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Thursday, April 14, 2022

Derry to mark 25 years of Good Friday agreement with John Hume musical by Harriet Sherwood Arts and Culture Correspondent

Playhouse to stage Beyond Belief in 2023 to ‘say a proper goodbye’ to late SDLP leader who helped persuade IRA to give up arms A musical drama about the life of John Hume, one of the mai…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24PM

Emma Wang on Producing Theatre by Annissa Gao and Rosanna Gao

Tapping into the power to create change The post Emma Wang on Producing Theatre appeared first on Dramatics Magazine Online.

SOURCE: Dramatics Magazine at 03:48PM

Premiere of Mandela musical to be flagship for Young Vic in 2022 by Lanre Bakare Arts and Culture Correspondent

Theatre’s chief hopes production gives younger people understanding of the price paid by radicals in the past The world premiere of a musical about the “young, sexy, radical” early lif…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:54AM
Tuesday, April 12, 2022

Dana Iannuzzi by Women and Theatre

Meet director and actor Dana Iannuzzi! We talk about leading through kindness instead of fear, reaching out to people you’re curious about, representing the human experience through ar…

SOURCE: www.womenandtheatre.com at 07:00PM
Sunday, April 10, 2022

DIARY OF A SOMEBODY Seven Dials Playhouse W1 by Libby Purves and Friends

THE LOST BOYS OF THEATRE…    The  tiny Actors’ Centre is reborn under its new name, and since this play is set in what was a  traditionally febrile, theatrical, subversively arty qua…

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 08:08AM
Thursday, April 7, 2022

“DADDY” by Libby Purves and Friends

 QUEER AS FOLK BY THE INFINITY POOL Jeremy O Harris is a much feted American playwright (a Tony for Slave Play) adept at drilling in to the moment:  BLM, fashionable white guilt, showy t…

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 08:03AM
Wednesday, April 6, 2022

THE FEVER SYNDROME Hampstead Theatre NW3 by Libby Purves and Friends

SCIENCE, SIBLINGS, SOUND AND FURY     This is a satisfying play.  To take a painting analogy, it satisfies not in the way that a perfect still-life vase might, but more like a Kandinsky …

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 07:35AM
Tuesday, April 5, 2022

Jenna Kepnes by Women and Theatre

Meet actor, singer, songwriter, and directer Jenna Kepnes! We talk about the importance of art and artists, human connection, using privilege responsibly, building diversity in industry …

SOURCE: www.womenandtheatre.com at 07:00PM
Monday, April 4, 2022

PINAFORE Wilton’s Music Hall, E1 by Libby Purves and Friends

CAMPING ON THE PLANKING At the Coliseum last autumn Gilbert and Sullivan’s seagoing Savoy Opera was immense, with a huge revolving ship, Les Dennis as the first sea lord, a massive chorus …

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 01:46PM
Friday, April 1, 2022

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD Gielgud, W1 by Libby Purves and Friends

THE SHADOW OF A BEGINNING, ALABAMA 1936       Forget, for the moment, both the fame and the the arguments over Harper Lee’s classic novel:  Aaron Sorkin’s stage adaptation is a free…

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 07:33AM
Wednesday, March 30, 2022

Edinburgh international festival to feature tales of refugees and migration by Nadia Khomami Arts and Culture Correspondent

Festival’s 75th anniversary will include stage reimagining of The Jungle Book following Mowgli’s journey as a climate refugee An adaptation of The Jungle Book that reimagines the journey…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:54PM

Flo & Joan: the 10 funniest things we have ever seen (on the internet) by Nicola and Rosie Dempsey

The British musical comedians share what makes them laugh, including a strange number of videos involving tiny hands and Debbie Reynolds pretending to be a football Get our weekend culture …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:54PM
Monday, March 28, 2022

Live's After Oscar Show: Best Supporting Actress Ariana DeBose by LIVE with Kelly and Ryan

Kelly and Ryan talk to Ariana DeBose fresh off her Best Supporting Actress Oscar win. Subscribe: https://bit.ly/2HFUeAK Website: https://kellyandryan.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.c…

SOURCE: YouTube at 12:48PM
Thursday, March 24, 2022

CLYBOURNE PARK Park Theatre, N4 by Libby Purves and Friends

WELCOME BACK, BITING SHARP AS EVER    In 2010 Bruce Norris’ play wowed the Royal Court: this is a  ten-year anniversary (well, plus two years lost to Covid) so forgive me for quoting wh…

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 04:01PM

Jesse Tyler Ferguson Is on the Starting Lineup of “Take Me Out” on Broadway by LIVE with Kelly and Ryan

Jesse Tyler Ferguson about the cast of "Take Me Out." Subscribe: https://bit.ly/2HFUeAK Website: https://kellyandryan.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LiveKellyandRyan/ Instagram: …

