Joe Allen may have named his New York City restaurant after himself, but he was never one to seek the spotlight, even as the eatery became more renowned than he could have ever imagined. “…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:53PMHe wrote the screenplays for a remarkable number of important films: Luis Buñuel’s The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, Belle de Jour, and That Obscure Object of Desire; The Tin Drum; T…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:48PMRereading “Hamlet” after the storming of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, I was struck by how fears of insurrection permeate the play. Every age sees itself in Shakespeare’s tragedy, but li…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:48PMThe New Venture Reading Series: 10-Minutes Play Festival will be presented online: Sunday, February 14 and Monday, February 15
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Spano, 59, is best known for his 20 seasons as music director of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, a position he’s leaving in June. Since 2011 he has also been music director of the prestigi…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:36PM“The inner voice, which is also an inward-turning voice, tends to linger over negative content. What’s more, it can call our attention to processes that run more smoothly in the dark, de…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:36PMThus far, only a few local music venues have signaled their interest in reopening under present conditions. In a statement on its website, the Washington Nightlife Music Association — a co…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:36PMTheir embrace of internet sales appears to have paid off, allowing them to meet surging demand spurred by the Black Lives Matter movement and the holiday shopping season, cementing the loyal…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:36PMThe attorney general does not comment on ongoing audits, but Hyperallergic has acquired documents raising questions about board member self-interest and misuse of tax-exempt bonds that nonpr…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:36PMPlus: HBO Watchmen director Nicole Kassell will helm a new film adaptation of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:21PMTheatrical Outfit is planning three fully staged filmed productions this spring, beginning...
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SOURCE: ArtsATL at 05:14PMAtlanta Ballet will present its first live performance in a year with...
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SOURCE: ArtsATL at 05:14PMWESTFIELD – Shelburne Falls’ Piti Theatre Company and Munger Hill Elementary School brought their theatre residency to a close on Friday for three Munger Hill third grade classes with a …
SOURCE: thewestfieldnews.com at 05:14PMThe new L.A. Arts Recovery Fund initiated by the J. Paul Getty Trust will support small and medium-sized arts nonprofits.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:14PMThe cast of “The Best Man” film franchise is reuniting for a limited series that has been ordered at Peacock. “The Best Man: Final Chapters” will feature returning cast members Morri…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:13PMHold on to your ruby red slippers and break out the pointy black hats: A “Wizard of Oz” remake is in the works at New Line Cinema. Nicole Kassell (“Watchmen”) is directing the adapta…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:13PMThe Walt Disney Company will close Blue Sky Studios, the animation company inherited in its 2019 acquisition of 20th Century Fox. Founded in 1987, Blue Sky helped grow top-grossing family fr…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:13PM“I may not have been the entire reason why the patron has come to visit, but oftentimes I get to share in their first and last moments in the building.”
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:05PMIn 2021, Darlinghurst Theatre Company has been redefined: part theatre company, part experience maker. Consolidating its breakthroughs during the past
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BroadwayWorld is excited to announce a slew of updates that make Stage Mag even more user-friendly for program builders and consumers alike! Read on to find out what you can gain from your S…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:39PMSydney Lucas and Eli Tokash, in association with the Broadway Podcast Network, have announced this month’s guest on TAKE A BOW. The podcast explores what it is like to be a kid/teenage…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:39PMFrom the Paper Mill stage - watch as stars like Rob McClure, Rema Webb, Mamie Parris, Kyle Taylor Parker, and more celebrate the holidays! SING IN A NEW YEAR! is a subscriber-exclusive produ…
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:24PMCelebrate the music of Rodgers + Hammerstein with SOME ENCHANTED EVENING.
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SOURCE: creativefinancebroadwayjoe.com at 04:21PMA new exhibition, now accessible online from the Museum of the American Revolution, explores the years when women had the right to vote in New Jersey, long before the 19th Amendment. Pamela …
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The film will be adapted from the L. Frank Baum stories, not the 1939 musical.
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SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:42PMThe Australian production of Come From Away was the first in the world to reopen after pandemic restrictions were lifted in Melbourne. It's been almost a year since Come From Away has been o…
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:36PMSteffi and Lisa are back for a second season of Check In From Away, and they're checking in with couples who met while working together on a show.
