Musical Mondays #33 by Gabi Bergman

Welcome back to Musical Mondays! In case you’re new here, this column is a peek into the depths of the

Christine Christian AO appointed new President for State Library Victoria

Battery Dance Festival+: Canadian Voices in Dance by Clare Cioffero

In August 2020, Battery Dance shifted its annual Battery Dance Festival to a virtual format. The Festival is a storied free public dance festival commanding a large audience each year. Shift…

Wayne Scott Kermond talks SPIEGELESQUE by Peter J Snee

Entertainment-seekers don’t have long to wait: the eagerly anticipated extravaganza SPIEGELESQUE is set to open its ten-day run on 17th

Dance life in quarantine: Rockette twins Sarah and Katie Daniel have found opportunity in diversity by Admin

Have you ever heard the phrase “out of adversity comes opportunity”? It doesn’t mean that adversity doesn’t happen, or that it’s not hard when it does. It just means that, from bot…

Joanna Murray-Smith’s BERLIN hits MTC Digital Theatre by Gabi Bergman

From today, audiences around Australia will have the opportunity to watch Melbourne Theatre Company’s production of Joanna Murray-Smith’s brand new

MISS PEONY 牡丹小姐 makes Melbourne premiere by Gabi Bergman

After the success of her smash hit Single Asian Female, Michelle Law returns with Belvoir’s Miss Peony 牡丹小姐, a brand

PHLAFF presents Llaima Sanfiorenzo’s ‘ALAS’ by Cynthia Via

‘ALAS’ (WINGS), a participatory documentary film streaming at this year’s Philadelphia Latino Film Festival, explores life and loss for incarcerated women in Puerto Rico. Cynthia Via r…

Review: Tulips, South Hill Park Arts Centre by Ryan Van Champion

Review: Tulips, South Hill Park Arts Centre4.0Overall ScoreWhen faced with a case of domestic abuse, whether we like to admit it or not, there is an inherent bias within us which causes us t…

JAGGED LITTLE PILL opens the Theatre Royal Sydney on September 23 2021 by Sean McLoughlin

As previously announced, producers Vivek J. Tiwary, Arvind Ethan David, Eva Price, Howard Panter for Trafalgar Entertainment and GWB Entertainment

PHLAFF presents Nicol Ruiz Benavides’s ‘La Nave Del Olvido’ by Christina Anthony

‘La Nave Del Olvido,’ getting its Philly premiere at the 2021 Philadelphia Latino Film Festival, follows a 70-year-old woman exploring a new love in a small Chilean town. Christina Antho…

WALDEN         Harold Pinter Theatre SW1 by Libby Purves and Friends

SPACE IS THE LIMIT AS THE WEST END RETURNS There was real excitement in a first west end moment since the November lockdown crushed the few brave shoots of returning theatre.  The Sonia Fri…

Review: The Tragedy of Dorian Grey, Blue Devil Theatre/Brighton Fringe Festival by Aimee Shields

Review: The Tragedy of Dorian Grey, Blue Devil Theatre/Brighton Fringe Festival 3.0Overall Score The seedy clubs of Soho, art exhibitions of Chelsea and the swinging Sixties in general are e…

Review: a heifer would be needed for the sacrifice, Picatrix-AI by Shirley Both

Review: a heifer would be needed for the sacrifice, Picatrix-AI2.0Overall Scorea heifer would be needed for the sacrifice is part of the online festival Take Me Somewhere in Glasgow. Created…

Pandemic Diary May 2021: Divorce, Ballerinos, and Ghosts by Nicole Serratore

At what point does this stop being a pandemic diary? At what point does this stop being a pandemic? I started to commute to my office a few days a week. It’s been good for my mental healt…

The Surprising Evolution of Cruella De Vil by Sarah Bahr

From a calm socialite, she morphed into an unhinged puppy kidnapper and then a vindictive glamourpuss. Why don’t we hate her?

Gustavo Dudamel and Frank Gehry give YOLA's new Inglewood concert hall a sound check by Mark Swed

We listen in on the first acoustical test of the new Beckmen YOLA Center in Inglewood, which promises to be revolutionary.

