Saturday, July 23, 2022 at 11pm (Broadway Time)
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Main Street Players’ Facile Black Sheep a Surreal Struggle by Bill Hirschman

Main Street Players struggles bravely to conquer Lee Blessing's satire on race and privilege in Black Sheep, but stumbles on tonal uncertainty. and fails to reach the script's potential. The…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:33PM
Saturday, July 23, 2022 at 8pm (Broadway Time)
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Child’s play: miniature Regency and Victorian theatres – in pictures by Kathryn Bromwich

In the Regency and Victorian eras, when theatres were filled with melodramatic plays and operas inspired by the gothic revival, children and adults could recreate these dramas in their parlo…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48PM
Saturday, July 23, 2022 at 7pm (Broadway Time)
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“Boys Go to Jupiter” Exposes Evolution of White Guilt—at Word for Word  by Tyler Jeffreys

Millennial Notes Danielle Evans Flips Script on Racism Terrors by Tyler Jeffreys  “Boys Go to Jupiter” should be mandatory for every white person in America to read. Word for Word ampli…

SOURCE: Theatrius at 07:19PM
Saturday, July 23, 2022 at 6pm (Broadway Time)
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Revelations Unveiled On the Birthday of John Leguizamo by Trav S.D.

Holy crap. Just Holy crap. So…as today is John Leguizamo’s birthday, for a laugh I thought I would share a program I saved from 1990 from when I appeared on a bill with him at the Home f…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 06:18PM
Saturday, July 23, 2022 at 4pm (Broadway Time)
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Theater Review: THE EMPIRE STRIPS BACK (Great Star Theater) by Chuck Louden

MAY THE TORSO BE WITH YOU Forget about Broadway or the latest Marvel Comic movie. The fun, hip and cool burlesque Star Wars parody — which isn’t just for fans of the franchise — is the…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 04:39PM
Saturday, July 23, 2022 at 3pm (Broadway Time)
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Repertory Theatre Studio Series returns with 'Gruesome Playground Injuries' by Calvin Wilson St. Louis Post-Dispatch

“Gruesome Playground Injuries,” the only Studio Series offering in the season, will be presented at the Kirkwood Performing Arts Center.

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 03:42PM

Behind the Scenes Announces 2022 Holiday Cards by Frank Hammel

The 2022 Behind the Scenes Holiday Cards are now on sale at the BTS Boutique. This year’s collection features a wonderful mix of seven different designs created especially for the charity …

SOURCE: PLSN at 03:01PM
Saturday, July 23, 2022 at 1pm (Broadway Time)
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Come From Away's Jenn Colella Finds Her 6 Degrees of Broadway Separation by Playbill

We challenged Tony Award Nominee Jenn Colella, who made her Broadway debut in 2003 in Urban Cowboy, to find the six degrees of separation between her Broadway debut and her current role in t…

SOURCE: YouTube at 01:07PM
Saturday, July 23, 2022 at noon (Broadway Time)
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News: NextStop Theatre Company Announces 2022/2023 Season by News Desk (organization-Submitted Press Release)

Herndon, VA/Washington, DC – NextStop Theatre Company is proud to announce their tenth professional season of theater in Northern Virginia. The company’s first full season since the star…

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 12:08PM

Nathan Lane by NPR

Nathan Lane, star of stage and screen, plays our game about Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest. He is joined by guest host Tom Papa and panelists Cristela Alonzo, Josh Gondelman and Matt…

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 12:01PM
Saturday, July 23, 2022 at 11am (Broadway Time)
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News: Jonathon Heyward is Named Music Director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra by News Desk (organization-Submitted Press Release)

One of Classical Music’s Most Exciting Young Talents, Signs a 5-year Contract as BSO Music Director Commencing with the 2023-24 Season BALTIMORE – The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO)…

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:55AM

News: Creative Cauldron Hires New Bi-Lingual Artistic Associate, Lenny Mendez by News Desk (organization-Submitted Press Release)

Falls Church, VA – Creative Cauldron announced the hiring of Lenny Mendez, in the position of Artistic Associate. Lenny Mendez (she/her/ella) is a Latina actress from the Washington DC are…

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:45AM

Anything Goes, Barbican review - shipboard frivolity still fizzes, mostly by Matt Wolf

Last summer's hit Cole Porter revival is itself now revived, now with Kerry Ellis as Reno Sweeney, replacing Sutton Foster

SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 11:08AM

‘Hurray for new British writing’: MILLENNIALS – The Other Palace ★★★★ by Olivia Mitchell

There may be a little final sprinkle of fairy dust missing but Millennials at The Other Palace is one of the funnest shows about and it’ll be brilliant to see where it progresses.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AM
Saturday, July 23, 2022 at 10am (Broadway Time)
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The Columbia Story, In Brief by Trav S.D.

Today we use the occasion of Harry Cohn’s birthday (1891-1958) to fill in a gap in our storytelling. Alone among the Big 8 Classic Hollywood Studios, we haven’t yet got ’round to telli…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:48AM
Saturday, July 23, 2022 at 9am (Broadway Time)
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Off-Broadway Review: “Between the Lines” at the Tony Kiser Theater at Second Stage (Through Sunday, October 2, 2022) by David Roberts

“Fairy Tales” and “Happily Ever After” have been great fodder for musical theater usually targeting multi-generational audiences, being prudent to include visual and intellectual con…

SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 09:59AM

Rooftop Productions presents ‘Sweet Delilah Swim Club’ with warmth and heart by Laura Mills

A moving comedy about five women and their lifelong friendship.

SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 09:54AM

Classical music is ditching printed programs. We're not happy. - The Washington Post

I treasure my shoe box graveyard of old Playbills that I barely ever open or look ... Playbill magazines for “The Phantom of the Opera” in 2008.

SOURCE: Google at 09:42AM
Saturday, July 23, 2022 at 8am (Broadway Time)
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Jaime Lozano and Mauricio Martínez: Hermanos y Familia by Andrew Poretz

By Andrew Poretz … When two irresistible forces meet, the inevitable result is combustion.  At 54 Below on Monday night, combustion occurred when Mauricio Martínez, a star of Telemundo a…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 08:45AM

Outdoor theaters have to compete with a lot of noise — including low-flying planes by Stephanie Wolf

An outdoor Shakespearean theater in Louisville, Kentucky, needs to work around airplane noise. An expert says people also had to work around a lot of noise in Shakespeare's time.

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 08:18AM

REVIEW: Billy Elliot the musical, Leicester Curve ✭✭✭✭✭ by Gary Stringer

By Gary Stringer Gary Stringer reviews a new production of Billy Elliot the musical now playing the Leicester's Curve Theatre. Until 20 August. This post REVIEW: Billy Elliot the musical, Le…

SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 08:12AM

Thanks to a new musical, Frederick Douglass dances into pop culture by Peter Marks

The premiere of “American Prophet” at Arena Stage seeks to show the human side of a revered figure from American history.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 08:03AM
Saturday, July 23, 2022 at 7am (Broadway Time)
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Today on Broadway: Friday, July 22, 2022 by Matt Tamanini

Reviews fr ‘Kite Runner’ on Broadway, Atlantic Announces New Season, Matt on The Muny’s ‘Sweeney Todd’ “Today on Broadway” is a daily, Monday through Friday, podcast hitting th…

SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 07:55AM

‘Interesting exploration of relationships’: CLOSER – Lyric Hammersmith ★★★ by Rev Stan

I liked the tone of this production of Closer at the Lyric Hammersmith and the sense of sadness that underpinned it, even if I was glad to leave the characters behind. It is an interesting e…

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AM
Saturday, July 23, 2022 at 6am (Broadway Time)
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A Holographic Circus: Baryshnikov Art Center’s ‘The Cherry Orchard’ by Alan Smason

By EDWARD RUBIN I seem to remember reading, in all of the hoopla surrounding the Baryshnikov Art Center’s Production of Chekov’s The Cherry Orchard, somebody saying “Unlike anything th…

SOURCE: Theatre Criticsm at 06:34AM

CHAMBER OPERAS ON TOUR caught at Thorington, Suffolk by Libby Purves and Friends

     Twice lately, under tall oaks and pines on what is becoming known as Suffolk’s mini-Minack,  I have encountered touring opera companies doing wonderfully, relaxedly, professionall…

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 06:21AM

The Times’s Theater Critic Reviews Stratford’s New Theater by Jesse Green

The Stratford Festival in Ontario opened a glamorous new theater last month that prioritizes the theater itself, not just what surrounds it.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:07AM

Phish, Terrificon, Luke Bryan and ballet under the stars among 10 best things to do this week in CT by Christopher Arnott

The Courant’s arts picks for July 24-30 include Connecticut Ballet in Elizabeth Park, Terrificon at Mohegan Sun and the Happy Together '60s nostalgia tour at the Oakdale.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM
Saturday, July 23, 2022 at 1am (Broadway Time)
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The Death of Madam Dupin: Is the Balkan the Sub-Saharan Africa of Europe? by Ivanka Apostolova Baskar

An Interview with Katarina Saric – poet, writer, performer, activist-feminist (Montenegro) Katarina Saric (1976, Cetinje, Montenegro), is a regionally established poet, essayist, and perf…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 01:49AM

The Darkest Part of the Night, Kiln Theatre - issues-led drama has its heart in the right place by Gary Naylor

★★★ THE DARKEST PART OF THE NIGHT, KILN Issues-led drama has its heart in the right place The didactic vies with the dramatic in Zodwa Nyoni's incident-packed new play Music plays a …

SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 01:33AM

Teaching Students How to Rehearse in the Drama Classroom by Kerry Hishon

Picture this scenario: You’re in drama class with your students. They’ve been divided into small groups, each group has a scene to work on, and you’ve given them the instructions: “Y…

SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 01:00AM
Saturday, July 23, 2022 at midnight (Broadway Time)
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Best Of: 'A Strange Loop' Creator / 'Ms. Marvel' Creator by NPR

The Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical A Strange Loop is about a Black gay man working as an usher on Broadway. Michael R. Jackson talks about writing the book, music and lyrics and how…

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 12:10AM

Off-Broadway's The Panic of '29 Begins Previews July 23 by Leah Putnam

Broadway alums Will Roland, Olivia Puckett, Erik Lochtefeld, and more star in the dark comedy presented by 59E59 Theaters and Less Than Rent Theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:07AM

Little Shop of Horrors' 40th Anniversary Skid Row Block Party Held July 23 by Margaret Hall, Andrew Gans

The party also marks the Off-Broadway revival surpassing 500 performances at the Westside Theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:07AM

Clarence Coo's On That Day in Amsterdam Begins Previews July 23 at Off-Broadway's 59E59 by Leah Putnam

The play follows two men who fall in love while traveling in Amsterdam and spend one day together before they must depart the city.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:07AM