“Thoughts of a Colored Man,” Keenan Scott II’s often powerful, often entertaining debut Broadway play about a day in the life of seven Black men in Brooklyn, is performed by a te…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:52PMBy: David Sheward
October 13, 2021: While Broadway theaters were shuttered and demonstrations erupted across the country protesting the killing of George Floyd, an African-American, by a …
SOURCE: theaterlife at 08:43PMThis Broadway season, as stop and start as it has been, has been blessed with some truly stellar moments – and spotted with blessedly fewer disappointments. The vibrant Pass Over was an id…
SOURCE: Deadline at 08:30PMThe busy streets of Brooklyn provide the background to Keenan Scott II’s “Thoughts of a Colored Man,” but firmly seizing the foreground are the seven captivating actors who bring to li…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 08:30PM★★★★★ Keenan Scott II's new play delves into the complex and cogent subject of Black men's lives mattering
The post Thoughts of a Colored Man: Seven Men Splendidly Declare Who/Why…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 08:20PM★★★★☆ Keenan Scott II's poetic drama resonates with urgency and heart.
The post Thoughts of a Colored Man: The Debut of an Important New Dramatic Voice appeared first on New York …
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 08:19PMThe first live in-person play to reopen Off-Broadway’s Minetta Lane Theatre in Greenwich Village since the pandemic shutdown is a limited-engagement revival of the unsettling 1990 solo sho…
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Here's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed recently.
Gavin Creel Offers Walk on Through This Month
We love a Broadway masterpiece! Gavin Creel has been invited to create a prog…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:54PMBefore The Broadway Show with Tamsen Fadal airs nationwide this weekend, we're offering a first look at the episode. Hosted by Emmy-winning anchor Fadal, this episode will air in New York C…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:54PMIt's almost time for Grammy winner Jennifer Nettles to have her first shift at the diner as Jenna in Waitress on Broadway, and here's a first look. As previously announced, Nettles will take…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:54PMAfter livestreaming and recording during pandemic, Italian opera superstar is happy to once again "feel the emotion of the audience."
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 05:42PMOrganizers hoped a new generator would arrive late Tuesday afternoon.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 05:42PMPublic event at Loretto-Hilton Center for the Performing Arts will celebrate longtime artistic director who died in July at age 75.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 05:42PMWatch the full interview here: https://bway.world/ChickenBiscuitsOpening
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On Sunday night, the audience at the Circle in the Square Theatre …
SOURCE: YouTube at 05:12PMWatch the full interview here: https://bway.world/GFNCInterview
On Friday, February 7, 2020 Girl From the North Country began performances at the Belasco Theatre for just a brief stint befo…
SOURCE: YouTube at 05:12PM“This play is hard to watch as a socialist.” Said the young man sitting next to me at Lauren Yee’s Cambodian Rock Band: a play about the Khmer Rouge regime. That performance seems a…
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In the E.E.O.C. filing, the actor, who is nonbinary, describes being retaliated against after requesting a gender-neutral dressing room, among other claims. The show denies the allegations.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:54PMThese Reflecting Shakespeare TV episodes show the writing from Centinela State Prison Yards A, B, C, and D participants who engaged in the correspondence course during Spring of 2021 which f…
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:54PMPlus: Lilli Cooper, Javier Muñoz, Kate Rockwell, and Daniel Yearwood will sing the soundtrack live to John Monsky's latest Carnegie Hall history lecture.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:49PM“I Could Have Danced All Night,” “The Rain in Spain,” “Wouldn’t It Be Loverly” and “On the Street Where You Live.”
How many of the wonderful songs from this exquisite mu…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:48PMReid, a transgender non-binary performer who understudied multiple principal roles, says their contract was rescinded after requesting a gender-neutral dressing room.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:32PMby Rotimi Agbabiaka
The return of live, in-person theatre has brought new challenges to theatre staff, chief among which is the responsibility of enforcing vaccine and masking mandate…
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Nerd-centric burlesque and comedy, a pair of new music fests, Temple Theaters reopens its doors, and FirstGlance Film Festival returns for its 24th year. Kyle V. Hiller rounds up.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:56PMAlthough the characters never meet in person, they communicate mostly through letters that are spoken by the actors directly to the audience, and then halfway through the play, in texting wh…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:49PMThe first look at Keenan Scott II's Thoughts of a Colored Man has arrived. As previously reported, the play moved up its opening night to October 13 at Broadway's John Golden Theatre as oppo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:48PMThe long-running Broadway hit Chicago is back and bringing its timeless razzle dazzle. As previously announced, Chicago resumed performances at the Ambassador Theatre on September 14 and now…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:48PMTheaters and artists speak out against long workweeks and workdays during tech, vowing to end the 10 out of 12 tradition.
