POTTED POTTER – Sydney by Sean McLoughlin

AussieTheatre has TWO double passes to giveaway to Potted Potter: The Unauthorized Harry Experience at the The Seymour Centre –

Actor Lisa Banes in Critical Condition Following NYC Hit-and-Run

Banes was on the Upper West Side when she was struck near Lincoln Center.

First Person: playwright Tanika Gupta on being back in the rehearsal room once more by Tanika Gupta

The writer expresses her joy at going 'Out West' On the first day of rehearsals for Out West at the Lyric Hammersmith in May, myself and fellow playwrights Roy Williams and Simon Stephens s…

Gail Hastings: Space Practising Tools

Post-Play Palaver: A double take on ‘Blindness’ at STC by John Stoltenberg and Sophia Howes

Post-Play Palaver is an occasional series of conversations between DC Metro Theater Arts writers who saw the same performance, got really into talking about it, and decided to continue their…

Your guide to studying in the Big Apple by Admin

New York City is world-renowned for its excellent dance training and performance opportunities. The city is home to famed schools of the major companies based there, as well as many superior…

Youth America Grand Prix announces 2021 national winners and scholarship recipients by Admin

Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP), the world’s largest ballet scholarship competition, culminated its 2021 U.S. Season Finals in Tampa, FL, with over 800 talented dancers from all over Ameri…

Matters of life and death: Kneehigh theatre’s wild times – in pictures by Guardian Staff

The award-winning Kneehigh theatre company has announced it is closing down. Revisit its past hits including Rapunzel, A Matter of Life and Death and The Tin Drum Continue reading...

The Brittany Cavaco Collection for Só Dança: Dancewear for everyBODY by Admin

Vibrant, daring, sleek and stunning. And flattering, for everybody. Those are just a few words that come to mind after viewing the stylish new Brittany Cavaco Collection for Só Dança. The …

HAMILTON officially confirmed to open in Melbourne in March 2022

Disney's Cruella | Introducing The Crew by Walt Disney Studios

Horace & Jasper & Anita Darling… introducing Cruella’s Crew. Watch Disney’s #Cruella in theaters now or order on #DisneyPlus with Premier Access (additional fee required). Get Ticket…

‘Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist’ costume designer Heidi Higginbotham on styling Zoey like a ‘superhero’ [EXCLUSIVE VIDEO INTERVIEW] by Kevin Jacobsen

Costume designer Heidi Higginbotham has her work cut out for her on “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist.” Not only does she have to design colorful costumes that still feel grounded in real…

6 Thoughts on ‘Cruella,’ Starting With: It May Be the Best Movie of the Year So Far (Column) by Owen Gleiberman

A few weeks ago, there was every reason to be skeptical about “Cruella.” The creative track record for live-action remakes of Disney animated films was middling to dismal (the only one o…

Another New SBA Funding Program You Should Be Aware Of (With A Bonus Resource Hidden Gem) by Drew McManus

In early April, 2021 the U.S. Small Business Administration announced it was expanding the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) and EIDL Advance program and as this last weekend, they annou…

HAMILTON officially confirmed to open in Melbourne by Sean McLoughlin

The producers of HAMILTON have today officially confirmed that the Tony®, Grammy®, Olivier and Pulitzer Prize winning musical will play

Becoming Dr. Ruth **** by Barry Gordin

By: Patrick Christiano Renowned sex therapist, Dr. Ruth, attended the opening night of Becoming Dr. Ruth at Bay Street theater in Sag Harbor. June 6, 2021:  The re-opening of Bay Street T…

Bafta TV Awards: Diversity win Must-See Moment award for Black Lives Matter routine on Britain’s Got Talent by Roisin O'Connor

Dance group’s leader Ashley Banjo was praised by viewers for his speech

Your guide to all things summer in Seattle 2021 by Seattle Times Staff

Looking forward to the summer? Here's our roundup of events, activities, entertainment and more around the Seattle area.

St. Louis Shakespeare Festival’s ‘King Lear’ is engaging and urgent by Calvin Wilson St. Louis Post-Dispatch

St. Louis Shakespeare Festival production of ‘King Lear,’ starring Tony winner André De Shields, is nothing short of spellbinding.

