Tess Howsam is a Brooklyn-based interdisciplinary artist who curates and directs ekphrastic shows that blend theater, installation art, and performance. Howsam seeks to subvert theatrical ex…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 08:42PMEmily Krause is a Brooklyn-based playwright, songwriter, and performer. Her plays have been produced at Whitman College, the Center for Performance Research, and the IRT 3B Development Serie…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 08:42PMPorcia Lewis started her career in the arts at the tender age of 5. She was in theatre productions from elementary school throughout college. After dropping out of college, Porcia began to w…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 08:42PMLeah Barker's plays have been developed or performed by Hartford Stage, Troy Foundry Theatre, Capital Repertory Theatre, Dixon Place, Spark Creative Works, Mount St. Mary's University, and E…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 08:42PMA glittering spectacle of circus, cabaret and a love-letter to disco, Velvet Rewired will be presented in the Opera House
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Stage legends John Bell and Linda Cropper lead an exceptional cast in Sydney Theatre Company’s production of the Broadway comedy
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:56PMAntipodes Theatre Company is excited to announce the lead artists who will be participating in their second annual Winter Lab
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:52PMA glittering spectacle of circus, cabaret and a love-letter to disco, Velvet Rewired will be presented in the Opera House
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:51PMby Adam Cohen . . . Making Theater During the Pandemic was a featured session at the 2021 BroadwayCon. Hosted graciously by Melissa Errico (Meet Me in St. Louis) the panel included Drew Gehl…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 07:49PMBML-Blackbird is pleased to announce that Brad Kaplan has been promoted to General Manager. Kaplan joined BML in July of 2019 as a Project Manager bringing over 25 years of entertainment ind…
SOURCE: Stage Directions at 07:26PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed recently.
Ephraim Sykes Joins the Cast of Russian Doll
Tony nominee and upcoming MJ the Musical star Ephraim Sykes is coming to the s…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:18PM
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that the state-mandated capacity restrictions, which shutdown Broadway on March 12, 2020, will be lifted May 19 in New York City. Theaters, including…
SOURCE: Stage Directions at 06:43PMComing up on Tuesday, May 4, 2021 at 12:00 p.m. EDT, is the next episode of The Lunch Room from the American Repertory Theater where they have a roundtable discussion with three Stage Manage…
SOURCE: Stage Directions at 06:39PMActors' Equity Association has released a statement in response to the announcement that New York State would be ending restrictions on capacities in businesses, including theatre, for vacci…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:36PMThe American Pops Orchestra presents WE ARE FAMILY: SONGS OF HOPE AND UNITY, which will be broadcast on Friday, May 14, 2021 (check local listings) on PBS, PBS.org and the PBS Vid…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:36PMThe theatre will produce 3 mainstage productions and 3 cabaret shows for limited audiences this summer.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:24PMDesigned for theater, broadcasting, and music applications, the new Sennheiser HM 200 uses the popular MKE 1 capsule Sennheiser has launched the HM 200, a sturdy yet lightweight headmic that…
SOURCE: Stage Directions at 06:17PM
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo says Broadway can open on May 19. But opening a show takes time.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 05:54PMLearn more about Beetlejuice in South Korea here: http://bway.world/BeetlejuiceSouthKorea
We're taking you behind the scenes at Beetlejuice in South Korea with restaging director Matt DiCar…
SOURCE: YouTube at 05:54PM“I wanted to make sure I could live up to the comedy chops,” confesses Renée Elise Goldsberry about her role in the new Tina Fey-produced series “Girls5eva.” She continues, “Not o…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 05:52PMA fierce, unsentimental explorer of the human experience, she was also a subversive wit and a dear friend, especially to her audiences.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:49PMWhat would you do with 96Gs? The characters from the new In the Heights film ponder that very question in a new clip of '96,000.'
