Wednesday, July 15, 2020
Across 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 04:41PMRoy Williams’ 846, a collection of audio plays, will be performed at Greenwich+Docklands festival
Artists need to engage in “creative activism” to help combat racism, according to the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:18PMMonday, July 13, 2020
Artists 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 04:03AMThursday, July 9, 2020
Horse 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 02:54AMWednesday, July 8, 2020
Our critics discuss the last four months, which thanks to Zoom (and Meryl Streep) have been full of experimentation and playfulness.
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Tony-nominated actor spent more than 90 days in hospital and had his right leg amputated
The Tony award-nominated Broadway actor Nick Cordero, who starred in hit musicals including Waitress…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:48AMSunday, July 5, 2020
Interviews to be turned into series of short plays to ensure contributions are not forgotten
A series of short plays will tell the story of the Covid-19 crisis from the perspective of black …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:12PMTuesday, June 30, 2020
Moment of Grace revisits princess’s boundary-breaking visit to UK’s first Aids ward
The prejudice that has affected some communities during the Covid-19 pandemic is akin to that faced by…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:54AMThursday, June 25, 2020
JUST AS MAGICAL REMOTELY Is stuff magical only because it can’t be explained? Perhaps it’s more than just the absence of logic, probability, or reason. There’s a presence too: Magic ev…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:46PMFriday, June 19, 2020
Holm gained a supporting-actor Oscar nomination for portraying pioneering athletics coach Sam Mussabini in the hit 1982 film “Chariots of Fire.”
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 03:40PMAcclaimed actor whose dazzling career included memorable roles in Alien, Chariots of Fire and The Lord of the Rings
Ian Holm, who has died aged 88, was a brilliant actor in all media whose c…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:48AMThursday, June 18, 2020
Many on freelance PAYE contracts are desperate, surviving lockdown on handouts and savings
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Freelance workers in the UK’s c…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:42AMWednesday, June 17, 2020
Exclusive: almost 100 leading creative figures sign letter calling for government action to prevent demise of sector
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:54PMFriday, June 12, 2020
From 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 07:03PMWednesday, June 10, 2020
A playwright, a director, an artistic director and an actor share their experiences — and prescriptions for change.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:24PMTuesday, June 9, 2020
Every 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 05:03AMMonday, June 8, 2020
Survey says increasing reliance on box office sales left arts exposed during Covid-19 crisis
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British arts institutions have …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:06AMThursday, June 4, 2020
Our 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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Play will incorporate face masks and physical distancing into its immersive staging
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A vastly reduced capacity and masks that…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24PMArts groups scramble after the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts reneges on grants for operating expenses.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 07:01AMMonday, June 1, 2020
The musical’s world tour, now in Seoul, weathered a cast outbreak to become perhaps the only major show running. Can theater learn from its example?
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:18PMSunday, May 31, 2020
Czech theater companies couldn’t perform onstage during the early phases of the pandemic. So they took over a parking lot.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:48AMWednesday, May 27, 2020
The playwright, author and activist Larry Kramer has died aged 84 after a storied life. Kramer wrote the groundbreaking play The Normal Heart and worked tirelessly to assist those with HIV/A…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:42PMMonday, May 25, 2020
Project including monologues will be shown on Zoom to help expose ‘hidden problem’ in UK
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A series of plays and monologue…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:06PMSunday, May 24, 2020
Uncertainty about the coronavirus and the challenge of protecting audiences and artists is prompting many prominent presenters to wait till next year.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:32PMFriday, May 22, 2020
One of Italy’s famed family-owned circuses has been sitting out the coronavirus pandemic in a field outside Rome.
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Arts venue has lost 75% of its income because of coronavirus crisis
The National Theatre has warned it will have to make significant numbers of staff redundant unless it receives additional …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:42PMWednesday, May 20, 2020
£700,000 loss forces landmark theatre to cancel entire 2020 programme in hope of emerging renewed next spring – and staving off financial fate of other venues
The Royal Lyceum theatre in …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:54PMThursday, May 14, 2020
By trans-Atlantic email, Patti LuPone and the Broadway director Marianne Elliott talk fear, sadness, camaraderie and the ethics of buying eggs from a Trump supporter.
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In a sign of the pandemic’s toll, New York’s cultural institutions, large and small, feel compelled to share their woes and tactics in strategy sessions.
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