Internationally-acclaimed soprano Alexandra Flood returns in homecoming tour

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Puppets of New York Exhibit at the Museum of the City of New York Is More Than Child’s Play by Bart Greenberg

It speaks of joy. It speaks of moving forward. —Monxo Lopez The “it” that Monxo Lopez, the curator of the exciting new exhibit at the Museum of the City of New York, Puppets o…

Darebin’s Multi-Arts Festival FUSE responds to Melbourne’s COVID restrictions

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The Art of Rail: Expressions of Interest for First Nations artists

The post The Art of Rail: Expressions of Interest for First Nations artists appeared first on Australian Arts Review.

Frozen North American Tour's First Rehearsal (Unplugged Version) by Disney On Broadway

A new look showcasing the cast of the Frozen North American Tour as they began first rehearsals last week along with a cover of For The First Time In Forever sung by F. Michael Haynie. For m…

Broadway’s ‘Wicked’ Announces Casting by Matthew Wexler

Leading the cast of "Wicked"'s return to Broadway are Lindsay Pearce as Elphaba and Ginna Claire Mason as Glinda. Performances resume Sept. 14. The post Broadway’s ‘Wicked’ Announces C…

Bloody Mary Live! review – an audience with the killer queen by Brian Logan

Assembly Festival Garden, CoventryOlivia Miller dazzles in this tart and punky solo show, which reimagines the Tudor monarch as an in-yer-face Gen-Z teen You might consider the fraught life …

Experience the artistry of Lucinda Childs' "DANCE" by Joycetheater

Lucinda Childs, hailed as a master of minimalism and one of America’s greatest modern choreographers, returns with her evening-length American Masterpiece, DANCE, a 1979 collaboration betw…

Pass Over on Broadway Review: Fiery, Foul, Funny, Flawed…and First! by New York Theater

“Pass Over” is more than just a foul-mouthed, funny, beautifully acted and blisteringly pointed play about two Black men stuck on a street corner, menaced by white men. It arrives on Bro…

The Cast of AIN'T TOO PROUD Returns to the Imperial Theatre by BroadwayWorld

Watch the full interview here: https://bway.world/ATPInterviews It's not just your imagination! Broadway is coming back and so are the Temptations. Ain't Too Proud - The Life and Times of t…

The Digital Meighen Forum | REV-elations Series | How Now Black Man by Stratford Festival

Lorris Elliott was born in 1931 in Trinidad and Tobago. In the late 1950s he emigrated to Canada seeking advanced education, eventually earning a PhD in English Literature from the Universit…

News: Creative Cauldron Announces Its 2021-22 Season by News Desk (organization-Submitted Press Release)

Tickets on Sale Now! Creative Cauldron is BACK with a full season of LIVE offerings, including new works from Connor and Smith and Iyona Blake, iconic pieces like Having Our Say, Learning Th…

Teacher Training by Dylan Malloy

Transition to Teaching Theatre to Younger Students The post Teacher Training appeared first on Dramatics Magazine Online.

Meet a traveling circus family in Sunset Circus, our latest #ConcertsForKids by Lincoln Center

In this #ConcertsForKids performance, Parallel Exit helps you wind down your day, introducing you to a traveling circus family in the beautiful light of an evening sunset. Parallel Exit is a…

Adrienne Warren Signs Development Deal with Kapital Entertainment

Adrienne Warren has signed a one-year development deal with Aaron Kaplan's Kapital Entertainment, which produces the civil rights movement limited series starring Warren, Women of the Movem…

Podcast: Razzle Dazzle Radio Interviews the Incomparable Bruce Randolph Nelson by Carolyn Kelemen

Bruce Randolph Nelson, resident company member of Everyman Theatre, recently gave another tour-de-force performance in the streaming production of Everyman Theatre’s “An Almost Holy Pict…

Micki Grant, groundbreaking Broadway composer of 'Don’t Bother Me, I Can’t Cope,' dies at 92 by Richard Sandomir / The New Yiork Times

She was known for her work on Broadway musical “Your Arms Too Short to Box With Go,” and for her seven years on the NBC soap opera “Another World.”

