Saturday, January 9, 2021 at 11pm (Broadway Time)
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PJ O’Rourke: ‘I love to make things but I’m clumsy’

The writer and satirist finds spiritual fulfilment in his scrapyard animal sculptures

SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 11:55PM

Out of the Darkness: A “Visit” with Lighting Designer Japhy Weideman by Colden Lamb

“That’s what we as lighting designers do – we observe, interpret, and find ways to recreate an emotional response without directly telling an audience how to feel.” Before he designe…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 11:13PM
Saturday, January 9, 2021 at 7pm (Broadway Time)
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Fauci Suggests Theaters Could Reopen ‘Some Time in the Fall’ by Julia Jacobs

Dr. Anthony S. Fauci told performing arts professionals that if the vaccination program was a success, performances could resume with relatively few restrictions.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:24PM
Saturday, January 9, 2021 at 5pm (Broadway Time)
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Times³ (Times x Times x Times) Review: A Sonic Tour of Times Square from Prototype Festival by New York Theater

This sonic tour of Times Square begins with what sounds like a wave of sonic booms – the clacking machinery of an ancient factory maybe, or an old diesel locomotive…until you realize: Oh…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:39PM
Saturday, January 9, 2021 at 4pm (Broadway Time)
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Review: Walk of Shame, Glass Half Full Theatre by Samuel Nicholls

Review: Walk of Shame, Glass Half Full Theatre2.0Overall ScoreTrigger Warning: Rape, Sexual Assault To many, Alice (Stephanie Silver) is the kind of girl who is “practically asking for it

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:12PM
Saturday, January 9, 2021 at 3pm (Broadway Time)
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Review: An Intervention, Old Fire Station by Nina Cave

Review: An Intervention, Old Fire Station5.0Overall ScoreClare Lizzimore directs Mike Bartlett’s An Intervention at Oxford’s Old Fire Station. In this recording of a rehearsed reading, C…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:06PM
Saturday, January 9, 2021 at 1pm (Broadway Time)
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MetroStage to stream ‘Mothers and Sons’ in tribute to Terrence McNally by David Siegel

What does a gay man call another gay man to whom he is committed? The character Cal in Terrence McNally’s Mothers and Sons gropes for the right word: Andre and I were what people called �…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:58PM

Ma Rainey Sings the Blues with Passion and Rage by David Sheward

In the 20th century, the number of African-American playwrights who have had financially successful, non-musical productions on Broadway can be counted on the fingers of one hand—Lorraine …

SOURCE: www.culturalweekly.com at 01:57PM

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom **** by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward January 9, 2020: In the 20th century, the number of African-American playwrights who have had financially successful, non-musical productions on Broadway can be counte…

SOURCE: theaterlife at 01:37PM
Saturday, January 9, 2021 at noon (Broadway Time)
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Jane Krakowski by NPR

Actor Jane Krakowski joins us, along with panelists Amy Dickinson, Maeve Higgins, and Joel Kim Booster.

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 12:00PM
Saturday, January 9, 2021 at 11am (Broadway Time)
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NEW DAWN: THEATRE AFFIRMATIONS by Robert Shuman

I am most truly successful, as an artist and otherwise, when I am my most authentic self, openly and honestly.   I adapt my vision to the new theatrical reality—and it has all positive ou…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 11:31AM
Saturday, January 9, 2021 at 9am (Broadway Time)
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Can’t See the Forest for the Woods: Two (or More) Great Dime Museum Impresarios by Trav S.D.

A few scraps about the mysterious impresario whom many writers in exasperated defeat refer to simply as “Wood”. What follows are the theatricaln activities of two, possibly more, men. Th…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:12AM
Saturday, January 9, 2021 at 8am (Broadway Time)
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Virtual Theatre This Weekend: January 9-10- with Wayne Brady, Lillias White, and More!

Broadway might be dark, but that doesn't mean that theatre isn't happening everywhere! Below, check out where you can get your daily fix of Broadway this weekend, January 9-10, 2020.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:31AM
Saturday, January 9, 2021 at 7am (Broadway Time)
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’An easy informality that elevates this concert to the best kind of cabaret’: TOGETHER AGAIN – Thespie by Ian Foster

Featuring the marvellous Sophie Isaacs, Jodie Steele and T’Shan Williams, Together Again might be Thespie’s best Reunited gig yet.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AM
Saturday, January 9, 2021 at 6am (Broadway Time)
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Surge Madrid 2020: The Nonstop Alternative Theatre Festival by Antonio Hernández Nieto

Surge Madrid is a performing arts festival that usually takes place in May. However, this year it was re-scheduled to October due to the lockdown. Focusing on alternative theatre, the festiv…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 06:43AM

Hartford Foundation’s Artists of Color Unite! awards $400,000 in arts grants by Christopher Arnott

The new Artists of Color Unite! program of the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving has awarded $400,000 to three local arts organization and will work with them to fund dozens of projects …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM
Saturday, January 9, 2021 at 4am (Broadway Time)
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Billy Porter: ‘My church said I would never be blessed if I chose to be gay’ by Rosanna Greenstreet

The actor and singer on RuPaul’s Drag Race, learning how to be loved, and why no actor could play him in the film of his life Born in Pennsylvania, Billy Porter, 51, studied drama and move…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:30AM
Saturday, January 9, 2021 at 1am (Broadway Time)
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Superhero Series: Adding Support With a Super Sidekick by Kerry Hishon

Welcome to Part 2 of Theatrefolk’s Superhero Series! In our last post, we talked about creating an original superhero character. Now we’re going to give the superhero a sidekick. Batman …

SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 01:00AM
Saturday, January 9, 2021 at midnight (Broadway Time)
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Saif Ali Khan — India’s screen prince on getting gritty

The movie star talks about his role in Amazon Prime’s new political drama Tandav and why Indian audiences are embracing tough streaming series

SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:00AM

Drag queens and artists star in Peter Hujar’s New York portraits

The bygone bohemia of the Seventies and Eighties is chronicled in the work of the late photographer

SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:00AM

Eric Whitacre: ‘Do I believe in an afterlife? This is a three-martini question’

The Grammy-winning composer and conductor on computer music, long baths and the importance of luck

SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:00AM

Stars in the House Welcomes Dreamgirls Stars Lillias White, Roz Ryan, and Kecia Lewis-Evans January 9 by Andrew Gans

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

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

Checking In With… Hello, Dolly! and Carousel Music Supervisor and Musical Director Andy Einhorn by Andrew Gans

The Broadway music director and conductor conceived and music directs Pasadena Playhouse's tribute to the late Jerry Herman, which streams beginning January 10.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

13 Solo Turns on Broadway Everyone Should Know by Marc J. Franklin

Check out these socially distant performances that took the Main Stem by storm.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

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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
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Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
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