FOR A NEW TROUPE, GOING DIGITAL HAS BEEN EASIER THAN RETURNING LIVE by Robert Shuman

(Stuart Miller’s article appeared in The New York Times, 5/26; via Pam Green; Photo:  Lucie Tiberghien directing the staged reading of “Tartuffe” for Molière in the Park, the company…

This Week on Broadway for May 30, 2021: Broadway is Coming Back! by James Marino

Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about the announcements for Broadway’s return and the Tony Awards. This Week on Broadway has been coming to you every week since …

On the Mischief-Making Hugh Griffith by Trav S.D.

I am a huge fan of the antic Welsh character actor Hugh Griffith (1912-1980). My favorite performance of his, and the one that first made me take notice, was his kinetic loose-cannon turn as…

Carla Fracci, a reigning star of 20th-century ballet, dies at 84 by Emily Langer

The Italian dancer was acclaimed for the drama she conferred on roles such as Giselle and for the ethereal grace she brought to stages around the world.

10 Speeches for Diving Into Summer by Performerstuff

10 Speeches for Diving Into Summer Written by Amanda Grace May 30th, 2021 The sun is coming out, the weather is getting warmer, and summer is almost here! Beach days, holidays, and far-…

Piffaro presents ‘Fuguing from Obrecht to Bach’ by Gail Obenreder

Piffaro’s latest virtual musical presentation, ‘Fuguing from Obrecht to Bach,’ chases melody, mystery, and musical conversations. Gail Obenreder reviews.

Theater Review: “Black Beans Project” — Tasting Togetherness by David Greenham

The heart and soul that so prominently flavors the Black Beans Project no doubt reflects the hopeful moment we're in. The post Theater Review: “Black Beans Project” — Tasting Togethern…

Heidi Duckler Dance brings Ebb & Flow festival to L.A.’s Chinatown by Admin

Los Angeles-based dance company Heidi Duckler Dance (HDD) is bringing its beloved festival Ebb & Flow to the Los Angeles State Historic Park in Chinatown on June 12-13. Join the company …

June-July Richard Skipper Celebrates Schedule by Sue Matsuki

“RICHARD SKIPPER CELEBRATES” MAY Sun. 30 @ 3:00 pm “Screened Out: Playing Gay in Hollywood” with Richard Barrios Mon. 31 @ 8:00 pm Loren Smith CELEBRATING GAY PRIDE! JUNE Tue. 1 @ 5:…

Pastry announces partnership with Steven Tyler’s Janie’s Fund by Admin

Atlanta-based dance shoe company, Pastry, announced it is ‘stepping up’ and joining in the fight with Steven Tyler’s Janie’s Fund to support girls and young women who have experie…

ITZIK AND THE GOLDEN PEACOCK: Celebrating 120 Years of Itzik Manger

A celebration of the famous Yiddish Bard on his 120th Birthday. Though he doesn't get to see it, you can enjoy an international ensemble of Yiddish performers and experts with readings, talk…

The Broadway is Coming Back Theater Quiz, for May 2021 by New York Theater

Lots of exciting news in May about reopening, but how well were you paying attention to the details? Test yourself by answering these 11 questions about the theater news, views and reviews o…

‘Listen, taste, watch, smell & touch the world around you’: The You Play: small acts – Written on the Waves (Online review) by Louise Penn

Audio drama small acts is part of 45North’s Written on the Waves series, and the first of the two You Plays.

Celebrate Idina Menzel's 50th on This Week's Elaine Paige on Sunday by Broadway.com

Olivier-winning actress Elaine Paige is giving Broadway.com listeners a chance to hear her BBC Radio 2 show Elaine Paige on Sunday. On this week's episode, Paige is celebrating Tony winner I…

Glenn Close Costume Collection by Sandi Durell

When actress Glenn Close donated her collection of more than 800 costumes from stage and screen to Indiana University in 2017, Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture and Design staff and grad …

Stay entertained inside today with streams from George Salazar and Mikhail Baryshnikov by Deb Miller

If the cold and rainy weather has put a damper on your outdoor Memorial Day weekend plans and you’re looking for something memorable to do, you can enjoy the holiday inside with online sho…

