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Sunday, April 17, 2022 at 11pm (Broadway Time)
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LETTS OFFERS SAVAGE TAKE ON POLITICS IN ‘THE MINUTES’ : REVIEW by Richard Dana

In The Minutes, Tracy Letts’ timely and unnerving dark comedy, Noah Reid (Schitt’s Creek) plays Mr. Peel, a wide-eyed, newly elected city councilman in the fictional small town of Bi…

SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 11:31PM
Sunday, April 17, 2022 at 10pm (Broadway Time)
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Theater Review: GOOD NIGHT, OSCAR (Goodman Theatre) by Stephen Best

HAYES’S HARRIED HIT “It’d be nice to please everyone but I thought it would be more interesting to have a point of view.” The incomparable Oscar Levant is the subject of the latest p…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 10:57PM

Review Roundup: THE MINUTES Opens on Broadway

Steppenwolf's production of Tracy Letts' new play THE MINUTES opens on Broadway at Studio 54 tonight, starring Ian Barford, Blair Brown, Cliff Chamberlain, K. Todd Freeman, Tracy Letts, Dan…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:53PM

ANN HARADA IN “INTO THE WOODS “ by Corine Cohen

City Center

SOURCE: broadwayshowbiz.com at 10:50PM

Reviews: What Did Critics Think of Tracy Letts' The Minutes on Broadway? by Talaura Harms

The Pulitzer-finalist play, directed by Anna D. Shapiro, opened April 17.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:33PM

Review: ‘The Minutes,’ an Official History of American Horror by Jesse Green

In Tracy Letts’s new play, a tedious City Council meeting cracks open to reveal the secret record of what happened in Big Cherry.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:06PM

‘The Minutes’ Review: History Goes Missing In Tracy Letts’ Thrilling Comedy-Mystery Featuring Noah Reid In Broadway Debut by Greg Evans

Tracy Letts’ The Minutes would be one of the most thrilling new plays on Broadway this season even if recent real-life events hadn’t made it seem as uncanny as it is funny and, ultimatel…

SOURCE: Deadline at 10:00PM

Review: Minutiae turns sinister in ‘The Minutes’ by Diep Tran

When you walk into Studio 54 for “The Minutes,” you see a cavernous room on stage, featuring a white rotunda ceiling, a line of plush chairs and conference tables with microphones attach…

SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 10:00PM

Review: Steppenwolf’s ‘The Minutes’ opens on Broadway at last, still a searing indictment of our politics and ourselves by Chris Jones

Small town governance? Tracy Letts’ play says we’re all beasts underneath.

SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:00PM
Sunday, April 17, 2022 at 9pm (Broadway Time)
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The Minutes: Daring in Both Style and Substance by Frank Scheck

★★★★☆ Tracy Letts' imperfect but provocative new play uses a small town city council meeting to explore big ideas. The post The Minutes: Daring in Both Style and Substance appeared…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:55PM

The Minutes: So Much Promise, So Little Payoff by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★☆☆☆ Tracy Letts’ new play is part satire, part black comedy, and all head-scratcher The post The Minutes: So Much Promise, So Little Payoff appeared first on New York Stage Rev…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:54PM

Janty Blair wins 2022 Deadly Funny National Grand Final

The post Janty Blair wins 2022 Deadly Funny National Grand Final appeared first on Australian Arts Review.

SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 09:31PM

Walk into August Wilson's life and plays in immersive new exhibit by Bill O'Driscoll

Visitor's can step into Wilson's office - or the diner where he liked to write

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 09:24PM

‘The Minutes’ Review: New Broadway Comedy is a Cunning, Sensational Indictment of American Democracy by Gordon Cox

Some stories creep up in disguise, hiding a ghastly scowl. “The Minutes” is an astonishing feat from playwright and star Tracy Letts, not least for its brilliant finesse in orchestrating…

SOURCE: Variety at 09:00PM

The Minutes review – Tracy Letts delivers a biting American allegory by Alexis Soloski

The playwright also stars in his latest Broadway production, a dark-hued drama about a town council meeting Is there anything more American than a town council meeting? It’s apple pie, bas…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:00PM
Sunday, April 17, 2022 at 8pm (Broadway Time)
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These Visionary Creatives Brought ‘The Little Prince’ To Broadway by Jeryl Brunner

Anne Tournié and Chris Mouron share how their beloved childhood book became the inspiration of their latest collaboration.

