Global hit Girl From the North Country premieres tonight in Sydney by Peter J Snee

International hit musical Girl from the North Country, by Conor McPherson, with music and lyrics by Bob Dylan, will have

Global hit Girl From the North Country premieres tonight in Sydney

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‘Kimberly Akimbo’: A Young Soul in an Old Body by Alan Smason

By EDWARD RUBIN Kimberly Akimbo, the newly penned musical with book and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire (Rabbit Hole, Shrek the Musical) and music by Jeanine Tesori (Fun Home, Caroline, or Ch…

Aladdin on Broadway Includes Audience in Singalong #Shorts by Disney On Broadway

#BroadwayIsOpen! Last night, we brought a little New York City flair to the New Amsterdam Theater with a special singalong. #youtubeshorts #shorts

The Lion King on Broadway Takes A Selfie With The Audience Live #Shorts by Disney On Broadway

#BroadwayIsOpen. Spread the word, so Broadway stories will continue to be seen and heard. At Lion King, we’ve had the pleasure of performing for audiences for over 20 years. And tonight, w…

Broadway’s “Mrs. Doubtfire” Takes a Nine-Week Hiatus Due to Covid-19 by Chip Deffaa, Editor-At-Large

The show's pre-Broadway, out-of-town tryout was very successful financially, suggesting that there's an audience for the show. (The show broke box-office records in Seattle, during its tryou…

Come From Away Canberra Season postponed to 2023

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We’re back! The Children returns for its final 3 weeks of performances by Fountaintheatre

by Terri Roberts Happy New Year! After a long and tumultuous 2021, the hope and promise of the first calendar page of 2022 has arrived. At the Fountain, we have much to look forward to in th…

Full Cast Announced for London's To Kill a Mockingbird, Starring Rafe Spall by Caitlin Moynihan

The full cast for the West End's upcoming production of Aaron Sorkin's To Kill a Mockingbird has been announced. Olivier and Emmy nominee Rafe Spall will portray Atticus Finch. The show, ad…

Broadway looks for a way forward as shows close due to COVID-19 cases by Caitlin Huston

As Broadway productions are forced to close or take a break in response to rising COVID-19 case rates, producers are grappling with the traditional Broadway model.  The Broadway League rece…

How 'A Raisin in the Sun' made Sidney Poitier's Broadway legacy unforgettable by Charles McNulty

The late actor will be remembered for his prodigious film legacy, but Poitier's contributions to theater should not go unforgotten.

Sidney Poitier, who paved the way for Black actors, dies at 94 by William Grimes

Sidney Poitier, whose Academy Award for the 1963 film “Lilies of the Field” made him the first Black performer to win in the best-actor category, rose to prominence when the civil rights…

Aléna Watters on Flamenco Foreshadowing and Living Her Dream in Mrs. Doubtfire by Caitlin Moynihan

Aléna Watters has five Broadway credits to her name and is most recently part of the original Broadway cast of Mrs. Doubtfire, in which she is an ensemble member and flamenco dancer. Here,…

Curtain Up! Here's What You Can See on Broadway Right Now by Caitlin Moynihan

Broadway is open! Here's what you can see right now. Now Playing Ain't Too Proud  The story of the The Temptations is back at Imperial Theatre with Tony-winning choreography and son…

Broadway Is… by Julia Corbett

Listen to Andrew Lloyd Webber, Sara Bareilles, Adrienne Warren, Andrew Rannells, Kristin Chenoweth and others discuss what "Broadway" means to them. The post Broadway Is… appeared first on…

Streaming selections from BPN, Off-Broadway’s Red Bull Theater, and Club44 Records by Deb Miller

If the cold weather and COVID are keeping you inside, here are three star-studded streaming selections for listening and viewing this month that will keep you entertained in the warmth and s…

A Season to Savor a Cherished Musical Again and Again (and Again) by Laura Collins-Hughes

Our critic didn’t set out to see “Caroline, or Change” seven times, but amid so much uncertainty the show turned out to be just what she needed.

BroadwaySF to require booster shots beginning Feb. 1 by Lily Janiak

The new policy adheres to a San Francisco Department of Public Health order applying to operators of indoor "mega-events."

