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Monday, January 16, 2023

Alvin Ailey Dance Theater Performance by LIVE with Kelly and Ryan

Members of the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater perform to "Wade in the Water" Subscribe: https://bit.ly/2HFUeAK Website: https://kellyandryan.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LiveKellyan…

SOURCE: YouTube at 12:15PM
Friday, January 13, 2023

At Under the Radar, Stories Unfold via Sexts, Tweets and Puppeteers by Jesse Green, Laura Collins-Hughes and Alexis Soloski

The Public Theater’s experimental theater festival is back in person for the first time since 2020. Here, our critics review a handful of the works on display.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:02PM
Sunday, January 8, 2023

‘It’s my Mousetrap’: Michael Frayn on Noises Off, a farce to be reckoned with by Vanessa Thorpe Arts and Media Correspondent

The 1982 play stills pulls in crowds from Broadway to Helsinki, and is now returning to the West End for a fifth time. ‘I just can’t understand it,’ says its creator The arrival of a…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:00AM
Monday, January 2, 2023

Colin Quinn Shares What His Off-Broadway Show “Small Talk” Will Be About by LIVE with Kelly and Ryan

Colin Quinn talks about his off Broadway show "Small Talk" and what your browser history reveals about you. Subscribe: https://bit.ly/2HFUeAK Website: https://kellyandryan.com/ Facebook: …

SOURCE: YouTube at 01:27PM
Sunday, January 1, 2023

The best theatre to see in 2023, from A Little Life to The Pillowman by Culture Staff,jessie Thompson and Isobel Lewis

‘A Little Life’ comes to the stage, Sheridan Smith and Lily Allen return to the West End, and ‘The Merchant of Venice’ is transported to 1930s Cable Street – we bring you our guid…

SOURCE: The Independent at 03:08AM
Saturday, December 31, 2022

The anti-hibernation culture guide: something to enjoy for every day in January by Rachel Aroesti, Catherine Bray, Andrew Clements, John Fordham, Miriam Gillinson, Jonathan Jones and Lyndsey Winship

You can spend the next few weeks under the duvet and in front of the telly, or enjoy world-class art, theatre, music, film and standup – here’s an event for each of the next 31 days MUSI…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06AM
Friday, December 30, 2022

A Cop Called Coco, an Actor Named Mani, a Quebecer Exploring Quebec by Norimitsu Onishi and Renaud Philippe

When Mani Soleymanlou began acting, he was offered roles as stereotypical outsiders. That he now stars as a cop named Coco is indicative of broader shifts in a changing Quebec.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:24AM
Monday, December 26, 2022

The best theatre, dance and comedy tickets to book for 2023 by Arifa Akbar, Lyndsey Winship and Brian Logan

Danny Boyle’s Matrix-inspired spectacular opens in Manchester, Succession star Brian Cox returns to the stage and standups Maisie Adam, Guz Khan and Catherine Cohen are on tour More from t…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:48AM
Friday, December 23, 2022

MANDELA Young Vic SE1 by Libby Purves and Friends

A TALE FOR ALL TIMES   The story of Nelson Mandela has become almost a folktale: imprisoned for 27 years for campaigning against the hideous “apartheid” regime which kept  the black ma…

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 07:42AM
Monday, December 19, 2022

Jodie Comer, a gen-Z Elle Woods and a giant swimming pool: The best theatre of 2022, ranked by Jessie Thompson,isobel Lewis,nicole Vassell and Annabel Nugent

The Independent’s theatre critics have chosen their top stage shows of 2022, a year in which fresh new writing and charming musicals reigned supreme

SOURCE: The Independent at 02:42AM
Sunday, December 18, 2022

MOTHER GOOSE Duke of York’s Theatre WC! & touring by Libby Purves and Friends

THIS DAME HAS A WHOLE LOT BEHIND HIM       I last saw Sir Ian McKellen onstage  as Lear,   missed him as the oldest Hamlet ever,   but far longer ago saw him in a frock at the … Cont…

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 07:15AM
Friday, December 16, 2022

THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS Avenue Theatre, Ipswich by Libby Purves and Friends

BREEZILY BLOWING IN FROM 1908, FRESH AS EVER      In Mole End on Christmas Eve,in a burrow cosy with domestic detail  they’re breaking out the beer and sardines and reminiscing about t…

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 06:34PM

The best dance of 2022 by Lyndsey Winship and Sanjoy Roy

Exhilarating highlights this year ranged from tech-savvy ballet and a juggling celebration of Merce Cunningham to a daring flamenco Rite of Spring • More of the best culture of 2022 When S…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18AM
Thursday, December 15, 2022

The Best (and Worst) Theater in Europe in 2022 by Matt Wolf, Laura Cappelle and A.j. Goldmann

The Times’s three European theater critics pick their favorite productions of the year — plus a turkey apiece for the festive season.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:18AM
Wednesday, December 14, 2022

How Cambodian women are using theatre to speak out against domestic abuse by Fiona Kelliher, Yut You and Pogn Sorphorn In Battambang

One in five women in Cambodia report experiencing domestic abuse – now a theatre group in Battambang is producing shows that help survivors talk about what is still a taboo subject Chenda …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:54AM

