NPR's Audie Cornish talks with comedian Josh Johnson about his newfound success and how comedy has served as a processing tool for collective trauma throughout the pandemic.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 07:54PMIf you watched Sunday's Tony Awards, you'd know that Broadway is coming back. And so is the Broadway series at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, which today announced that tickets w…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 07:36PMSeveral of my teachers have said, “part of this first year is about getting comfortable being uncomfortable.” Generally, this statement means two things:
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:25PMTHE LAST GREAT PLAGUE If you lived as an adult alongside the onset of AIDS forty years ago you don’t forget it: the lost friends and workmates , the rumours of ignorance which h…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 07:13PMTomorrow Walt Disney World begins its 50th anniversary celebration! So we wanted to show you our last visit before "Disney Enchantment" begins performances on Oct. 1!
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As theatre returns to stages around the world, actors and spouses Caroline Bowman and Austin Colby share with Playbill what it was like to deal with putting their performing lives on pause …
SOURCE: YouTube at 05:54PMHow well were you paying attention to a very busy theater month? Answer these ten question to find out. Loading…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:42PMFREESTYLE LOVE SUPREME begins previews on Thursday, October 7 and runs to Sunday, January 2, 2022 for a strictly limited engagement at the Booth Theatre on Broadway, 222 West 45th Street. Th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:19PMThere is a jewel of a little theatre that can be found just outside of Washington, DC. Operated by the City of Rockville, it sits on lovely grounds where you can go for a walk or have a picn…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 05:16PMJoin us for GISELLE, ABT’s renowned production of the romantic ballet in two acts arrives at the David H. Koch Theater for the first time! This heartrending tale of deceit, remorse, and …
SOURCE: YouTube at 05:15PMSoho theatre, LondonThe Seven Methods of Killing Kylie Jenner playwright returns with a production about a drama student researching Black British history
Jasmine Lee-Jones made the fiercest…
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Plus, Against Women & Music, a new musical by Grace McLean and Kate Douglas, will get an industry reading as part of Rhinebeck Writers Retreat’s Triple R program.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:58PMAaron Sorkin has revealed that he is updating the script for the Broadway production of To Kill a Mockingbird, keeping in mind the social justice movement that occurred throughout the count…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:58PMDCappella returned to NYC and the theatre district upon the reopening of Broadway for a new music video, "Disney’s Broadway Is Back Medley." Watch the video above as they stopped by the Pl…
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:48PMIt's not unfamiliar to those who have performed at Feinstein's/54 Below—the ride from the green room on the 10th floor down to the basement, where the stage is located, can take awhile.
H…
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:48PMBroadwayWorld has just learned that Aladdin will resume performances tonight, Thursday, September 30th at 7pm at The New Amsterdam Theatre.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:42PMThe season will include world premieres by Rajiv Joseph, Mike Birbiglia, Jon Robin Baitz, and more.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:32PMEgoPo Classic Theater launches its season with Alice: not your child’s wonderland, but this Lewis Carroll adaptation doesn’t go far enough down the rabbit hole. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:32PMIn a celebration of creativity and community, the Tony Award-winning Best Musical Moulin Rouge! The Musical has partnered with Groundswell, a New York based organization that brings toget…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:28PMGeorgia Ensemble Theatre in Roswell, GA, will give Alabama Story — the six-actor, one-set drama about an embattled librarian in the Deep South — its state premiere as part of the residen…
SOURCE: bykennethjones.com at 04:23PMMary Testa and Enrique Acevedo perform the hilarious and heartwarming showstopper "Waiting/Dreaming" from the stunning new musical The Gardens of Anuncia. Runs through October 17, 2021 at Th…
