Tucked inside Congress’ latest round of small-business relief is some rare good news for restaurants, hotels and the performing arts — sectors that have been especially hard hit by COVID…
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 09:00AMAs Zoom fatigue sets in, organisations are seeking creative ways to bring art to patrons to keep them – and their wallets – engaged A concert from your favourite opera singer, delivered …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:48AMModern masterpiece Jerusalem storms back and Trevor Nunn goes underground with Beckett, while Bob Marley gets a musical and Frankenstein becomes a ballet Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:24AMA big-box store, a hotel for transgender women and a dinner party gone awry are some of the places your ears will take you to.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:48PMWith their field rocked by unprecedented challenges in 2020, these people and groups — some notable, some new — stepped into the breach.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:12AMWritten by the Olivier award winner James Graham and produced by the Guardian in partnership with the National Theatre, this short musical film is a unifying song for the country to take …
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SOURCE: StarTribune at 07:33AMPresident-elect Joe Biden will nominate retired four-star Army general Lloyd J. Austin to be secretary of defense, according to four people familiar with the decision. If confirmed by the Se…
SOURCE: StarTribune at 10:32PMIt wasn’t the year for celebration. But watching innovation flourish inspired our chief critic, while other writers found the joys of the stage in other media.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:06AMSince her breakout in the 1960s, she’s been able to convince the world around her to listen — not by chasing trends but by remaining always and fully herself.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:18AMThe arts industry is among the most devastated by the pandemic. Artists and arts workers often rely on casual, project-based, or fixed-term contracts, and COVID-19 restrictions have left ma…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 10:27PMOur theater experts provide a guide to some of the successful (and failed) cinematic adaptations of plays and musicals — all for your streaming pleasure.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:36AMEven though history has seen different disasters and humanitarian crises, one fact remains: we try to understand what is happening by seeing how others coped, comparing our reaction to their…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 02:20PMIn a few minutes or a full show, these performers capture heartbreak, fury and laughs. For the words of Samuel Beckett, a disembodied mouth did the trick.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:24AMIn the era of Covid 19, when our theatres have been forced to close throughout Aotearoa/New Zealand, we find ourselves unable to rehearse or to present our work to a live audience. This has …
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 03:10PMHow are local arts groups and musicians holding up and what do they have planned this fall, despite the restrictions? Here, they tell us in their own words, offering a snapshot of how some a…
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 09:00AMSix months dark. Thousands of artists out of work. Could this disaster have a surprise ending? Five critics on what must change, onstage and off.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:18AMAmong the performances you can catch online are a one-woman show about sexual assault and riffs on “Heart of Darkness” and “Rocky.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:06PMWritten by Julian Meyrick, Julianne Schultz, and Justin O’Connor National crises, like the pandemics that can provoke them, come in stages. Each stage presents leaders with unique problem…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 11:15PMShakespeare in the Park and other outdoor venues are shut. But for performers and directors, open-air memories are as sharp as the bite of a mosquito.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:48PMAcross cultures, the self-making powers of storytelling are widely recognized. Steve Biko, the South African Black Consciousness thinker, once said that we need to speak from where we st…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 04:41PMArtists are crucial to the futures we’re imagining beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. The vitality of the societies we wish to return to are vibrant in large part because they sound and lo…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 04:03AMHorse rides in stockings, rehearsals in deep freezes, fights in string vests ... as Patrick Stewart hits 80, friends from Harriet Walter to Brian Blessed pay tribute to the great actor Conti…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:54AMOur critics discuss the last four months, which thanks to Zoom (and Meryl Streep) have been full of experimentation and playfulness.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:54AMFrom the documentary works of Anna Deavere Smith to brief monologues written in this moment of unrest, dramatists are sounding an alarm.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:03PMA playwright, a director, an artistic director and an actor share their experiences — and prescriptions for change.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:24PMEvery year, 34 million people go to the theatre, double the number that attend Premier League football. But lockdown and physical distancing rules mean the industry is on the edge of collaps…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:03AMOur writers suggest works that illuminate and tackle issues of police brutality, social injustice and racial inequity.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:48PMMiranda’s rap. Rylance’s poems. Jackman’s pelvis. And a brassy reunion for Bea Arthur and Angela Lansbury. Now set your clock for “Turkey Lurkey Time.”
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