Friday, July 15, 2022
Dramatic resignation of Boris Johnson and subsequent leadership race prove a challenge for standup comedians
‘People are taking their comedians seriously, and their politicians as a joke,�…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:18AMWednesday, May 11, 2022
Actors’ union says Covid exacerbated contributory factors such as job insecurity and low pay
People working in entertainment and performing arts are twice as likely to experience depressio…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24PMTuesday, May 10, 2022
Model of 10-year-old Syrian girl that has become symbol of compassion will visit border town of Przemyśl
Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates
After last year’s 5,000-mile journey across Eur…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24AMWednesday, May 4, 2022
Incident raises further questions over comedian safety after Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at Oscars
The comedian Dave Chappelle was attacked during a performance in Los Angeles, according t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:12PMTuesday, May 3, 2022
Equity says ‘sacking by press release’ from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s West End show caused pain and distress
Current and future cast members of Cinderella must be compensated for their los…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:12PMClaudia Rankine, whose latest play, The White Card, is to tour the UK, warns of negative effect on mental health
Footage of violent racist incidents such as the murder of George Floyd is tr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:42AMSaturday, April 30, 2022
Marisha Wallace wants to inspire young girls and call out lack of diversity as she takes on role in Oklahoma!
A professional career in theatre was not always on the cards for Marisha Wallace…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:18AMWednesday, April 27, 2022
Royal Shakespeare Company’s version of celebrated Studio Ghibli movie will be first opening ‘of this scale’ in nearly 40 years
The Royal Shakespeare Company is to stage an adaptation o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:03AMThursday, April 21, 2022
Comedians such as Nish Kumar say they have noticed a change since crowds have returned to clubs
It was halfway through a show in Shrewsbury when Nish Kumar noticed an audience member being d…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24AMWednesday, April 20, 2022
Parts to be staged in Stoke, Doncaster, Trowbridge and Sunderland in 2023 using local writers and amateur casts before finale in London
A retelling of The Odyssey, Homer’s epic story of en…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:12AMTuesday, April 19, 2022
The Family Sex Show organisers receive abuse over UK production aimed at children as young as five
A theatre show that promised to reimagine sex education by discussing the issue in a frank …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:33PMMonday, April 18, 2022
Dispute at Actors’ Benevolent Fund pitted Penelope Keith and other trustees against general secretary
A charity that supports actors who are experiencing hardship due to old age, injury or…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:48PMThursday, April 14, 2022
Playhouse to stage Beyond Belief in 2023 to ‘say a proper goodbye’ to late SDLP leader who helped persuade IRA to give up arms
A musical drama about the life of John Hume, one of the mai…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24PMTheatre’s chief hopes production gives younger people understanding of the price paid by radicals in the past
The world premiere of a musical about the “young, sexy, radical” early lif…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:54AMWednesday, March 30, 2022
Festival’s 75th anniversary will include stage reimagining of The Jungle Book following Mowgli’s journey as a climate refugee
An adaptation of The Jungle Book that reimagines the journey…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:54PMThursday, March 10, 2022
Ivan Putrov and Alina Cojocaru announce event featuring artists from Royal Ballet, English National Ballet and Paris Opera Ballet
International ballet stars will take part in a charity gala …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54PMWednesday, March 9, 2022
George Balanchine with, Mourka, his cat. Photo by Martha Swope (1964). NYPL Digital Collections, Image ID: 5120841
Although The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts has one of …
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 05:54AMTuesday, March 8, 2022
Along with Life of Pi, the musical revivals are this year’s biggest contenders, with all four of their respective leads vying to win best actor or actress on 10 April
Cabaret, the revival …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:03PMSaturday, March 5, 2022
Use ‘all possible means of communication’ to directly contact Russian citizens, 17 signatories say
Russia-Ukraine war: live news
A group of eminent writers has appealed to Russian speake…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:54AMWednesday, March 2, 2022
Playbill for Intimate Apparel opera at Lincoln Center Theater
Lynn Nottage is among the most important and prolific playwrights of the turn of the 21st century, and her work…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 03:24AMRalph Ellison photo portrait seated.
The author Ralph Ellison is inextricably linked to his novel The Invisible Man, now considered a classic of American literature. While his other acti…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 03:24AMTuesday, March 1, 2022
Theatre accused of perpetuating offensive stereotype in naming character Hershel Fink
The Royal Court Theatre has apologised “unreservedly” to the Jewish community for naming a fictional…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:33PMConcerts, dance recitals and exhibitions have been postponed indefinitely after Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has prompted responses from the cultura…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:36AMSunday, February 27, 2022
Veteran Ian McKellen, who raised more than £1m for theatre charities and arts groups, also honoured
The West End musical Frozen, the story of an ice queen and her fearless sister that capti…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:42PMThursday, February 24, 2022
Yeichi Nimura in his Flag Dance, c. 1939. Constantine © Constantine Hassalevris. Jerome Robbins Dance Division photograph files,
call number *MGZEA (Nimura, Yeichi) no. 12.
To mark Asi…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 07:18PMJulian Work's union stamp for 1948.
We in The New York Public Library's Music & Recorded Sound Division are doing what we can to uncover and bring attention to composers from underre…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 07:18PMThe Music and Recorded Sound Division at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts acquired the innovative composer and sound artist Maryanne Amacher’s archive in 2020. Now, we�…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 07:18PMLeslie Odom Jr., Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Karen Olivo in the Encores! Off-Center Concert of Tick, Tick...Boom! (Photo © Joan Marcus)
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s film adaptation of Jonathan Lars…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 07:18PMPhotograph by Milton Meltzer depicting Hilda Haynes as Millie, James McMahon as Al Manners, Stephanie Elliot as Judith Sears, and Charles Bettis as John Neville. NYPL Digital Collections, Im…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 07:18PMStephen Sondheim. Photograph by Friedman-Abeles (Firm). NYPL Digital Collections, ID: TH-51787
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts honors the legacy of late America…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 07:18PMI’ve nothing to say. Well, nothing that’s not been said. Any sentimental recounting of my memories of the few times I was lucky enough to interact with Stephen Sondheim would feel, to me…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 07:18PM 