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:06PMWatch the cast of Diana: The Musical perform 'This Is How Your People Dance' from the upcoming filmed Netflix release of the new Broadway musical.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:05PMThis month the critics talk to the star of 'Hadestown' about darkness and empathy, and share their theatregoing highlights.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:01PMLearn about the roots, sounds, and social impact of Latin boogaloo (or bugalú) with members of SPANGLISH FLY on a bilingual #ConcertsForKids recorded LIVE at #RestartStages earlier this sum…
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Aaron Sorkin isn’t pulling any punches when it comes to disgraced Hollywood producer Scott Rudin. The “West Wing” writer, whose hit adaptation of “To Kill a Mockingbird” is returni…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 03:54PMSchedule includes world premiere of "Karate Kid" musical.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 03:48PMFinalists have been chosen for the Great Rivers Biennial Arts Award Program.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 03:48PM"Your museum has four Van Goghs," the art historian said excitedly.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 03:48PMLos Angeles' Center Theatre Group has announced the upcoming season for its Mark Taper Forum and Kirk Douglas Theatre. According to The Los Angeles Times, the 2022 season includes previously…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:48PMThe Broadway production of “Aladdin” announced it will resume performances Thursday, a day after the cancellation of a performance due to COVID-19 cases in the company. Since announcing …
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 03:47PMIn her successful soap writing career, she used new-play development skills she honed at the O'Neill and New York Theatre Workshop, among others.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:45PMAaron Sorkin, whose stage adaptation of Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird resumes performances on Broadway next week, says in a new interview that Scott Rudin, the show’s former produce…
SOURCE: Deadline at 03:40PMBy: Alix Cohen ... Part 1
September 30, 2021: When you were putting together Legos or dressing dolls, one little girl was picking locks, making a ball appear and disappear and changing a…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 03:39PMThe Artistic and General Director on BCO's appeal to people who are new to opera and to aficionados who have been fans their entire lives.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:27PMCenter Theatre Group Artistic Director Michael Ritchie and Managing Director / CEO Meghan Pressman have announced the upcoming seasons for the Mark Taper Forum and Kirk Douglas Theatre.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:12PMJulie Taiwo Oni is a playwright, English professor, and identical twin living in Inglewood. With roots in Bakersfield and Nigeria, her work is inspired by American pop culture, the African d…
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:11PMJulie Taiwo Oni is a playwright, English professor, and identical twin living in Inglewood. With roots in Bakersfield and Nigeria, her work is inspired by American pop culture, the African d…
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:11PMJulie Taiwo Oni is a playwright, English professor, and identical twin living in Inglewood. With roots in Bakersfield and Nigeria, her work is inspired by American pop culture, the African d…
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:10PMRevamping their Directors Project, the League is focusing on providing financial stability and employment opportunities for the post-pandemic era.
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Lively and brilliant letters between George Bernard Shaw and the original Eliza Doolittle from before there was Zoom.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:49PMCheck one, two, three! It's Tony Award Nominee Christopher Jackson's birthday and we'd like to mention his awesome Broadway resume!
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 02:27PMTickets for BEETLEJUICE’s return to Broadway will go on sale Friday, October 1, at 10am. BEETLEJUICE will be haunting Broadway’s Marriott Marquis Theatre (210 west 46th Street) begin…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:24PMWith shows like “Women in Song: Strange Darlings” at the Aga Khan Museum on Oct. 2, FabCollab is getting back to live performances after more than a year of virtual concerts that gave wo…
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 02:21PMDisney's hit musical is the first on Broadway to outright cancel a performance due to breakthrough infections.
SOURCE: Forbes at 02:08PMAnne Washburn’s phantasmagoric “Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play” is getting a timely new run at Theater Wit in Chicago.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:06PMWild Horses is a sort of hybrid of familiar coming-of-age stories: Little Women meets Summer of ’42, with a dollop of Stand By Me tossed in for intrigue.
