How to Write a Pandemic Play by Aleks Sierz

Ten prompts for writing about the year 2020: 1) “It started with a slight cough, a rather dry cough.” Explore the sense of a beginning; remember how you felt when the news of the pandemi…

Watch: Basil Twist’s ‘TITON ET L’AURORE’ by Matthew Wexler

World-famous puppeteer Basil Twist will unveil his newest production when Opera Comique in Paris presents 'TITON ET L’AURORE' beginning January 19 The post Watch: Basil Twist’s ‘TITON…

Turning the Page: Lincoln Center Theater Artists Read Their Own Poetry and Prose by New York Theater

These six theater artists read from the following non-theater writing tonight, part of the new Lincoln Center Theater Spotlight series.: Playwright David Adjmi’s delightful new book Lot Si…

EMBODIED LIFE: Willow Sanchez on Transitioning from Ballet Dancer to Municipal Lawyer and How Negotiation Is Needed in Both by The Dance Enthusiast

In EMBODIED LIFE: Willow Sanchez on Transitioning from Ballet Dancer to Municipal Lawyer and How Negotiation Is Needed in Both, "Her objective was to work in public policy, so she opted to …

Commentary: Times are bad, so keep your uplift. Give me 'Crime and Punishment' and 'The Godfather' by Charles McNulty

The nation's overlapping crises have sparked the notion that audiences want to be uplifted, more than anything else. I disagree.

HADESTOWN's John Krause Performs Wait For Me/Save Tonight Mashup for LIVING ROOM CONCERTS by BroadwayWorld

Alex Brightman Talks Quarantine Projects in BACKSTAGE LIVE by BroadwayWorld

MEAN GIRLS' Kate Rockwell Sings An Ode to Her Dog on LIVING ROOM CONCERTS by BroadwayWorld

GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY's Marc Kudisch and Jeanette Bayardelle Visit BACKSTAGE LIVE by BroadwayWorld

Peter Mark Richman Dies: Versatile Playwright, Author And Actor For Broadway, Film, TV Was 93 by Bruce Haring

Peter Mark Richman, a star of Broadway, film and television who had guest starring roles on more than 500 TV shows, including a recurring role as Rev. Snow on the classic sitcom Three’s Co…

On the Couch with Amy Johnson

Freestyle Love Supreme Academy begins its winter sessions for kids this weekend by Deb Miller

Created by Thomas Kail, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Anthony Veneziale in 2004, the critically acclaimed improv troupe Freestyle Love Supreme – famed for its successful run on Broadway in 2019,…

MATILDA Film Adds Emma Thompson As 'Miss Trunchbull' and Alisha Weir in the Title Role

The upcoming film adaptation of the acclaimed musical Matilda has found its title star!

Odds & Ends: Idina Menzel Has Created a Children's Show & More by Lindsey Sullivan

Here's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed recently. Watch Idina Menzel's Kid-Friendly New Show Tony winner Idina Menzel has created her own children's program, Idina's Treeho…

Anaïs Mitchell, Aleshea Harris, and Over 100 More Theatre Writers Call on Biden-Harris Administration for Arts Support by Dan Meyer

Playwrights, composers, lyricists, and librettists have joined a letter campaign advocating for the creation of a Department of the Arts and substantial COVID-19 relief for artists.

Nathan Hirschaut’s Hive Creative Company premieres ‘Seek’ by Admin

Nathan Hirschaut missed out on his senior year of Juilliard last spring but took it as a sign to re-examine what it means to be a dancer, and artist, a healer and an activist, and how all of…

VIDEO: Lin-Manuel Miranda Celebrates Costume Industry Coalition Workers

Lin-Manuel Miranda has added his voice to the many in the entertainment industry supporting the Costume Industry Coalition (CIC), a group of small businesses and artisans advocating for t…

Look, up in the sky: Here's where to spot some socially distant eagles this winter by Valerie Schremp Hahn | St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Alton tourism bureau unveils a new eagle “mobile passport” that encourages self-guided birdwatching tours.