Once Upon a Time in Nazi Occupied Tunisia review – horror, humour and forgotten history by Arifa Akbar

Almeida theatre, LondonAdrian Edmondson plays a psychopath in Josh Azouz’s nuanced tragicomedy about Jewish-Arab relations in 1942 A man is buried up to his neck with only a geometrical de…

Nina Conti: ‘I love all swear words, the stronger the better’

The actor, writer and ventriloquist gets to the heart of the things that make her laugh the most So many favourites, but Mae Martin live, even when they’re just working out new stuff, is b…

‘A Quick 5’ with Deimoni Brewington in ‘Toni Stone’ at Arena Stage by Susan Brall

On September 3, 2021 Arena Stage will be presenting “Toni Stone” by Lydia Diamond. It is based on Martha Ackmann’s full-length biography, “Curveball, The Remarkable Story of Toni Sto…

THE AFGHAN FEMALE ARTISTS ESCAPING TO FRANCE by Robert Shuman

(Eve Jackson’s article appeared on France24, 8/27.) When the Taliban swept back into power in Afghanistan on August 16, Kabul-based artist and curator Rada Akbar felt she had no other opti…

RAIN Returns to the Road - What it means to the Band! by Rain: A Tribute To The Beatles

It's been a long and winding road and we're looking forward to getting back out on tour in a safe manner. Check out RainTribute.com for all upcoming tour dates and we can't wait to see you d…

Get Back! Rehearsal and getting ready for Tour. by Rain: A Tribute To The Beatles

See where Rain - A Tribute to the Beatles is headed on tour at RainTribute.com

Kelly-Strayhorn announces fall season, return of in-person performances by Tyler Dague / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

JoJo Siwa to Have First Same-Sex ‘Dancing With the Stars’ Partner by Laura Zornosa

The “Dance Moms” alum and TikTok personality will join the ABC show as the first contestant to compete in a same-sex pairing.

Man of La Mancha: A Conversation by Westport Country Playhouse

Man of La Mancha (2018) A Conversation with Mark Lamos, host Philip Hernandez, Cervantes/Don Quixote Andrew David Sotomayor, Music Director

Theatre’s Fall Plans, and the Delta Variant by American Theatre Editors

After more than a year of uncertainty and some hopeful planning, some theatres' aspirations for a fall return are crashing into a fresh COVID surge.

Broadway stars turn out for Sunday’s ‘Elsie Fest’ in Prospect Park by Deb Miller

A starry roster of entertainers from the world of Broadway and pop music is set to celebrate the reopening of theaters and the joy of musicals in Elsie Fest on Sunday, August 29. Founded in …

VIDEO: Hamburg Cast Of WICKED Performs A Medley

The world-famous Broadway musical, WICKED, is premiering in a modern and spectacular new production at the Stage Theater Neue Flora in Hamburg beginning September 7th. Ahead of the new produ…

Micki Grant: ‘I Wanted to Open Eyes’ by Eric Grode

The composer and lyricist, who died at 92, was a trailblazer in virtually every field she touched.

Norbert Leo Butz Joins New Hulu Drama THE GIRL FROM PLAINVILLE

The Tony Award-winner will play Conrad “Co” Roy II, the father of Colton Ryan's character. The series is inspired by the true story of her controversial “texting suicide” case, based…

Christopher Lloyd and Lear, Closer Than Ever by American Theatre Editors

Tackling the iconic role at 82, the stage and screen actor resonates with the aging monarch's struggle to maintain control.

