Wednesday, August 6, 2025
A TRUE-CRIME RICARDIAN ROMCOM Here’s a wonderfully 1950s retro play, not just in style and simplicity but in the willowy vintage-Harrods outfits of Rachel Pickup as the willowy Marta H…
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‘You realize you’re being upstaged by an animal that’s completely unpredictable’: As the Delacorte Theater reopens, actors and others recall their favorite memories.
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Northern Sky Theater in Door County programs original musicals steeped in local history, archetypes and customs.
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LA COMMEDIA E FINITA! (oh no it’s not) The title is the first line, delivered by a furious Leoncavallo in 1893 Milan. It is a time of wild flowering in opera , old Verdi’s gr…
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The dance team of the New York Liberty, in its 20th year, makes space for dancers who are 40 and over. Their message? Dance! Live a full life.
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A WILD YOUNG PRINCE OF DENMARK IN THE DUSK Easy to forget, after decades of prestige-casting and its torrent of ringing, over-quoted lines, how much HAMLET is a play about bein…
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MUM-POLE OF THE BAILEY….? I paused overnight before writing this, to see if a bout of two-star irritation might fade. After all, lawyer-playwright Suzie Miller gave us the a…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 02:28PMAt this year’s Salzburg Festival, the German artist has designed marionettes for a troupe that usually performs “The Sound of Music.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:06AMPamela Anderson, Amber Heard and Tennessee Williams on ice are part of Jeremy O. Harris’s big tent at the famous summer festival.
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FAITH LOST, AND WAKENED This is a moody, cloudy production shot through with streaks of mad rage, deliberately unsettling. Autolycus, spirit of Time the thief and occasional narr…
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WESTMINSTER , A WILL, A WICKED WRANGLE This excellent play is the first by Shaan Sahota, a doctor by profession: but goodness, she (and the NT Studio, and director Daniel Ragget…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 07:06AMTo celebrate the shows’ golden anniversaries, the Broadway star Robyn Hurder demonstrates what makes their choreography so special.
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MEDIEVAL MODERNITY There’s a nice irony in opening, this week, a tale of an aristocratically bred heiress, seized first by evangelical Christian faith and then by a charismatic man, re…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 01:06PMAfter 29 years, the American Ballet Theater principal bids farewell with “Swan Lake.” It’s demanding. But she’s got this.
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The Berkshires mainstay is trying something different this season: just three weekends, but eight shows, including two Tennessee Williams plays and even ice dancing.
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In this episode, Hayley and Amy talk with actor, singer, dancer, and
creator J. Harrison Ghee about the transformative journey of freeing
yourself to see yourself, spreading the ministry…
SOURCE: www.womenandtheatre.com at 06:00PMFriday, July 11, 2025
Swing and Lindy Hop, dance forms created by Black Americans in the 1920s and ’30s, are flowering in Korea. New York will get a taste in a mini festival.
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SMOOTH AS VELVET, SHOT WITH GILT AND GUILT Ahhh I do love a well-made play from the 1920s (remember The Deep Blue Sea , just lately!). This one too deals with adultery and hidden pain…
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GRACE PERVADES Theatre Royal Bath Theatre is fond of sending itself love letters, albeit – from Sheridan’s The Critic to Frayn’s Noises Off – often prudently laced…
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In this episode, Hayley and Amy talk with director, choreographer,
producer, and creator Tanya Birl-Torres about tripping and falling into a
theatrical career, drawing inspiration from c…
SOURCE: www.womenandtheatre.com at 06:00PMSam Edmunds hopes to help young people with his play The Chaos That Has Been and Will No Doubt Return
Growing up in Luton in the late 90s and early 00s, the playwright Sam Edmunds witnessed …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:36AMTuesday, July 1, 2025
In this episode, Hayley and Amy discuss funding shifts in the arts in 2025.
We get ourselves up to date on what’s been happening with the National
Endowment for the Arts, chat about al…
SOURCE: www.womenandtheatre.com at 06:00PMA sought-after textile artist applies a can-do spirit from her artsy childhood in a Swedish commune to creating animal costume heads for performers. They cost from $2,500 to $3,500.
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Jordan Roth owned five Broadway theaters and produced a string of hits. Now he’s pivoting to performance.
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In this episode, Hayley and Amy talk with composer and music director
Deborah Wicks La Puma about the critical importance of Theatre for Young
Audiences (TYA), championing women musician…
SOURCE: www.womenandtheatre.com at 06:00PMMonday, June 23, 2025
“This is our way of reoccupying the Kennedy Center,” said Jeffrey Seller of “Hamilton,” who was asked to stage the invite-only concert hosted by five senators.
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In 1992 letter, Mustapha Matura warned of risk to Ladbroke Grove, home to strong Caribbean creative community
A groundbreaking Trinidadian-British playwright who paved the way for modern Bla…
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In this episode, Hayley and Amy talk with puppeteer and puppetry advocate
Julia Schemmer about keeping the art form of theatrical puppetry visible
and vibrant, the importance of apprenti…
SOURCE: www.womenandtheatre.com at 06:00PMPaying audiences divided over staging in which they get live feed of Rachel Zegler singing from balcony to passersby
Jamie Lloyd’s production of Evita has been referred to as the hottest t…
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Our critics picked 10 performances that have offered a robust alternative to the here and now with a tonic of beauty, rage and wisdom.
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