Monday, June 29, 2020
Founding Father Alexander Hamilton (ca. 1757-1804) was a key figure in the American Revolution, so it’s only fitting that the stage musical Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda (book, music, and…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:04PMThe Broadway League has just announced another extension of the cancellation of Broadway performances due to the coronavirus pandemic. Ticket refunds and exchanges on all Broadway shows are …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:01PMFriday, June 26, 2020
Originally issued in weekly installments, the complete editions of two engaging serial podcasts are now available in full, so you can binge on them all at once, or listen to the individual c…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:31PMWednesday, June 24, 2020
This year marks the 50th anniversary of Ballet Hispánico, America’s leading Latino dance organization, with a mission of giving voice to the community’s cultural identity and experience…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:43PMTuesday, June 23, 2020
For this last week of Pride month, New York theaters and performing artists continue their celebrations of the LGBTQIA+ community and its history with an ongoing calendar of events culminati…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:43AMMonday, June 22, 2020
New, recent, and soon-to-be-released books on theater-related topics offer a variety of genres for interesting summer reading. From personal recollections to historical fiction to the spotli…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AMFriday, June 19, 2020
Recipients of the first annual Antonyo Awards, created and presented by Broadway Black (in association with The Black Theatre Society) to recognize achievements of Black theater artists for …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:49PMAs part of its weekly digital series #BraveNewShakespeare, which challenges members of the theater community to create their own interpretations of what Shakespeare’s words mean to them to…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:27PMWednesday, June 17, 2020
With the NYC Pride Parade going virtual for this year’s 50th-anniversary celebration, The Queerly Festival – Frigid New York’s annual Pride platform for LGBTQ+ indie theater artists si…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:17PMCo-hosts Michael Kushner and Brian Sedita welcome actors Caitlin Kinnunen and Josh Lamon to kick off their first Pride episode of “My Broadway Memory” on Thursday, June 18, at 7 pm. The …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:44AMTuesday, June 16, 2020
Broadway Podcast Network (BPN) – offering a wide range of premiere digital programming in theater and the performing arts, with all-star hosts, actors, storytellers, producers, writers, an…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:16PMSunday, June 14, 2020
In the mid-1960s, Joe Cino, founder of the iconic Greenwich Village coffee-house theater Caffe Cino (hailed as the birthplace of Off-Off-Broadway), urged some of his trailblazing playwrights…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:46AMSaturday, June 13, 2020
Recipients of the 65th annual Drama Desk Awards for outstanding achievements in New York theater (on, Off, and Off-Off Broadway) of the 2019-20 season were announced tonight by a star-studde…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:49PMThursday, June 11, 2020
Even though it’s remote, you can still keep your connection to the theater strong with a diverse selection of virtual offerings this weekend. From livestream concerts, original cast readin…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:05PMLast seen on the New York stage in her critically-acclaimed performance in the award-nominated supernatural coming-of-age comedy Our Dear Dead Drug Lord at Off-Broadway’s WP Theater, Alyss…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:05AMWednesday, June 10, 2020
For its first installment in this month’s primetime series of Pride Plays, commemorating the 50th anniversary of New York’s Gay Pride Parade with livestream readings of four significant …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:06PMIn a livestream ceremony on Facebook and YouTube last night, hosts Kristolyn Lloyd (Dear Evan Hansen) and Bryan Terrell Clark (Hamilton) announced the nominations in 23 categories, along wit…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:26AMTuesday, June 9, 2020
This year marks the 50th anniversary of New York’s first Pride Parade. And despite the ongoing shutdown of large public gatherings to guard against the spread of the coronavirus, the cele…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:56PMMonday, June 8, 2020
To continue this year’s milestone celebration of Stephen Sondheim’s 90th birthday, Off-Broadway’s The Sheen Center is teaming up with Poetry in America – a new series produced by Ver…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:45PMMonday, June 1, 2020
Actor/singer/songwriter Jesse Corbin has been spending his time in isolation productively. In addition to his weekly appearance with The Boy Band Project in the group’s brunch-time Digital…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:36PMSaturday, May 30, 2020
Two blockbuster show-biz-themed period-piece musicals – one classic, one cult-classic, and both filled with spirited song and dance – are available for complimentary streaming this weeke…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:07PMBroadway Theatre Studio, producers of the popular long-running Off-Broadway musical-mixology series The Imbible, is partnering with the iconic theater magazine Playbill to host a brand-new V…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:00AMFriday, May 29, 2020
Sheltering in place hasn’t kept actress/singer/songwriter Lauren Marcus from creating, performing, and entertaining audiences everywhere with her talent, passion, and commitment. Just in t…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:04PMTuesday, May 26, 2020
On April 21, the Council of Actors’ Equity Association (the national union for professional actors and stage managers in live theater) unanimously passed a new internal membership rule tha…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:44PMWednesday, May 20, 2020
There’s something for everyone this weekend, with online viewing of everything from play readings to theater-based films and cabaret. So if you’re a New York theater-lover looking for so…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:28PMTuesday, May 19, 2020
In a livestream announcement this morning on Crowdcast.com by the Off Broadway Alliance (OBA), President Peter Breger introduced Charles Busch and Julie Halston (both recipients of the organ…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:20PMMonday, May 18, 2020
Two recently released music videos by New York favorites The Boy Band Project and Baba Brinkman, both masterfully produced while at home in quarantine, deal in their own unique styles with t…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:33AMThursday, May 14, 2020
The Actors Fund – a national human services organization founded in 1882, to foster stability and resiliency, and to provide a safety net for professionals in the performing arts and enter…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:22PMWednesday, May 13, 2020
In keeping with our period of self-isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic, the The Al Hirschfeld Foundation presents Socially Distant Theater – a virtual exhibition of 25 works by the mast…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:49PMTuesday, May 12, 2020
With the ongoing shutdown of Broadway theaters and suspension of shows due to the coronavirus until further notice, The Broadway League – the national trade association for the Broadway in…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:29PMMonday, May 11, 2020
Following its successful world-premiere run in 2015, live on stage in Denmark’s Fredericia Teater, Bleeding Love is now available on digital platforms to a worldwide audience in a new thre…
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