This Week on Broadway for June 6, 2021: Nikita Burshteyn by James Marino

Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk with Nikita Burshteyn. This Week on Broadway has been coming to you every week since 2009. It is the longest running Broadway and t…

Clarence Williams III Dies: ‘Linc’ On ‘The Mod Squad’ Star Was 81 by Bruce Haring

Clarence Williams III, who was a Black power icon in the 1960s and 1970s as the cool detective “Linc Hayes” on television’s The Mod Squad, has died. Williams died in Los Angeles on Fri…

Theatre Review: ‘Always…Patsy Cline’ presented by Creative Cauldron by Mary Ann Johnson

Creative Cauldron has chosen an innovative way to bring this favorite jukebox musical, “Always…Patsy Cline” (created and originally directed by Ted Swindley), to life. Each of the four…

Glimpse. Off Broadway Reopens in Prospect Park by New York Theater

Performers from India and Iran, Colombia and Cuba, Beirut and Johannesburg told tales, played music and danced on Saturday afternoon in Prospect Park,  in a grassy sun-baked field called t…

‘It’s a love letter to adventure’: the British musical about jogging by Adharanand Finn

Inspired by a 90-mile run to the Peak District, These Hills Are Ours explores the muddy joys of trail running – then invites its audience out for a jog Daniel Bye is twisting in his seat, …

Royal Ballet: Balanchine and Robbins review – Vadim Muntagirov’s Apollo is simply divine by Lyndsey Winship

Royal Opera House, London The Russian always had technique, now he’s got belief in this terrific all-American programme also taking in work from the 1960s set to Tchaikovsky and Chopin com…

How Lin-Manuel Miranda and Friends Made an Old Bookstore New by Michael Paulson

The century-old Drama Book Shop in Manhattan struggled for years. Then “Hamilton” happened.

California Graduate On Making It In Theater During A Pandemic

LeRoy Graham is an actor who completed graduate school in the beginning of the pandemic. He shares what it's been like to try to start a professional career when regular productions were upe…

KENNEDY CENTER HONORS! by Corine Cohen

Tonight at 8 Eastern watch the “Kennedy CENTER HONORS”

Streaming selections of songs and stories to start the week by Deb Miller

This week opens online with concerts and conversations from Broadway favorites appearing in three ongoing livestream series that both entertain and enlighten. The Seth Concert Series – Liv…

Creative Cauldron presents ‘Always…Patsy Cline’ live and outdoors by News Desk

Creative Cauldron presents Always…Patsy Cline, written and originally directed by Ted Swindley and based on a true story. This musical play follows the unlikely friendship between Patsy an…

Billy Porter Partners With Jimmy Choo On Gender-Neutral Shoe Collection

Billy Porter has teamed up with designer shoe brand Jimmy Shoe to launch a collection of gender-neutral shoes. The size-inclusive line of shoes will go up to women's size 15 (men's size 1…

#46 -Old Key West Resort! Olivias, Gurgling Suitcase, Surry Bikes, Tennis, Shuffleboard, Characters! by Framily Travel

Join the Broadway Bradshaws as they explore Disneys Old Key West Resort on a chilly day. We were bummed at first that we couldn't really use the amazing pool, but then we discovered SO MANY …

Off-Broadway: STOMP (Re-opening on July 20 at the Orpheum) by Tony Frankel

REIGNITING THE RHYTHM STOMP, which I originally saw at New York’s 299-seat Orpheum Theatre in 1994, has performers using their bodies and both industrial and household objects as percussiv…

In Praise of Patrick Wilson, Scream King by Calum Marsh

The classically trained actor has been acclaimed for his work onstage. But in ghost stories like “Insidious” and “The Conjuring,” he’s proven to be a master of horror.