THE BOOK OF MORMON's Kevin Clay & Cody Jamison Strand Talk Returning to Broadway and Video Games by BroadwayWorld

Watch the full interview here: https://bway.world/BOMBackstageLive Broadway is back and BroadwayWorld is bringing you all of the interviews you crave with your favorite Broadway stars! Rich…

Here we go again: pandemic-weary Toronto theatre companies adapt to new Omicron restrictions by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic,joshua Chong - Staff Reporter

As indoor gathering is once again prohibited, theatres respond by postponing, cancelling and shifting performances online.

Books to take our minds off Pandemic: by Elyse Sommer

recommended book bings: Rachel to the Resce. . .The Lincoln Highway. . .Homeland Elegies

3 books to binge on: Rachel to the Rescue, The Linoln Highway, Homeland Elegies by Elyse Sommer

Books To Help Us Forget Pandemic Worries— Rachel to the Rescue, The Lincoln Highway and Homeland Elegies By Elyse Sommer . …

SIDNEY POITIER, WHO PAVED THE WAY FOR BLACK ACTORS IN FILM, DIES AT 94 by Robert Shuman

(William Grimes’s article appeared in The New York Times, 1/7/22; via Pam Green; Photo: Sidney Poitier’s Academy Award for the 1963 film “Lilies of the Field” made him the first Blac…

Emancipation Day event will honor dead of historic Black cemetery by Valerie Schremp Hahn | St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Preservation group will tell stories of some of the 50,000 people buried at Greenwood Cemetery in Hillsdale.

2022 preview: 35 bright spots from music, theater, dining and more by St. Louis Post-Dispatch

We're keeping an optimistic outlook for 2022. Here are 35 bright spots in the year ahead.

Review: Musical show ‘8-Track’ at Theo Ubique Cabaret offers 1970s balm and dozens of songs by Chris Jones

I’d say that “8-Track” probably delivered as much sustenance to the audience as any production in this company’s history, at least based on what I saw happen to people’s faces.

"8-Track" at Theo Ubique

The musical show ‘8-Track’ is now at Theo Ubique Cabaret in Evanston.

Broadway-Bound ‘Paradise Square’ Delays Opening Due to COVID-19 by Matthew Wexler

"Paradise Square" has announced new preview and opening dates for Broadway as a precaution due to the spike in COVID-19 cases from the omicron variant. The post Broadway-Bound ‘Paradise …

First Look: “MJ,” The Michael Jackson Musical, Poised to Be a Major Hit if the Pandemic Doesn’t Do It In by Roger Friedman

I took myself over to the Neil Simon Theater last night to see “MJ,” The Michael Jackson musical. It opens February 1st

News: Star-Studded Cast Celebrates ’50 Years of Broadway at the Kennedy Center’ by News Desk (organization-Submitted Press Release)

    Two Performances Only! February 11 & 12, 2022 at 7:30 p.m. in the Kennedy Center Opera House   (WASHINGTON)—The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announces a star-s…

Sidney Poitier, the First Black Man to Win an Oscar for a Leading Role, Has Died at 94

The stage and screen star first appeared on Broadway in 1946.

‘Force Majeure’ Review: Bold Adaptation Brings an Avalanche to the Stage With Humor by Gordon Cox

No one stages something set across mountainous ski slopes in a 251-seat, three-sided theater without a sense of humor. Which is why director Michael Longhurst has attached the bold and perky…

‘The Prom’ at the Kennedy Center is bursting with zeal but short on zazz by Thomas Floyd

The touring production of the Broadway musical suffers from comparisons to Ryan Murphy’s starry Netflix adaptation.

David Baddiel: The book that changed me? John Berger’s Ways of Seeing by David Baddiel

The comedian and writer on growing up with Billy Bunter, the beauty of John Updike, and why Middlemarch is the greatest novel written in English My earliest reading memoryMy mum reading me L…

News: Ford’s Theatre Cancels Full Performance Run of ‘The Mountaintop’ Due to COVID Surge by News Desk (organization-Submitted Press Release)

Washington, D.C. – Due to the ongoing surge of COVID-19 cases in the D.C. region, all performances of The Mountaintop are canceled, January 21 through February 13, 2022. Directed by Nicole…

Groundbreaking Oscar Winner and Tony Nominee Sidney Poitier Dies at 94 by Caitlin Moynihan

Legendary performer Sidney Poitier, known for being the first Black actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1964, has died. The Tony nominee was 94. The Minister of Foreign Affairs…

City Ballet Pushes Back Start of Winter Season, Citing Omicron by Matt Stevens

The company will delay the start of its season by nine days, the latest performing arts group to cancel or postpone programming as the virus surges.