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:47PMBe their guest as Broadway’s Belle, Cinderella, Jasmine, and Anna celebrate all the Disney Princesses in Disney Princess – The Concert, an unforgettable evening of story, animation, and…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:39PM2019 Tony nominee Ephraim Sykes has joined the second season of Netflix's Russian Doll in a guest roll. He joins Annie Murphy, and Sharlto Copley Carolyn Michelle Smith in the new season.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:39PMI could actually sum up this review in four words: Go. To. This. Production. This is an indelible experience. …an intense and visceral…it needs to be experienced first-hand. You enter a …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 05:15PMIt’s challenging even just to describe “The Waves in Quarantine,” a digital “Theatrical Experiment in 6 Movements” starring six beloved Broadway veterans, which is available …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:05PMPlus: Andrea Miller will create a live performance installation for Lincoln Center's outdoor performing arts center, Restart Stages.
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The actor Lou Diamond Phillips, and the writer-director Luis Valdez look back more than three decades at how the biopic did and didn’t make waves in Hollywood.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:59PMTimothée Chalamet, Billie Eilish, Amanda Gorman and Naomi Osaka will co-chair the 2021 Met Gala, Vogue announced on Monday. The Met, which delayed the event that typically takes place in th…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:58PMThe folks at UsableNet have some news you need to hear. In December 2020 they published a report that shows digital accessibility lawsuits rose 100% over 2020. These are lawsuits filed again…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 04:54PMWritten by Madeleine George and directed by Nicole Mullins, the Strand Theater Company’s production of “The Most Massive Woman Wins” is a powerful meditation on women’s deep hunger f…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 04:48PMAfter experiencing bias and harassment at predominantly white institutions, 4 leaders founded their own companies to advocate for Black artists.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:34PMSome of Denver's cultural pillars crumbled in 2020, but the new year offers glimmers of stability in music and the performing arts.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 04:33PMThanks to changes in the state's color-coded COVID-19 dial this week, metro-area performing arts companies can return to indoor stages to perform and rehearse -- albeit without audiences, an…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 04:33PMRenovations for the trio of Denver Center for Performing Arts venues are almost complete.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 04:33PMDozens of supporters of Cleo Parker Robinson Dance -- some in-person, but most on Zoom -- gathered last week to mark the blessing of the nonprofit company's 240-seat theater after months of …
SOURCE: Denver Post at 04:33PMForecasting cultural conditions through the end of 2021 is impossible because we simply don’t have enough information. The next months’ trajectory of infections, vaccinations and overall…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 04:33PM"I think a true artist takes what they're given at any given moment and is able to use it to craft something profound. Lucy was a true artist."
SOURCE: Denver Post at 04:33PMEven as Denver's COVID-ravaged arts scene continues to err on the side of caution, programmers have grown increasingly bold about returning to stages later this year, based on new plans for …
SOURCE: Denver Post at 04:33PMTicket-holders for the Denver touring dates of Broadway's "My Fair Lady," "1776," "Mean Girls" and "Ain't Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations" will have to wait a few more month…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 04:33PM"'Are we just a building with some objects in it? Or are we more than that? Are we a conversation? Are we a lifestyle? Are we a cultural engine?' That's what I came in with. So then when we …
SOURCE: Denver Post at 04:33PMOne of the most gentle (but profoundly painful) moments in the Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company's omnibus piece "CO2020" comes when musician Jukka La Pert Pawley talks about how the killin…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 04:33PMThe governor announced that come May 19, “state-mandated capacity restrictions in New York City will be lifted,” meaning Broadway can reopen.
