Marilyn Bergman, Songwriter Behind "The Way We Were" and More, Dies at 93

Bergman, with husband Alan, penned some of the best-known songs of the 20th century.

Girl from the North Country

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Sidney Poitier: The Measure of A Man by New York Theater

Sidney Poitier wasn’t expected to live long; he was born prematurely in Miami, where his parents, who were tomato farmers from the Bahamas, happened to be visiting in order to sell their p…

Ep. 108 Skipper Canteen in Magic Kingdom ! Sangria, and amazing apps. This place is a must eat! by Framily Travel

Actor and comedian Bob Saget dies at 65 by James Doubek

Saget was a prominent presence on American television screens throughout the 1990s as the father Danny Tanner on Full House and the host of America's Funniest Home Videos.

Indie Book Awards reveals 2022 Longlist

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One Thousand Places To See (Georgia Stitt) by Georgia Stitt

ONE THOUSAND PLACES TO SEE BEFORE YOU DIE Music and Lyrics by GEORGIA STITT from "The Danger Year" Produced at College Light Opera Company, August 2021 featuring Carlyn Jade Barenholtz (Jill…

Aerial spectacular THAW premieres in Sydney this January

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Pretty Woman: The Musical’s Jessica Crouch on her National Tour Role as Kit De Luca by Debra Danese

Jessica Crouch takes the role of Kit De Luca from Broadway understudy to national tour lead in the hit production, Pretty Woman: The Musical. She… The post Pretty Woman: The Musical’s J…

JULIAN FELLOWES TURNS HALF A SIXPENCE REWRITE KIPPS INTO WINNING FUN by Robert Shuman

(Michael Billington’s article appeared in the Guardisn 12/30; via Pam Green; Photo:  Comic parable … Charlie Stemp in the title role of Kipps: the New Half a Sixpence Musical. Photogra…

A musical melodramedy with a message in ‘The Streets of New York’ at Off-Broadway’s Irish Repertory Theatre by Deb Miller

First presented at Off-Broadway’s Irish Repertory Theatre in 2002, in the aftermath of 9/11, The Streets of New York is back live on stage through the end of January in the company’s cur…

Fiction Meets Fact in “Wit” off-Broadway by Philip

Vivian Bearing, PhD, a college professor of 17th-Century poetry, specializing in the Holy Sonnets of John Donne, is undergoing chemotherapy for stage-four metastatic ovarian cancer. Fifty ye…

Get a date for ‘The Prom,’ a hilarious and touching musical at KenCen by Kendall Mostafavi

The show's dynamite performances and music will have you dancing in your seat. Plus there's a lovely message of LGBTQ acceptance.

This Week on Broadway for January 9, 2022: Michael and Peter’s Spring Preview by James Marino

Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about Sidney Poitier, Marilyn Maye @ Birdland, Wit @ Seeing Place Theater, and what we are looking forward to this Spring on Broadw…

Fading Fame: Women of a Certain Age in Hollywood by Trav S.D.

Ye Gods, how did this happen! My good friend Seth Shelden the Nobel Prize winning Harpo Marx impersonator wrote me TWO MONTHS ago to let me know his mom, the educator, scholar and feminist D…

‘Beautiful, a bit strange, quite sinister & entirely transporting’: CABARET – West End ★★★★★ by Alun Hood

I’m not sure anything prepared me for quite how earth-shatteringly sensational Rebecca Frecknall’s take on Cabaret would turn out to be.

Hear Songs From the New Movie Musical Cyrano on This Week's 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 is playing songs from the up…

50 Years Ago: The Launch of the Original “Zoom” by Trav S.D.

January 9, 1972 was the launch date of a kids’ show many of us, of a certain age, associate very much with Sesame Street and The Electric Company. Zoom was produced at WGBH in Boston and a…

Shoba Narayan's fight for South Asian representation began long before Jasmine by Deepa Shivaram

Cast as Aladdin's first South Asian Princess Jasmine in 2021, Shoba Narayan has been committed to bringing her cultural background to the character and the show.

Meet Our Competition Winners! by Alexandra Appleton

We had some great entries to our competition in December - you've all had some very funny moments on (and off) stage! Here are the winning stories, enjoy!

The week in theatre: Force Majeure; Folk – review by Kate Kellaway

Donmar Warehouse; Hampstead Theatre Downstairs, LondonOne false move tears a family apart in a superb adaptation of Ruben Östlund’s avalanche film. And folk song collector Cecil Sharp mee…

Ailey review – illuminating film about the choreographer Alvin Ailey by Simran Hans

Jamila Wignot’s subtle documentary explores the influences, legacy – and ​private life – of the ​American dance pioneer “Alvin Ailey is black and universal,” says the actor Cic…

‘A smart story about composition & the appropriation of music’: FOLK – Hampstead Theatre by Maryam Philpott

With its interest in identity, ownership, tradition and the ‘rules’ applied to written rather than oral forms, Nell Leyshon’s play, which aired on Radio 3 in 2021, now earns a fully-st…

The last dance? Why prima ballerinas are turning away from the tutu by Vanessa Thorpe Arts and Media Correspondent

Leading dancers and directors say they find the classic costume both physically and artistically restrictive The ballerina’s tutu remains a traditional object of desire for many young girl…

She left the stage years ago. Then 'Wicked' needed an understudy by Scott Simon

Scott Simon talks with Carla Stickler, a former understudy for the Broadway smash "Wicked." She was called back to perform on short notice after much of the current cast succumbed to COVID-1…