ALL EYES ON BAAYORK LEE: Richard Jay-Alexander Talks to the Award-Winning Legend About This Sunday's WICKED In Concert on PBS and Her Extraordinary Ca

This Sunday finds the diminutive talent wearing yet another new hat, as Director for Sunday night’s airing of WICKED In Concert, celebrating the score of the iconic, long-running musical,

Is Jack Thorne’s MacTaggart Lecture a gamechanger for disabled artists? by Naomi Westerman

Watching Jack Thorne’s speech at the Edinburgh TV Festival, AYT’s Outreach Officer, Naomi was left upset for a whole host of reasons. She knew things were bad for disabled people, but no…

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST: a tale as old as time... by Disney On Broadway

As the new tour of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST opens in Bristol, pull up a chair for this whistle-stop tour of the show's history! Book now for performances in Bristol, Liverpool, Edinburgh and Ca…

Practice 30: Peter Holsberg, Music Educator by New York Philharmonic

Peter Holsberg, Director of Instrumental Music at Talent Unlimited High School in New York City, shares a wealth of tips for anyone looking for ways to practice more effectively, including: …

VIDEO: Marquee for WAITRESS Goes Up at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre!

The hit musical Waitress is returning to Broadway this fall for a limited engagement, September 2, 2021 - January 9, 2022, at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. The theatre 'opening up' with th…

VIDEO: Stephanie Hsu Sings 'I'm Not That Girl' from WICKED IN CONCERT

Wicked has shared a sneak peek from this weekend's Wicked in Concert! In the clip, Stephanie Hsu (Spongebob Squarepants, Be More Chill) performs a rendition of I'm Not That Girl, a song Elp…

'Lights On!' celebration in Cultural District to kick off RADical Days by Tyler Dague / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Student Blogs This Week - Favorite Schmigadoon Moments, Love Letter to Movie Musicals, and More!

Our student bloggers write about how they're coping with the current global health crisis, give insight on their school's performing arts programs, share their opinions on the latest theater…

Mamma Mia! reopens in the West End and here's our reaction by Official London Theatre

Hira and Ruth went to the first performance #BackOnStage by Mamma Mia and this is what they thought. Book your tickets to see the iconic show based on Abba's greatest hits here: https://of…

Seeding Change by Porsche McGovern, Katherine Freer

By Porsche McGovern, Katherine Freer. Katherine Freer and Porsche McGovern kick off the second installment of their Design (in a Time of Reckoning) series, which had its first week back in F…

The New Group by Barry Gordin

Cocktails on the lawn showcased songs from The New Group’s upcoming new musical, Black No More, opening January 2022 at the Signature. August 27, 2021: Scott Elliott, Founding Artistic …

Livestreaming Design Meeting

By . Five designer facilitators come together to share strategies about how to turn analysis into action through embodied practice.

TCG Selects Pittsburgh for In-Person 2022 Conference by American Theatre Editors

For its first return to live programming since 2019, TCG will convene in the historic 'City of Bridges' next June 16-18.

Next on Stage: Dance Edition Season 2 | Finale by BroadwayWorld

Want more Next on Stage content? Visit https://bway.world/NOSD You voted, now here they are-- the winners in our high school and college categories!

Theatre Choreography by Natalie Clare

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The Digital Meighen Forum | REV-elations Series | Parallel Hands by Stratford Festival

Born in Martinique in 1925, Frantz Fannon was an international political activist as well as a physician and psychiatrist. Throughout his short but very active life, he penned a number of b…

The Digital Meighen Forum | REV-elations Series | Zora Neale Hurston Short Plays by Stratford Festival

Zora Heale Hurston was born in Alabama in 1891 and became an accomplished and prolific dramatist, as well as an anthropoligist, novelist and filmmaker. Her works evoked images of life in th…

Broadway Theater Owners and Producers Start Campaign to Bring Back Locals by Michael Paulson

The trade association representing theater owners and producers gets an assist from Oprah Winfrey as it seeks to drive ticket sales beyond the buzzy September reopenings.

