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Tuesday, September 28, 2021

‘You’re in a new world’: refugee actors share their journey on stage by Nadia Khomami Arts and Culture Correspondent

A new play touring England uses beds to reflect on experiences of former unaccompanied minors For most people, bed is a place of comfort, somewhere to recline and switch off. For others, it …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:18AM
Monday, September 27, 2021

‘Tony Awards Present: Broadway’s Back’ Crash To All-Time Low Viewership Of 2.6M ; Nail-Biter NFL Packers–49ers Game Triumphs Sunday In Early R by Alexandra Del Rosario and Dominic Patten

The performance-rich The Tony Awards Present: Broadways’ Back ceremony snagged a mere 2.62 million viewers, according to Nielsen time zone-adjusted data. That marks the worst result ever f…

SOURCE: Deadline at 08:26PM

For a Broadway Torn by a Pandemic, a Split-Personalities Tonys by Jesse Green, Elisabeth Vincentelli and James Poniewozik

The streaming part of the ceremony actually did a better job conveying the electricity of being in a theater than the CBS special billed as “Broadway’s Back!”

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:18PM

Leslie Odom Jr. Hosted the Tony Awards by LIVE with Kelly and Ryan

Leslie Odom Jr. talks about getting on stage again to host the Tony Awards. Subscribe: https://bit.ly/2HFUeAK Website: https://kellyandryan.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LiveKel…

SOURCE: YouTube at 11:53AM

The Best and Worst Moments of the Tony Awards by Jesse Green, Stella Bugbee, Maya Salam, Sarah Bahr and Nancy Coleman

Despite an evening split between streaming and TV, the message on Sunday night was clear: Broadway is back.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:42AM
Thursday, September 23, 2021

Saoirse Ronan says Kim and Kanye inspired Almeida Macbeth roles by Nadia Khomami Arts and Culture Correspondent

‘Modern power couple’ Kardashian and West were helpful in interpreting Macbeths, says actor The four-time Oscar nominee Saoirse Ronan and the Mare of Easttown’s James McArdle have sa…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:06AM
Wednesday, September 22, 2021

Dulé Hill Got His Start on Broadway at Age 9 by LIVE with Kelly and Ryan

Dulé Hill talks about how he started performing at the age of 9. #DuleHill #LWKR #KellyandRyan #TheWonderYears Subscribe: https://bit.ly/2HFUeAK Website: https://kellyandryan.com/ Face…

SOURCE: YouTube at 12:54PM

RELATIVELY SPEAKING Jermyn St Theatre WC2 by Libby Purves and Friends

A POCKET JEWEL      We always knew that among the first sproutings of recovery would be a few Alan Ayckbourns, popping up as welcome as snowdrops.  I am always fond of this early one,  …

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 11:40AM
Tuesday, September 21, 2021

BLITHE SPIRIT Harold Pinter Theatre SW1 by Libby Purves and Friends

AN ARCATI MORE THAN MEDIUM I once took a student nephew to this Coward masterpiece, and the thrill for me was that he didn’t know there was a g—–. Until there was. Therefore for a risi…

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 06:34PM

Bicycle Diaries: Cruising With the ‘American Utopia’ Family by Melena Ryzik and Cole Wilson

Our intrepid reporter and photographer biked through Queens with David Byrne and some of his castmates ahead of their return to Broadway. Then the skies opened up.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:42PM
Monday, September 20, 2021

Finally! Get ready for a new season of culture by Presented By Nosheen Iqbal With Arifa Akbar, Ammar Kalia and Ben Beaumont-Thomas; Produced By Hannah Moore and Axel Kacoutié; Executive Producers Phil Maynard and Archie Bland

New albums, new TV series, and actual live shows – the culture taps might have run dry during the pandemic, but this autumn they are switching on again at last. Our critics give their pick…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:24AM
Friday, September 17, 2021

Driving Ms Margolyes – A hilarious road trip through Europe in lockdown by Lucy Darwin, Noah Anderson, Annabel Kipnis, Elmaz Ekrem, Tony Sage, Phoebe Clothier, Noah Payne-Frank, Joseph Pierce and Charlie Phillips

At the height of Europe’s spring Covid wave in 2021, the filmmaker Lucy Darwin offered to drive the actor and national treasure Miriam Margolyes from her home in Italy to London so that sh…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:06AM
Thursday, September 16, 2021

THE LODGER Coronet, W11 by Libby Purves and Friends

A SHAGGY-DOG TALE IN CRUMBLING SPLENDOUR        Sometimes the building upstages the play. I had not explored the late-Victorian, half-restored  glory of the Coronet before,  and my fir…

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 09:15AM

How 5 Broadway Shows Restored Their Signature Effects by Michael Paulson and Justin J Wee

How five big returning shows, including “The Phantom of the Opera” and “Moulin Rouge!,” have retuned, restored and restarted their signature effects.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:06AM
Wednesday, September 15, 2021

INDECENT Menier, SE1 by Libby Purves and Friends

AN EPIC OF PASSION AND PERFORMANCE         Here is life, history,  theatrical passion, great migrations and  lyrical romance in the rain.  Here’s anger and humour and love and desp…

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 05:22AM
Tuesday, September 14, 2021