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:36PMCara Hunter and Melanie Doane treat us to their rendition of the Dolly Parton classic I Will Always Love You. Just in time for Valentine's Day
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:36PMIn a city that devours restaurants the way diners down hamburgers, Mr. Allen founded and ran not just one successful New York restaurant but two: Joe Allen and Orso, next to each other on We…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:24PMGet ready to follow the yellow brick road! According to Variety, Nicole Kassell is directing a new adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz for New Line Cinema.
The origin…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:24PM“In the shouty Valhalla of pointlessly destructive literary feuds, a place of honor must go to the verbal duel between the poets Heinrich Heine and August von Platen, which amused and disg…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:24PMThe man was taciturn, but his Theater District restaurants were like Broadway clubhouses. Even the posters of flops were placed with affection.
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Inspiration and invention lead me, and my ship comes in now. I can easily solve any problem and correct answers come to me easily. I know what to do. My projects complete easily and …
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 02:58PMTrack where and when your theatre favorites are competing for trophies this season.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:44PMA Harriet Tubman monologue, an animated “Sit-In” and a toy theater short about medical inequity deliver useful messages through varied mediums.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:33PMJoin us for a discussion about "a new musical that entertains like the Dickens!"
Book, Music and Lyrics by Granville Wyche Burgess
Director Mark Graham
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:18PMTony winner Anika Noni Rose, Tony nominee Kate Baldwin, George Salazar and Branden Noel Thomas teamed up with Tony-winning composer Jason Robert Brown and musician Ada Westfall to perform t…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:18PMThe Queen of Soul's story is coming to the small screen and now audiences get a glimpse of what to expect. As previously announced, Tony winner Cynthia Erivo is headlining National Geographi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:18PMUsed to hiring artists who work as independent contractors in exchange for program or project fees, it’s been tough for these small nonprofit arts groups in particular to adapt to AB5, the…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:12PM“Would I go see a play and sit in a playhouse with 150 people? If the 150 people were tested, and they were all negative, yes, I would do that,” Cuomo said during a press briefing. “I …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:12PMIn the network’s motion to dismiss the voting company’s defamation lawsuit — which alleges that Fox News and three of its hosts knowingly spread a false conspiracy theory that Smartmat…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:12PMBroadwayHD celebrates Valentine's Day with new romantic titles.
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SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 02:12PMThe limited series will drop March 21.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:10PMSideshow Theatre has announced a 2021 season of virtual readings, its first slate under new artistic director Regina Victor.
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Samuel Bailey’s knockout professional debut isn’t so much about the pipeline to incarceration than about the toxic masculinity that keeps it flowing.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:54PM‘Philly D.A.,' a new docuseries about Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner, debuted at the Sundance Film Festival February 3. It’s a multifaceted look at the controversial civil-…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:39PMThe Broadway hit, First Date: The Musical, comes to BroadwayHD with a star-studded cast of Broadway and West End performers, exclusively, on February 12.
February 9, 2021: A Valentin…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 01:36PMGrand Center venue will feature entertainment through remainder of 2021.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 01:36PMThe joyful gardens of Greta Coalier’s imagination bloom in joyful abandon in her art; flowers rich in colorations, tamed and heightened with textures created by her sure hand. She composes…
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 01:36PM Join Broadway's Tony Award-winning performer Ali Stroker for an intimate live streamed concert with ASL interpretation and live captioning from the stage of Kean University's Enlow Recit…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:32PMThe show will be available on demand in March.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:24PMThe production also stars Simon Lipkin.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:24PMReal Art Ways has received a $20,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to support its annual Real Art Awards competition, which gives money and exhibition opportunities to six e…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:18PMIn this special Q&A, Layton Williams and Noah Thomas talk about their experiences playing Jamie New in Everybody's Talking About Jamie. Check it out!
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 01:07PMSAIC's grad students control (and explode) the frame in an online performance festival.
The performance department at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago …
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The family of W. Thompson (Tom) Prewitt and the nonprofit organization Embracing Arlington Arts have launched a memorial fund to honor the legacy and contributions of longtime DC-area theate…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:45PMI was so enthusiastic about the first episode last week in this Rattlestick Theater series about Greenwich Village written by musical theater graduate students at NYU – that my disappointm…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:40PMSince 2019, Tinuke Craig has fielded various iterations of her first-ever musical, The Color Purple, which was acclaimed in performance at Leicester's Curve Theatre and the Birmingham Hippod…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:36PMHosted by 2nd Vice-Chair, Ross Jackson, the Stage Managers’ Association invites all Stage Managers of Color to attend a meeting being held on Zoom on February 10th, 2021 at 4:00 p.m. PST (…
SOURCE: Stage Directions at 12:36PMThe January streaming event raised money for arts education with performances from Jennifer Hudson, Audra McDonald, Amber Riley, and more.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:34PMThe Lebanese playwright/performer, who receives a major international award next week, talks about her work, where it comes from, and what it means in this fraught time.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:30PMRodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella is headed to Disney+! The televised movie musical will hit the streaming service at midnight on Friday, February 12.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:21PMSince 2019, the fast-rising director Tinuke Craig has fielded various iterations of her first-ever musical, The Color Purple, which was acclaimed in performance at Leicester's Curve Theatre …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:16PMREP’s ‘Talk About Race’ sparks an assortment of conversations through a collection of vignettes in a new audio performance, but does it add anything to those conversations? Kyle V. Hil…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:15PMDolly Parton took time to let fans know that since we can’t get together for concerts during the pandemic, local independent venues like the ones where she got her start are at risk.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:12PMWhat’s better than a First Date on Valentine’s Day? BroadwayHD, the premiere streaming service for live theater, announced today that Broadway hit First Date: The Musical, starring Broad…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 12:09PMIf hygiene theater were actual theater, it would exist in the genre of catastrophic improv. Hundreds of millions of people are ad-libbing their way through a crisis in the absence of a clear…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:06PMOnce the AAMD, looking at the financial carnage wrought by COVID, relaxed its strict rule about museums selling their art only in order to acquire other art, the sales started — with major…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:06PMHer project, called Rising Sun Music, “is a series of newly recorded works written by black composers — including many works that have never been recorded before — performed by Downes …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:06PMEnter for your chance to win a spot in Pasadena Playhouse's ten-week seminar hosted by Tony Award-winning Broadway producer & professor Adam Epstein!
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:02PMFeingold continues his close examination of the 1936 motion picture version of Kern and Hammerstein's "Show Boat"
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Why not break the mould this year and give your loved ones something special with a Theatre Tokens eGift? Find out more here!
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 11:57AMIn her book Faux Pas, the painter makes a rarified field approachable with humor and profundity.
“You take a picture, but you make a drawing.” I’ve tried f…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 11:50AMScrolling through Instagram this morning we were stopped in our tracks by one of Broadway's very best and beloved, Rob McClure (Mrs. Doubtfire).
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 11:39AMDean Johnson directs the production, filmed at London's Crazy Coqs.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:37AMMichael Urie (Ugly Betty) and Carly Hughes (American Housewife) will join Janet Hubert (Fresh Prince of Bel Air) to star in a virtual reading of Douglas Lyons’ CHICKEN AND BISCUITS on…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:35AMExperience the artistry of Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE with this short clip of their performance of "Mercy". Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE returns to The Joyce stage February 18 with a selection of …
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:33AMThe leaders of the city’s cultural institutions remain encouraged after facing the most recent round of closings in November.
It took Chicago artist Myron Lab…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 11:30AMThe New York City Gay Men’s Chorus, Youth Pride Chorus, and Tonewall today announced that HARMONY, their annual Valentine themed fundraiser will honor Cyndi Lauper with the Arts In Act…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:28AMMembers of the theatre community have spoken out about the impact that the near year-long Broadway shutdown has had on the industry, and what the shutdown could mean for people in the indust…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:22AMBy Douglas Mayo
Treason the musical has announced casting for the world premiere concert screening this March 2021. Book now!
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 11:14AMWe've got a globally streamed solo concert from the Olivier Award-winning Giles Terera and Aisha Jawando in Theatre Chat Live in today's news roundup.
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 11:08AMMEGILLAH CYCLE is a presentation of the entire original Megillah of Itzik Manger, which was the inspiration for the 1960's Broadway musical sensation which starred a young Mike Burstyn and h…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:08AM“[She] remains best known for her breakthrough 1994 feature The Silences of the Palace, a lyrical study of a woman’s return to an abandoned royal residence, which tackled the themes of e…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:03AMThe new music video, featuring Jason Robert Brown on keys, was recorded for Theatre Forward's 2021 gala.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:03AMThe production will award one winner with a $10,000 prize.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:03AMMontalbán stars in Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella alongside Brandy and Whitney Houston, coming to Disney Plus on Friday.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:03AMWe needn’t search further than Nod At The Fox’s production of Breaking Up With Reality. Not only does this audio drama give us a sense of what it would sound like, but also the soothing …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMHere’s something only a handful of people know: a few investors of mine have used Bitcoin to invest in one of my shows. It was something we were going to release when it happened because I…
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Want to learn from the best at the Institute of American Musical Theatre this winter, from the comfort of your own home? Take advantage of our winter school special!