SOURCE: Forbes at 08:40PM

Captured moments from MAC Award 2022!! by Natasha Castillo

Congratulations to all MAC Award winners and nominees of 2022! Great job putting together a wonderful evening of entertainment MAC! It was an honor for me to be nominated! Here are some …

SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 08:02PM
Sunday, April 17, 2022 at 7pm (Broadway Time)
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Review: Gustavo Dudamel and Deaf West Theatre vividly reimagine Beethoven's 'Fidelio' opera by Mark Swed

Gustavo Dudamel returns to the L.A. Phil to lead a new production of Beethoven's "Fidelio" with Deaf West Theatre.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:50PM

A “HAMILTON” FOR THE SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT by Robert Shuman

(Alexandra Schwartz’s article appeared in The New Yorker, 4/11; Illustration: “Suffs” braids the tangled history of the American suffrage movement into drama. Illustration by Kati Szi…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 07:50PM

Livestreaming a Conversation: Unjust Narratives

By . Safe Havens Freedom Talks presents a conversation on The Power of Art livestreaming on the global, commons-based, peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Thursday 26 April…

SOURCE: HowlRound at 07:28PM

The Minutes Review. Tracy Letts’ political satire and haunted history lesson by Jonathan Mandell

“Democracy’s messy,” the mayor, portrayed by Tracy Letts, says to the newest member of the Big Cherry City Council, Mr. Peel (Noah Reid.) But messy is too mild a word for the goings-on…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:11PM

Step Inside Broadway's Vivian Beaumont Theater | Playbill

Playbill's photo series, Inside the Theatre, captures the dazzling architecture and unseen details of the world's most famous theatres, ...

SOURCE: Google at 07:06PM

Mary Poppins at John Sevier Elementary School - Performances May 3, 2022 to May 4, 2022 - Cover

JSE Drama Club. John Sevier Elementary School. Maryville, TN. 1443900. Copyright © 2022 Playbill Online Inc. All marks used by permission.

SOURCE: Google at 07:06PM

Playbill Mixtape: Wicked Good Fun

In celebration of the anniversary of the Broadway musical, Playbill curated a playlist of the best covers of your favorite Stephen Schwartz-penned ...

SOURCE: Google at 07:06PM

Disney's Aladdin JR. at Colina Middle School - Performances May 5, 2022 to May 7, 2022 - Cover

Colina Middle School Drama. Colina Middle School. Thousand Oaks, CA. 1388861. Copyright © 2022 Playbill Online Inc. All marks used by permission.

SOURCE: Google at 07:06PM
Sunday, April 17, 2022 at 5pm (Broadway Time)
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This Week in Theatre: April 17, 2022 | Equity’s ‘Waitress’ Battle, ‘The Wanderer,’ ‘Cats’ & ‘ RENT’ National Tour Reviews by Matt Tamanini

On BroadwayRadio’s newest podcast “This Week in Theatre,” Jennifer McHugh and Matt Tamanini explore what is happening in the theatre world outside of New York City. With interviews, re…

SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 05:00PM
Sunday, April 17, 2022 at 4pm (Broadway Time)
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Charming new play ‘Fiveplay’ depicts housemates with benefits by John Stoltenberg

From the Coil Project comes an inviting show of possibility for polyamorous playmaking.

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:25PM
Sunday, April 17, 2022 at 3pm (Broadway Time)
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Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert by Trav S.D.

If you were like me and roughly between the ages of 8 and 16 when Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert was on television, you might have asked the question, “Who is Don Kirshner, and why does he …

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 03:37PM

THE LITTLE PRINCE at The Broadway Theatre by Richard Seff

If you think you have an inner child within you, one who has been yearning  to emerge, you might find something to engage, stimulate, enlighten, and entertain you in “The Little Prince,�…

SOURCE: onandoffbroadwaytheaterreviews.com at 03:22PM
Sunday, April 17, 2022 at 2pm (Broadway Time)
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Harmony ***1/2 by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward April 17, 2022: Harmony, the long-gestating musical about the Comedian Harmonists, a real-life German singing group destroyed by the Nazis, isn’t exactly harmonious. T…

SOURCE: theaterlife at 02:38PM

A Russian director’s ‘Cherry Orchard’ shakes a theater to its roots by Peter Marks

A Russian director conjures Ukraine in a wildly imaginative version of "The Cherry Orchard."

SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:36PM

“Gem of the Ocean”: A Mighty Cruise to African Epiphany—at TheatreWorks    by Bdhorwitz

August Wilson’s Masterpiece Blesses African Ancestors by Barry David Horwitz In “Gem of the Ocean,” Aunt Ester (superb Greta Oglesby), a 285-year-old seer and healer, connects us to ou…

SOURCE: Theatrius at 02:34PM

Pan Asian Rep’s Off-Broadway world premiere of ‘Citizen Wong’ looks at Asian and American relations in the Gilded Age by Deb Miller

To commemorate Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month in May, Pan Asian Repertory Theatre, now in its 45th season, is presenting the world premiere of Citizen Wong, a new play …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:30PM

Review: 'Next To Normal' at Westport Country Playhouse by Frank Rizzo

Photos by Carol Rosegg The show: “Next to Normal” What is it?: A Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning musical. This is the sec…

SOURCE: ShowRiz at 02:23PM
Sunday, April 17, 2022 at 1pm (Broadway Time)
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Young playwrights confront gun violence with their art and say #Enough by Jeff Lunden

Across the country, theaters and civic organizations commemorate the 23rd anniversary of the Columbine school shootings by presenting readings of eight short plays by teenagers.

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 01:54PM

On the date of Columbine, 8 plays on gun violence will be read across the U.S. by Jeff Lunden

Young playwrights highlight the damage done by gun violence after winning a competition called #enough. Their performances are scheduled to occur on the date of the 1999 Columbine school sho…

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 01:54PM

Review: ‘Spay’ by Rivendell Theatre is a powerful story about opioid abuse and families, as well as a real-world proposed remedy by Emily McClanathan

Noah is fresh out of the hospital after overdosing on heroin, Harper is her sister and legal guardian of the son Noah bore in high school. Looming over both women is the legacy of their moth…

SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:20PM
Sunday, April 17, 2022 at noon (Broadway Time)
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Review: Eiko, Dancing With Friends and With the Dead by Gia Kourlas

The Japanese dance artist, joined by four collaborators, brings her evolving “Duet Project: Distance Is Malleable” to N.Y.U. Skirball.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:52PM

THE 47th Old Vic SE1 by Libby Purves and Friends

THE ORANGE MONSTER RIDES AGAIN   The first thing to say is what everyone has said:  that Bertie Carvel as Donald Trump is magnificent. Eerily so,  capturing not only the ex-President’s …

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 12:04PM
Sunday, April 17, 2022 at 11am (Broadway Time)
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A rousing ‘Rocky’ scores a knockout at Toby’s Dinner Theatre by Gina Jun

The musical based on Sly Stallone's boxing movie is staged with spectacle and heart.

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:16AM

VIDEO: Matt Doyle Talks COMPANY, Sondheim, and More with Richard Ridge!

Phone rings, door chimes in comes...Company star Matt Doyle for a chat with BroadwayWorld's own Richard Ridge!

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:00AM

‘Ralph Fiennes is in his element as a man whose tragic flaw will clearly be his downfall’: STRAIGHT LINE CRAZY – Bridge Theatre by Tom Bolton

David Hare’s new play is a history lesson. New York city planner Robert Moses shaped the modern city by supplying it with expressways and parkways.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AM
Sunday, April 17, 2022 at 10am (Broadway Time)
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HAMILTON Tour Postpones Performances in Portland Following Flu Outbreak in Company

BroadwayWorld has just learned that performances of Hamilton at Portland's Keller Auditorium have been postponed. An official statement reads:

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:50AM

Harmony by Elyse Trevers

Photo by Julieta Cervantes When TV’s Murphy Brown was mocking singer Barry Manilow, I was buying his albums and attending his concerts. I was unabashedly a Fanilow. So I looked forward to …

SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 10:36AM

Sunday Morning Michael Dale: David Greenspan Goes Solo in The Patsy and Take Me Out Prompts a Mets Memory

Notes on David Greenspan in The Patsy, a Mets memory from Take Me Out and keeping track of New York theatre's Lenape Land Land Acknowledgements.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:00AM
Sunday, April 17, 2022 at 9am (Broadway Time)
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The Headless Ghost of George Frederick Cooke! by Trav S.D.

I would likely have done a post on English actor George Frederick Cooke (1756-1812) anyhow, but the lore surrounding his death, posthumous dismemberment, and the permanent residency of his r…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:48AM

For National Bat Appreciation Day: On Nikita Balieff and La Chauve-Souris  by Trav S.D.