‘Ticket Bank’ to offer free access to London theatre shows by Harriet Sherwood Arts and Culture Correspondent

Scheme will make 1,000 tickets available every week to those who cannot afford to pay for cultural activities Unsold theatre tickets are to be given to people struggling with the cost of liv…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:54AM
Tuesday, December 13, 2022

SONS OF THE PROPHET Hampstead Theatre NW3 by Libby Purves and Friends

A TRAGICOMIC BEAUTY     Hard to express how much I loved Stephen Karam’s play. Maybe it just hit the right moment:  yomped through freezing night, strikes and ‘severe delays” readi…

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 06:31AM
Monday, December 12, 2022

Best Arts Photos of 2022 by Marysa Greenawalt, Laura O’neill, Jolie Ruben, Elena Noel Santos and Amanda Webster

These are the images that defined a remarkable time across the worlds of art, music, dance and performance.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:06AM
Sunday, December 11, 2022

NEWSIES Troubadour, Wembley Park by Libby Purves and Friends

THE MOST ENJOYABLE STRIKE YOU’LL SEE THIS CHRISTMAS     I love it when the theatre perfectly fits the show.  Artists can overcome a wrong space, but there’s gleeful concord when it su…

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 05:16AM
Friday, December 9, 2022

HEX Olivier, SE1 by Libby Purves and Friends

FREUDIAN ISUES IN FAIRYLAND      Everyone’s got mental health  issues in HEX:  which is the Sleeping Beauty story extended to the troublesome folk-tale aftermath.   The tousled Fairy…

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 09:04AM
Wednesday, December 7, 2022

Hampstead theatre director quits after Arts Council 100% funding cut by Harriet Sherwood Arts and Culture Correspondent

The London venue known for nurturing Mike Leigh, Harold Pinter, Hanif Kureishi and Abi Morgan ‘can no longer continue solely as a new writing theatre’, says outgoing artistic director Ro…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:18PM
Monday, December 5, 2022

ORLANDO Garrick Theatre WC2 by Libby Purves and Friends

A PACK OF WOOLFS PROWL ROUND THE GENDER-BEND   One bespectacled, anxious-looking Virginia Woolf in a sensible brown skirt and dreary cardigan is never enough,  so Michael Grandage’s prod…

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 05:49PM
Friday, December 2, 2022

OTHELLO. Lyttelton, SE1 by Libby Purves and Friends

A COLD ANGRY CRUSHING SYSTEM        It’s a cold unadorned monochrome scene: courts, brawls and bedchamber all framed on three sides by vast looming tiered steps and a high flat parapet…

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 12:59PM

BEST OF ENEMIES. Noel Coward Theatre WC1 by Libby Purves and Friends

UP WEST, IT LOSES NOTHING…STILL A FIERCE TREAT Leaving the former Young Vic production a lad far too young to remember 1968 said sadly to me “It was the beginning of Now, wasn’t it?”…

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 12:58PM

Courtroom Drama: New Legal Battle Over ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ by Michael Paulson and Alexandra Alter

Three years ago a new Broadway play based on the classic Harper Lee novel tried to prevent regional stagings of an earlier dramatization. Now, the roles are reversed.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:06AM

Bridgerton’s Adjoa Andoh to explore societal prejudices by playing Richard III by Nadia Khomami Arts and Culture Correspondent

Bridgerton actor, who will also direct the production, says she wants to talk about ‘body pathologising’ Was Richard III inherently evil? Or was he othered, excluded and pathologised bec…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:42AM

Here Are the Best Dance Performances of 2022 by Gia Kourlas, Brian Seibert and Siobhan Burke

After a few slow, sad years, the dance calendar returned to something like abundance, with standout shows that leaned into joy and community.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:00AM
Thursday, December 1, 2022

Common's Broadway Debut by LIVE with Kelly and Ryan

Common talks about his first Broadway show, "Between Riverside and Crazy," and what he enjoys about being on stage. Subscribe: https://bit.ly/2HFUeAK Website: https://kellyandryan.com/ Fa…

SOURCE: YouTube at 12:00PM
Wednesday, November 30, 2022

THE WIND IN THE WILTONS.        Wiltons Music Hall, E1 by Libby Purves and Friends

A GLORIOUS DOWNSTREAM WILLOWS FOR OUR AGE You won’t see a prettier, more refreshing or  sustainable stage this Christmas:  natural colours, riverbank rushes, a bare tree (which will have…

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 07:02PM
Tuesday, November 29, 2022

Can This Man Stop Lying? by Ellen Barry and Dave Sanders

Christopher Massimine, whose compulsive lying derailed a promising career in theater, maintains that it’s a mental illness that has dogged him since childhood.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:06AM
Sunday, November 27, 2022

A SHERLOCK CAROL Marylebone Theatre NW1 by Libby Purves and Friends

CELEBRATORY, MY DEAR WATSON  I had come from the magnificent Old Vic Christmas Carol, where once again with mince pies,  bells and lanterns and Dickensian cheer and a message about how poo…

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 08:47AM

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