Bright Colors Is Manic Tour de Force for Island City Stage by Bill Hirschman

Drew Droege’s Bright Colors and Bold Patterns deftly avoids common tropes of the solo show in its compulsively watchable regional premiere at Island City Stage, a fringe festival-style tou…

An elegently sensual ‘Elle es tango (She Is Tango)’ from GALA by Malcolm Lewis Barnes

GALA Hispanic Theatre’s Ella es tango (She Is Tango) is the tale of two centuries of music, dance, and female liberation from the origins of Tango as a macho form of entertainment, for th…

Theatre Review: ‘A Very Present Presence’ presented by Pipeline Playwrights by Mary Ann Johnson

In this world premier of Ann Timmons’ “A Very Present Presence,” we meet a middle-aged mother and career woman who has come to the end of her rope. The story may seem similar to many o…

Listen to Fan-Favorite Show Tunes and More on 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 offers a healthy dose of Br…

The Show Must Go On! Live at The Palace Theatre Will Be Broadcast Today, 6 June

Including TINA – THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL, Dear Evan Hansen, Everybody's Talking About Jamie, SIX, Hamilton, The Book of Mormon, WICKED,  Royal Shakespeare Company's Matilda The Musical,…

The Life, Death, and Rebirth of Maria Montez by Trav S.D.

Fitting it is that the natal day of Maria Montez (María África Gracia Vidal, 1912-1951) falls during Pride Month, for it is the right time to celebrate this gay icon. But there are others.…

Photo Flash: Inside New 42's LET'S GET THIS SHOW ON THE STREET!

On Saturday, June 5, New 42 celebrated arts educators in a once-in-a-lifetime outdoor celebration on 42nd Street in Times Square.

VIDEO: Daphne Rubin-Vega Explains How Creators Made a More Representative IN THE HEIGHTS

There will most certainly be a Carnaval del Barrio on June 10, when Lin-Manuel Miranda's Tony-winning musical, In the Heights officially arrives. One of its stars is beloved Broadway veteran…

Celia Keenan-Bolger and Javier Muñoz Celebrate Pride on the Latest Sunday Pancakes by Dan Meyer

The Hamilton star shares his coming out journey and experience living with HIV.

‘It’s in these little moments that this collage excels’: THE LANGUAGE OF KINDNESS – Shoreditch Town Hall by Laura Kressly

There isn’t a linear plot or story in The Language of Kindness, rather it’s in the individual moments between an unwell person and their nurse where this piece has its emotional power.

NATIONAL BLACK THEATER PLANS NEXT ACT IN A NEW HARLEM HIGH-RISE by Robert Shuman

(Julia Jacobs’s article appeared in The New York Times, 6/4; via Pam Green; Photo: National Black Theater is working with developers to replace its longtime home. This rendering shows a pl…

The week in theatre: Walden; Reasons You Should(n’t) Love Me; Queers by Susannah Clapp

Pinter; Kiln; Old Vic/online Gemma Arterton’s failed astronaut confronts her overachieving sister in Amy Berryman’s debut play; wheelchair user Amy Trigg transfixes with her witty monolo…

Four Quartets review – Ralph Fiennes meets TS Eliot in a triumphant return by Clare Brennan

Theatre Royal Bath and touringThe actor and director gives a compelling performance of the poet’s wartime epic in this solo show What an achievement! Simply to recite TS Eliot’s 1943 poe…

Boston Ballet’s ‘Process and Progress’: A capstone program by Admin

Available through www.bostonballet.org.May 12-26, 2021. The 2020-21 season has been anything but easy for dance companies. Yet, in their own ways, they’ve found innovative ways to keep th…

Check Out These Photos Celebrating 3 Decades of Broadway Bares by Marc J. Franklin

Look back at highlights of the Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS fundraiser, which will be virtual (again) June 20

This LGBTQ ‘Giselle’ celebrates individuality, putting a spotlight on non-inclusiveness in classical ballet by Celia Wren

For “Giselle of Loneliness,” Ballez founder Katy Pyle cast dancers who have their own complicated relationships with ballet.