SOURCE: YouTube at 11:11AM

STRAIGHT LINE CRAZY. Bridge, SE1 by Libby Purves and Friends

THE ROUGH TOUGH BIRTH OF A CITY    It is not often I resort to drawing in the notebook, but there it is: half an hour into the first part of David Hare’s play about the city planner Robe…

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 07:40AM
Wednesday, March 23, 2022

THE MARRIAGE OF ALICE B.TOKLAS   Jermyn St Theatre, WC1 by Libby Purves and Friends

A PLAY IS A PLAY IS A PLAY IS A WEDDING    With typical wit,  the doughty little Jermyn has captured an intellectual-farcical oddity from New York  complete with author-director and star…

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 04:51AM
Saturday, March 19, 2022

MARIA FRIEDMAN AND FRIENDS – LEGACY by Libby Purves and Friends

BRACING, BELTING, BENIGN       At the end of the evening the great diva, director and muse informs us that we too must sing. In a packed house,  on the far side of a pandemic which made …

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 11:41AM
Thursday, March 17, 2022

THE ANIMAL KINGDOM Hampstead theatre, NW3 by Libby Purves and Friends

 LEARNING TO LIVE        Sometimes judging others harshly is a relishable guilty pleasure.  In Ruby Thomas’ wonderful 80-minute sequence of snapshots of  family therapy,  the write…

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 08:17PM

Our amazing afternoon at the multi-abled Omnium Circus by John Stoltenberg and Sophia Howes

Two DC theater critics take in the world's most inclusive circus and are blown away.

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:46AM

Mariupol: Russia accused of bombing theatre and swimming pool sheltering civilians by Lorenzo Tondo In Lviv and Isobel Koshiw In Kyiv

Ukraine authorities say hundreds of people were hiding in theatre and that convoy of cars leaving besieged city was also shelled Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates Ukrainian officials have a…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:06AM
Wednesday, March 16, 2022

THE WOODS Southwark Playhouse, SE1 by Libby Purves and Friends

NOT A FINE ROMANCE     Mamet plays are Marmite plays. You can applaud Speed the Plow, adore Wag the Dog on screen, and have a pleasurable argument with the opposite sex after a particularl…

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 11:49AM
Tuesday, March 15, 2022

COCK Ambassadors Theatre, WC2 by Libby Purves and Friends

LOVE AS AN UNCOURTLY CONTEST      In 2009 – and again in Chichester 2018 – I missed Mike Bartlett’s mischievous, half-earnest play about a gay man wrestling with his identity (and h…

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 07:59PM
Thursday, March 10, 2022

Ballet stars to raise humanitarian funds for Ukraine with London gala by Harriet Sherwood Arts and Culture Correspondent

Ivan Putrov and Alina Cojocaru announce event featuring artists from Royal Ballet, English National Ballet and Paris Opera Ballet International ballet stars will take part in a charity gala …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54PM
Wednesday, March 9, 2022

George Balanchine's Dancing Cat by Alex Teplitzky, Senior Communications Manager, New York Public Library For The Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center

George Balanchine with, Mourka, his cat. Photo by Martha Swope (1964). NYPL Digital Collections, Image ID: 5120841 Although The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts has one of …

SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 05:54AM
Tuesday, March 8, 2022

Ukrainian Dancers Find Shelter Abroad as War Rages at Home by Aurelien Breeden and Marina Harss

Opera houses and theaters in European cities are offering to help fleeing or stranded ballet dancers, even as many are still stuck in Ukraine.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:54PM

Olivier awards: Cabaret and Anything Goes lead nominations by Harriet Sherwood Arts and Culture Correspondent

Along with Life of Pi, the musical revivals are this year’s biggest contenders, with all four of their respective leads vying to win best actor or actress on 10 April Cabaret, the revival …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:03PM
Monday, March 7, 2022

What you need to know about mask and vaccine requirements to get into Seattle-area arts and music events this spring by Grace Gorenflo, Jerald Pierce, Moira Macdonald and Michael Rietmulder

As Washington and King County drop COVID-19 masking and vaccination requirements this month, what arts groups and venues are doing is varied.

SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 09:00AM
Saturday, March 5, 2022

Eminent writers urge Russian speakers to tell truth of war in Ukraine by Harriet Sherwood Arts and Culture Correspondent

Use ‘all possible means of communication’ to directly contact Russian citizens, 17 signatories say Russia-Ukraine war: live news A group of eminent writers has appealed to Russian speake…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:54AM
Wednesday, March 2, 2022

Intimate Apparel in the Archive by Doug Reside, Curator, Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library For The Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center

Playbill for Intimate Apparel opera at Lincoln Center Theater​​​​​ Lynn Nottage is among the most important and prolific playwrights of the turn of the 21st century, and her work…

SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 03:24AM

Ralph Ellison, Songwriter by Bob Kosovsky, Librarian, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Music Division, New York Public Library For The Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center

Ralph Ellison photo portrait seated.  The author Ralph Ellison is inextricably linked to his novel The Invisible Man, now considered a classic of American literature. While his other acti…

SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 03:24AM