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:59AMThe Douglas Lyons comedy gets the digital treatment from 59E59 Theaters.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:50AMThe inaugural recipient is Tyla Abercrumbie, whose work will receive workshops and readings at Raven.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:49AMTony winner White is the guest host for Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley's daily series.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:35AMDiana Ross, who cofounded the Supremes with Mary Wilson when both were in their early teens, paid tribute to her friend and longtime bandmate in a brief Twitter post on Tuesday. “I just wo…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:35AMNever before seen Theater Talk conversation between Michael Riedel and restauranteur Joe Allen at his namesake restaurant.
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:33AMTheatre Prometheus—following its “arresting, provocative, and hauntingly relevant” production of 14, José Casas’s play about immigration—has announced two new projects in 2021 hig…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:25AMJoe Allen, whose self-named restaurant on W. 46th Street in Manhattan’s theater district has been a sort of commissary-slash-clubhouse for Broadway folks – and that fans who love them �…
SOURCE: Deadline at 10:21AMDeadline February 10 to join Bay Street, from anywhere in the world, for a Wine Tasting/ 30th Anniversary Celebration on February 24 from 6-7pm.
February 8, 2021: Bay Street Theater and S…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 10:13AMLewis will be seen in the streaming premiere of Drew Larimore's Smithtown, which also features Michael Urie and Ann Harada.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:07AMFirst Date: The Musical, starring Samantha Barks as Casey and Simon Lipkin as Aaron will arrive exclusively on BroadwayHD on February 12th. The production, directed by Dean Johnson and …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:05AMThe Louvre Conservation Center, located in Liévin (20 miles or so southwest of Lille), “has six storage areas, including dry, low-humidity areas for metalworks, a photography studio, work…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:03AM“By one count, Broadway is directly responsible for nearly 100,000 jobs in New York City alone and, as a leading attraction for people who travel to the city, it has an economic impact of …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:03AM“‘There will be no blackface, or yellowface,’ [Paris Opera artistic director Alexander] Neef told reporters, but works like La Bayadère and The Nutcracker would remain, with possible …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:03AMAnd, given the notorious personal relationship between the two men, it’s no surprise that their plans are entirely separate. Governor Cuomo’s scheme, called NY PopsUp, will consist of 30…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:03AMBust out your eyeliner and electric guitars because Mooch and Taylor dove headfirst into the world of RENT on this week's episode! They searched high and low for a specific dish mentioned in…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:01AMThis week we look at the short-lived Broadway Musical from 1970 based on the lives of the Marx Brothers and there mother, Minnie. Come for the breakdown of this funny flop, stay for the wors…
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:00AMSteppenwolf Theatre will bring back "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" as an audio adaptation, based on the book by Erika L. Sánchez and once again starring Karen Rodriguez.
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The new children's book, illustrated by Peter Emmerich, shines a spotlight on theatre artists onstage and off.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:59AMToday (February 9) in live streaming: Lillias White takes over at Stars in the House, Irish Rep presents The Weir, and more!
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:57AMWestfield News Arts Beat 2/09/21. The Bing Arts Center closes. The Bacon Brothers at Hartford Stage. Boston Pops livestream, and arts news for WMass and No.CT.
SOURCE: thewestfieldnews.com at 09:53AMTerera penned the work as he observed life over a tumultuous summer in lockdown.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:46AMTune in on Wednesday, February 10 (4pm ET) to watch the next episode right here at BroadwayWorld. This week's special guests are James Monroe Iglehart and Rev. Liz Walker!
