Monday, July 25, 2016
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Poverty, street violence, guns, drugs, working-class whites blaming Hispanic immigrants for their financial woes, mistrust of the police—is this an article in last week’s newspaper? It c…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:04PMFriday, July 22, 2016
SURPRISE EPISODE! Happy Friday, Theater People! We're so excited to bring you this mini bonus episode featuring Broadway powerhouses Emily Skinner and Alice Ripley! Alice and Emily first met…
SOURCE: Buzzsprout at 12:00AMThursday, July 21, 2016
Tom Walker, creator of Jonathan Pie, says it’s now time to move on from the channel that made his name Jonathan Pie, the fictional television reporter who is regularly pushed to the edge o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:01PMWednesday, July 20, 2016
You guys, I just have to go ahead and admit it, I have a full on Broadway crush on today’s guest, THREE time Tony nominee, Christopher Fitzgerald. I know, I know, I know, it’s probably i…
SOURCE: Buzzsprout at 12:00AMThursday, July 14, 2016
Former Home Office minister takes on brief including the BBC, press regulation, and the future of Channel 4 Home Office minister Karen Bradley has been named as the new culture secretary in …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:26PMTuesday, July 12, 2016
Record numbers of people in Britain now see themselves as transgender. But does the way transgender people are represented on stage and on screen reflect reality? Jenny Kleeman meets trans a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:29AMMonday, July 11, 2016
The Dance Division has over forty-five original costume designs by artist and designer Boris Anisfeld. We are thrilled that we have been given permission to digitize the designs and include …
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 03:39PMYou guys, I’m SO excited to share our interview with Tony winner James Monroe Igleheart with you today. This guy is so smart and warm and funny, I could have talked to him for hours. He ma…
SOURCE: Buzzsprout at 12:00AMSaturday, July 9, 2016
Imagine, if you can, that it is July 2017 and Donald J. Trump has been elected as the 45th President of the United States. While some of you might find that prospect wonderful and others ho…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:36AMWednesday, July 6, 2016
Some new blood will soon be in the room where it happens: Brandon Victor Dixon, Lexi Lawson, and Michael Luwoye are joining the cast of Broadway's Hamilton in the roles of Aaron Burr, Hamilt…
SOURCE: Vulture at 01:39PMBrandon Victor Dixon and Lexi Lawson are taking over roles in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony award-winning showThe ground-breaking American stage musical Hamilton, winner of 11 Tony awards and …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:22PMTuesday, July 5, 2016
New York City Ballet rehearsal of "Dim Lustre" with Patricia McBride and Antony Tudor, choreography by Antony Tudor. Image ID: swope_1209509
As the new Oral History Assistant, I have observ…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 01:16PMQueens of Syria, an adaptation of Euripides’ antiwar tragedy The Trojan Women, will visit London, Liverpool and EdinburghFor Sham, who fled Syria with her family, life in Damascus before t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:43PMMonday, July 4, 2016
On March 21, 2016, the Library for the Performing Arts (LPA) debuted Archives of Sound, an interactive audio installation inspired by collections in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of R…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 12:34AMJohn Street Theatre, NYC, c. 1791. Image ID: 1650651
A guest post on the research that informed the earliest material in Shakespeare's Star Turn in America, by volunteer (and former intern)…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 12:34AMSaturday, July 2, 2016
Bafta award-winning writer of The Royle Family died at home in Manchester after suffering from cancer, says publicist Caroline Aherne, the award-winning actor and comedian, has died at the a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:23PMThursday, June 30, 2016
A naked male model screaming about Donald Trump and taunting police atop the red TKTS staircase at Duffy Square jumped to the pavement as officers tried to apprehend him Thursday morning.
SOURCE: www.dnainfo.com at 03:30PMWednesday, June 29, 2016
How Tony Kushner’s play became the defining work of American art of the past 25 years.
SOURCE: Slate at 08:23PMTuesday, June 28, 2016
The Jerome Robbins Dance Division is pleased to announce that the Ted Shawn papers, Additions is now open for research.
This material was donated to the Library in 1992 by the John Ch…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 11:14PMMonday, June 27, 2016
YOU GUYS!! The day has finally arrived! We are SO thrilled to share this hilarious and heart warming interview with Betsy Wolfe with all of you!
Betsy made her Broadway debut in the 2007 …
SOURCE: Buzzsprout at 12:00AMFriday, June 24, 2016
A guest blog by volunteer and former intern Emma Winter Zeig
Photograph taken by the author.
Before a television ad sells a product to the consumer, the company behind the product has …
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 03:46PMHow do you make fun of someone who always makes fun of himself? Well, last night, Roastmaster Bob Saget and The Kennedy Center’s District of Comedy Festival managed to do just that, roasti…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:39PMThursday, June 23, 2016
Leonard Bernstein's hostility towards writer of musical's book almost halted project, newly released correspondence revealsIt is regularly judged one of the best musicals of all time, yet We…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:32PMThe sold-out hit Broadway musical gets a cast shakeup after three leads leave next month – but an upcoming PBS film will give fans a taste of the original castTime has nearly run out to se…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:25PMMonday, June 20, 2016
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Anti-Prom 2016 was a great success. The outfits designed by the High School of Fashion Industries were beautiful interpretations of t…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 02:58PMTheater People! I'm STILL in a state of shock that the Tony winning powerhouse that is Alice Ripley agreed to sit down for an interview with me! I was SO nervous--I stammered like a fool and…
SOURCE: Buzzsprout at 12:00AMSunday, June 12, 2016
Deaf West’s innovative new version of the controversial musical is performed by a cast including many deaf actors using ASL – but does it work for deaf people?It’s one of the most buzz…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:08PMThe 70th annual Tony awards begins at 8pm ET live from the Beacon Theater in New York City. This year’s show will be dedicated to the victims of Orlando shooting 12.35am BST Need a quick …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:50PM 