‘This Is Broadway’ Campaign Unites Industry – And Oprah Winfrey – In Urging Theatergoers Back by Greg Evans

Broadway producers are joining forces with one another, with unions, and even with Oprah Winfrey to urge potentially jittery theatergoers back into seats, with a new marketing campaign calle…

Clare Barron's #MomentsMissed by Atlantic Theater

#ShhhhATC writer, director, and performer Clare Barron's excitement to return to live theater is infectious, and we can't wait! It's been magical meeting with artists to collaborate, create,…

August 27, 2021: What TheaterMakers Are Talking About This Week by Ken Davenport

Here’s what TheaterMakers were talking about this week . . .   1 – Jeremy O. Harris Commission Life imitates art imitates life imitates . . . you get the idea. And in this case, real li…

She Thought She'd Be in the Audience That Night at Rent. She Ended Up Playing Mimi. by Dan Meyer

Performer Gabriela Garcia saved the day at U.K.'s Hope Mill Theatre, stepping in with just a few hours' notice.

NOW CASTING: LA Premiere of Lucy Kirkwood’s timely and riveting “The Children” by Fountaintheatre

The Fountain Theatre returns to indoor performances in October with the Los Angeles Premiere of the acclaimed Tony Award-nominated drama The Children by Lucy Kirkwood. With case numbers of t…

Broadway theaters attack virus: ‘This is absolutely doable’ by Mark Kennedy

Examining every aspect of their productions has led New York's theaters to everything from touchless bathroom facilities to scrapping the tradition of actors signing autographs after shows.

Carmen Cusack Will Play Julia Sugarbaker in Stage Adaptation of Designing Women by Andrew Gans

Performances of Linda Bloodworth-Thomason’s play will begin in September at TheatreSquared.

George Montgomery: Shot and Shot At by Trav S.D.

George Montgomery (George Montgomery Letz, 1916-2000) has sort of fallen through the cracks, perhaps partially because of the similarity of his name to, oh, Robert Montgomery on the one hand…

GRACE NOTES: Friday, August 27, 2021 by Susan Grace

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Stars in the House Welcomes Carolee Carmello, Pearl Sun, Ryan Rosenberg, and More August 21 by Andrew Gans

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

I Interview Playwrights 1101: Amanda Erin Miller by Adam Szymkowicz

Amanda Erin MillerHometown: San Diego, CACurrent Town: Brooklyn, NYQ:  Tell me about Smile All The Time.A:  “Smile All The Time” is a virtual solo puppet-filled tragicomic romp in whic…

‘A good balance of humour & compassion’: TILL LOVE DO US PART – Edinburgh Fringe (Online review) ★★★★ by Louise Penn

Till Love Do Us Part isn’t one of the flashiest productions on the digital fringe in terms of its technical style, but the writing carries it through.

News: Avant Bard Theatre Announces Next Season, Celebrating a Grateful Return to the Stage by News Desk (organization-Submitted Press Release)

ARLINGTON, VA – Avant Bard Theatre announced its next season, which marks a grateful return to live theatre after more than a year of remote performances and programming. This season also…

ArtsBeat TV.Radio: Sean Harris from CT's Playhouse on Park by Mark G. Auerbach

NEW ArtsBeat TV/Radio on WCPC15 and 89.5fm/WSKB. Sean Harris previews Playhouse on Park’s upcoming season, and meet stand-up comic Tim McKeever. Watch! Listen! Stream!

Today on Broadway: Friday, August 27, 2021 by Ashley Steves

Mr. Paulo Szot Is The New Mr. Billy Flynn, New Elsie Fest Additions, The First Listen To Two “Dear Evan Hansen” Movie Tracks “Today on Broadway” is a daily, Monday through Friday, po…

Broadway Games: The Missing Lyrics of Kander and Ebb by JK

This week's game is a challenging one. Do you know the missing lyrics from these Kander and Ebb songs? Broadway Games: The Missing Lyrics of Kander and Ebb To help you out, we've named the…

Concert Review: Erin Granfield at Creative Cauldron by Mary Ann Johnson

Erin Granfield most recently played the inimitable Louise in “Always…Patsy Cline” by Creative Cauldron during this past June and July. She is a Helen Hayes-nominated actor for “On Ai…

Robert John Wildhack: Sketches, Sneezes and Snores by Trav S.D.

