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Tuesday, December 4, 2018

Broadway Producers, Dayna and Brian Lee and their cats, Kishka and Gravy by Told By Dayna and Brian Lee

Dayna and Brian Lee run a media company called AF Creative Media, that produces and creates work across all media, focusing on content digital and Broadway shows. On the Broadway side, they …

SOURCE: www.petsofbroadway.org at 09:03PM
Friday, June 29, 2018

50 shows to see at the Edinburgh fringe 2018 by Brian Logan and Chris Wiegand

Superstar standups, daring dance, Brexit cabaret and a Bon Jovi musical … Dive into our guide to some of the shows at the world’s biggest arts festivalGilded Balloon Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:12AM
Saturday, March 10, 2018

Get out of the house for food, fun, festivals this spring by Valerie Schremp Hahn and Ian Froeb St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Spring is when more than just flowers emerge and bloom: You and the family are probably ready to emerge from the house and have some fun.

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 08:00AM
Friday, September 15, 2017

Letters: Sir Peter Hall obituary by Meirion Bowen, Walter Hall, Brian Baxter and Gerry Harrison

Meirion Bowen writes: Peter Hall played a key role in rescuing the reputation as an opera composer of Sir Michael Tippett, dismissed and mocked in the 1950s as bafflingly over-complex and bi…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:12PM
Tuesday, September 12, 2017

Angels and demons: the unmissable theatre, comedy and dance of autumn 2017 by Michael Billington, Lyn Gardner, Judith Mackrell and Brian Logan

Hamilton hits London, Bryan Cranston’s news anchor goes berserk, Wayne McGregor turns his DNA into dance, Mae Martin revisits her teen addictions and Toyah Willcox is a time-travelling que…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:12AM
Tuesday, August 15, 2017

An Indiana Jones spoof and the destruction of Palmyra – the best shows at the 2017 fringe by Lyn Gardner and Brian Logan

Six of the best from Edinburgh including Mat Ewins’ barrage of one-liners, a German teacher placement at a secondary school and a transgender journey Pleasance Courtyard Building on the su…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:12AM
Wednesday, August 9, 2017

Edinburgh festival 2017: the shows we recommend by Lyn Gardner and Brian Logan

Plan your viewing with our list of top shows, ordered by start time. This page will be updated throughout the festival Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:36AM
Saturday, July 8, 2017

Shock as Bolshoi cancels world premiere of Nureyev ballet by Guardian Staff and Agencies

Move comes after outspoken director was questioned in a high-profile criminal investigation that supporters claim is politically motivatedRussia’s Bolshoi theatre has announced the cancell…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:12PM
Friday, December 30, 2016

Beyoncé to Black Mirror; the culture that defines 2016 by Archie Bland, Michael Billington, Peter Bradshaw, Daphne A Brooks, Tom Holland, Jonathan Jones, Justine Jordan, Brian Logan, Sean O'Hagan and Simon Parkin

How better to make sense of this turbulent year than through the art and literature it has produced? Our critics choose the works that sum up the last 12 monthsIf there is one film that hold…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:36AM
Sunday, October 16, 2016

THE DRESSER – West End by Ian

Any opinion I might have had about Ronald Harwood's The Dresser inevitably comes tainted with his apparent inability to open his mouth without spouting some kind of crap or other.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:05AM
Friday, October 14, 2016

BUZZ: A NEW MUSICAL – Drayton Arms Theatre by Ian

"If you'd like to come in for some tea and a chatI've got a double-ended one and you can sit on that"... Who needs Olivier when you can have Eddie?! The latter may be a slightly lesser known…

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:30AM
Wednesday, October 12, 2016

#Phantom30th: Marking 30 years with The Phantom of the Opera by Ian

At the gala, we were treated - after being given a glass of free fizz to cover the waiting time - to special guest performances from Michael Ball, flirting and duetting with all and sundry i…

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:15AM
Friday, September 9, 2016

Pub Landlord Al Murray on his election strategy: ‘I could drink Nigel Farage and William Hague under the table’ by Jonathan Freedland, Peter Bradshaw, Ian Cobain, Imogen Fox, Richard Adams, Alexis Petridis, Amelia Gentleman, Susan Smillie, Jonathan Jones, Hugh Muir, Jay Rayner, Heather Stewart and John Crace

The comedian is to stand against Farage for South Thanet in the 2015 general election. But what are his guvnorment’s policies? Guardian experts question him on welfare, freedom, immigratio…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:20AM
Monday, August 15, 2016

Edinburgh festival 2016: six shows you shouldn't miss by Lyn Gardner and Brian Logan

Dolphins on LSD, a comic symphony and an improbable family show about a school siege … our critics pick the top tickets of this year’s fringeTankBreach Theatre’s compelling look at gen…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:12PM
Friday, August 5, 2016

Edinburgh festival planner: three shows to see today by Lyn Gardner and Brian Logan