The post Curtain Up! Governor Cuomo Says Br…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 04:24PMOriginally Aired April 13, 2021
Members of the Steering Committee for A.R.T.’s newly formed Creating Equal collective of artists, organizers, and facilitators will chat about their develop…
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:24PMBillie Hayes, whose portrayal of the flamboyantly and comically wicked witch Witchiepoo on the 1969-70 Saturday morning live-action children’s classic H.R. Pufnstuf, died of natural causes…
SOURCE: Deadline at 04:23PMChita Rivera, Camille A. Brown, and more share how the choreographer, who passed away May 2 at age 86, impacted Broadway and beyond.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:22PMThree new virtual productions, set in haunted homes and an interactive hotel, give you the excitement of exploring spaces that are off limits.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:12PMAmerican stage and screen actor who won an Oscar for her role in the 1987 film MoonstruckAfter more than two decades of distinguished work in the US theatre as an actor, director and teacher…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:12PMFor all the standing ovations, Hollywood roles and parties with stars, nothing beats the rough and tumble of real life for actor Rafe Spall
The play was going well. It was going very well, a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:12PMAvailable onlineTyger Drew-Honey and Kirsten Foster star in Shaun McKenna’s noirish tale of crime and punishment
Apartment blocks can make convenient backdrops for noirish thrillers with d…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:12PMInspired by Anaïs Mitchell’s underworld opera, Maz O’Connor and Finn Anderson are among those putting folk songs and stories into musical theatre
In 2011, I watched a flock of British f…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:12PMWe’ve already touched on various aspects of the career of Bing Crosby (1903-77) here, including posts on his early years with Paul Whiteman and the Rhythm Boys. his cinematic team-up with …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 04:06PMThe survey is being conducted in partnership with SMU DataArts, a culture-focused data analytics center at Southern Methodist University.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:03PMTheaters, bars, restaurants, museums, retail stores, gyms and more come under the order.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 04:03PMHe inspired George Balanchine to create roles for him and created the National Dance Institute to mold generations of new dancers.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 04:03PMStreaming ballet by Joffrey rehearsal director Nicolas Blanc is set to music by Italian composer Ezio Bosso, from which it borrows its title. It's well timed for our current moment.
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A conversation with artistic director Matt Shakman and playwright and performer Jared Mezzocchi.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:38PMOlympia Dukakis, who died on May 1 at 89, had a face like no one else’s. Stern but perpetually amused, with a warm leer of a grin that could light up a scene, she looked like the comedy an…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:30PMAnd in This Corner: Cassius Clay Talkback
Featuring director Reggie D. White and actors Sinclair Daniel, Anthony Holiday, Franck Juste, and Eric Lockley!
Recorded May 1, 2021
For more infor…
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:04PMThe newest episode of Broadway Profiles features an interview with stage and screen star Ethan Hawke. Host Tamsen Fadal spoke with the actor about his new novel A Bright Ray of Darkness,…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:03PMThe previously announced filmed stage production of Broadway's Come From Away will be distributed by Apple Original Films, with an expected premiere on Apple TV+. Entertainment One (eOne) pr…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:03PMGet an exciting look at Ryan Murphy's Netflix miniseries Halston, featuring stage and screen star Ewan McGregor in the title role, with this just-released first trailer. As previously anno…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:03PMGovernor Andrew Cuomo has announced that most COVID-19 capacity restrictions will be lifted in New York and New Jersey beginning on May 19, according to NBC New York. Mayor Bill de Blasio pr…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:03PM
May marks Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. An actress who made AAPI history on Broadway in 2016 is Ms. Ali Ewoldt who was cast as the first Asian-American Christine Daae o…
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 02:57PMFor when flowers just won’t cut it, there’s Elektra and Agrippina.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:54PMMATSUKI & TOROIAN’s MOTHER’S DAY JAZZ BRUNCH @ PANGEA SUNDAY, MAY 9 @ 12:00-3:00 pm EDT – 3 NEW Sets This Bistro and MAC Award winning team have just been invited to do a 3-set Mot…
SOURCE: www.cabarethotspot.com at 02:54PMHe embodied an all-American style, combining the nonchalant elegance of Fred Astaire with the nobility of a classic male dancer. Hollywood came calling, too.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:52PMOff The Lane is offering a $5,000 grant to a young dancer moving to New York City.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:42PMSinger, actress, director, arranger, educator, and Grammy-nominated recording artist Marilyn Maye is proof positive that living legends are not limited to a mere fifteen minutes of fame. Fan…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:39PMGet an extended preview of the splashingly elaborate number as the full song becomes available to stream.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:32PMTwo de-lovely divas, Rashidra Scott (Reno Sweeney) and choreographer Kelli Barclay, join us to chat about Anything Goes and share some favorite video clips from Goodspeed's 2016 production o…
