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Thursday, January 12, 2017

Peter Hahlo obituary by Richard, Gerry and Michael Hahlo

Our father, Peter Hahlo, who has died aged 90, arrived in the UK as a refugee from the Nazis in 1938. With a label round his neck, a little money and few possessions, he boarded a kindertran…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:48PM
Wednesday, November 2, 2016

Review: The Collector at curtainup.com/ by Ah

the two actors in this stage adaptation of John Fowles's novel do their best to provide the much needed tension and pace

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:22AM
Saturday, August 27, 2016

Fall arts preview: Rise of Japan, shroud symbolism and more on view by Sarah Bryan Miller and Calvin Wilson St. Louis Post-Dispatch

With the change in seasons come new and notable exhibitions for St. Louis museums and galleries.

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 06:30PM
Wednesday, August 10, 2016

Impressions masterclass with Alistair McGowan and Rory Bremner – video by Stephen Moss, Jess Gormley, Tom Silverstone, Noah Payne-Frank and Kara Fox

Stephen Moss learns the art of impersonation from two masters: Alistair McGowan and Rory Bremner. Will Moss impress his tutors with his Boris Johnson? Can he manage to stretch his words and …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:14AM
Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Bottom's up: Emma Rice weaves A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Globe – in pictures by Photography Sarah Lee and Production Mee-Lai Stone

Emma Rice kicks off her Wonder season as the new artistic director of London’s Globe theatre with a gender-swapping take on Shakespeare’s much-loved comedy about the course of true love.…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:01AM
Thursday, May 5, 2016

Bottom's up: Emma Rice weaves A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Globe – in pictures by Sarah Lee and Mee-Lai Stone

Emma Rice kicks off her Wonder season as the new artistic director of London’s Globe with a gender-swapping take on Shakespeare’s much-loved comedy about the course of true love. Guardia…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:10AM
Friday, April 22, 2016

Watch: Shakespeare’s Life in 1 Minute by Sarah Begley and Kenneth Bachor

April 23 marks the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death

SOURCE: time.com at 02:00PM
Thursday, April 21, 2016

Inside the darknet - Tech Weekly podcast by Presented By Nathalie Nahai and Produced By Simon Barnard and Matt Shore

The dark underbelly of the internet exploredDespite the fact that it’s just a couple of clicks away, most internet users have no knowledge of the existence of the darknet, the murky world …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:50AM
Tuesday, March 29, 2016

The Ten-Dollar Founding Father Without a Father: Teaching and Learning With 'Hamilton' - The New York Times by Katherine Schulten and Sarah Gross and Michael Gonchar

Some ways to teach and learn with “Hamilton,” via articles, Op-Eds, reviews, archival materials and multimedia from The New York Times.

SOURCE: learning.blogs.nytimes.com at 10:50PM
Thursday, March 17, 2016

Paul Daniels, TV magician, dies aged 77 by Hannah Ellis-Petersen and Jessica Elgot

Entertainer died at his home in Berkshire having been diagnosed with an incurable brain tumour in FebruaryTelevision magician Paul Daniels, whose career defined the TV magic genre in the 198…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:27AM

Juste Debout: the world's biggest street-dance competition – video by Iman Amrani , Noah Payne-Frank and Jess Gormley

Dancers from all over the world compete in the international tour of Juste Debout in the hope that they will get the chance to battle in the preliminary rounds in France and perform at the f…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:20AM
Saturday, March 5, 2016

Laumeier explores 'Time'; Contemporary Art Museum celebrates 3 local artists by Sarah Bryan Miller and Calvin Wilson St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Missouri History Museum will display more than 60 dresses for the exhibition"Little Black Dress: From Mourning to Night."

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 02:20PM
Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Tobias Menzies' self portrait: 'I feel younger than my years' – video by Tom Silverstone, Noah Payne-Frank, Jess Gormley and Juliet Riddell

Actor Tobias Menzies analyses his reflection while looking down the lens of the camera and drawing his self-portrait on an iPad. Through this intimate process he reveals his thoughts about h…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:32AM
Thursday, December 17, 2015

10 Standout Theater Performances of 2015 by Robert Kahn and Dave Quinn

The performances NBC4NY theater writers Robert Kahn and Dave Quinn will remember most, in alphabetical order.

SOURCE: NBC New York at 02:29PM
Thursday, October 29, 2015

Undiscovered country: the Globe's travelling Hamlet in a Jordanian refugee camp by Sarah Lee and Matt Fidler

Guardian photojournalist Sarah Lee travelled to Jordan with the Globe Theatre’s touring Hamlet production. Aiming to visit every country in the world to celebrate the 450th anniversary of …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:09AM
Monday, October 26, 2015

Playbill Vault’s Today in Theatre History: October 26 by David Gewirtzman and Robert Viagas, Sam Maher and Steve Luber

1844 William Harrigan, half of the iconic 1880s writing and performing team of Harrigan and Hart, is born today. He and Tony Hart will create the popular Mulligan Guards characters reflectin…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Wednesday, May 27, 2015

The Pajama Men on Leslie Nielsen: 'All class – and a complete moron' by Shenoah Allen and Mark Chavez

The absurdist standup duo applaud the silver-haired master of deadpan comedy and his regular collaborators David Zucker, Jerry Zucker and Jim Abrahams Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24AM
Monday, May 18, 2015

A Valid Way to Care by Sarah Lang and Dani Lencioni

Discussing a discussion of an ancient play.

