Tuesday, December 14, 2021
The Lion King, Life of Pi and the National’s Hex among shows affected during crucial festive season
Coronavirus – latest updates
West End shows including The Lion King have had to cancel…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:54PMMonday, December 6, 2021
Members of Belarus Free Theatre say authorities ‘are more scared of artists than of political statements’
For 16 years, the Belarus Free Theatre has advocated for freedom of expression, …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:03AMFriday, December 3, 2021
Digital innovation continued this year, but experiencing plays in isolation grew tiring. Then came an in-person season as exciting as a child’s first fireworks.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:48AMSaturday, November 27, 2021
“I would ask you to sit back and luxuriate in his extraordinary words and music,” the director John Doyle said before Friday’s performance of the “Assassins” revival.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:32AMFriday, November 26, 2021
In a never before seen interview, Stephen Sondheim sat down with The New York Times in June 2008 to talk about his life, career and accomplishments.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:42PMWednesday, November 17, 2021
Festival to celebrate black culture and creativity, with Lemn Sissay and Shingai as headline acts
The Lyric Hammersmith theatre is launching its first festival celebrating black talent, cul…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:36AMThursday, November 11, 2021
Liam Scarlett, 35, was suspended from Royal Ballet in 2019 over allegations and died in April 2021
A former Royal Ballet choreographer killed himself after feeling “humiliation” over all…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:18PMWednesday, November 10, 2021
In “The Walk,” a 12-foot tall, 9-year-old Syrian girl named Amal trekked from Turkey to Britain to find her mother. In a politically divided continent, were any minds changed?
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:24AMArts centre had over 120 claims, including racism, investigated in external review into its operations
The Barbican centre has committed to “a radical transformation of culture and behavio…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:06AMTuesday, November 2, 2021
Next round to Grace’s dining room is the actor Russell Tovey. Over a bowl of his favourite childhood treat, he tells Grace about his upbringing in Essex, embarrassing acting scenes, reconn…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:33AMThursday, October 28, 2021
The artist’s “A Line,” her first New York solo show, sets the tone for the ambitious new 52 Walker, run by the gallerist Ebony L. Haynes.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:54AMWednesday, October 27, 2021
In his Broadway play, Ruben Santiago-Hudson revisits the Lackawanna, N.Y., of his youth. A lot has changed since the late 1950s and ’60s, reflected here in recent photographs of the area.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:33AMSunday, October 10, 2021
Two days after authorizing a strike, the stagehands union reached a deal Saturday with the Kennedy Center, ensuring the run of “Hadestown” and a slate of other dance, theater and music p…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:28PMSaturday, October 9, 2021
More than 60% consider leaving jobs amid concerns that ‘safe’ work by men could be prioritised
Leading women in British theatre have expressed concern that cash-strapped theatres could …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:36AMFriday, October 8, 2021
Areas will receive £40,000 grants to support the next step of their applications to succeed Coventry
Armagh City, Bradford, County Durham and Stirling are among the eight places in the UK l…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:48AMTuesday, September 28, 2021
A new play touring England uses beds to reflect on experiences of former unaccompanied minors
For most people, bed is a place of comfort, somewhere to recline and switch off. For others, it …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:18AMMonday, September 27, 2021
The performance-rich The Tony Awards Present: Broadways’ Back ceremony snagged a mere 2.62 million viewers, according to Nielsen time zone-adjusted data. That marks the worst result ever f…
SOURCE: Deadline at 08:26PMThe streaming part of the ceremony actually did a better job conveying the electricity of being in a theater than the CBS special billed as “Broadway’s Back!”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:18PMDespite an evening split between streaming and TV, the message on Sunday night was clear: Broadway is back.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:42AMThursday, September 23, 2021
‘Modern power couple’ Kardashian and West were helpful in interpreting Macbeths, says actor
The four-time Oscar nominee Saoirse Ronan and the Mare of Easttown’s James McArdle have sa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:06AMTuesday, September 21, 2021
Our intrepid reporter and photographer biked through Queens with David Byrne and some of his castmates ahead of their return to Broadway. Then the skies opened up.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:42PMMonday, September 20, 2021
New albums, new TV series, and actual live shows – the culture taps might have run dry during the pandemic, but this autumn they are switching on again at last. Our critics give their pick…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:24AMFriday, September 17, 2021
At the height of Europe’s spring Covid wave in 2021, the filmmaker Lucy Darwin offered to drive the actor and national treasure Miriam Margolyes from her home in Italy to London so that sh…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:06AMThursday, September 16, 2021
How five big returning shows, including “The Phantom of the Opera” and “Moulin Rouge!,” have retuned, restored and restarted their signature effects.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:06AMTuesday, September 14, 2021
Danastri Rizqi Nabilah, a filmmaker from Yogyakarta – a city in Indonesia known for its education and art – has no choice but to sell snacks after losing up to 40% of her income during t…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 02:19AMMonday, September 13, 2021
Determined to reopen, crews are dusting off spotlights, dancers are relearning steps, and everyone is testing, testing, testing as theater seeks to rebound from the devastating pandemic.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:18PMAfter months of canceling shows, finally, some Seattle-area performing-arts groups are welcoming in-person audiences this fall. Three artists show us what it takes to bring stages back to li…
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 09:00AMMonday, August 30, 2021
“Little Amal” is on a 5,000-mile journey from Turkey to Britain to highlight the plight of Syrian refugees. But in Greece, some have objected to her presence, saying it could encourage m…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:18PMThursday, August 26, 2021
The International Drama/Theatre and Education Association (IDEA) is organizing the Together We Go On Festival on 28th and 29th August, a 36 hour non-stop theatre experience that will show…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 12:51AMFriday, August 13, 2021
It’s been more than two years since Sierra Leone declared a state of emergency over sexual and gender-based violence. The declaration followed a public outcry over a spate of high-profile …
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 11:27AMTuesday, August 10, 2021
Theater and agriculture intersect at Willow Wisp Organic Farm, where an arts collective performs site-specific plays about climate change amid the greenhouses and flower beds.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:48PM 
