Thursday, March 31, 2016
I'm happy to announce that the "Names" portion of the Music Division's Clipping File has been inventoried. This inventory contains over 46,000 names and is a list of folders in our Clipping …
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 02:53PMTo whom it may concern: Today I spoke with a reference librarian about donating my copy of Marc Blitzstein’s original working score of Regina. I worked with Marc for two years singing his …
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 02:53PMSerenbe Playhouse and its artistic director Brian Clowdus have become masters at outdoor “event” theater — and the company is back with their take on
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 02:00PMTuesday, March 29, 2016
Some ways to teach and learn with “Hamilton,” via articles, Op-Eds, reviews, archival materials and multimedia from The New York Times.
SOURCE: learning.blogs.nytimes.com at 10:50PMMonday, March 28, 2016
OK fellow Theater People, you've been asking for this interview for almost as long as the podcast has existed, so we are THRILLED to be bringing you this episode featuring the fabulous Adam …
SOURCE: Buzzsprout at 12:00AMFriday, March 25, 2016
The Writer’s Center in Bethesda is celebrating its 40th Anniversary this year, and what better way could there be to mark the occasion than a program with the premier journalist, author, …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:05PMWednesday, March 23, 2016
An Coimisiún le Rincí Gaelacha, the world’s premier Irish dance organisation, hosts the 46th annual world Irish dancing championships at the Glasgow Royal concert hall. Guardian photojou…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:08AMSaturday, March 19, 2016
The makeshift stage on which A-list stars entertained migrants in Calais is now to be rebuilt in two locations, vow the two young British playwrights behind the schemeThe refugee theatre in …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:26PMThursday, March 17, 2016
Dancers from all over the world compete in the international tour of Juste Debout in the hope that they will get the chance to battle in the preliminary rounds in France and perform at the f…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:20AMMonday, March 14, 2016
You Guuuuuuuuuuys!!! We could not be happier to bring you today’s episode featuring the divine, the lovely, the just ridiculously talented Phillipa Soo. Phillipa created the role of Eliza …
SOURCE: Buzzsprout at 12:00AMSunday, March 13, 2016
Thursday, March 10, 2016
Cirque du Soleil is now the largest theatrical producer in the world; the biggest big top ever. Our theater critics Jim Farmer and Andrew Alexander
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 11:00AMSaturday, March 5, 2016
Missouri History Museum will display more than 60 dresses for the exhibition"Little Black Dress: From Mourning to Night."
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 02:20PMThursday, March 3, 2016
West End musical Beyond the Fence claims to be the world’s first computer-generated musical. What’s the potential for music made by machine?The Telegraph said it ‘held up against rival…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:16PMWednesday, March 2, 2016
US ambassador takes 17 UN envoys to see award-winning play Fun Home, centred around lesbian character and her gay fatherInternational diplomacy can take unexpected twists, taking in pandas a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:02AMTuesday, March 1, 2016
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 05:45PMMonday, February 29, 2016
Promotional Brochure, "Thoughts of Prominent Men Regarding Margaret Mather," for her Romeo and Juliet tour, back cover, 1880s.
Shakespeare's Star Turn in America, the new exhibition a…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 04:55PMTo mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, we asked leading actors to perform key speeches from his plays. Here, Camille O’Sullivan plays Constance in King John, Act III, Scen…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:15AMTo mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, we asked leading actors to perform key speeches from his plays. Here, Joanna Lumley speaks Viola’s soliloquy from Twelfth Night, Act…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:15AMTo mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, we asked leading actors to perform key speeches from his plays. Here, Sacha Dhawan delivers an edited version of Parolles’s lines fr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:15AMTo mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, we asked leading actors to perform key speeches from his plays. Here, David Threlfall speaks Prospero’s lines from The Tempest, Act …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:15AMTo mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, we asked leading actors to perform key speeches from his plays. Here, Daniel Mays speaks Macbeth’s lines from Act II, Scene 1. As Ma…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:15AMTo mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, we asked leading actors to perform key speeches from his plays. Here, Samuel West speaks Henry V’s soliloquy from Act IV, Scene 1. O…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:15AMSaturday, February 27, 2016
Research reveals 73% of performers in British theatre and film are from middle-classA major academic study released to the Observer this weekend reveals the extent to which actors from relat…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:44PMSarah Kane’s ultra-violent Cleansed left them reeling in the stalls at the National Theatre last week. Was that a rare exception on an otherwise tame British stage?Has British theatre shie…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:12PMFriday, February 26, 2016
Iain Mackintosh writes: Diana Rowntree tells us Derek Sugden believed that meetings of more than seven people were a poor means of communication. The creation of theatres usually involves la…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:33PMThursday, February 25, 2016
Cities around the world plan festivals to mark the 400th anniversary of the playwright’s death — which falls, serendipitously, on his birthday.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:27PMMonday, February 22, 2016
Tony nominee Rory O'Malley (The Book of Mormon) and Bryan Fenkart (Memphis) have been tapped to play tech giants Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, respectively, in the forthcoming Broadway musi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:44AMTony nominee Rory O'Malley (The Book of Mormon) and Bryan Fenkart (Memphis) have been tapped to play tech giants Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, respectively, in the forthcoming Broadway mus…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:43AMWhen Sierra Boggess made her Broadway debut in 2008 in the title role of the hit Disney musical 'The Little Mermaid,' she became an overnight not just star, but also idol, role model, sensa…
SOURCE: Buzzsprout at 12:00AMFriday, February 19, 2016
The Broadway-aimed The SpongeBob Musical has announced additional casting of principal roles.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:26PM 
