Thursday, February 24, 2022
I’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 07:18PMWilliam Gillette as Sherlock Holmes. NYPL Digital Collections, Image ID: TH-50730
This month, A Sherlock Carol, a new play featuring Sherlock Holmes and the characters of A Christmas Caro…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 07:18PMWorks acquired for the circulating collection by Tania León, Alvin Singleton, Jeffrey Mumford, Adolphus Hailstork, Jessie Montgomery, and Florence Price
In our continuing efforts to upd…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 07:18PMSharon D. Clarke and Samantha Williams in Caroline, or Change (Photo © Joan Marcus)
There are certain Broadway seasons in which any of the shows nominated for the Best Musical Tony Award …
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 07:18PMA promotional poster for the "Outdoor Record Concerts."
Bryant Park Concerts of Recorded Music, * L (Special) 20-1, Box 3, Folder 6, Notices, [n.d.].
In 1937, Columbia Records donated 5…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 07:18PM(Animation from photos by Martha Swope)
The superstitious might, with some evidence, argue that when a major New York production of Assassins is announced, it’s time to get very nervous. …
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 07:18PMElaine Stritch in the original Broadway production of COMPANY. Photo by Friedman-Abeles. NYPL Digital Collections, Image ID: 58155824
In a December 1, 2021 piece inThe New York Times ab…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 07:18PMCycle of short plays will celebrate roles often underappreciated by those in positions of power
Key workers will be literally centre stage in a new cycle of nine short plays celebrating role…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:48AMMonday, February 21, 2022
Cast says drama about Theresa May and Gina Miller is ‘reflection of our times’
It feels like a lifetime since Theresa May and Gina Miller were called “bloody difficult women” during …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18AMFriday, February 11, 2022
Windsor and Maidenhead council ditches proposal after outcry from residents and objections from ex-PM
Windsor and Maidenhead council has ditched a plan to abolish arts funding after an outcr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:24PMMonday, February 7, 2022
Arthur Hughes says decision for 2022 production will allow lived experience to be ‘shown properly’
He is one of Shakespeare’s most reviled characters, distinguished by his “deformed,…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48PMTuesday, February 1, 2022
The 47th by Mike Bartlett stars Bertie Carvel as the ex-president making attempt to regain the White House
The author of an acclaimed play about the future of the monarchy has taken on the �…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:42PMWednesday, January 26, 2022
Actor uses National Theatre tribute event to talk publicly for first time about wife, who died of cancer
Damian Lewis has spoken publicly for the first time about the loss of his wife, Helen…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:12AMTheatre company’s outreach scheme casts newbies and hidden young talent for spring production of Henry VI Part 2
The Royal Shakespeare Company is taking the innovative step of casting the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:54AMThursday, January 13, 2022
Royal Shakespeare Company signs three-year agreement for productions onboard Queen Mary 2
More than 400 years after Hamlet was performed by a ship’s crew anchored off west Africa in the fi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:24PMTuesday, January 11, 2022
The Spanish dancer will step down later this year, becoming artistic director at San Francisco Ballet, where her husband is a principal
Tamara Rojo, the artistic director of English National…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:03PMMonday, January 10, 2022
When George Devine’s family discovered a Japanese battle flag among his belongings, it led to a three-year quest for answers
“I am not a man for soldiering, although I do tolerably well …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:37AMSunday, January 9, 2022
Leading dancers and directors say they find the classic costume both physically and artistically restrictive
The ballerina’s tutu remains a traditional object of desire for many young girl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:06AMSaturday, January 8, 2022
Pravesh Kumar says more diverse voices are needed to bring about creative change
Britain’s leading theatre companies must appoint more people of colour and from working-class backgrounds a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:03AMTuesday, December 14, 2021
The Lion King, Life of Pi and the National’s Hex among shows affected during crucial festive season
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West End shows including The Lion King have had to cancel…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:54PMFriday, December 10, 2021
Soul singer posts tweet lambasting people she says disrupted The Drifters Girl show in London
The soul singer Beverley Knight has lambasted raucous theatregoers who she said disrupted a perf…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24AMThursday, December 2, 2021
Betty! starring Maxine Peake views parliamentarian’s life through lens of drama group in Dewsbury village hall
She was a working-class Yorkshire girl who first took to the stage in a high-…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:36AMMonday, November 29, 2021
Natalia Osipova hopes to ‘broaden appeal’ of ballet by selling unique digital copies of performances
She is one of the world’s most acclaimed dancers, dazzling audiences with performan…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:48PMSunday, November 28, 2021
Tracy-Ann Oberman, Donna Air and Annie Lennox will perform in the one-off fundraising West End drama
Women’s experiences of domestic and sexual violence will be dramatised in a West End th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24PMMonday, November 22, 2021
Yomi Ṣode’s one-hander and Regent’s Park production of Romeo and Juliet win four awards each
A one-man play about grief and a contemporary version of a Shakespearean classic have domin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:03AMWednesday, November 17, 2021
Festival to celebrate black culture and creativity, with Lemn Sissay and Shingai as headline acts
The Lyric Hammersmith theatre is launching its first festival celebrating black talent, cul…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:36AMSaturday, November 13, 2021
Beneath the slapstick humour, venues remain anxious over fresh restrictions and lower ticket sales
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There were cheers and boo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:12PMWednesday, November 10, 2021
Arts centre had over 120 claims, including racism, investigated in external review into its operations
The Barbican centre has committed to “a radical transformation of culture and behavio…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:06AMTuesday, November 9, 2021
Diploma course will provide training in live performance and theatre production at an international standard
One of the world’s most renowned dance institutions is to offer a two-year inte…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:54PMTrilogy to mark the 50th anniversary of the Crucible will have performers sprinting between stages
Actors will simultaneously perform three plays in three theatres as part of an “ambitious…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:18AMFriday, November 5, 2021
The photographer has brought directors, door keepers and technicians out of the shadows for a special exhibition celebrating the survival of the West End
The backstage heroes of the West End…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:18AM 