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:45AMMerging the Victorian era’s Toy Theater movement with today’s Digital Theater movement, Peter Michael Marino's compact homage to the 1968 classic Charlton Heston/Rod Serling primate film…
SOURCE: YouTube at 09:44AM(Gaby Wood’s article appeared in the March 2021 issue of the Atlantic; via Pam Green.) For Britain’s leading postwar playwright, virtuosity and uncertainty go hand in hand. Tom Stoppar…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 09:37AMThe director, Kirill Serebrennikov, is known for productions with thinly veiled criticism of the Russian government. His contract at the Gogol Center was not renewed.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:33AMNew ArtsBeat on Pioneer Valley Radio’s Brad Shepard Today. The Boston Pops stream a Valentine’s concert; The Laramie Project heads to Barrington Stage, and The Bacon Brothers do a benefi…
SOURCE: pioneervalleyradio.com at 09:32AM“This marks the second chapter of the so-called ‘Neustart Kultur’ program (New Start Culture), which was first launched last July with a bailout of €1 billion dispersed across cultur…
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February 9 - 15
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Chita Rivera (center) in The Rink
February 9, 1984: Chita Rivera and Liza Minnelli open in The Rink at the Mart…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 08:06AMThere is a clear throughline for staging Nick Payne's play about the possibility of universes existing outside our own during this terrifying moment. But in this production, that line is mud…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMReaders respond about essential workers, what the BSR team stands for, chronic illness and the Covid vaccine, saving American democracy, 'The Defender,' Gregg Whiteside's WRTI departure, and…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 08:00AM
“Today on Broadway” is a daily, Monday through Friday, podcast hitting the top theatre headlines of the day. Any and all feedback is appreciated: Ashley Steves [email protected]…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 07:55AMFrom a derelict urban site to the depths of the woods, theatre-makers are planning new stages for outdoor shows when lockdown is lifted
On 15 March last year, the Arcola in east London was o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24AMHailed as France’s finest screenwriter, Carrière won many awards in a six-decade movie career – and for the stage penned a memorable Mahabharata for Peter Brook
Celebrated French screen…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24AMNews just reached us that Mary Wilson (b. 1944) has suddenly passed away at the relatively young age of 76. I was going to subtitle this post “The Last Supreme” but stayed my hand knowin…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:24AMToday, a squint at Clarence Chesterfield Howerton, known professionally as Major Mite (1913-1975). Howerton was at least the third American performer to use the Major Mite handle; prior to h…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:24AMFrom 2020:
I’ll never again take another first date to Mario’s Deli, invite her to tell me all about herself, and wonder as I listen whether she might possibly be the girl of my dreams. …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:01AM“I tell ya a guy gets too lonely an’ he gets sick.”
John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men
Continue reading Almanac: John Steinbeck on loneliness at About Last Night.
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They have been friends for 50 years. With theatres closed, they reflect on the joy – and hidden drama – of a life in acting
Theatres around the UK have been kept dark by Covid, and it co…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:54AMOur series on films about theatre continues with a boozy, darkly funny comedy that captures the event’s pick’n’mix quality
No matter how much you miss theatre, you still wouldn’t wan…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:54AMCleveland State University Thursday, February 25, 2021 @ 6pm EST JOIN US ………………. VIRTUAL MURDER MYSTERY: LETHAL LASAGNA Zoom in to a killer event that is to die for… Old-fashio…
SOURCE: theatrenerds.com at 01:47AMTheatre actor, director, and founder of KissaGo Theatre Group Jay Jha speaks on the hardships faced to make the dream come true. It had been the theatre actor-director’s dream to open an i…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 01:10AM
Music Theatre International (Australasia) has partnered with Broadway Media to add Scenic ProjectionsTM digital scenery to their resource library, launching
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 12:58AMThe Egyptian Ministry of Culture has announced that its mobile theatre tours began this week, with the first stop being in Cairo’s Al-Asmarat District. The performance staged in the underp…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 12:43AMThey say long-distance makes the heart grow fonder. Some of Broadway’s biggest stars from Patti Murin to Jelani Remy shout out who they’re sending virtual hugs to this Valentine’s Day.…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 12:40AMWith Valentine’s Day just one week away, we’re ready to embrace the holiday’s spirit, and we’ve got the perfect mix of swoon-inducing show tunes that will nudge you into a romantic m…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 12:11AMOn this day in 2017, three-time Tony Award-winner Glenn Close returned to Broadway in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Sunset Boulevard.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:02AMIn EMBODIED LIFE: Carissa Landes on Transitioning from a Dancer to a Moscow-based, Russian-speaking Consular Fellow and the Rigor and Complexity Found in Both, "People make assumptions, bu…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMLed by Bailey in 1967, the original Broadway production was re-invented with an all-Black cast, garnering acclaim from audiences and critics alike.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMAaron Tveit, Sahr Ngaujah and Ricky Rojas chat about their beloved musical ---Even though it's been 11 months since they've performed Moulin Rouge! on Broadway, Aaron Tveit, Sahr Ngaujah and…
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