News: Omicron Surge Forces Dominion Stage to Reschedule ‘Firebringer’ Musical by News Desk (organization-Submitted Press Release)

With cases of the highly contagious Omicron COVID variant surging throughout the DC metro area, including some breakthrough cases among the fully vaccinated cast, Dominion Stage has decided …

ShentonSTAGE Daily for FRIDAY JANUARY 7 by Mark Shenton

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News: Ford Theatre’s Company of ‘A Christmas Carol’ Collects Over $22,000 for Theatre Washington’s Taking Care Fund by News Desk (organization-Submitted Press Release)

Yearly fundraising drive has raised more than $‭900,000 for Washington-area charities since 2009. Washington, D.C. — Ford’s Theatre Society announced that audiences and the company of …

In Conversation with: Rankin, Emma De Souza, Jamie Lloyd and Nica Burns by Official London Theatre

Renowned British Photographer Rankin in conversation with Emma De Souza, from the Society of London Theatre, along with director Jamie Lloyd and producer/theatre owner Nica Burns to discuss …

‘Laugh-out-loud funny & highly entertaining’: PEGGY FOR YOU – Hampstead Theatre ★★★★ by Rev Stan

Peggy Ramsay is a play agent, but she is more famous than the playwrights and the work that she represents.

Book Release Reading: Vinyl Moon by Mahogany L. Browne by Lincoln Center

Join us for the book release reading of Lincoln Center's first-ever poet-in-residence Mahogany L. Browne's second YA Novel Vinyl Moon. She will be joined by the founder of Well-Read Black Gi…

Omicron is surging. But for the L.A. Phil and Center Theatre Group, the shows must go on by Jessica Gelt

Many local arts groups are taking a more moderate approach to this moment of peak COVID, allowing safeguards such as boosters to ramp up weeks after shows open.

Kelly Clarkson Grants Waitress's Wish and Sings "She Used to Be Mine"

Clarkson gives the Broadway musical a perfect parting gift.

GRACE NOTES: Friday, January 7, 2022 by Susan Grace

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Ernestine Myers: Terpsichore of Terre Haute by Trav S.D.

The daughter of MLB player Albert “Cod” Myers, Ernestine (1900-91) was born in Terre Haute to himself and Flora LaTart. When still quite young, she followed the slightly older local Vale…

ArtsBeat Radio/TV 1/07/22 by Mark G. Auerbach

NEW ArtsBeat TV/Radio on WCPC15,Southwick Community Programming, Agawam Community Programming and 89.5fm/WSKB. Hubbard Hall’s David Snider talks about his new arts administration book. And…

Performance By Rankin Exhibition Now Extended to 12 March 2022 by Harriet Hughes

The Performance By Rankin exhibition has now been extended to 12 March 2022. The post Performance By Rankin Exhibition Now Extended to 12 March 2022 appeared first on Official London Theatre.

One-Woman Show review: Liz Kingsman skewers the ‘messy woman’ with deliciously disorientating defiance by Isobel Lewis

Kingsman’s comedic show within a show is both astonishingly funny and deeply profound

Renovated Manes Studio Theatre reopening after two years

Manes Studio Theatre in Lindenhurst, which has undergone a $500,000 renovation over the past two years, will officially reopen on Jan. 14.