As I mentioned in my recent post on Booth Tarkington, a century ago the midwest had a strong, distinctive regional literary voice. Within it, you can even identify sub-groups, to wit, Indian…

Ruby Blaine: From Rodeos to Roach by Trav S.D.

The screen career of Ruby Blaine (1903-1976) was minimal, to put it baldly: just 16 silent films over a four year period. Our main point of interest is that her last four were Hal Roach come…

The Hazards of Helen Gibson by Trav S.D.

A toss of the sombrero today for the great western star, stunt woman, rodeo rider, and vaudeville performer Helen Gibson (Rose August Wegner, 1892-1977). Her screen name is the result of two…

NEWS: Tiny Room launches debut tour with revival of acclaimed play Loop by Featured Content

After success at Camden Fringe and London's Lion & Unicorn Theatre, Peter Mulligan's acclaimed play LOOP returns with an autumn tour that launches with a performance at the Albany Theatr…

Cirque Berserk review – big thrills from the big top by Lyndsey Winship

Garrick theatre, LondonKnives, flames and adrenaline aplenty lift this daredevil circus show. The stunts impress but the overblown presentation needs an update A basic circus truth: everythi…

Local music history goes on display with 'St. Louis Sound' exhibition by Kevin C. Johnson St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Nearly 200 artifacts from musicians, songwriters and notable venues help to tell the story in "St. Louis Sound" at the Missouri History Museum.

Shakespeare troupe receives Swissvale's first borough artist residency by Tyler Dague / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Pittsburgher channels Rachel Carson in one-woman show ‘Imagining Rachel’ by Joshua Axelrod / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Actor, writer and director Elise Robertson wrote and stars in this two-hour experiment in pandemic-era storytelling.  

Arts workers left stranded in NSW without work and unable to return home

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PHOTOS: Sneak a peek into rehearsals for Irving Berlin’s Call Me Madam by Featured Content

Preparations are underway for the much-anticipated revival of Irving Berlin's 1950 Tony Award-winning musical Call Me Madam starring Rosemary Ashe and Richard Gibson. Get behind the scenes a…

Australia’s Independent Artists to Make Some Noise at the 2021 Melbourne Fringe Festival

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Friday Diary: My busman’s holiday to London, and calling out theatrical nepotism by Mark Shenton

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Review of ‘God of Obsidian’ by Erin Kahn

When Alice first sees the bridge leading to Nathan’s house, she thinks she’s stepped into a Grimm’s fairy tale. Rickety and covered in vines, it looks like an illustration straight out…

12 Shows to See Off Broadway in September - From old favorites to brand-new offerings, here are a dozen promising productions by Raven Snook

From old favorites to brand-new offerings, here are a dozen promising productions beyond Broadway Broadway's been getting a lot of the fanfare as theatre in NYC slowly resumes. But Off-Broa…

Best Stage Performances to Watch Online August 27-September 6 - See 'Wicked' in concert, Old Vic's 'Bagdad Cafe,' Alvin Ailey, Jay Armstrong Johnson t by Raven Snook

Come September, in-person theatre will be back in full force. But during these dog days of summer as venues prepare to reopen, you can still stream lots of fabulous shows at home. Below are …

Disney's Frozen, Starring Samantha Barks and Stephanie McKeon, Begins West End Previews August 27 by Andrew Gans

The production will officially open at London's Theatre Royal Drury Lane in September.

Best Stage Performances to Watch Online August 27-September 6 - See 'Wicked' in concert, Old Vic's 'Bagdad Cafe,' Alvin Ailey, Jay Armstrong Johnson t

Come September, in-person theatre will be back in full force. But during these dog days of summer as venues prepare to reopen, you can still stream lots of fabulous shows at home. Below are …

12 Shows to See Off Broadway in September - From old favorites to brand-new offerings, here are a dozen promising productions

From old favorites to brand-new offerings, here are a dozen promising productions beyond BroadwayBroadway's been getting a lot of the fanfare as theatre in NYC slowly resumes. But Off-Broadw…