Leslie Odom Jr., Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Karen Olivo in the Encores! Off-Center Concert of Tick, Tick...Boom! (Photo © Joan Marcus) Lin-Manuel Miranda’s film adaptation of Jonathan Lars…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 07:18PMPhotograph by Milton Meltzer depicting Hilda Haynes as Millie, James McMahon as Al Manners, Stephanie Elliot as Judith Sears, and Charles Bettis as John Neville. NYPL Digital Collections, Im…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 07:18PMStephen Sondheim. Photograph by Friedman-Abeles (Firm). NYPL Digital Collections, ID: TH-51787 The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts honors the legacy of late America…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 07:18PMI’ve nothing to say. Well, nothing that’s not been said. Any sentimental recounting of my memories of the few times I was lucky enough to interact with Stephen Sondheim would feel, to me…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 07:18PMWilliam Gillette as Sherlock Holmes. NYPL Digital Collections, Image ID: TH-50730 This month, A Sherlock Carol, a new play featuring Sherlock Holmes and the characters of A Christmas Caro…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 07:18PMOn November 18, 2021, Doc Chatters used their ears to explore the history of recorded sound. Lionel Mapleson with Edison Home Phonograph and extra large horn, probably at the Metrop…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 07:18PMWorks acquired for the circulating collection by Tania León, Alvin Singleton, Jeffrey Mumford, Adolphus Hailstork, Jessie Montgomery, and Florence Price In our continuing efforts to upd…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 07:18PMSharon D. Clarke and Samantha Williams in Caroline, or Change (Photo © Joan Marcus) There are certain Broadway seasons in which any of the shows nominated for the Best Musical Tony Award …
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 07:18PMA promotional poster for the "Outdoor Record Concerts." Bryant Park Concerts of Recorded Music, * L (Special) 20-1, Box 3, Folder 6, Notices, [n.d.]. In 1937, Columbia Records donated 5…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 07:18PM(Animation from photos by Martha Swope) The superstitious might, with some evidence, argue that when a major New York production of Assassins is announced, it’s time to get very nervous. …
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 07:18PMElaine Stritch in the original Broadway production of COMPANY. Photo by Friedman-Abeles. NYPL Digital Collections, Image ID: 58155824 In a December 1, 2021 piece inThe New York Times ab…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 07:18PMCycle of short plays will celebrate roles often underappreciated by those in positions of power Key workers will be literally centre stage in a new cycle of nine short plays celebrating role…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:48AMCast says drama about Theresa May and Gina Miller is ‘reflection of our times’ It feels like a lifetime since Theresa May and Gina Miller were called “bloody difficult women” during …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18AMAN ORDINARY TRIANGLE TWISTS INTO NIGHTMARE The French novelist-turned-playwright Florian Zeller hit the British theatre scene a few years ago with two comedies: The Lie and The …
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 10:58AMWindsor and Maidenhead council ditches proposal after outcry from residents and objections from ex-PM Windsor and Maidenhead council has ditched a plan to abolish arts funding after an outcr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:24PMHOMAGE TO A HEALING CHAOS If – like Prince Charles – you grew up with the Goons in the background (“Ying Tong! Bluebottle! He’s fallen in da water!” etc) this will ring …
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 12:31PMArthur Hughes says decision for 2022 production will allow lived experience to be ‘shown properly’ He is one of Shakespeare’s most reviled characters, distinguished by his “deformed,…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48PMSajid Javid joins condemnation of comedian’s remark about Holocaust deaths and suggests boycott Jimmy Carr’s comment about the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities are “deeply disturb…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:54AMThe 47th by Mike Bartlett stars Bertie Carvel as the ex-president making attempt to regain the White House The author of an acclaimed play about the future of the monarchy has taken on the �…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:42PMActor uses National Theatre tribute event to talk publicly for first time about wife, who died of cancer Damian Lewis has spoken publicly for the first time about the loss of his wife, Helen…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:12AMTheatre company’s outreach scheme casts newbies and hidden young talent for spring production of Henry VI Part 2 The Royal Shakespeare Company is taking the innovative step of casting the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:54AMMIDDLECLASS MOUNTAIN MISERIES Inspired programming here. You’d find a decent overlap in any January Venn diagram of regular Donmar audiences and people who wish they were ski-i…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 10:29AMRoyal Shakespeare Company signs three-year agreement for productions onboard Queen Mary 2 More than 400 years after Hamlet was performed by a ship’s crew anchored off west Africa in the fi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:24PMPuppets move the heart… It was a third attempt ( like so many, it has had cancellations and suspensions), and I missed it in Sheffield 2019 through illness. So I bought any tick…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 09:14AMThe Spanish dancer will step down later this year, becoming artistic director at San Francisco Ballet, where her husband is a principal Tamara Rojo, the artistic director of English National…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:03PMWhen George Devine’s family discovered a Japanese battle flag among his belongings, it led to a three-year quest for answers “I am not a man for soldiering, although I do tolerably well …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:37AMLeading dancers and directors say they find the classic costume both physically and artistically restrictive The ballerina’s tutu remains a traditional object of desire for many young girl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:06AMPravesh Kumar says more diverse voices are needed to bring about creative change Britain’s leading theatre companies must appoint more people of colour and from working-class backgrounds a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:03AMTwo critics on the joys (and pains) of a tentatively hopeful fall season.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:06AMSONGS FROM THE LAND There’s a lovely serendipity here. The main theatre is running PEGGY FOR YOU (till 29th) while the little downstairs space has Neil Leyshon’s rather lo…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 07:18AMPLAGUE YEAR Part 2 – 2021 Below, if you care to scroll , I chronicled the shows that met my return from chemo-then-lockdown in 2020. An enfeebled theatrical year. Today a lo…
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