In the early 1950s Murray Melvin acted with the Hampstead Drama Group, north London. My parents, Constance and George Hawkins, did too, and George was its “props maker”. A child at the t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:24AMAdapted from Larry Sultan’s photo memoir, Sharr White’s play “Pictures From Home” explores the lies people — and their photographs — tell.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:00AMThe current Broadway revival of “1776” was hoping to spark a conversation about power and representation. And it has, if not quite in the way it intended.
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 12:13AMA cast member criticized the consciously progressive revival for its handling of race in rehearsals, saying there had been “harm done.” She later apologized for her comments.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:25PMWesley Enoch’s exuberant return to the Sydney Theatre Company to direct African-American playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ Appropriate is a wild ride back to the power of live theatre. …
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 02:06AMThe man was taciturn, but his Theater District restaurants were like Broadway clubhouses. Even the posters of flops were placed with affection.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:24PMEnd unpaid internships. Set term limits for leaders. Get real about inclusion. Take performances to the streets. Say yes to joy, and no to couch plays.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:18AMThe musical’s world tour, now in Seoul, weathered a cast outbreak to become perhaps the only major show running. Can theater learn from its example?
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:18PMA scholar in England suspected annotations in a First Folio at the Free Library of Philadelphia were John Milton’s, so he connected the dots with someone who had studied the work for a dec…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:12PMHow do comics survive life on the road? They rob their minibars, turn roadies into bird-watchers – and read The Da Vinci CodeI once played in a tiny little school hall in a tiny little vil…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:19PMThe film critic A. O. Scott joins in advance of the Academy Awards to discuss predictions and preferences.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:37AMAfter contentious contract talks, the Actors’ Equity Association and the Off-Broadway League have reached an agreement to raise pay for actors and stage managers.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:18PMRecord numbers of people in Britain now see themselves as transgender. But does the way transgender people are represented on stage and on screen reflect reality? Jenny Kleeman meets trans a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:29AMWhat started out as a self-admitted Vanity Project (Jenn Adams wanting to be in a band) has evolved into something SO much better. I am hosting a FUN-raiser for Halcyon's next production of …
SOURCE: halcyontheatre.org at 01:39PMThe residue of a trademark fight hangs over the annual stage adaptation of Harper Lee’s novel in Monroeville.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:31PMOur 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 12:08PMToday, Jennifer Ashley Tepper is the Director of Programming at 54 Below and author of "The Untold Stories of Broadway" book series. But only yesterday (it seems), she was a 12-…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:27PMToday, Jennifer Ashley Tepper is the Director of Programming at 54 Below and author of "The Untold Stories of Broadway" book series. But only yesterday (it seems), she was a 12-…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:27PM*Written by Jenn Adams and Ted James Have you ever watched a news program covering a country or area in conflict and thought, "Man, you couldn't pay me enough to go there and risk my life to…
SOURCE: halcyontheatre.org at 08:26PMTheatres have been struggling with rude audience members texting and taking calls for years, but things have gotten even worse this year.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 07:51PMAs Broadway faces off against pocket-size sound-and-light shows, performers and some patrons say a hyper-connected culture are shredding the immersive experience of live theatre
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 03:01PMNEW YORK (AP) -- Come on along and listen to the lullaby of Broadway: Marimba ringtones! Rat-a-tat texting! The shaming "shhhhh!"...
SOURCE: Associated Press at 07:05AMIt's been almost a year since the first gathering of artists who'd heard about something called the Los Angeles Female Playwrights Initiative. The kick-off event was March 7, 2010, and the u…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 05:58PMThe director tells of being "in the crucible."
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PMThe show’s closing has prompted debate about the legacy of the playwright Wendy Wasserstein.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:52PMTo make tickets more affordable to students and other theatregoers on a budget, many Off-Broadway shows have implemented rush, lottery and inexpensive ticket policies.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:30PMNever mind getting fit or giving up smoking – will this be the year you finally read In Search of Lost Time? Our critics share their arts goals for 2015 Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:00AMMr. Holder used his manifold talents to infuse the arts with the flavor of his native West Indies — and in television ads for “the Un-Cola” in the 1970s and ’80s. He was 84.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:43PM*Written by Jenn Adams and Ted James Have you ever watched a news program covering a country or area in conflict and thought, "Man, you couldn't pay me enough to go there and risk my life to…
SOURCE: Halcyon Theatre at 02:07PMIt is not hard to imagine the romantic life of a writer… You sleep until noon, brew some Jasmine tea and turn on your “Jam.” Then tap your lucky pencil against your chair, turn arou…
SOURCE: Halcyon Theatre at 12:53PMEach project that you get involved with as an artist feels a little bit like a new baby, doesn't it? The idea is the conception (or being cast if you are an actor), you feed it with ideas, y…
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