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:24PMThe Oscar winner and theatre veteran died May 1 at the age of 89.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:14PMIn a strong streaming production from Arden Theatre Company, Nilaja Sun’s ‘No Child…’ explores the power of art and compassion. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:12PMWe are grateful for the educators who have supported students during a challenging year by helping them express themselves through theatre. Visit bit.tdf.org/edu to support TDF's Education P…
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:03PM
Quite recently I watched an old 1980 Love Boat episode that shocked me by containing a performance by Walter Slezak (1902-1983). Those who remember him from Alfred Hitchcock’s Lifeboat (19…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 01:54PMA Black student and a White professor face off about the Revolutionary War in this tense two-hander.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:54PMOn this Kentucky Derby weekend, wondering what theatrical “horse” will nose ahead and augur well for a new world of theater when we can emerge from the pandemic, I’m placing my bet on …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:54PMDance and music performances, featuring Roman Mejia, Tiler Peck, Gregory Porter and Jason Moran, will be on demand through Aug. 1.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:48PMKimberly Senior directs Eleanor Burgess' virtual adaptation for Manhattan Theatre Club.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:48PMHubbard Street's Unboxed spills Nutcracker tea; Final Bow for Yellowface builds a dance incubator.
Act two: a flute trill hurries over a plodding bassoon, chased…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 01:45PMMarissa Mulder—an award-winning singer, recording and cabaret artist who Time Out New York called “One of the cabaret world’s biggest breakout successes of the past five years”—is …
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 01:41PMThe Pennsylvania Ballet returns with ‘Resilience,’ a streaming program filmed at the Performance Garage and featuring choreographers Christopher Wheeldon, George Balanchine, Angel Corell…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:35PMShapiro will leave the position when her contract ends this summer.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:24PMA Wonderful Guy, Eddie Shapiro's follow-up to Nothing Like a Dame, spotlights the great men of musical theater.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:24PMProductions will be allowed to reopen as of that date, but it will likely take longer.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:24PMStars From The Prom, Wicked, and more are revealed in the Broadway's Masked Singer Season 1 finale.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:23PMDiscover the Origin of Cruel. See #Cruella in theaters and on #DisneyPlus with Premier Access May 28. Additional fee required.
Academy Award® winner Emma Stone (“La La Land”) stars in …
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THE DESTRUCTION OF JANE: The miniseries stars Paul Pecorino and Rob Eco as Jane and Tarzan respectively, and features special cameo appearances by Mario Cantone and Randy Rainbow.
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:49PMThe Warner Theatre in Torrington canceled a production of the drama "I Am Not My Own Wife" due to complaints that the actor in the one-person drama was not transgender.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:41PMBy . The Martin E.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 12:40PMThe arrival of Groundwater Arts, and no doubt other groups to come, suggest the birth of efforts to organize artists and others to press cultural organizations to take meaningful action on t…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:33PMBy . Antoine Hunter presents #DeafWoke with Francis Phiri livestreaming on the global, commons-based, peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Thursday 6 May at 4 p.m.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 12:32PMNew York will lift capacity restrictions beginning on May 19, a move that potentially sets the stage for a Broadway and live theater revival. The new guidelines will also help cinemas in the…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:26PMThat doesn’t mean Broadway productions will reopen this month—but they do have the state government go-ahead now.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:25PMOur main interest in actor Jack La Rue (Gaspare Biondolillo, 1902-1984) is in his association with Mae West. He was in Mae’s historic Broadway production Diamond LIl (1928) which later bec…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:24PMJoin us as we revisit The York's 2015 Off-Broadway premiere of Rothschild & Sons with music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and book by Sherman Yellen, based on Frederic Morton's T…