The post Lynn Nottage, Clint Ramos, and More Call for the End of 10 …
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 03:48PMBy . The Dramatists Guild presents the online conversation Dreaming the Queer Future livestreaming on the commons-based, peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Tuesday 19 Octo…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 03:12PMIn Tiago Rodrigues’s show, audience members learn a Shakespeare sonnet together — line by line, over and over.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:06PMLolita Chakrabarti’s adaptation of Yann Martel’s book Life of Pi will run at Wyndham’s Theatre, which will be transformed to fully accommodate the production directed by Max Webster.
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Enjoy the season and get into the spirit of Halloween with this family-friendly original musical from Philly artist Ryk Lewis. Christina Anthony previews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:41PMThe London production is scheduled to play the Almeida through November 27.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:38PMWhen performers land, with a boom or a plop, the reverberation sometimes ripples all the way to your seat.
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 01:38PMFor Hispanic Heritage Month, four Latinx/Latine play festival producers talk about their vision for a more expansive and inclusive American theatre.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:12PMJoin us as Cleo King and Ebony Marshall-Oliver dish about starring in the delicious new Broadway comedy Chicken & Biscuits. Tune in Friday, October 15 at 1 p.m. (EDT) as we bring these hilar…
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:12PMWayne McGregor’s full-length work, a collaboration with Thomas Adès and Tacita Dean, opens at a moment of purgatorial relevance.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:06PMTheatre 503, LondonDexter Flanders’ tender debut about a fractured family shows the tensions and compromises faced by Black gay men
Through the story of one beautiful, fractured family, t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:03PMBridge theatre, LondonIn Suzan-Lori Parks’ darkly witty four-hander, a black man persuades a white college buddy to be his slave-master for 40 days
“It’s a great time to be black, righ…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:03PMStandups including Suzi Ruffell, Paul Sinha and Lee Peart reveal how hecklers, bookers and ‘the gay slot’ have affected their appearances in the spotlight
The comedian Stephen Bailey was…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:03PMAs part of the first program of the Fall for Dance Festival, The Verdon Fosse Legacy reconstructs a series of trios that were originally created for the late Tony Award winner Gwen Verdon, f…
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:03PMThe wonderful West End Queens vlog their last performances of Six at the Lyric Theatre. Natalie Paris gives us an insight into her childhood and what goes on in the wings? Watch to find out.…
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Everywhere we strolled around downtown Lawrenceville before sunset one recent Saturday afternoon,...
The post Wraiths, ghosts and specters lurk in Aurora’s Lawrenceville Ghost Tours appear…
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 12:58PMJason Robert Brown’s brilliantly insightful and emotionally powerful Songs for a New World lets you know you're not going crazy all alone in Slow Burn Theatre’s season opener that would …
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 12:42PMThe Lehman Trilogy stars Simon Russell Beale, Adam Godley, and Adrian Lester appeared on The Morning Joe to discuss their return to Broadway, working with Sam Mendes, and more.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:40PMComplete casting and new dates are here for the West End mounting of Life of Pi, a new stage adaptation of Yann Martel's best-selling 2001 fantasy adventure novel. The previously announced p…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:32PMAudiences across the country can experience Rodeo Drive thanks to the Pretty Woman national tour! As previously announced, Adam Pascal and Olivia Valli are leading the company as Edward and …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:32PMTony winners Lillias White and Paulo Szot also join the cast of the long-running musical.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:18PMSuni Reid, a non-binary performer who appeared in the Broadway, Chicago and Los Angeles productions of Hamilton in both ensemble and principal roles, has filed an Equal Employment Opportunit…
SOURCE: Deadline at 12:02PMThe Madam Secretary and Jersey Boys star will appear alongside Jennifer Nettles during two separate week-long engagements.
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Mary Wiseman stars in Turner's new comedy.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:48AMBergen will star opposite Jennifer Nettles when she joins the cast October 19.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:48AMThe new animated series is set to premiere on Apple TV on November 19.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:48AMHalfpenny will step into the role of pie maker Jenna in 2022.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:39AMAfrican American Abstraction at Frieze Masters on view October 13-17 at The Regent’s Park, London.
October 13, 2021: ACA Galleries is pleased to announce an exhibition of work by Africa…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 11:16AMA solo performer's tribute to his maternal grandmother, who raised him and gave him the tools he needed to engage with life.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:05AMIf like me you consider yourself somewhat of an expert on the original story of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, then you’ll be both fascinated and intrigued by Imitating the Dogs curveball of a t…
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Parsons Dance arrives at The Joyce with four dazzling new works, including two David Parsons premieres: The Road, set to “Peace Train,” “Trouble,” and more iconic songs by Yusuf/Cat …
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:46AMThis dynamic writer shares the backstory behind her newest novel and how she is also writing a movie version of it.
