Friday, March 14, 2014
You are invited to join us here at the Library for the Performing Arts for a Kinokophone Recording Workshop on Thursday, May 15th at 6 p.m. in the 3rd Floor Screening Room. We will explore i…
SOURCE: nypl.org at 10:47AMTuesday, March 4, 2014
In the summer of 1963, The Beatles were huge in Britain. But this was not the case in America. Two earlier singles that had done well in their home country—"Please Please Me"…
SOURCE: nypl.org at 11:07AMTuesday, February 18, 2014
Continuing our series on the art of standup, three comedians take apart their routines Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:10AMThursday, January 30, 2014
The New York State Department of Labor and the New York City Police Department will present On-Site Recruitment Information Sessions for School Safety Officer, Traffic Enforcement Agent and …
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 03:44PM1911 Hugh Herbert Hipple is born today in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After dropping two H's, he will become suave actor Hugh Marlowe. In 1940 he will appear in Elmer Rice's Flight T…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMWednesday, January 29, 2014
The following information is prepared by John Ladd, administrator of the Office of Apprenticeship within the Labor Department's Employment and Training Administration.How would you like…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 06:18PMTuesday, January 28, 2014
The New York State Department of Labor and New Partners Inc. will present an On-Site Recruitment for Bilingual Home Health Aides on Friday, January 31, 2014, at 10:00 a.m. sharp (Appointment…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 01:44PMSaturday, January 25, 2014
1915 It'll be 90 in the Shade for only 40 performances. The unpaid actors will refuse to go on in this musical with a Jerome Kern score and book by Guy Bolton. Richard Carle and Marie Ca…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMWednesday, January 22, 2014
1912 Stop in at the Liberty Theatre in New York and see just what it takes when you're Elevating a Husband. Edward Everett Horton, Conway Tearle and Jessie Carter are among the cast of t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTuesday, January 21, 2014
1903 Dorothy, The Scarecrow, the Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion are first seen on Broadway today in the original musical The Wizard of Oz, with music by Paul Tietjens and book and lyrics by L…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSaturday, January 18, 2014
1882 Birthday of A. A. Milne (1882-1956), best-known as creator of the Winnie-the-Pooh books, but also a prolific Broadway playwright, author of Mr. Pim Passes By, The Truth About Blayds, Be…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTuesday, January 14, 2014
1903 Opening night of The Little Princess, Frances Hodgson Burnett play about a child, much in the same vein as her The Secret Garden. Little Princess will run just 34 performances.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMMonday, January 13, 2014
1925 Birthday of one of Broadway's all-time greatest leading ladies, Gwen Verdon (1925-2000). She was nominated for the Tony Award as Best Actress or Featured Actress in a Musical six ti…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSunday, January 12, 2014
1878 Hungarian playwright Ferenc Molnár (1878-1952) is born today in Budapest. He will write The Good Fairy, The Play's the Thing, The Guardsman, The Swan and Liliom, the latter of which wi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThursday, January 2, 2014
True aficionados of inventive theater know exactly where they need to be every January: far Off Broadway.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:10PMHere at On the Fringe we love holiday-themed shows as much as the next person. But after weeks and weeks of seasonal productions, we're ready for the winter theater season to start in earnes…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:31PM1910 American actress Agnes Booth dies today at age of 63. She was the wife of Junius Brutus Booth, Jr. and the sister-in-law of Edwin Booth.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThursday, December 26, 2013
From the Off Broadway musical “Fun Home” to the star-crossed “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark,” Times writers offer a few last-minute theater picks.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:06PMTuesday, December 24, 2013
Friday, December 20, 2013
“I wasn’t a popular kid. I wasn’t even a geeky kid,” said Brian J. Smith, who’s garnering raves as the … Read More →
SOURCE: nytheatremag.com at 04:52PMThursday, December 19, 2013
Lori Wolter Hudson remembers having a nervous breakdown in middle school in Indiana when her teacher assigned her to recite … Read More →
SOURCE: nytheatremag.com at 04:14PMIn his Tony Award acceptance speech this year for "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" Tracy Letts gave special thanks to the Chicago storefront scene that nurtured him. "We are the ones who sa…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:00AMWednesday, December 18, 2013
It was March of this year when I first heard from Amanda Belantera, who had begun her initial search for a New York City home for Kinokophonography Night. Amanda, along with the Kinokophone …
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 09:33AMWednesday, December 4, 2013
1860 Birthday of Lillian Russell (1860-1922), who became the epitome of Gilded Age female sex appeal and stage presence starting in vaudeville at Tony Pastor's Theatre and graduating to …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSaturday, November 30, 2013
1924 Henry Oscar and Esme Biddle are the leads of Byron by Alice Law, at the Century Theatre in Bayswater, England. In a very small role is someone named Laurence Olivier.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMFriday, November 29, 2013
1895 Birthday of legendary film choreographer Busby Berkeley (1895-1976), whose career will be launched with a 12-show burst of creativity on Broadway between the end of 1926 and the beginni…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMMonday, November 11, 2013
1872 Birthday of Maude Adams (1872-1953), Broadway's first Peter Pan, who originated the role in 1904, and returned at least three times through 1915.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSunday, November 10, 2013
1900 Opening night of legendary musical Floradora at the Casino Theatre for a 553-performance run the first major hit of the 20th century. The production is remembered principally for the…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFriday, November 8, 2013
1913 Birthday of June Hovik, better known as June Havoc, even better known as namesake of Baby June, the character based on her in the musical Gypsy. The show pretty accurately sums up her c…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThursday, November 7, 2013
The Rep Theatre, Birmingham: The unwritten rule of translating comedy, according to Chris Campbell, is that if you lose a laugh here and there, you are allowed to add one elsewhere. His witt…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:48AMTuesday, November 5, 2013
1895 Birthday of Charles MacArthur (1895-1956), newsman-turned-playwright, whose wisecracking oeuvre includes The Front Page, Twentieth Century (the play on which the musical On the Twentiet…
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