Best Songs From Best Scores: 1989 - 1990 by JK

Today, we continue our new series, Best Songs From Best Scores, in which we take a look at the numbers from a season's Best Original Score Tony nominees. Of course, "best" is in the eye e…

Players 2022: The Fifty People Who Really Perform for Chicago by Brian Hieggelke

In the return of the Players 50 list, we tried to honor those who came back, who've already been putting shows on stages, while crossing our fingers that those we've not heard from are just …

Players 50 2022: The Institutions by Newcity

In the return of the Players 50 list, we tried to honor those who came back, who've already been putting shows on stages, while crossing our fingers that those we've not heard from are just …

Players 50 2022: The Producers and Places by Newcity

In the return of the Players 50 list, we tried to honor those who came back, who've already been putting shows on stages, while crossing our fingers that those we've not heard from are just …

Players 50 2022: The Music Makers by Newcity

In the return of the Players 50 list, we tried to honor those who came back, who've already been putting shows on stages, while crossing our fingers that those we've not heard from are just …

Players 50 2022: The Rising Stars and Storefront Stalwarts by Newcity

In the return of the Players 50 list, we tried to honor those who came back, who've already been putting shows on stages, while crossing our fingers that those we've not heard from are just …

Players 50 2022: The Advocates and Changemakers by Newcity

In the return of the Players 50 list, we tried to honor those who came back, who've already been putting shows on stages, while crossing our fingers that those we've not heard from are just …

Today on Broadway: Friday, January 7, 2022 by Matt Tamanini

DeBose to Host SNL Next Week!!!! Broadway-Bound Musicals Make Schedule Changes, Final “Macbeth” Trailer “Today on Broadway” is a daily, Monday through Friday, podcast hitting the top…

REVIEW ROUND-UP: The Book of Dust at the Bridge Theatre by Emma Clarendon

On LoveLondonLoveCulture, Emma Clarendon rounds up the reviews for the premiere stage adaptation of Philip Pullman’s fantasy tale The Book of Dust - La Belle Sauvage, now at London’s Bri…

VIDEO: The West End Cast Chat MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL

We chat to the cast of Moulin Rouge! The Musical about bringing the spectacular spectacular to the West End.

To Kill A Mockingbird London – Meet the cast – Tickets now on sale by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo Meet the London cast of To Kill A Mockingbird which is due to begin performances at the Gielgud Theatre on 10 March 2022. This post To Kill A Mockingbird London – Meet the …

Reginald L. Douglas on the next chapter at Mosaic Theater by Ramona Harper

The new artistic director and self-described 'new play development junkie' talks candidly about 'producing from a spirit of joy.'

Pittsburgh native is Alvin Ailey Dance Theater's new secret weapon by Gia Kourlas / The New York Times

‘Angry, Raucous and Shamelessly Gorgeous’ debates theater and gender at Hartford Stage by Christopher Arnott

Pearl Cleage's new play “Angry, Raucous and Shamelessly Gorgeous” is at Hartford Stage Jan. 13 through Feb. 6.

Sydney Festival Hit by Claims of Art-Washing Over Israel Sponsorship by Patrick Frater

Some thirty acts have announced the cancelation of their performances or attendance at the Sydney Festival, a major arts festival that started Thursday in Australia’s biggest city. They ar…

Britney Spears Has Always Fought Back. By Dancing. by Madison Mainwaring

Before, during and now after the conservatorship that oversaw her life for 13 years, the pop star has used dance to assert her power and connect with her audience.

COME FROM AWAY Canberra season to be postponed to June 2023 by Aussie Theatre

Producers Rodney Rigby and Junkyard Dog today announced that the Canberra season of the awardwinning musical COME FROM AWAY, will

Ahead of Dolly Parton’s 9 to 5 opening in Sydney, Dolly kicks off 2022 with 47 new gold and platinum certifications by Aussie Theatre

Proving that seven decades into her unprecedented career new ground continues to be charted, Dolly Parton is presented with a

Gavin Creel | "Something Wonderful" | Stars on Stage on PBS by Rodgers & Hammerstein

Broadway star Gavin Creel sings his modern take on Rodgers & Hammerstein's classic song "Something Wonderful" from the R&H Goes Pop! album. Don't miss his breathtaking performance on Stars o…

12 Shows to See Off Broadway in January - A dozen of promising productions, including six musicals by Raven Snook

A dozen of promising productions, including a solo show featuring Cecily Strong, new musicals from Taylor Mac and Duncan Sheik, and spouses starring in Long Day's Journey Into Night --- Thri…

Mishearing Woman Devastated to Learn Wayne Brady Retiring by Broadway Beat

by Zach Raffio. @zachraffio. NEW YORK, NY - Local theatre fan Patricia Leguat expressed her sadness today over the announced retirement...