A feel-good podcast from theatermakers Matt Conner and Stephen Gregory Smith by Kendall Mostafavi

Do you have those friends who are so crazy talented, smart, and wonderful that you wonder how in the world you are lucky enough to have crossed paths with them? That’s Matt Conner and Step…

Gavin MacLeod, ‘Mary Tyler Moore’ and ‘Love Boat’ Actor, Dies at 90 by Mike Flaherty

After years as a journeyman with a long list of credits but little name recognition, he found stardom on two of the biggest television hits of the 1970s and ’80s.

Clifford Guest: Cried Like a Baby by Trav S.D.

Australian-American ventriloquist Clifford Guest (1911-2002) sometimes billed himself as a “ventro impressionist” or “polyphonist”, meaning, in addition to the expected routines with…

‘The promised tension is never realised’: WALDEN – Harold Pinter Theatre by Rev Stan

I really wanted to like Walden, it was my first trip to the theatre since they were last open in early December, but it just didn’t deliver the promised tension and drama.

Celia Keenan-Bolger and Sara Bareilles Explore the Unknown on Latest Sunday Pancakes by Dan Meyer

The Broadway stars talk about taking chances and stepping outside of one's comfort zone.

Ballet Club: An initiative on Instagram for classical dancers and ballet lovers by Admin

@balletclub_ is an Instagram account created by a Dominican dancer Daniela Colón, who developed a new initiative based on her global digital experience and different contacts with social m…

Review: Threesome, Almost Professional/Brighton Fringe by Andrew Houghton

Review: Threesome, Almost Professional/Brighton Fringe 2.0Overall Score Threesome is a new comedy play presented online by Almost Professional as part of this year’s Brighton Fringe Festiv…

Review: The Money, Kaleider by Shirley Both

Review: The Money, Kaleider3.0Overall ScoreWhat happens if a group of people were given a certain amount of money and had the freedom to spend it as they please? That is the concept that the…

American Ballet Theatre’s ‘The Ritual’ and ‘Visceral Harmonies’: Continuing to come together and create by Admin

Available to stream through abt.org and YouTube. How the dance world has moved forward through COVID is complex and layered. Yet, simply put, despite all the challenges in the way dance a…

All Her Life Studies: A Downtown Dancer Finds Her Voice by Gia Kourlas

In her evolving exploration of identity, Leslie Cuyjet is breaking out as a choreographer, making work that is both conceptual and personal.

How Music Therapy Brought Ben Platt and Sister-in-Law Courtney Platt Together in the Fight Against Multiple Sclerosis by Dan Meyer

The duo find a silver lining in Courtney’s diagnosis by activating their body, mind, and spirit.

Jacques d’Amboise: A life of dancing generously by Admin

Jacques d’Amboise was a dance icon, gracing stages with the New York City Ballet (NYCB) across the world for decades. Graciousness and generosity characterized his career, in multiple ways…

A Russian Doll review – from St Petersburg with hate by Clare Brennan

Barn, CirencesterCat Goscovitch’s gripping play explores the Russian troll factory that used social media to manipulate the Brexit vote Manipulation of public opinion to political ends is …

A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Cruise review – a tale of two audiences by Susannah Clapp

Shakespeare’s Globe; Duchess theatre, LondonSeated groundlings make history at the Globe’s carnivalesque Dream. And Jack Holden conjures memories of the onslaught of Aids As if by magic,…

Review: A Thousand Ways Part One: A Phone Call, 600 Highwaymen/Take Me Somewhere by Olivia Kiely

Review: A Thousand Ways Part One: A Phone Call, 600 Highwaymen/Take Me Somewhere 3.0Overall Score Theatre over the phone — another trend of the Covid era. I’d forgive some scepticism fro…

Review: The Old House, Kate Maravan/Brighton Fringe by Amy Evans

Review: The Old House, Kate Maravan/Brighton Fringe4.0Overall ScoreKate Maravan’s, The Old House is an emotionally reminiscent journey shared by a mother and daughter returning to their se…