The post Theater Review: “Wild H…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 02:06PMPostmodern Jukebox '50s cover of "Drivers Licence" by Olivia Rodrigo ft. Piper Jones
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‘”Prepping for Widowhood” is a frequently laugh-out-loud look at what sustains us when life happens—in this case, widowhood. It’s a story of four old friends known as “The Season…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 01:56PMMs. Blauvelt has a fine ear for contemporary dialogue, sharply delineates her seven characters and gradually sets up a credible plot. The resolution is a familiar take on the financial world…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:55PMProducers and co-Presidents of the Prom Committee announced today cast for the upcoming National Tour of the 2019 Drama Desk Award winner for Outstanding Musical The Prom. The production wil…
SOURCE: tourstoyou.org at 01:51PMby Ron Fassler . . . When I think of prison drama, my first thoughts go to film. Early 1930s melodramas (usually with James Cagney and Pat O’Brien as both sides of the coin, bad and good) …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 01:44PMAudiences across the country are going to learn how to build a prom! The national touring production of The Prom will officially open at Playhouse Square in Cleveland, Ohio on November 2. Th…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:32PMGerman audiences will get to see the spectacular, spectacular Moulin Rouge! next year. Moulin Rouge! The Musical will have its first non-English speaking production at the Musical Dome in …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:32PMDeBose will join the previously announced Henry Cavill, Sam Rockwell, Bryan Cranston, Catherine O'Hara, John Cena, and Samuel L. Jackson. Grammy-winner Dua Lipa is also making her acting deb…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:25PMTo celebrate the return of Broadway, The Broadway League (the national trade association for the theater industry), in partnership with Audience Rewards (Broadway’s first and only official…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:23PMmerch., the first Black-owned Broadway merchandise company, has announced that it will create and sell unique merchandise for Thoughts of a Colored Man, beginning previews at the John Gold…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:21PMKick off Fall with Center Theatre Group’s Education & Community Partnerships team! During our Open House, we chatted about resources and upcoming opportunities for teens, early-career indi…
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:21PMCompiled by a group of 15 theatre workers, the standards set goals for more equitable representation, with compliance to be tracked a newly formed group called BLKLST.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:14PMApparently, September 30 is now International Podcast Day — because, Lord knows there’s no podcast inundation every other day of the year! I hosted my first podcast show before it was fa…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 01:12PMMany Saints of Newark star Michael Gandolfini talks to Jimmy Fallon about starring as the title role in Shrek the Musical in high school, which later led him to his first manager.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:05PMThe Broadway musical kicks off November 2 at Playhouse Square in Cleveland.
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Casting has been announced for the upcoming National Tour of THE PROM. Kaden Kearney (they/them) will star as Emma, Kalyn West as Alyssa Green, Courtney Balan as Dee Dee Allen, Patrick We…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:59AMThe Oscar-nominated film director has made the jump into musical theatre with a portrait of the high priest of pop art, staged in Europe
In 1982, a 30-year-old Gus Van Sant was taking a str…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:54AM16 theatre artists are among this year's cohort of fellows, selected from the largest applicant pool ever.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:53AMThe Tony nominee has never done a non-musical in New York before. Now's the change.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:42AMRonnie Marmo's solo show will play two performances in Red Bank, New Jersey.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:42AMAttend Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction and you could walk home with a Tony Award, win a private chat with Patti LuPone and even watch Dear Evan Hansen's Will Roland lead the live …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:40AMToday, Sing It Again Records announced that it will release a special commemorative vinyl box set of the Grammy Award-winning Original Broadway Cast Recording of Hadestown. The limited editi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:08AMHad she lived just 13 more years, Deborah Kerr would be 100 today. The photo above is from one of my favorite performaces of hers, from what is perhaps the best screen adaptation of The Turn…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:06AMThis Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld for 9/30/2021 include new jobs for those looking to work in the theatre industry.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:01AMInstead of predicting who was going to win The Tony Awards on Sunday, I should have predicted the adjectives editors were going to use to describe the low ratings the show was destined to re…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMWe round up the reviews for the European premiere of Paula Vogel’s play now playing at the Menier Chocolate Factory.
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Hat tip to Artsjournal.com which featured an article that seems to indicate it is better to diversify the donor base rather than continue to ask the same pool of donors to give more. The a…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 10:54AMThe Tony-winning musical will play the Musical Dome Cologne, marking the first non-English production.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:37AMThe Disney a cappella group stopped by the Playbill Studio ahead of the new video release.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:25AMThis year's awards celebrate folks who have helped keep Off-Off-Broadway theatre afloat through the pandemic lockdown.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:25AMThe new venture reunites Nick Jonas with Michael Urie and E. Clayton Cornelious—appearing together in the upcoming Jersey Boys—and Les Misérables co-star Norm Lewis.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:18AMDue to a positive COVID-19 case, the production will now officially open October 12.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:13AMI learned the sad news of Tommy Kirk’s passing yesterday, but was too much engaged with preparing my silent comedy talk to do a timely appreciation. Kirk’s most classic film, I think mos…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:03AMSo honored and thrilled to be one of the guests in Noah Diamond’s second virtual presentation for Fredonia Marxonia, entitled There’s Nothing Like LIberty: The Marx Brothers and America.…
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The conference will present Toossi with the Barrie and Bernice Stavis Playwright Award in recognition of her play 'Wish You Were Here.'