Christopher Jackson explains how his perspective on ‘Hamilton’ changed after 5 years [EXCLUSIVE VIDEO INTERVIEW] by Christopher Rosen

Christopher Jackson last played George Washington in the Broadway production of “Hamilton” in November 2016. “I haven’t been able to fully appreciate a lot of the aspects of the show…

In the News: Susan Lucci, Renée Elise Goldsberry Join Fellow Soap Stars for Back on Broadway Benefit, a The Light in the Piazza Cast Reunion, More by Talaura Harms

Plus: Michael Luwoye, L Morgan Lee, Mirirai Sithole, and more are tapped for Atlantic's African Caribbean MixFest.

Drew Gasparini to Launch New Podcast Featuring Alex Brightman, Colton Ryan, Kathryn Gallagher and More

Drew Gasparini is launching a new podcast Now We’re Talking with Drew Gasparini. The podcast will release the first three episodes of the series on Friday, January 15th, with guests Alex…

DCPAMemories - The Secret Garden by Denver Center For The Performing Arts

For this week's DCPA Memories, we're looking back at the DCPA Theatre Company's production of The Secret Garden. This past year has been stressful and difficult for all of us, but this song …

Performing arts events to look forward to in 2021 by Tyler Dague / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Justin Guarini Joins WHY I'LL NEVER MAKE IT Podcast as the First Guest On Season Five

To kickstart Season Five of the Why I'll Never Make It podcast, Justin Guarini (Wicked, In Transit) joins host Patrick Oliver Jones to talk about the musical journey that led up to American …

Songwriter Abigail Barlow is Turning Netflix Hit BRIDGERTON Into a TikTok Musical

'Heartbreak Hotel' singer and TikTok creator Abigail Barlow is going viral again with her new Bridgerton musical numbers!

ILLUSIONIST SIEGFRIED FISCHBACHER OF SIEGFRIED & ROY DIES by Robert Shuman

(Paul Davenport’s article appeared on the AP, 1/14; via the Drudge Report; Photo: Sigfried, left, with tiger: Reviewjournal.com.) Siegfried Fischbacher, the surviving member of the magic d…

After Missing Last Year, 2021 Kennedy Center Honors Are Announced by Elizabeth Blair

COVID cancelled the Kennedy Center Lifetime Achievement Awards in 2020. Today the Center announced that the show will go on in May 2021, honoring five extraordinary performers.

Adrienne Kennedy’s new play, ‘Etta and Ella on the Upper West Side,’ is utterly unique by Peter Marks

Online festival of Kennedy works concludes with this mesmerizing world premiere.

Marin Ireland, Segun Akande, David Anzuelo and More Announced for AFRICAN CARIBBEAN MIXFEST

Atlantic Theater Company has announced casting for African Caribbean MixFest, a series of free readings co-produced by playwright Guadalís Del Carmen and playwright, director and Arti…

Zoo Motel and The Journey take us away from it all by Kerry Reid

Links Hall and Chicago Shakespeare host two virtual interactive shows on isolation and connection. Even before the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol last w…

UPDATE: St. Luke's Lutheran Church Intends to Reopen a Theater Space This Summer

What is the future of the space situated beneath Saint Luke's Lutheran Church? BroadwayWorld has just received an official statement from the church's leadership, Rev Dr. Arden C. Strasser.

Danielle Brooks, John Turturro, Kate Hamill and More Announced for CSC's CLASSIC CONVERSATIONS Series

Classic Stage Company has announced the Spring 2021 season of the free, online version of their discussion series Classic Conversations, premiering Thursdays at 6pm on YouTube and Faceb…

Review: Scott Silven’s ‘Journey’ via Chicago Shakes creates the illusion we’re all connected — believe that one if you want by Chris Jones

This new show, livestreamed from Scotland, is on the cutting edge of translating old-school magic into our new online worlds. Worlds where ostensibly we're all connected.

