Thursday, January 1, 2026 at 7am (Broadway Time)
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Kennedy Center renaming divides musicians leaving and staying by Tribune News Service

Grammy-nominated trumpeter Wayne Tucker is the latest artist to cancel his performance at the Kennedy Center in Washington, following the board’s decision to add President Donald Trump’s…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:45AM

9 bands you may have missed in 2025 by Tribune News Service

PITTSBURGH — In an alternative universe, the mainstream isn't just Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, Bad Bunny and Beyoncé. It makes room for the rock bands that are making noise below the rad…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:20AM

Cary Elwes channels ‘Princess Bride’ in a final farewell to Rob Reiner: ‘Life is pain without you’ by Tribune News Service

LOS ANGELES — "The Princess Bride" star Cary Elwes says he will remain in mourning long after the shocking deaths of beloved friend Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, earlier …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:00AM
Thursday, January 1, 2026 at 6am (Broadway Time)
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In a breakneck digital era, the ancient art of Peking opera works hard to keep flourishing by The Associated Press

BEIJING (AP) — Dressed in a red-and-white warrior costume, Peking opera actress Zhang Wanting balances on one foot on the narrow handle of a rosewood chair. She bends forward, lifts her ot…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:40AM
Thursday, January 1, 2026 at 4am (Broadway Time)
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Celebrity castings can help theatres in hard times, says new head of Bristol Old Vic by Jamie Grierson

Big names can attract audiences as venues struggle with fallout from pandemic, austerity and high costs, Rebecca Dawson says Casting big stars in stage productions is sometimes needed becaus…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:06AM

The satirical genius of John Antrobus and Spike Milligan | Letters by Guardian Staff

Philip Allen recalls a funny moment at the end of a performance of Antrobus and Milligan’s The Bed-Sitting Room in 1963 I remember, as a student in 1963, going to see the play The Bed-Sitt…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:06AM

The best theatre to stream this month: the rollicking return of One Man, Two Guvnors by Chris Wiegand

James Corden got his ticket to Hollywood after this first-rate farce. Plus: the biggest stars in musicals gather for a night of big hits and breakdancers interpret Bach’s baroque music Ric…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:06AM
Thursday, January 1, 2026 at 3am (Broadway Time)
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A Wish and What Comes After: “Into the Woods” at the Bridge Theatre by Ross

The London UK Theatre Review: Bridge Theatre’s Into the Woods by Ross “I wish.” And they have a way of coming true at Christmas time, sometimes spectacularly, sometimes in ways that su…

SOURCE: front mezz junkies at 03:24AM
Thursday, January 1, 2026 at 1am (Broadway Time)
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From 30,000 Feet: Five Year-end Observations about Arts and Culture in 2025 by Douglas McLennan

We posted more than 6,000 stories across all forms of culture in 2025. When you pull back and look at them in aggregate, the individual crises—the closures in San Francisco, the lawsuits i…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:54AM

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SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00AM

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