April 17 is National Bat Appreciation Day. In the past we have used this day as an occasion to explore Mary Robert’s Rinehart’s The Bat, and we have certainly talked quite a lot about Ba…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:48AM

Dire Finances Also Reason For Long Wharf Theatre Exit by Frank Rizzo

Financial realities — not just artistic re-envisioning — triggered the Tony Award-winning Long Wharf Theatre’s announcement in March that it will leave the physical complex it has call…

SOURCE: ShowRiz at 09:08AM
Sunday, April 17, 2022 at 8am (Broadway Time)
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'Scandaltown' review — clever Restoration comedy quickly wears thin by Matt Wolf

Mike Bartlett opens his third London play in quick succession, this one starring Rachael Stirling

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 08:45AM

Princess Essex review – Anne Odeke gives spark to Black British history lesson by Arifa Akbar

Bush theatre, LondonThe performer of this one-woman play steers through multiple characters with charm, but is held back by a story that is less than the sum of its parts Princess Dinubolu o…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:33AM

Red Ellen review – sketchy treatment of a heroic politician by Clare Brennan

Nottingham PlayhouseCaroline Bird’s drama about the Labour MP Ellen Wilkinson gives us the bullet points of an extraordinary life but slips into melodrama The Red Ellen of the title was El…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:33AM
Sunday, April 17, 2022 at 7am (Broadway Time)
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The Listies: Make Some Noise!

The post The Listies: Make Some Noise! appeared first on Australian Arts Review.

SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 07:13AM

He was a college football recruit, then a Naval officer. Now he’s an Oakland playwright by Lily Janiak

In theater, Cleavon Smith says, "stories moved. Every line someone speaks or doesn't speak is a decision."

SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 07:00AM

‘Part slumber party, part storytelling show’: OLD FRIENDS at the Cambridge Junction (online) by Justin Murray

Performance maker Tamara Micner’s online show ‘Old Friends’ is a peculiar bag. Part-slumber party, part-storytelling show, it taps into a relatively universal experience, that of losin…

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AM

‘A musical that inspires us all to own what makes us different’: EVERYBODY’S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE – Touring ★★★★ by Olivia Mitchell

Everybody's Talking About Jamie is fast becoming a staple piece of theatre in the UK and indeed across the world.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AM
Sunday, April 17, 2022 at 6am (Broadway Time)
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The Boys

The post The Boys appeared first on Australian Arts Review.

SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 06:42AM

‘In sex we trust’ say the acrobats in ‘AirOtic Soirée’ by John Stoltenberg

Now performing in DC at Hook Hall is a sensual cabaret combining circus and burlesque. Is it theater? Let's see.

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:29AM

The week in theatre: The Great Middlemarch Mystery; The 47th; For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide… by Susannah Clapp

Various venues, Coventry; Old Vic; Royal Court, LondonA site-specific quest gets to the heart of George Eliot’s novel; Mike Bartlett makes a Shakespearean tragedy of Trump; and six young b…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:18AM

Mystery Sonatas/for Rosa review – an enigmatic endurance test by Sarah Crompton

Sadler’s Wells, LondonAnne Teresa De Keersmaeker’s tribute to five inspirational Rosas captivates – until it outstays its welcome Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker is not a choreographer who …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:18AM

Theatre Openings: from w/c April 18 onwards by Mark Shenton

... Read More The post Theatre Openings: from w/c April 18 onwards first appeared on Shenton Stage.

SOURCE: shentonstage.com at 06:17AM

Tracy Letts' The Minutes Opens on Broadway April 17 | Playbill

Jeff Still, Sally Murphy, Cliff Chamberlain, Austin Pendleton, Jessie Mueller, Tracy Letts, Noah Reid, Blair Brown, K. Todd Freeman, Danny McCarthy, ...

SOURCE: Google at 06:06AM

Ballet Theatre Company ready to take the stage at The Bushnell with a reimagined ‘Aladdin’ by Christopher Arnott

Ballet Theatre Company will perform "Aladdin," with a score by Carl Davis and contributions from local Indian and Chinese choreographers, April 23 and 24 at The Bushnell. The project was con…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM
Sunday, April 17, 2022 at 1am (Broadway Time)
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“mueller” – Google News: Tracy Letts' The Minutes Opens on Broadway April 17 – Playbill.com

Tracy Letts' The Minutes Opens on Broadway April 17 Playbill.com "mueller" - Google News.

SOURCE: Google at 01:36AM
Sunday, April 17, 2022 at midnight (Broadway Time)
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Tracy Letts' The Minutes Opens on Broadway April 17 by Talaura Harms

The Pulitzer-finalist play features an ensemble cast including Tony winners Jessie Mueller, Blair Brown, and Letts, along with Schitt's Creek's Noah Reid, and more.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:06AM
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