Three-Time Tony Winner Nathan Lane Joins Both The Gilded Age & Only Murders In The Building by Lindsey Sullivan

This three-time Tony winner is about to get some major screen time. Nathan Lane has joined the casts of both HBO's The Gilded Age and Hulu's Only Murders in the Building, according to Dead…

Patrick Dempsey Joins ENCHANTED Sequel DISENCHANTED

In an interview on this morning's edition of 'Good Morning America,' actor Patrick Dempsey confirmed he will return to star in the sequel to 2007 musical comedy 'Enchanted.'

Cast Complete for Signature's Simply Sondheim, Starring Norm Lewis, Solea Pfeiffer, Conrad Ricamora, Emily Skinner by Andrew Gans

The production, directed and choreographed by Matthew Gardiner, will be available to stream beginning February 2.

Negro Ensemble Company: A Brief History Of A Pathbreaking Theater Group by Artsjournal1

The NEC’s roots lay in a drama workshop for Harlem youth that founder Robert Hooks ran in a makeshift theater in his apartment until the landlord found out. The professional company was bo…

Larissa FastHorse, Robert O’Hara, More Added to Playwrights Horizons’ Board of Directors by Ryan McPhee

The Off-Broadway organization is in its 50th anniversary year.

Stars Of ABC’s ‘All My Children’, ‘One Life To Live’ & ‘General Hospital’ Reunite For Streaming Concert Benefit by Greg Evans

Stars of ABC’s classic daytime dramas All My Children, One Life to Live and General Hospital will reunite next month to present a streaming concert of their past musical performances benef…

Gerry Cottle, circus showman and Wookey Hole Caves owner, dies of Covid aged 75 by Chris Wiegand

Cottle toured the UK and internationally for decades, promoting a variety of acts, before developing attractions at the limestone caves in Somerset The circus showman Gerry Cottle has died o…

Illusionist Siegfried Fischbacher, of Siegfried & Roy, dies aged 81 by Guardian Staff and Associated Press

The surviving member of duo Siegfried & Roy has died of cancer in Las Vegas after his magic partner died last year German news agency dpa is reporting that illusionist Siegfried Fischbac…

The Devil Wears Prada Musical Pushes Chicago World Premiere to 2022 by Dan Meyer

The stage adaptation will star Beth Leavel and Taylor Iman Jones.

Livestreaming a Performance and Conversation: Corp Urban by Giuvlipen

By . Glod: Political Theatre as a Civil Right presents extracts of work by Monirah Hashemi livestreaming on the global, commons-based, peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on M…

White Liberals, Rejoice! Manhattan Theatre Club Adds Joe Biden Inauguration to Upcoming Season by Broadway Beat

by Annette Storckman. @astorcks. NEW YORK, NY - Broadway may be closed, but the spirit of needlessly expensive productions has not left o...

Broadway Records Partners With Dash on Broadway Records Radio by Andrew Gans

The commercial-free streaming music service features Broadway stars and show tunes.

Keep the Light On Teaser by American Repertory Theater

Peter J. Kuo: Schooling the Field by American Theatre Editors

ACT's new conservatory director talks about teaching self-analysis, working within structures to dismantle them, and the possibilities of digital platforms.

You, You, You Oughta Hear These 6 Radio Worthy Covers by Jagged Little Pill's Lauren Patten

The extraordinary Lauren Patten will be highlighted in the first nationally syndicated Broadway show Broadway Profiles this coming Sunday January 17th at 6pm EST (for tristate readers!) on W…

Hundreds Of Playwrights And Composers Urge Biden Administration To Prioritize Arts Support by Greg Evans

More than 200 theater writers – playwrights, composers, lyricists, librettists – have joined a nationwide letter writing campaign urging the incoming Biden-Harris Administration to prior…

Exclusive: Watch Denis O'Hare in a Clip From This Week's Episode of American Gods

O'Hare guest stars in the series, opposite lead Ian McShane.

Stars From All My Children, General Hospital, and More Will Lead Broadway Cares Benefit Concert

The event will take place this February.