SOURCE: Culture Bot at 09:58PM
Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Teenage dancers' diaries: ‘Looking at the schedule makes your body hurt’ by Jahmarley Bachelor, Lydia Hiraide and John-William Watson

Three National Youth Dance Company students describe having their minds opened and their skills tested while working with choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui ahead of a UK-wide tourA group of…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AM
Thursday, January 1, 2015

Guardian US critics: our cultural new year's resolutions by Jason Farago, Jennifer Gerson Uffalussy, Jordan Riefe, Melissa Locker, Brian Moylan, Monica Heisey, Matthew Specktor, Britt Julious, Ben Westhoff, Anne T Donahue, Michelle Dean and Jordan Hoffman

Never mind getting fit or giving up smoking – will this be the year you finally read In Search of Lost Time? Our critics share their arts goals for 2015 Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:00AM
Saturday, December 27, 2014

15 things to look forward to in 2015 by Robin McKie, Alice Fisher, Rowan Moore, Kitty Empire, Tristram Hunt, Andrew Brown, Susannah Clapp, Emma Graham-Harrison, Robert McCrum, Eddie Butler, Ryan Gilbey, Ben Preston, Stuart Dredge and Peter Preston

Benedict Cumberbatch’s Hamlet, smartwatches, the return of the Large Hadron Collider, the rugby World Cup in Britain, a flood of classic drama on TV and a critical climate summit – some …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:59PM
Tuesday, December 23, 2014

10 Unforgettable Theater Performances of 2014 by Robert Kahn and Dave Quinn

NBC4NY theater writers Robert Kahn and Dave Quinn count their favorite theater performances of the year, both on and off-Broadway.

SOURCE: NBC New York at 10:45AM
Monday, December 15, 2014

PLAYBILL VAULT’S Today In Theatre History: DECEMBER 15 by Robert Viagas and Anne Bradley, Christopher Reichheld and Sam Maherand

1919 Frank McGlyn is Abraham Lincoln in John Drinkwater's drama. The story follows Lincoln's life from 1860 to his assassination in 1865. There will be 193 performances at the Cort T…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Sunday, December 14, 2014

PLAYBILL VAULT’S Today In Theatre History: DECEMBER 14 by David Gewirtzman and Robert Viagas, Anne Bradley, Christopher Reichheld and Sam Maher

1885 Birthday of Brock Pemberton (1885-1950), producer of many Broadway plays and comedies during a 30-year career, including the original Harvey, Miss Lulu Bett, Six Characters in S…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Friday, December 12, 2014

PLAYBILL VAULT’S Today In Theatre History: DECEMBER 12 by David Gewirtzman and Robert Viagas, Christopher Reichheld, Sam Maher and Anne Bradley

1902 There will be two debuts in Everyman. Edith Wynne Matthison makes her American debut, and Charles Rann Kennedy makes his stage debut.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Thursday, December 11, 2014

PLAYBILL VAULT’S Today In Theatre History: DECEMBER 11 by David Gewirtzman and Anne Bradley, Robert Viagas, Christopher Reichheld and Sam Maher

1893 Oscar Wilde gets his second Broadway production in a year with the U.S. premiere of his play A Woman of No Importance at Miner's Fifth Avenue Theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Wednesday, December 10, 2014

PLAYBILL VAULT’S Today In Theatre History: DECEMBER 10 by David Gewirtzman and Robert Viagas, Sam Maher, Christopher Reichheld and Anne Bradley

1901 Sadie Martinot, Guy Bates Post, and Junius Brutus Booth play The Marriage Game. This drama, adapted by Clyde Fitch from Emile Augier's Le Marriage d'Olympe, highlights what ruin…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Tuesday, December 9, 2014

PLAYBILL VAULT’S Today In Theatre History: DECEMBER 9 by David Gewirtzman and Robert Viagas, Christopher Reichheld, Sam Maher and Anne Bradley

1902 Birthday of actress Margaret Hamilton, who will appear on Broadway in plays including The Farmer Takes a Wife, The Dark Tower, Goldilocks and a revival of Our Town, but who will forever…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Monday, December 8, 2014

PLAYBILL VAULT’S Today In Theatre History: DECEMBER 8 by David Gewirtzman and Robert Viagas, Christopher Reichheld, Sam Maher and Anne Bradley

1903 Mam'selle Napoleon is Anna Held in this musical at the Knickerbocker Theatre. Produced by Held's husband Florenz Ziegfeld, with a score by Gustav Luders, this show will have a 4…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Sunday, December 7, 2014

PLAYBILL VAULT’S Today in Theatre History: DECEMBER 7 by David Gewirtzman and Robert Viagas, Anne Bradley, Christopher Reichheld and Sam Maher

1879 Composer Rudolf Friml (1879-1972) is born in Prague. He will emigrate to the U.S. and become one of the top Broadway operetta composers of the 1910s and 1920s. His works will includ…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Thursday, December 4, 2014

An education: making the Guardian and the Royal Court's microplay School Gate by Gbolahan Obisesan and Richard Adams

Director Gbolahan Obisesan and journalist Richard Adams explain how they and Rachel De-lahay created a study of perilous parental interaction outside neighbouring schools Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:04AM

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Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
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Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
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Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
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