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:59AMThe musical celebrates theater's return with a new offer for fans.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:54AMThe 16-track album features songs from Next to Normal's Tony Award-winning score, including Superboy and the Invisible Girl, I'm Alive, and Light, sung by the cast of the popular CW series.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:42AMThe German production of Moulin Rouge! The Musical will be the fifth to open after Broadway (now playing), London (Nov 2021), Melbourne (expected Nov 2021), and the US Tour (February 2022)…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:42AMEGOT Recipient and preeminent orchestrator Jonathan Tunick is being honored on October 2 at Connecticut’s Sharon Playhouse in a gala ceremony featuring a 27 piece orchestra and The Sound…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:41AMProducers were forced to temporarily pull the plug on 'Aladdin' after one night due to a significant number of breakthrough COVID cases.
The post COVID-19 Shutters ‘Aladdin’ After Reopen…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 09:36AMThe hit Disney musical had resumed performances September 28 at the New Amsterdam Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:32AMBy Brian Scott Lipton . . . Big dreams, big city. Will you make it after all? Will you even make it at all? It’s an oft-told tale, to be sure, but it takes someone like Melissa Errico to t…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:20AMThe Acting Company presents Marcus Gardley, acclaimed writer of X: or, Betty Shabazz v. The Nation, and directed by Ian Belknap, a comedy that rocks the foundations of faith and redemptio…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:17AMIn the sweetly unique musical “Hundred Days” -- on stage at the Aurora Fox -- two lovers cycle through their years as a couple not by growing old in front of the audience but by cramming…
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Lore Segal offers insight into her semi-autobiographical novel about a ten-year-old Jewish girl who flees Nazi-occupied Austria to live with foster families in England. It was just announced…
SOURCE: Forbes at 08:56AMLeeds PlayhouseFor a tale of the undead, Imitating the Dog’s inventive blend of live theatre and tech is bursting with life
Having tackled zombies in its most recent production, Night of t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:42AMHorrified by the cruelty shown to children seeking asylum in Britain, the director has adapted Emily Brontë’s book which has haunted her since her teens
My family were keen campers and ma…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:42AMJust announced by Red Bull Theater the World Premiere, live and in person, of a brand new adaptation of Ben Jonson’s classic comedy, The Alchemist, adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher and directe…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 08:32AMFairfax Symphony Orchestra to be first local arts organization to perform there.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:30AMThe company said they would refund all the customer tickets and provide information about future performances at a later date
SOURCE: The Independent at 08:12AMby Adam Cohen . . . Kate Hamill’s BadAss GalBoss Power Hour (Mandatory Meeting – 11/18/2020), streams through October 13th presented by Primary Stages. The play is a Zoom meeting of…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 08:07AM“Every person, no matter who you are, no matter what walk of life you come from, there’s someone on that stage that you can relate to in some capacity," said Javon King about "Rent."
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Craig and Negga In The Scottish Play, Conor Ryan and Courtney Reed in “Moulin Rouge!” “Today on Broadway” is a daily, Monday through Friday, podcast hitting the top theatre headlines…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 07:55AMThe opening of Plaza's Broadway Long Island in Elmont, Nassau's first professional theater company, is one example of how local theater is enjoying a resurgence since the pandemic.
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 07:03AMThe trio chatted to us about bringing the magic of Disney’s Bedknobs and Broomsticks to the stage. Aren’t we due a bit of magic in our lives? Dianne Pilkington thinks so. She is staring …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMAfter being canceled last year, the Flying Carpet Festival is set to return this October to cities and villages around the Mardin region of Turkey.
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By ALAN SMASON, WYES-TV Theatre Critic (“Steppin’ Out“) There are times when a single performance rises above all others within a given production. While these times are rare, when the…
SOURCE: Theatre Criticsm at 05:47AMThe post Sydney Theatre Company set to return to the stage from November appeared first on Australian Arts Review.
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 05:44AMCheck in with our panelists on how they utilized the training they got in school to launch their careers. They will cover the challenges they faced and how their education bolstered their jo…
SOURCE: YouTube at 05:36AMThe post Backing Victoria’s Booming Digital Games Industry appeared first on Australian Arts Review.
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 05:20AMApart from it being a charming public park and one of my dog's favourite destinations for our daily walks, I have always been fascinated by history of Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens, near my home…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 05:11AMNew online theatre material keeps popping up all the time – or at least it eventually comes to my attention which amounts to much the same thing; this latest one did so by a somewhat circu…
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