London Theatre News Today: Thursday 14 January by Kitty Underwood

Find out all the goings-on in theatreland today! From show updates to online theatre for you to binge - stay up-to-date with everything stagey here! The post London Theatre News Today: Thurs…

Bridgerton Gets the Musical Treatment Thanks to This TikTok Star by Caitlin Moynihan

Bridgerton, a period drama produced by Shonda Rhimes based on Julia Quinn's novels, features a story in Regency-era London and follows the town's most illustrious families as they are scrut…

Broadway's Katie Rose Clarke Welcomes Baby Boy by Lindsey Sullivan

Congratulotions are in order! Katie Rose Clarke, who has wowed Broadway audiences in Wicked and more, and her husband Christopher Alan Rogers have a new addition to their family. The couple…

The Devil Wears Prada Musical Pushes Premiere Date to Summer 2022 by Caitlin Moynihan

The world premiere of The Devil Wears Prada will now debut at Chicago's James M. Nederlander Theatre in July 2022. Originally announced for a 2020 premiere, the show shifted its run to 20…

Annie Golden Interview Excerpt - Broadway & #OrangeistheNewBlack (#OITNB) by Call Me Adam

Season 2, Episode 2 of my podcast, "Baring It All with Call Me Adam," features Broadway & "Orange is the New Black's" #AnnieGolden discussing her career legacy! . In this interview, Annie re…

J.B. by Archibald MacLeish (1959): Chosen by Committee Episode 38 by Phindie Podcasts

On this episode of Chosen by Committee, Josh, John, and Chris talk poetry and bible, and wonder why this play didn't quite work. The post J.B. by Archibald MacLeish (1959): Chosen by Committ…

‘The Devil Wears Prada’ musical pushes back Chicago premiere date by Caitlin Huston

The pre-Broadway run of “The Devil Wears Prada” musical has pushed back by one year.  The musical, which is set to make its world premiere in Chicago, will now start previews in July 20…

From Stage to Screen: Interview with Tory Trowbridge of Netflix's Tiny Pretty Things by The Ensemblist

by Mary Callahan …

Slave Play, The Inheritance, Jagged Little Pill, Playbill-Presented Pride Plays Score 2021 Artios Awards Nominations by Dan Meyer

The honors celebrate casting directors in theatre, film, and television.

What the adoption of the vaccine means for Broadway’s return.

I’m a pretty positive guy. But I’ve had more down days in the past 365 than my entire life. Can you blame me? I’ve got three big loves in this world: #1 – My wife. #2 – My daughter…

Stir Your Creativity by Sammy Buck

Five quick exercises to solve your writing problems. The post Stir Your Creativity appeared first on Dramatics Magazine Online.

Hot Clip of the Day: The Divine Julia Murney Slays "Smash" Number

It's good to see her isn't it!? Happy Birthday to the divine Julia Murney. The actress became synonymous with her decadent performance as Queenie in Andrew Lippa's The Wild Party Off-Broadwa…

Asolo Rep's 2021 Season to Feature E. Faye Butler in Fannie: The Music and Life of Fannie Lou Hamer by Andrew Gans

The upcoming season, launching in February, will be presented in Asolo's newly constructed, socially distanced outdoor Terrace Stage.

Watch a Sneak Peek of As the Curtain Rises Ahead of Their Live Event by Roberto Araujo

The Broadway-themed soap opera will broadcast a live event on January 14.

Broadway Lullabies: 29 Show Tunes to Help You Unwind by Playbill Staff

Relax with these songs from Hamilton, Into the Woods, and more.

Victoria Clark, Kelli O'Hara, Matthew Morrison Set for Light in the Piazza Virtual Reunion

Lincoln Center Theater will present the event later this month.

Watch: Hamilton Creates a Side-by-Side Video Comparing "Satisfied" and "Helpless"

Check out the continuity in these two sequences.

The York Theatre Company is Unsinkable — But After a Water Main Break, It Needs Help

The off-Broadway theater is being forced to temporarily vacate its home in order to rebuild.

