Friday, 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 04:36PMAs anticipated, it was just confirmed by The Broadway League – the national trade association for the Broadway industry – that the suspension of all Broadway performances has now been ex…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:06AMThursday, October 8, 2020
As the 2020 awards season continues, two organizations – the Ziegfeld Club, Inc. and New York Innovative Theatre Awards (NYIT) – have announced updates this week on their annual honors.…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AMWednesday, October 7, 2020
To say that Dwayne Cooper is a triple threat would be a gross under-estimation of his many talents. He’s had featured roles in the Broadway casts of Motown: The Musical and Hairspray, ea…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:15PMMonday, October 5, 2020
In response to the coronavirus pandemic, amfAR (The Foundation for AIDS research) has temporarily expanded its nearly four-decade study of infectious diseases and their impact on marginalize…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:33PMSaturday, October 3, 2020
What happens when NYC theaters remain closed to protect artists and audiences from the spread of the coronavirus? Innovative solo performers take their acts outdoors, for live pop-up events …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:39PMFriday, October 2, 2020
This month, Off-Broadway’s Red Bull Theater – dedicated to bringing new life and a modern sensibility to classic plays for current audiences – will investigate Shakespeare’s Othello …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:17PMWednesday, September 30, 2020
Launched in March, following the closure of arts venues necessitated by the coronavirus pandemic, Folksbiene! LIVE offers an online celebration of Yiddish culture, featuring livestreamed pr…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:41PMTuesday, September 29, 2020
As part of this month’s rolling world premiere, Philadelphia Theatre Company will stream its debut of Days of Re-Creation: A Virtual Play on Wednesday, September 30, at 7 pm. Conceived by …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:39PMFriday, September 25, 2020
The celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month (as inaugurated by LBJ in 1968) continues in October with two more big events: a new album release by musician/composer Jaime Lozano; and a virtual…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:27PMThursday, September 24, 2020
In 2006, John Lloyd Young became the only American actor to date to receive the Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, and Theatre World Awards in a Broadway debut as Outstanding Lead Actor…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:28PMTuesday, September 22, 2020
In a new online exhibition apropos to this year’s spectacle of presidential campaigning – “one of the few shows playing around the country at the moment” – The Al Hirschfeld Founda…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:21PMMonday, September 21, 2020
Award-winning Brooklyn-based mentalist Vinny DePonto can’t go to Coney Island this year because of the coronavirus pandemic, so he’s bringing his new interactive mind-reading magic show …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:36PMSaturday, September 19, 2020
Representatives from The Broadway League and the theater industry joined Senate Minority Leader and long-time arts advocate Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) in Duffy Square yesterday in support …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:58AMFriday, September 18, 2020
This month has seen the arrival of three must-have albums from the hit shows and top stars of Broadway. From a special new edition of an original cast album, to the second volume of a concep…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:53PMThursday, September 17, 2020
In a virtual press event held on Thursday, September 17, at 11 am ET, the recipients of the 2020 Doris Duke Artist Awards were revealed in the fields of contemporary dance, jazz, and theater…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:16PMWednesday, September 16, 2020
If you’re Zoomed out and desperately missing an organic connection to the theater, Shelley Butler and West Hyler – a husband-and-wife duo of Broadway directors, each with more than 20 ye…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:00PMWhile social distancing, masks, and frequent sanitizing continue to be necessary safety precautions to combat the spread of COVID-19, some experimental Off-Off-Broadway theater companies are…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:55AMTuesday, September 15, 2020
First established as Hispanic Heritage Week in 1968, the national recognition of the influence and achievements of Latinx people to the history and culture of the US was expanded in 1988, to…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:39PMMonday, September 14, 2020
Since 2010, audiences have been following the dinnertime conversations of the fictional Apples, an ordinary white middle-class family in upstate New York. The live on-stage performances were…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:15PMSunday, September 13, 2020
Whether you’re in the mood for a timely adaptation of a sardonic classic, the blockbuster vocals of a Broadway phenomenon, or a wry exposé of the flagrant sexism that permeates our popula…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:00AMFriday, September 11, 2020
For the first time in its history (beginning in Shubert Alley in 1987), the annual Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction, produced by and benefitting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, go…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:04AMWednesday, September 9, 2020
This year marks the nineteenth anniversary of the tragedy of 9/11. To continue their dedication to the difficult healing process, Buglisi Dance Theatre and Lincoln Center for the Performing …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:45AMTuesday, September 8, 2020
On Monday’s “Labor Day of Action,” Be An #ArtsHero organized a nationwide movement of Arts Workers Unite, with theater professionals urging all US Senators to legislate a proportionat…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:32PMAfter taking Broadway by storm at the age of eighteen as Maria in The Sound of Music, the super-talented multi-nominated multiple award-winning star Laura Benanti has appeared in such notabl…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:10AMThursday, September 3, 2020
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, 62% of arts workers report that they are fully unemployed, 94% have reported an income loss, 41% of arts and culture institutions are not confident that…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:55PMTuesday, September 1, 2020
Two prolific scholars and writers on Shakespeare, and colleagues at Stratford-upon-Avon’s Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Paul Edmondson (Head of Research and Knowledge and Director of the S…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:38PMMonday, August 31, 2020
After the postponement of this year’s 74th annual Tony Awards from its traditional date in early June, it has been announced that the show will go on, virtually, in the Fall. Presented by…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:46PMSaturday, August 29, 2020
While Broadway itself is still dark, Bristol Riverside Theatre, in Bucks County, PA, brings Broadway into your home for this year’s virtual Broadway Summer Spectacular. The all-new pre-rec…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:50PMWednesday, August 26, 2020
The second installment of Broadway Whodunit?, Escape from Camp Eerie makes its livestream debut on Sunday, August 30, at 6 pm ET. So get out your notepad and pencil, sharpen your sleuthing s…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:42PMMonday, August 24, 2020
Though the coronavirus pandemic has brought a temporary halt to large public gatherings, it hasn’t stopped artists and organizations from celebrating big events while entertaining audience…
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