Wednesday, November 25, 2020
With the crucial need for social distancing to stop the spread of the spiking coronavirus, this year’s Thanksgiving observance will be very different than the traditional annual gathering …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:24AMMonday, November 23, 2020
For the first time in its nearly 100-year history, the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, which launched in 1924, will be reimagined for our pandemic times by going virtual on both TV and onl…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:19PMSaturday, November 21, 2020
The centennial of the birth of Clarice Lispector (1920-77), one of Brazil’s most important literary figures of the 20th century, is being celebrated by Group Dot BR (NYC’s only Brazilian…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:26PMThursday, November 19, 2020
A variety show, a talk show, and a newly-commissioned dance piece are among the free selections streaming from NYC this Friday through Monday, all of which will remain available online for f…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:31PMWednesday, November 18, 2020
Off-Broadway’s Irish Repertory Theatre has come to the forefront during the coronavirus closure of live in-person performances with its prolific offerings of exceptional and varied virtual…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:25PMMonday, November 16, 2020
While Japan Society’s base in New York City, located at 333 East 47th Street, is temporarily closed to the public during the coronavirus pandemic, the non-profit organization, founded in 1…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:50PMSunday, November 15, 2020
As part of their Stars in the House online series of “Plays in the House,” featuring live readings of classic and award-winning plays until Broadway re-opens, co-hosts Seth Rudetsky and …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:10PMThursday, November 12, 2020
On Friday, October 23, two-time Tony Award-winner Maury Yeston (Titanic; Nine) celebrated his 75th birthday with PS Classics’ release of his new album, Maury Sings Yeston: The Demos, on di…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:31PMWednesday, November 11, 2020
On Thursday, November 12, Broadway’s Best Shows returns to the digital screen with a new limited-time livestream production of Boston Marriage, written and directed by playwright David Mam…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:03PMTuesday, November 10, 2020
With the boom in online shopping and resultant delays in delivery during the pandemic, it’s a good idea to get a jump on your holiday gift-buying to make sure your presents arrive on time.…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:13PMMonday, November 9, 2020
With the incoming administration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, two major organizations that represent the theater community are celebrating the Democratic victory in the 2020 election and …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:37AMFriday, November 6, 2020
Not only is the mega-mega-mega-talented Alex Brightman a two-time Tony Award nominee for his blockbuster lead performances as the badass substitute teacher Dewey Finn in School of Rock (2016…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:50PMWednesday, November 4, 2020
An exciting and original project is coming this Spring from Broadway multi-hyphenate Michael Kushner – a person who has multiple proficiencies, often cross-pollinating into each other to a…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:02PMTuesday, November 3, 2020
Recognized as an outstanding leader in audio programming and technological excellence, Audible (an Amazon company) is the world’s largest producer and provider of original spoken-word ente…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:48PMMonday, November 2, 2020
Since closing its production of The Artist Will Be with You in a Moment mid-run at the A.R.T./New York Theatres this past March, with the coronavirus pandemic shutdown of all live performanc…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:44PMFriday, October 30, 2020
Just in time for Halloween, Ghostlight Records has announced a thrilling treat for Beetlejuice fans everywhere. The new album from Australian-born singer-songwriter Eddie Perfect, Beetlejuic…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:17PMThursday, October 29, 2020
Among the must-see digital offerings to take us into November are a serial podcast send-up of the soap-opera antics that go on with a Broadway musical-in-the-making, and a lesser-known drama…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:27PMMonday, October 26, 2020
After a long seven-month hiatus necessitated by the COVID-19 closure of live-on-stage performances, The Doo Wop Project made its highly anticipated return last night with its first-ever virt…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:22PMSunday, October 25, 2020
While Halloween parties and trick-or-treating may be on hold this year, you can celebrate the season and get your thrills with a spooky selection of shows and events streaming this week. The…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:30PMFriday, October 23, 2020
If you’d like to catch up on your reading during this extended hiatus of live theater, these top three book selections offer a variety of themes for different ages and interests, from the …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:47PMWednesday, October 21, 2020
Streaming this week and beyond are two new series of original short works from two significant mainstay organizations of the New York theater community: Theater Breaking Through Barriers (T…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:19PMTuesday, October 20, 2020
Among the latest releases of music from stars and shows of the New York stage are a current single with a duet performance of a vintage song from the 1920s, the original cast recording of a …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:20PMMonday, October 19, 2020
While the pandemic shutdown of Broadway continues, New York theater artists continue to reach out to fans with virtual presentations and a few live Off-Off-Broadway events that will keep the…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:10PMAward-winning New York-based composer, librettist, and lyricist Erik Ransom (his hit GRINDR The Opera won London’s Off West End Award for Best New Musical in 2019) has joined forces once a…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AMSunday, October 18, 2020
Authors and music specialists Richard Carlin and Ken Bloom present a densely packed, meticulously researched, and painstakingly incisive portrait of a jazz icon and his times in their recent…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:55PMFriday, October 16, 2020
In a co-production with DC’s Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company (where SHIPWRECK made its American debut in February), The Public Theater presents the New York audio version premiere of Anne W…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:23PMThursday, October 15, 2020
Today at noon on YouTube, nominations for this year’s 74th annual Tony Awards were announced to honor outstanding achievements in the 2019-20 Broadway season, cut short by the precautionar…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:40PMWednesday, October 14, 2020
First performed in 1959, by dancers Tatsumi Hijikata (1928–86) and Kazuo Ohno (1906–2010), the abstract, expressive, and unconventional art of butoh (“dance of darkness”) developed i…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:34PMTuesday, October 13, 2020
Founded in 1824, and ranked seventh on the list of the world’s most visited art museums in 2019, The National Gallery in London is home to an encyclopedic collection of more than 2,300 wor…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:00PMSunday, October 11, 2020
In 1935, with the ascent of Hitler and Mussolini and the rise of fascism in Europe, Sinclair Lewis (the first writer from the US to be awarded a Nobel Peace Prize in Literature) published hi…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:50PMFriday, October 9, 2020
This promises to be a great month for listening, as two major stars of Broadway and beyond share their experiences and reminiscences in new virtual conversations that are guaranteed to hold …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:36PM 
