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Wednesday, March 2, 2022

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
Tuesday, March 1, 2022

Royal Court Theatre apologises to Jewish community over character’s name by Nadia Khomami Arts and Culture Correspondent

Theatre accused of perpetuating offensive stereotype in naming character Hershel Fink The Royal Court Theatre has apologised “unreservedly” to the Jewish community for naming a fictional…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:33PM

The show can’t go on: Russian arts cancelled worldwide by Nadia Khomami Arts and Culture Correspondent

Concerts, dance recitals and exhibitions have been postponed indefinitely after Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine The Russian invasion of Ukraine has prompted responses from the cultura…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:36AM
Sunday, February 27, 2022

Back to the Future and Frozen dominate WhatsOnStage awards by Harriet Sherwood Arts and Culture Correspondent

Veteran Ian McKellen, who raised more than £1m for theatre charities and arts groups, also honoured The West End musical Frozen, the story of an ice queen and her fearless sister that capti…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:42PM
Friday, February 25, 2022

THE COLLABORATION Young Vic SE1 by Libby Purves and Friends

A VIGOROUS, HEARTSHAKING BRUSH OF OPPOSITES      Two artists in a studio:   the older one pale and floppily blond,  languidly self-protective, drawling,  preaching a cool  gospel of u…

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 05:30AM
Thursday, February 24, 2022

Jerome Robbins Dance Division Coloring Books: Volume 12, Asian American Dancers (#danceincolor) by Arlene Yu, Jerome Robbins Dance Division, New York Public Library For The Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center

Yeichi Nimura in his Flag Dance, c. 1939. Constantine © Constantine Hassalevris. Jerome Robbins Dance Division photograph files, call number *MGZEA (Nimura, Yeichi) no. 12. To mark Asi…

SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 07:18PM

Doc Chat Episode Twenty-Four: Seeing Beethoven by Julie Golia, Curator Of History, Social Sciences, and Government Information, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building

On April 15, 2021, Doc Chatters examined the many themes and symbols embedded in one painting of an iconic musician. Portrait, circa 1808, by an unidentified artist of the painting of Lud…

SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 07:18PM

Invisible No More: Julian Work by Bob Kosovsky, Librarian, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Music Division, New York Public Library For The Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center

Julian Work's union stamp for 1948. We in The New York Public Library's Music & Recorded Sound Division are doing what we can to uncover and bring attention to composers from underre…

SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 07:18PM

Remote Links: A Celebration of the Life and Work of Maryanne Amacher by Jonathan Hiam, Curator, Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives Of Recorded Sound, New York Public Library For The Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center

The Music and Recorded Sound Division at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts acquired the innovative composer and sound artist Maryanne Amacher’s archive in 2020. Now, we�…

SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 07:18PM

Jonathan Larson's Tick, Tick...Boom! in the Archives by Doug Reside, Curator, Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library For The Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center

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 07:18PM

Alice Childress's Trouble in Mind in the Archives by Doug Reside, Curator, Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library For The Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center

Photograph 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 07:18PM

The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Honors the Legacy of American Composer Stephen Sondheim with Display of Personal Letters by Doug Reside, Curator, Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library For The Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center

Stephen 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 07:18PM

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

I’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 07:18PM

Sherlock Holmes on Stage by Doug Reside, Curator, Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library For The Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center

William 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 07:18PM

Doc Chat Episode 38: The Mapleson Cylinders, Listening to a Treasure by Julie Golia, Curator Of History, Social Sciences, and Government Information, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building

On 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 07:18PM

Celebrating Composers of Color in the Circulating Scores Collection at the Library for the Performing Arts by Anthony McDonald, Librarian/specialist Ii, Music Division, New York Public Library For The Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center

Works  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 07:18PM

Caroline, or Change in the Archives by Doug Reside, Curator, Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library For The Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center

Sharon 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 07:18PM

The Bryant Park Concerts of Recorded Music by Danielle Cordovez, Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives Of Recorded Sound, New York Public Library For The Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center

A 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

Stephen Sondheim's Assassins 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

(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 07:18PM

Company 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

Elaine 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 07:18PM

Key workers to take centre stage at Almeida theatre in London by Harriet Sherwood Arts and Culture Correspondent

Cycle 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 09:48AM
Monday, February 21, 2022

New play to tell story of Brexit’s ‘bloody difficult women’ by Nadia Khomami Arts and Culture Correspondent

Cast 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 08:18AM
Tuesday, February 15, 2022

THE FOREST Hampstead Theatre NW3 by Libby Purves and Friends

AN 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 10:58AM
Friday, February 11, 2022

Theresa May’s local council drops plan to abolish arts funding by Harriet Sherwood Arts and Culture Correspondent

Windsor 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 02:24PM

SPIKE Watermill Theatre, Nr Newbury by Libby Purves and Friends

HOMAGE 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 12:31PM
Monday, February 7, 2022

‘There’s a truth to it’: RSC casts disabled actor as Richard III by Harriet Sherwood Arts and Culture Correspondent

Arthur 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 07:48PM

Jimmy Carr’s joke about Roma people ‘deeply disturbing’, says No 10 by Peter Walker and Jim Waterson

Sajid 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 09:54AM
Tuesday, February 1, 2022

‘Shakespearean’ Donald Trump to be subject of play in blank verse by Harriet Sherwood Arts and Culture Correspondent

The 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 03:42PM
Wednesday, January 26, 2022

‘Her thunder would not be stolen’: Damian Lewis speaks about loss of Helen McCrory by Nadia Khomami Arts and Culture Correspondent

Actor 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 09:12AM

RSC recruits amateurs from six regions as Shakespeare’s ‘people of England’ by Harriet Sherwood Arts and Culture Correspondent

Theatre 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 05:54AM
Friday, January 14, 2022

FORCE MAJEURE Donmar, WC2 by Libby Purves and Friends

MIDDLECLASS 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 10:29AM