Siegfried & Roy: Magician Siegfried Fischbacher Dead at 81 by Christine Hauser

Mr. Fischbacher’s partner, Roy Horn, died last May of complications of Covid-19. “There could be no Siegfried without Roy, and no Roy without Siegfried,” Mr. Fischbacher said at the ti…

The Miracle of Marjoe by Trav S.D.

Like millions of people I’ll bet, I first knew Marjoe Gortner (b. 1944) from his key role in the 1974 blockbuster Earthquake. There are many remarkable, memorable things about this landmar…

Siegfried Fischbacher, Magician of Siegfried & Roy, Dies at 81 by Christine Hauser

Mr. Fischbacher’s partner, Roy Horn, died last May of complications of Covid-19. “There could be no Siegfried without Roy, and no Roy without Siegfried,” Mr. Fischbacher said at the ti…

Mick Fleetwood goes his own way with BMG rights deal

Fleetwood Mac catalogue the source of a third royalties deal in 6 weeks

GRACE NOTES: Thursday, January 14, 2021 by Susan Grace

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Watch Hamilton's Side-by-Side Comparison of ‘Satisfied’ and ‘Helpless’ by Dan Meyer

Rewind (rewind, rewind) with Renée Elise Goldsberry, Phillipa Soo, and more.

CUOMO OUTLINES PLANS TO ‘BRING ARTS AND CULTURE BACK TO LIFE’ by Robert Shuman

(Sarah Bahr’s article appeared in The New York Times 1/12; via Pam Green.  Photo: “New York City is not New York without Broadway,” Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said on Tuesday in unveiling p…

Stars in the House Celebrates Grey's Anatomy January 14 by Andrew Gans

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

Three on the Aisle: The Pandemic Process With Samira Wiley & Kate Hamill by American Theatre Editors

This week the critics talk to two theatre artists about the choices they've made and the field they hope to return to.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day: 9 Ways to Honor His Legacy by Alexis Soloski

Marches and parades are on pause this year. But streamed events and exhibitions are still commemorating King’s achievements.

Atlantic Theater Company’s ‘African Caribbean MixFest’ launches next week by Deb Miller

Off-Broadway’s Atlantic Theater Company – committed to connecting with audiences from a broad range of economic backgrounds, ages, ethnicities, and perspectives – returns next week wit…

Seattle Rep embarks on ambitious plan, commissioning more new plays at once than it ever has by Crystal Paul

Seattle Repertory Theatre is embarking on an ambitious undertaking: three commission projects that will support the development of over 20 new plays over the next decade — more than the Re…

At This Theater: Favorite Show at the Gershwin Theatre by JK

Starting a new series about my favorite show at each Broadway theater with the theater where I saw my very first Broadway show seemed like a no-brainer. It has, instead, proven much more dif…

Robert Cohan: mesmerising master who changed the course of British dance by Lyndsey Winship

The charismatic choreographer and beloved teacher was an inspirational figure as he shared the secrets of movement Sir Robert Cohan, modern dance legend, dies aged 95 In the 1970s, Robert C…

A look ahead at Pittsburgh dance in 2021: 5 things (so far) to get excited about by Sara Bauknecht / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Pittsburgh’s dance community is staying on its feet by coming up with innovative programming until we can all safely come together again.

Column: A modest proposal for our democracy: Change those election night ‘magic walls’ on CNN and FOX by Chris Jones

Part of the reason some voters got the wrong sense of who was winning and losing on Election Night may have been in the way TV networks reported votes as if they were sports results.

NEWS: Finalists announced for new online theatre award OnComm by Press Releases

Since the start of the Covid pandemic closures in 2020, many independent, alternative and fringe theatre venues and companies across the UK and beyond responded to the challenges of lockdown…

Today on Broadway: Thursday, January 14, 2021 by Ashley Steves

Fey and Brady Join Educational Theatre Foundation’s Virtual Gala, Kennedy Center Honorees Are Announced, Lane Joins “The Gilded Age” “Today on Broadway” is a daily, Monday through …

THROWBACK THURSDAY: Leah West by Sarah Day

By Sarah Day This week on Throwback Thursday, Sarah Day spoke to Leah West. This post THROWBACK THURSDAY: Leah West first appeared on British Theatre. Hurrah!