Review: Bedroom Frequencies, Tramway/Take Me Somewhere by Andrew Houghton

Review: Bedroom Frequencies, Tramway/Take Me Somewhere 3.0Overall Score Bedroom Frequencies is Cindy Islam’s newest piece, commissioned by Tramway as part of this year’s Take Me Somewher…

NEWS: Blithe Spirit starring Jennifer Saunders returns to the West End in September 2021 by Press Releases

Theatre Royal Bath Productions, Lee Dean and Jonathan Church Theatre Productions have announced the West End return of Noël Coward’s classic comedy Blithe Spirit, directed by Richard Eyre…

Cal Performances continues ‘At Home’ series with Jamar Roberts world premiere by Admin

Cal Performances at UC Berkeley presents the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in a virtual performance debuting with a world premiere stream with the opportunity for live comment on June…

REVIEW ROUND-UP: Reasons You Should(n’t) Love Me at Kiln Theatre by Emma Clarendon

Love London Love Culture rounds up the reviews for Amy Trigg’s play Reasons You Should(n’t) Love Me which officially reopened the Kiln Theatre.

Alexander Whitley: Overflow; Rosie Kay: Absolute Solo II – review by Sarah Crompton

Sadler’s Wells, London; touringDancers become cogs in the machine of Whitley’s visually dazzling take on technology, while simplicity speaks volumes in Kay’s extraordinary solo show On…

Moira Blumenthal Productions presents THE MAKING OF SASHA FEIN by Aussie Theatre

Moira Blumenthal continues to expand the momentum of Jewish Theatre in Sydney with OUR SECOND STAGE 2021, a program designed

Sun., 6/6 @ 5:00 pm Kelly Briggs LIVE at The Gateway Playhouse by Cabaret Hotspot!

Kelly Briggs LIVE at The Gateway Playhouse Sunday, June 6th @ 5:00 pm KCKB Productions presents Broadway veteran Kelly Briggs (Les Miserables, Cats) along with musical director John McMaho…

Wed., 6/9 @ 7:30 pm Joan Jaffe in “I’m Old Fashioned” by Cabaret Hotspot!

 JOAN JAFFE with MATT BAKER at the piano in  I’m Old Fashioned an evening of standards, jazz & a bit of comedy LIVE on FACEBOOK directly from The Matt Cave              �…

Thurs., 6/10 @ 7:00 pm Steven Brinberg as Barbra @ GR42 by Cabaret Hotspot!

Steven Brinberg celebrates 51 years of the film “On a Clean Day You Can See (Simply Barbra) Forever” Thursday, June 10th @ 7:00 pm Green Room 42 570 10th Ave. @ 42nd in the Yotel Reserva…

Fri., 6/11 @ 7:00 pm Jenna Esposito Drops her new CD “More Amore!” by Cabaret Hotspot!

JENNA ESPOSITO’s CD Release Celebration of“More Amore: Songs From The Great Italian-American Songbook”Friday, June 11th @ 7:00 p.m.  EDTMetropolitan Zoom Tickets: $20-$40; click he…

Matsuki & Toroian Performing LIVE Twice a Month! by Cabaret Hotspot!

Cabaret Duo Sue Matsuki and Gregory Toroian Are Back Performing Live in two on-going monthly gigs! Multi-MAC and Julie Wilson award winner, Sue Matsuki, with her long-time Bistro and MAC A…

Harold Sanditen Annouces his UK Virtual & LIVE Summer Schedule! by Cabaret Hotspot!

Harold Sanditen’s Virtual & LIVE Open Mic Summer Line Up! 24 June – Virtual show @ 7:oo pm London 8 July – Live show at Crazy Coqs (SOLD OUT!) 22 July – Virtual show @ 7:00 pm Lo…

Walden (Harold Pinter Theatre, London SW1) by Mark Shenton

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That Was the Week That Was…. by Mark Shenton

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Episode 44 -Is Universal worth it if you don't love Harry Potter or your kids are young? by Framily Travel

We split our 2 day Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure into an ALL Harry Potter Day, and a Day where we did everything ELSE to see how we felt about it! We love a theme! We rode lots …