SOURCE: Forbes at 10:41AMFive service organizations who helped keep the design community afoat during the pandemic will also be recognized.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:34AMFive service organizations who helped keep the design community afloat during the pandemic will also be recognized.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:34AMThe Second Stage production of Rajiv Joseph's play features Ali Ahn, Ramiz Monsef, Kellie Overbey, and Thom Sesma.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:19AM</ There is a $25.00 Rush ticket on Today Tix on the day of the show. Starts tomorrow. Todaytix.com
SOURCE: broadwayshowbiz.com at 10:19AMThere's a slow train coming to bring Girl From the North Country back to Broadway's Belasco Theatre on October 13. Written and directed by Conor McPherson and featuring the songs of Bob Dyla…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:18AMBy Michael Lueger. In this week’s Theatre History Podcast, Dr. Megan Sanborn Jones discusses the history of Mormons in theatre and the pageant tradition in the Church of Jesus Christ of L…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 10:02AMSlave Play will arrive in Los Angeles after all. Playwright Jeremy O. Harris announced last night that his Tony-nominated comedy-drama will remain on the line-up at Center Theatre Group’s …
SOURCE: Deadline at 10:01AMPlaywright Jeremy O. Harris had initially asked to have the work removed due to an imbalance in the current season.
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Cecily Strong to Make NY Stage Debut, ‘Lackawanna Blues’ Adds One Week, ‘Waitress’ Re-Confirms Cast Change “Today on Broadway” is a daily, Monday through Friday, podcast hitting …
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 07:55AMThe Metropolitan Opera, which was closed after the coronavirus broke out in New York in March 2020, finally opened its curtains with an epoch-making debut – the first opera by a black comp…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 07:31AM‘As a piece of art this play will do its job to educate people,’ says lead actor Khadijah Roberts-Abdullah. The play is set during the G20 protests of 2010 when police kettled hundreds o…
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 07:30AMThis year’s Frank Van Straten Fellow Cathy Pryor has completed a remarkable historical research project culminating in a digital exhibition
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:29AMI’m not certain if I would otherwise have done a post on singer/actor Yves Montand (Ivo Levi, 1921-1991) before I learned of his early years. In America, we thought of him as one of a hand…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:24AMSydney Dance Company’s Artistic Director Rafael Bonachela today announced the exciting news of the Company’s planned return to the stage,
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:21AMDisparaging somebody else’s passion project is a bit like telling a doting parent that their baby is ugly. This stage tribute to Art Nouveau darling Ida Rubinstein is one such endeavour.
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The text keeps us off-kilter in a way that tickles us silly even as a sobering undercurrent churns.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:40AMI skipped the 11-plus and was failing at school. Then I met Cecil Dormand, the extraordinary English teacher who transformed my life for ever
I never sat my 11-plus. On the day of the test, …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:24AMFrom Grange Hill to the West End, via Eurovision and the Brit awards, the star has built multiple careers. She talks about stage-school pressure, TV diversity and playing Hermione in Harry P…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:24AMIn this week's Tell Us In 10 interview, we're going backstage with Nathan Matthews, Deputy Stage Manager at Mamma Mia! playing at the Novello Theatre. Find out more about Nathan, his backsta…
SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 06:03AMSophie Stanton in 25th anniversary revival of Ayub Khan Din's debut play
SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 06:02AMFilming the Nrityagram Dance Ensemble in India helped Dasgupta handle the unexpected death of his father, but soaring COVID-19 infections kept him from flying to London to shoot the November…
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 06:00AM
Broadway audiences can now experience the thrilling true story of Reality Winner in Tina Satter's Is This A Room, which officially opened at the Lyceum Theatre on October 11. Starring Emily…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:24AMThe Children’s Hour, Lillian Hellman’s 1934 play, is getting a small-screen series adaptation by Tony nominee Bess Wohl and Anonymous Content, according to Deadline. Two-time Pulitzer fi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:24AMHere's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed recently.
Kristin Chenoweth Joins Ariana Grande on The Voice
Tony winner Kristin Chenoweth is serving as pop superstar Ariana Grande'…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:24AMPlaywright Jeremy O. Harris' has announced that his Tony-nominated hit Slave Play will once again arrive on the west coast next year as a part of Center Theatre Group's new season.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:22AMThe production marks the Broadway debuts of Scott and director Steve H. Broadnax III.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMPerformances of the Jason Robert Brown revue continue through November 7 at the New Jersey venue.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Bob Dylan jukebox musical reopens at the Belasco Theatre with a majority of its original cast.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe festival begins performances October 13 at New York City Center.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMIn IMPRESSIONS: Denishawn at Theatre at St. Jean, Produced by Audrey Ross, "What courage Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn had, presenting what no one else had seen! The mystery behind creating…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMMeet the astonishing star of Broadway's Is This A Room---When you do an online image search for Reality Winner, one of the first photos that comes up is of actress Emily Davis. Davis realize…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 12:00AMMeet the astonishing star of Broadway's Is This A Room
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