‘Lockyer’s adaptation brings this incredible play to a new audience’: TAKE OFF YOUR CORNFLAKES – White Bear Theatre ★★★★★ by Elaine Chapman

The first of two press night for the White Bear’s latest production Take Off Your Cornflakes saw Mark Lockyer leave the stage to rapturous applause. After performing to sell-out audiences …

The Sun, the Moon, and the Stars review – grief, loss, fury: the legacy of a race hate crime by Arifa Akbar

Theatre Royal Stratford East, London Kibong Tanji is outstanding as the sister of the victim in Dipo Baruwa-Etti’s play which is dynamic and gripping but lacks tonal variety The Sun, the M…

Drowntown review – surfing waves of sadness on the seashore by Sarah Crompton

Touring onlineRhiannon Faith’s piece about social deprivation in our seaside towns is gloomy but technically impressive A white space pockmarked with circles of dark dust, like black holes…

Review: Open Return, Blink Theatre by Mirren Wilson

Review: Open Return, Blink Theatre4.0Overall ScoreWe’ve all been there — on a busy busy train from Edinburgh to London. It’s a long journey, there are no seats to be spared and somebod…

Review: Mouthful of Salt and Soil, BUZZCUT by Asia C

Review: Mouthful of Salt and Soil, BUZZCUT 3.0Overall Score Jo Tyabji’s Mouthful of Salt and Soil is my first theatrical walking experience. It is a boiling hot, summery June day in centra…

Mon., 6/7 8:30-10:00 pm Sheree Sano returns to Pangea! by Cabaret Hotspot!

Piano Bar Singer Sheree Sano returns to Pangea Monday, June 7th from 8:30-10:00 No Music Charge (tips appreciated) /  $20 food/drink  min. Here are a few songs as a “teaser”:  https:/…

Thur., 6/10 @ 7:00 Mark Nadler in “Gay As They Say” by Cabaret Hotspot!

Mark Nadler in GAY AS THEY SAY Live-Streaming at The Flushing Town Hall as the first part of their Pride Trilogy. Thursday, June 10 at 7:00 PM   Click HERE for Tickets to View the Live-Stre…

Saturdays 5:00-7:00 Eric Yves Garcia & 8:00-10:00 Gabrielle Stravelli by Cabaret Hotspot!

SATURDAYS @ WEST BANK CAFE A FANTASTIC DOUBLE-HEADER! 5:00-7:00 – Eric Yves Garcia 8:00-10:00 – The Gabrielle Stravelli Trio West Bank Café / The Laurie Beechman Theatre 407 W. 42nd St.…

Sat., 6/12 8:00-10:30 Tony Middleton Quartet @ The Roxy Hotel by Cabaret Hotspot!

The Tony Middleton Quartet @ The Roxy Hotel Saturday, June 12th with sets from 8:00-9:00 and 9:30-10:30 No Music Charge / Reservations: 212-519-6661   Tony Middleton Quartet features  Jon …

Sun., 6/13 @ 3:00 pm Groovin’ at Home Celebrates Pride! by Cabaret Hotspot!

Groovin’ @ Home to Benefit The Trevor Project Sunday, June 13 @ 3:oo pm EDT Reserve by donating $1.00 or more!           www.eventbrite.com/e/groovin-home-on-a-sunday-tickets-1541615…

That was the week that was… by Mark Shenton

... Read More The post That was the week that was… first appeared on Shenton Stage.

Victorian Government announces a broader vision for Federation Square

How a Polish Master, Krystian Lupa, Brought Lu Xun’s Madness to Life by Ziwen Gao

Written in 1918, Lu Xun’s A Madman’s Diary marked the advent of modern Chinese literature. Generally understood as an attack on the “cannibalistic” nature of traditional Chinese soci…

Look Back at the Career Highlights of LGBTQIA+ Trailblazer Harvey Fierstein by Playbill Staff

The Tony Award winner celebrates his birthday June 6.

43rd Annual Kennedy Center Honors, Celebrating Debbie Allen, Dick Van Dyke, and More, Airs June 6 on CBS by Andrew Gans

Recipients, who also include Joan Baez, Garth Brooks, and Midori, were honored in May at the Washington, D.C., venue.

The Show Must Go On! Live at the Palace Theatre Streams Globally for Free June 6 by Dan Meyer

The musical celebration features Aisha Jawando, Zizi Strallen, Alice Fearn, and more.