Friday, November 25, 2022
KeyComp could make it possible for a single synthesizer player to replicate the sound of a large orchestra with unprecedented flexibility.
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 07:00AMThough smaller and less glitzy than extravaganzas of years past, “Dream Big” is a brisk, welcoming, back-to-basics experience brimming with pizazz.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:32AMThursday, November 24, 2022
Artistic director of English National Ballet decries Arts Council England move to divert money from capital
One of the ballet world’s biggest stars has accused Arts Council England of “s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:54AMIn New York City Ballet’s production this year, the children, most of them new to the show, are back to normal. Pint-size, that is.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:00AMWednesday, November 23, 2022
CLEVER, CLOWNING, CLASSIC What could be more seasonal than Flaubert’s tale of wifely frustration, romantic illusions, disastrous adulteries and ruinous shopaholic debt? This adapt…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 03:57AMTuesday, November 22, 2022
Actor joins demonstration over plans to slash £50m from arts bodies in London as part of levelling-up agenda
Recent cuts to arts funding are part of “an agenda of cultural vandalism” th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:18PMMonday, November 21, 2022
New Earth Theatre said ‘damaging tropes, misogyny and racism’ in show contradict its values
A touring theatre company has pulled a play from the Sheffield Crucible because of the venue�…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36PMThe choreographer Katja Heitmann collects people’s habits and mannerisms — how they walk, stand, kiss, sleep and fidget — for her ongoing dance project.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:00AMFriday, November 18, 2022
Tituss Burgess talks about writing a musical based on the Whitney Houston movie "The Preacher's Wife."
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SOURCE: YouTube at 12:06PMIn our final set of case studies exploring the impact of Arts Council England’s new funding round, we speak to Ballet Black, Disability Arts Online and Camden Art Centre
Thrilled, relieved…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:18AMThursday, November 17, 2022
Leading names of British theatre and film criticise decision not to give Churchill award because of her support for Palestinian rights
Some of the leading names of British theatre and film h…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36AMWednesday, November 16, 2022
A DAUGHTER OF DISREPUTE 1893, and here’s George Bernard Shaw passing the Bechdel Test with flying colours by centring the action on two women at odds , with surrounding men remarkably d…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 05:28PMJessica Chastain announces her upcoming Broadway role in "A Doll's House" which was delayed by the pandemic.
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SOURCE: YouTube at 12:58PMIn our third set of case studies exploring the impact of Arts Council England’s new funding round, we hear from Eclipse in Leeds, Oldham Coliseum and Hexham’s Bloodaxe Books
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:48AMPURE PLEASURE AT HER MAJESTY’S It seemed worth the money – these were not press tickets – to check out how good old Fanty is getting on after 36 years at Her Majesty’s The…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 06:21AMTuesday, November 15, 2022
DRUNKENNESS AND THE DARK The studio at Hampstead has been on a roll recently, with intelligent and emotionally honest plays : FOLK, RAVENSCOURT, THE ANIMAL KINGDOM et al. It nurt…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 04:00AMMonday, November 14, 2022
In our second set of case studies exploring the impact of Arts Council England’s new funding decisions, we hear from Balbir Singh Dance Company, Britten Sinfonia and Little Bulb
Organisati…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:54AMSaturday, November 12, 2022
On one downtown Berkeley block, phở is both dinner and theater for two Chronicle critics.
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 02:07PMXander Parish, who fled St Petersburg in March, talks about his performance this weekend with Russian and Ukrainian artistes
When the dancer Xander Parish made his return to the London stage…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:24PMThursday, November 10, 2022
In the first of a series of case studies exploring the impact of Arts Council England’s new funding decisions, we consider the view from the Watermill theatre, Welsh National Opera and Pai…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36AMTuesday, November 8, 2022
Adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s novel will premiere at Swan theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon in April
A stage production of a poignant novel about the death of William Shakespeare’s son…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:03AMFriday, November 4, 2022
English National Opera to create new base, possibly in Manchester, but will still manage Coliseum
The English National Opera, one of the country’s cultural flagships, is to relocate outsid…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:24PMFor American Jews, this fall has become increasingly worrisome. On Thursday alone, the F.B.I. warned of threats to New Jersey synagogues and the Nets suspended Kyrie Irving.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:18AMThursday, November 3, 2022
THE IMPORTANCE OF NOT BEING TOO TRADITIONAL ABOUT IT This cheerfully exuberant rendering of Oscar Wilde’s witty rom-com is also a sort of political act. In the foyer a gorgeous selection…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 07:34AMMonday, October 31, 2022
ABDUCTION, ASSAULT, ABDICATION For four hundred years the reputation of Mary, Queen of Scots, has been battled over: she has been called victim and whore, murderess and heroine, flight…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 07:39PMFriday, October 28, 2022
Martinez, once a member of the company’s troupe and a former leader of the National Dance Company of Spain, will take up the position in December.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:24AMWednesday, October 26, 2022
WHEN THEY PUT THE FUN – AND THE FUNDS – INTO FUNDAMENTALISM.. Rarely in the history of Islington playgoing have so many first-nighters whooped so enthusiastically at Gospe…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 07:00PMSunday, October 23, 2022
Many in the UK’s creative sector are being hit hard by rising fuel costs and reluctant audiences
When Sarah Munro was first appointed director of one of Britain’s biggest art galleries, …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:55PMDivina de Campo starred in revival of Hedwig and the Angry Inch at Leeds Playhouse
A star of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK has picked up a leading theatre award for her performance as an East Germ…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:33PMSaturday, October 22, 2022
DODD-LEVEL HAPPINESS IN SOHO Hard, on its first night ever, not to review the theatre itself. Nica Burns and Nimax open the first new West End theatre in fifty years: agleam with …
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 02:17AMFriday, October 21, 2022
She was an older sister of pop superstar Carly Simon, with whom she performed in the 1960s. Later, she and her husband won Grammy Awards for children's albums.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 06:13PM 