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:20PMFor years now, film lovers in Los Angeles have enjoyed the yearly TCM Classic Film Festival held at the TCL Chinese Theatre complex in Hollywood. That area of town becomes the cinephile cent…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:18PMNew York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced today that all state-mandated capacity restrictions in New York City will be lifted May 19, including Broadway theaters. While acknowledging that a M…
SOURCE: Deadline at 12:02PMThe company will travel from Nebraska to New York City — through 14 states — in six sleeper buses and three production trucks.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:01PM“I wanted the audience to experience the feeling of peace and serenity that you get when you connect with your partner on stage.” – Choreographer Melvin Lawovi
Choreography by Melvin …
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:00PM
The series follows the American fashion designer's rise to fame—and fall from grace—with Rodriguez as Liza Minnelli.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:57AMNew York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that all capacity restrictions will be removed on businesses, including Broadway, starting May 19. The reopening plan, which applies across the tri-sta…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 11:56AMShapiro spent six years in the role and plans to remain a part of the Chicago company's ensemble.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:29AMDisney Theatrical Productions and Playhouse Square (Cleveland, OH) announced today that The Lion King is returning to The Forest City for a record-breaking fifth time. Tickets for the highly…
SOURCE: tourstoyou.org at 11:23AMA Rebecca Luker tribute concert, Roundabout's Refocus Project, Ethan Hawke and John Leguizamo in Waiting for Godot, and more online offerings this week.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:12AMThe Broadway Cast Reunion Series, virtual visits with Broadway casts “backstage” and unrehearsed, is announcing its May lineup. See your favorite stars, interact with the cast via chat, …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 11:06AMBy Luane Davis Haggerty. Luane Davis Haggerty shares successes, learnings, and innovations from the Deaf theatre community over the past year of pandemic performance.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 11:06AMOver the past year, we've been in search of the very best in Broadway musical logos, going back 40 years. Now let's jump aboard the Broadway Time Machine and go waaay back to the 1970s and s…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 11:06AMESTIMATED LISTENING TIME OF THIS PODCAST EPISODE: 12 Minutes CLICK HERE TO LISTEN: And then, do these three things. FOLLOW The Producer’s Perspective on Apple Podcast (it’s FREE!) Rat…
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Tim Pigott-Smith and Michael Emerson, two members of the Broadway company of THE ICEMAN COMETH, discuss the celebrated 1999 revival of the Eugene O'Neill masterpiece.
Then a repeat of our Ju…
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:54AMThe virtual production will be presented by the Vineyard Theatre.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:54AMI am that rare person who’s not a big fan of Pete Seeger as a performer (1919-2014). I prefer my folksingers more rough-hewn and genuinely working class. And the gentle, soft-spoken, educa…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:12AMThe show will be available on demand through May 31.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:12AMThe forums are presented in recognition of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:04AMThe theater is (almost) back! That means, if you’re a TheaterMaker, you should be starting to get serious now. We all know how long it takes to get things going in this biz . . . so if y…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:00AMDr. Eric Colleary sets out to answer "What was theatre like in 2020?" through Harry Ransom Center's Theatre 2020 Project.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:00AM
The Tony nominee joins Natasha Lyonne, Annie Murphy, and more on the Netflix series.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:46AMSpring Song features the work of Frank Loesser, Johnny Mercer, and more.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:44AMThe artistic director expanded the ensemble and the theatre's offerings, and spearheaded a campaign for a new space.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:34AMby Matt Smith . . . It’s Night II of the theatre world’s favorite new who-sung-it guessing game, and performers, votes, and guesses are all comin’ in hot! Dynamic hosts Michael Hull an…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:30AM(Rachel Syme’s article appeared in the New Yorker, 5/1 Photo: Illustration by Ohni Lisle; Source photograph by Ken McKay / Shutterstock.) The superfan behind @LiZaOutlives says, “I will …
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 09:25AMAfter a rehearsal for a virtual production of the play, Hawke and his co-star John Leguizamo ponder how all dialogue now sounds like Beckett.
SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 09:11AMIt’s the merry month of May, which means it is… Eurovision! To celebrate, stream.theatre is hosting a virtual revival of Craig Christie’s witty parody of our country cousins across Eur…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMEveryone is gearing up for a summer that will hopefully see some events reinstated as vaccination rates rise. Have a socially distanced or virtual event coming up? Submit it for inclusion in…
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