRound: Farewell 2020 by Howlround Theatre Commons

By HowlRound Theatre Commons. We at HowlRound reflect on the past year of conversations, convenings, livestreams, and more—all in the name of creating a more equitable, just, and progressi…

“Haunting of Alice Bowles” Merges Murder & Macabre—Streaming Original, UK by Patricia L. Morin

Philip Franks Unites Ghostly Treasure Tales & Plague  by Patricia L. Morin In a dark cemetery, in the plague year 2020, we join two frightened YouTubing millennials: venturous Matt (Max…

Watch 20 Stunning Broadway Music Videos from 2020 by Jonathan Mandell

Below are ten stunning music videos put together by Broadway stars, often for a political cause,  some just for kicks (literally.) Then below those:  ten of the most popular videos I poste…

In Memoriam: A Look Back at the Theater Icons We Lost in 2020

Broadway said farewell to a great many legends this year.

A Look Back at 2020 in Video by Roberto Araujo

Some of our favorite on-camera moments in an unprecedented year.

Catching Up With Kelli O’Hara by Jeryl Brunner

The Tony-winning actress shares how she is getting through.

Kerri-Anne Kennerley hospitalised after trapeze fall during PIPPIN performance by Gabi Bergman

On Wednesday evening, Kerrie-Anne Kennerley was rushed to hospital after falling 4.5 metres during her trapeze number. The actress, who

Vienna Philharmonic plays on despite pandemic restrictions

New Year’s concert and other Austrian performing arts receive generous state support

Theater Makes Resolution to Not Whitewash Shows, For At Least First Few Months, Until They Forget by Broadway Beat

by Marcus Canada. @marcus_canada_. CLINTON, Ar. - The Middle Street Stage Theatre Company has publicized their resolution to no longer ca...

Audra McDonald, Renée Fleming, More Star in PBS' New Year's Eve Concert United in Song by Andrew Gans

The evening also features Brian Stokes Mitchell, Josh Groban, and Anna Deavere Smith.

Tony Winners Cyndi Lauper and Billy Porter Reunite for ABC's New Year's Rockin' Eve December 31 by Andrew Gans

The Kinky Boots composer-lyricist and star perform a duet on the annual broadcast.