Gwen Verdon, Bob Fosse’s Wife, Gets Her Due This Fall by Gia Kourlas and Josefina Santos

Gwen Verdon gets her due at the Fall for Dance Festival with “Sweet Gwen Suite,” a reimagining of three works made for TV in the late 1960s.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:00AM

How Indonesian Young Creative Workers in Yogyakarta Stay Productive Amid the Pandemic by Oki Rahadianto Sutopo, Annisa R Beta, Arian Utomo, Gregorius Ragil Wibawanto, and Novi Kurnia

Danastri Rizqi Nabilah, a filmmaker from Yogyakarta – a city in Indonesia known for its education and art – has no choice but to sell snacks after losing up to 40% of her income during t…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 02:19AM
Monday, September 13, 2021

Curtains Up! How Broadway Is Coming Back From Its Longest Shutdown. by Michael Paulson and Mark Sommerfeld

Determined to reopen, crews are dusting off spotlights, dancers are relearning steps, and everyone is testing, testing, testing as theater seeks to rebound from the devastating pandemic.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:18PM

Peek behind the scenes as some Seattle performing arts groups prepare for fall 2021 — their first in-person shows in over a year by Crystal Paul and Moira Macdonald

After months of canceling shows, finally, some Seattle-area performing-arts groups are welcoming in-person audiences this fall. Three artists show us what it takes to bring stages back to li…

SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 09:00AM
Friday, September 10, 2021

THE MEMORY OF WATER Hampstead Theatre NW3 by Libby Purves and Friends

A HISTORIC HIT BACK, BETTER THAN EVER      This portrait of three bickering sisters, trading memories and revelations  in the days before a mother’s funeral in a snowy Yorkshire winter…

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 04:34AM
Thursday, September 9, 2021

BIG BIG SKY Hampstead Theatre by Libby Purves and Friends

LOVE, GRIEF, AND A BRAD PITT ALBATROSS   With loving detail, right down a glimpse of coat-racks beyond the far door,  the downstairs studio serving Tom Wells’ new play has become  a rem…

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 01:28PM
Wednesday, September 8, 2021

FROZEN the musical         Theatre Royal Drury Lane. WC2 by Libby Purves and Friends

ICE WORK IF YOU GET IT…        Phew. The Broadway-rooted, Disneylicious,  long-awaited red-carpet premiere night featured (of course) an ice -blue carpet.  And  the throng bursting …

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 06:30PM
Tuesday, August 31, 2021

They Finally Get to Dance on Broadway by Laura Collins-Hughes and Erik Tanner

These young dancers have Broadway debuts in store when the industry reopens. Some of them have been waiting more than a year to show their stuff.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:32AM
Monday, August 30, 2021

Giant Puppet of Syrian Refugee Angers Some on Walk Through Greece by Niki Kitsantonis and Alex Marshall

“Little Amal” is on a 5,000-mile journey from Turkey to Britain to highlight the plight of Syrian refugees. But in Greece, some have objected to her presence, saying it could encourage m…

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:18PM

SYD touring by Libby Purves and Friends

ARTHUR SMITH CONJURES UP HIS DAD     These days our Arfur comes complete with an overture!  It takes the form of Kirsty Newton at the piano (artfully disguised as an upright 1940’s pub-…

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 12:30PM
Thursday, August 26, 2021

CINDERELLA Gillian Lynne Theatre, WC2 by Libby Purves and Friends

THEATRE’S FAIRY GODFATHER DOES IT AGAIN We needed this. The return of the big classic shows to packed houses  in the Barbican, Chichester and Sadlers Wells has been invigorating, but Lloy…

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 05:52AM

Hamlet, Cabaret and a fistful of Romeos: the best theatre, comedy and dance of autumn 2021 by Arifa Akbar, Brian Logan and Lyndsey Winship

Cush Jumbo tackles the troubled prince, Jessie Buckley and Eddie Redmayne head for 30s Berlin, while standup favourites and dance spectaculars burst back on the stage Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:12AM

Together We Go On: A 36 Hour Non-Stop Festival on 28th and 29th August by Tom Willems and Tomas Leijen

  The International Drama/Theatre and Education Association (IDEA) is organizing the Together We Go On Festival on 28th and 29th August, a 36 hour non-stop theatre experience that will show…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 12:51AM
Wednesday, August 25, 2021

THIS BEAUTIFUL FUTURE    Jermyn St Theatre, WC2 by Libby Purves and Friends

      Occupied France, 1944.  Two teenagers newly in love meet in an empty house.   Elodie is French,  Otto a German soldier.  They are both endearing and annoying, as befits their ag…

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 11:00AM

OPERATION MINCEMEAT Southwark Playhouse SE1 by Libby Purves and Friends

NOT A REVIEW BUT MIGHT SEND YOU THERE… Take this as a report not a review, because actual work commitments made me skip at the interval.  But I was persuaded to the long 70 minute first h…

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 10:12AM
Tuesday, August 17, 2021

BASKERVILLE Mercury, Colchester by Libby Purves and Friends

          This  is the Mercury rising, rebuilt over two years with a cool café and dance studio, modern eco-glazing and, to respect the town’s history,  a solemn archaeological dis…

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 12:29PM