Music festivals face a second summer of doubt

The UK government is confronted with a dilemma: underwrite events or face the decimation of a thriving cultural sector

Almanac: Will and Ariel Durant on revolution by Terry Teachout

“The only real revolution is in the enlightenment of the mind and the improvement of character, the only real emancipation is individual, and the only real revolutionaries are philosophers…

Blithe Spirit — Noël Coward would be turning in his grave

Dan Stevens, Judi Dench and Isla Fisher star in a travesty of the playwright’s supernatural comedy

Stardust — a curious David Bowie biopic

Johnny Flynn plays the singer on a 1971 tour of the US in a film rejected by his family

MLK/FBI — documentary about the civil rights leader has a wider story to tell

The hounding of Martin Luther King is related through archive footage in Sam Pollard’s film

Dear Comrades! — a dazzling, furious film about Soviet revolt

Andrei Konchalovsky tells the true story of a massacre of protesters in the 1960s under Khrushchev

‘Brings to life another modern-day issue without any sugar coating’: WALK OF SHAME – Glass Half Full Theatre (Online review) ★★★★ by Elaine Chapman

Writers Stephanie Silver and Amelia Marshall-Lovsey bring to the online stage Walk of Shame, produced by Caley Powell for Glass Half Full Theatre.

CPTV documentary profiles Italian-born, New Haven theater mogul S.Z. Poli by Susan Dunne

A documentary showing on Jan. 16 on CPTV is about S.Z. Poli, the New Haven-based theater chain owner who was a major player in the vaudeville era and the early days of cinema.

The highly curious (and sometimes horrifying) appeal of hair art 

A new twist on Victorian “hairwork” is making waves

NEA Re-Opening Guide – You’re Not Alone by Joe Patti

The National Endowment for the Arts has released their “Art of Reopening” guide. Looking through it, it doesn’t substantially differ from other re-opening guides about which I have wri…

A Playwright’s New Subject: Her Husband, the Pandemic Expert by Thomas Fuller

Prolific and widely-produced, Lauren Gunderson didn’t have to look far to create “The Catastrophist,” a play about risk that’s both timely and personal.

NEWS: Janie Dee will star in a new digital production of Terence Rattigan’s All On Her Own by Press Releases

A brand new digital production of Terence Rattigan’s one-woman play All On Her Own will star award-winning actress Janie Dee and be directed by Alastair Knights, with Jack McCann as assist…

Behind Closed Doors, Paris Theaters Carry On by Laura Cappelle

Rather than let finished productions go to waste in the locked-down city, exasperated artists are continuing with closed performances for others in the industry. If everyone’s “working,�…

Tim Rice: 'Evita was a bonkers idea' by Rob Walker

As the great songwriter prepares to take Jesus Christ Superstar on a 50th birthday tour, he talks about penning hits, his idea for a new musical – and drinking from Lloyd Webber’s Georgi…

January 14: Theatrical friends, rivals and colleagues, from Sheen and Tennant in Staged to a cluster of theatrical dames in Sussex by Mark Shenton

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Write the Software and Let the World Have It by Onyx Ashanti, Miller Puckette

By Onyx Ashanti, Miller Puckette. In this article for the Performing the Internet series, Miller Puckette and Onyx Ashanti get together for a conversation about the changing landscape of mul…

H.M.S. Pinafore sets sail at Sydney Festival

Join us for a COME FROM AWAY Deep Dive by Lucy Hatcher

Come from Away blew Melbourne audiences away back when it began performances in July 2019. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic,

Play a Few Rounds of Broadway Trivia with Playbill Social Selects' The ShowBiz Quiz January 14 by Talaura Harms

Put your stage smarts to the test in this virtual, interactive Broadway trivia night—with prizes!

New era for augmented reality

AR art appeals; Foundation warns of Josef Albers forgeries; war-torn artists at Sotheby’s; Pace signs Brazilian painter