Sunday, May 8, 2016
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!
Remember last summer when The Heavens opened up and sent Tony winner and (now) five-time Tony nominee Laura Benanti to our show? Remember when I, sort of jokingly, s…
SOURCE: Buzzsprout at 12:00AMThursday, May 5, 2016
Emma Rice kicks off her Wonder season as the new artistic director of London’s Globe with a gender-swapping take on Shakespeare’s much-loved comedy about the course of true love. Guardia…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:10AMWednesday, May 4, 2016
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts has launched a new Fellows of the Jerome Robbins Dance Division program. This class of six fellows was chosen by the Committee for the Jer…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 06:49PMTuesday, May 3, 2016
A New York Times theater critic, the theater reporter and the theater editor discuss how the awards derby shapes up from here.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:52PMTo mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, we asked leading actors to perform key speeches from his plays. Here, Paterson Joseph speaks Shylock’s lines from The Merchant of Ve…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:11AMTo mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, we asked leading actors to perform key speeches from his plays. Here, Zawe Ashton speaks Jacques’s lines on the seven ages of man fr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:10AMTo mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, we asked leading actors to perform key speeches from his plays. Here, Damian Lewis performs Antony’s lines from act III, scene 2 of …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:10AMTo mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, we asked leading actors to perform key speeches from his plays. Here, Laura Carmichael speaks Portia’s lines from The Merchant of Ve…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:10AMTo mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, we asked leading actors to perform key speeches from his plays. Here, Riz Ahmed speaks Edmund’s soliloquy from the start of Act I, S…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:10AMMonday, May 2, 2016
Branagh channels Olivier, Isabelle Huppert lusts after her stepson and Ralph Fiennes gets the royal hump. Meanwhile there’s magic in the air as Harry Potter grows up – and Groundhog Day …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:38PMYou guys!!! it’s been a while since I’ve gotten butterflies before an interview, but I have to say, I was NERVOUS before meeting today’s guest, Laura Michelle Kelly. I mean, you know, …
SOURCE: Buzzsprout at 12:00AMFriday, April 29, 2016
Emmy winner and three-time Tony nominee Martha Plimpton is back! Since she was last with us, she has landed the leading role on the new hit ABC sitcom "The Real O'Neals." She has also conti…
SOURCE: Buzzsprout at 12:00AMThursday, April 28, 2016
Palo Alto Players staging a wonderful production of the classic musical
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 05:21PMTuesday, April 26, 2016
The Music Division is celebrating the completion of its Clipping File inventory (done entirely by volunteers) with a blog series. Melissa is one of the volunteers who contributed so much to …
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 04:37PMMonday, April 25, 2016
As the world commemorates the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death this year, The New York Library for the Performing Arts is doing its part by sharing with the world some of our uniqu…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 10:24PMFrom Handel’s Giulio Cesare to Donizetti’s Anna Bolena to Adams’ Nixon in China, real-life historic figures have often been the subjects of operas. The multi-talented actor, singer, co…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:50AMYou Guys! We're not going to beat around the bush here, we are OBSESSED with the new Steve Martin & Edie Brickell musical 'Bright Star.' And we are THRILLED to welcome one of the show's …
SOURCE: Buzzsprout at 12:00AMFriday, April 22, 2016
April 23 marks the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death
SOURCE: time.com at 02:00PMShakespeare’s ability to distil human nature into an elegant turn of phrase is rightly exalted – much remains vivid four centuries after his death. Less scrutiny has been given to statis…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:13AMThursday, April 21, 2016
John 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 09:10PMThere's a 'terror of not knowing if you’re actually going to accomplish what you set out to accomplish'
SOURCE: time.com at 06:01PMOn 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 03:08PMThe dark underbelly of the internet exploredDespite the fact that it’s just a couple of clicks away, most internet users have no knowledge of the existence of the darknet, the murky world …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:50AMTuesday, April 19, 2016
An Italian court last week upheld a 2014 appeal won by the dancer and ordered the theater to pay her back wages from her firing in February 2012 until she won that appeal.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:35PMMonday, April 18, 2016
I recently described today's guest, the great Danny Burstein, as a glow worm. On stage, the man, truly, is lit from within. If you've ever seen him in anything,you know what I'm talking abou…
SOURCE: Buzzsprout at 12:00AMSunday, April 17, 2016
The residue of a trademark fight hangs over the annual stage adaptation of Harper Lee’s novel in Monroeville.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:31PMSaturday, April 16, 2016
Burlesque dancer Dita Von Teese speaks to Sarfraz Manzoor about her profession. How did she get into striptease? What are her views on glamour and on artificial beauty? What does she represe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:19PMWednesday, April 13, 2016
Our play about the radicalisation of young Muslims was pulled. But the National Theatre’s is going ahead – with no censorship or police intervention. Why can’t Muslims tell their own s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:31PMTuesday, April 12, 2016
The Wilma Theater has been presenting bold, well-crafted productions for over 35 years. Learn more here.
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