At the fringe but not sure which tickets to book? Try one, two or all three of these theatre and comedy picks from our critics11.30am, Assembly George Square (until 29 August) Continue readi…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:37AM
Wednesday, July 27, 2016

'I was in tears': fans on Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by James Walsh and Guardian Readers

Harry Potter fans lucky enough to have seen the play already share their reviews. Warning: contains spoilersHow magical was the new Harry Potter play for longstanding Potter fans? Our theatr…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:13AM
Friday, June 10, 2016

Tim Minchin Q&A – as it happened by Nancy Groves and Sian Cain

Comedian, songwriter, the man behind Matilda the Musical and soon-to-be-published poet – Tim Minchin can turn his hand to most things. He came in to answer your questions about Dahl, femi…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:24PM
Thursday, June 9, 2016

Keeping #TonysSoDiverse Beyond the 2015-2016 Season by A.j. Muhammad, Librarian, Schomburg Center For Research In Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference

Much has been written about the diversity reflected in the 2015-2016 Broadway season.  A recent Playbill.com article states “Of the 40 acting nominations in eight categories, 14 went to a…

SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 05:37PM
Thursday, April 21, 2016

Advice for Surviving Your 20s From Hamilton’s Lin-Manuel Miranda | TIME by Charlotte Alter and Diane Tsai and Francesca Trianni

There's a 'terror of not knowing if you’re actually going to accomplish what you set out to accomplish'

SOURCE: time.com at 06:01PM

"Archives of Sound" at the Library for the Performing Arts by Danielle Cordovez, Librarian Ii, New York Public Library For The Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives Of Recorded Sound

On March 21, 2016, the Library for the Performing Arts (LPA) debuted Archives of Sound, an interactive audio installation inspired by collections in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of R…

SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 03:08PM
Tuesday, March 1, 2016

The Black Rock Coalition: Empowering Artists Who Break the Mold by Danielle Cordovez, Librarian Ii, New York Public Library For The Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives Of Recorded Sound

In 1985, a group of musicians fed up with industry-imposed limitations that pigeonholed Black artists into either R&B singers or rappers, formed the Black Rock Coalition (BRC). Founders …

SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 05:45PM
Sunday, January 31, 2016

Grease: Live – watch it with us - live! by Alex Needham and Brian Moylan

We’ve got chills, and they’re multiplyin’ ... probably because the TV musical Grease: Live is on and we’re live-blogging it. Please join us on the couch for some hand-jiving, bomber …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:55PM
Friday, December 11, 2015

Joan Ravenscroft obituary by Gillian Beetham and Jenny Lewis

Our aunt, Joan Ravenscroft, who has died aged 97, devoted her early life to ballet, dancing with various prominent companies in the 1930s before deciding to end her career in order to raise …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:08PM
Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Letters: The generosity of Albert Hunt by Michael Randle and Brian Wood

Michael Randle writes: Albert Hunt was a conscientious objector to military service in the late 1940s, and a supporter of the cause of nuclear disarmament.I first met him in late 1958 when t…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:09AM
Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Rebeca Medina’s Paraiso @ Five Myles Gallery by Shannon Elizabeth O'Brien and Angela Mariana Schöpke

It’s like walking into an abandoned house where everything’s been left the way it was.

SOURCE: Culture Bot at 11:40AM
Monday, September 28, 2015

Pics! Raven-Symon, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas Honor Debbie Allen At NYC Dance Alliance by Monica Simoes and Raven-Symoné, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas and More Honor Debbie Allen At Nyc Dance Alliance Gala

Stars came out to honor Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning actress Debbie Allen (West Side Story, Sweet Charity) at NYC Dance Alliance Foundation at its Bright Lights Shining Stars Gala…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:25PM
Tuesday, September 1, 2015

SpongeBob Musical hires David Bowie and Cyndi Lauper to write songs by Ap and Guardian Staff

Nickelodeon confirms ‘rousing tale of a simple sea sponge’ will boast all-star songwriting lineup including John Legend, Steven Tyler and the Flaming LipsNickelodeon announced on Monday …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:32AM
Sunday, August 30, 2015

The place that inspires me: artist reveal their secret getaways by Interviews By Killian Fox, Corinne Jones and Joanne O'Connor

Whether it’s the roots of home or a wild escape from the rat race, most creative types have a place that unlocks their imaginative flow. We asked writers, musicians, artists and directors …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:55AM
Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Edinburgh festival 2015: the six shows you shouldn't miss by Lyn Gardner, Mark Lawson and Brian Logan

A Desert Island Discs spoof, brooding circus performers who strip naked and a Yoko Ono-inspired love-fest … our critics choose their hot tickets at this year’s fringeO No!In less skilled…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:49AM
Sunday, July 19, 2015

Losing it: dementia on film, stage and page by Interviews By Kathryn Bromwich and Killian Fox

Author Emma Healey, playwright Florian Zeller and other artists talk about how dementia has informed their workWords fail us: dementia and the arts About six members of my family have had so…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:24AM
Monday, May 25, 2015

All that Chat

2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards