Lend Us Your Ears, and Don’t Forget Your Farm Boots by Michelle V. Agins and Julia Jacobs

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.

Kalina Stefanova and Marvin Carlson in conversation on Directors from Eastern Europe. Part 3. by Tomasz Wiśniewski and Katarzyna Kręglewska

This is PART 3 of the interview. To read PART 1 and PART 2, click the links. Tomasz Wiśniewski: There is a strong representation of the Romanian theatre. Professor Maria Zărnescu from Buch…

Kalina Stefanova and Marvin Carlson in conversation on Directors from Eastern Europe. Part 2. by Tomasz Wiśniewski and Katarzyna Kręglewska

This is Part 2 of the interview. To read Part 1 and Part 3, click the links. Tomasz Wiśniewski: Perhaps, at this moment we may ask Professor Octavian Saiu from Romania – who by the way is…

Kalina Stefanova and Marvin Carlson in Conversation on Directors from Eastern Europe. Part 1. by Tomasz Wiśniewski and Katarzyna Kręglewska

A zoom conversation conducted on 13th May 2021 as part of the Twelfth Between.Pomiędzy Festival. Tomasz Wiśniewski: The session that we are beginning now is pivotal for all activities cond…

The First Play Returning to Broadway Is Doing Things Differently by Dodai Stewart, Michael Paulson, Anna Martin, Tracy Mumford, Theo Balcomb, Phyllis Fletcher, Wendy Dorr and Corey Schreppel

The playwright Antoinette Nwandu is making her Broadway debut with “Pass Over” — and trying to change long-held precedents in the process.

Building Bridges: Interweaving Beckett – Brazil and Poland by Ronei Vieira Nogueira and Robson Corrêa De Camargo

Máskara – the Transdisciplinary Research Center in Theatre, Dance, and Performance – is an artistic and academic collective founded in 2002 in Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil. It is linked to …

Beckett, Technology, and Experimentation: Report from the Between.Pomiedzy Festival 2021, Day 4 by Kathryn Mederos Syssoyeva and Diana Zhdanova

Day four of the Between.Pomiedzy festival featured Virtual Beckett, the third seminar by the Beckett Research Group of Gdańsk. This session opened with a presentation by the artistic direct…

Local arts groups, venues and promoters finally receiving pandemic grants by Jeremy Reynolds and Scott Mervis / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

‘Dream Life of Malcolm X’ heightens the debate about who has the right to tell which story by Lily Janiak and Morayo Ogunbayo

Though playwright John Wilkins identifies as African American, he is light-skinned enough not to get followed at the grocery store.

A Tight, Living Room Drama of a Family in Crisis, “Appropriate” Explores Truth-Telling and Dark Histories by Heidi Norman and Jennifer Newman

Wesley 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. …

As New York Reopens, It Looks for Culture to Lead the Way by Michael Paulson, Ben Sisario and Robin Pogrebin

Culture is part of the lifeblood of New York — a magnet for visitors and residents alike that will play a key role if the city is to remain vital. There are signs of hope everywhere, as va…

As New York Reopens, It Looks for Culture to Lead the Way by Michael Paulson, Ben Sisario and Robin Pogrebin

The arts scene, from Broadway and nightclubs to museums and concert halls, is coming back to life after the pandemic shutdown. Getting it right will be vital to the city’s comeback.

From Daily to Beckett: Godot in Wuhan. Wang Chong and Peng Tao in Conversation with Tomasz Wiśniewski and Katarzyna Kręglewska. Part 2. by Tomasz Wiśniewski and Katarzyna Kręglewska

This is PART 2 of the interview. To read PART 1, click here. Wiśniewski: When I watched your adaptation of Waiting for Godot, I was struck by how mundane activities were globalized in the o…

From Daily to Beckett: Godot in Wuhan. Wang Chong and Peng Tao in Conversation with Tomasz Wiśniewski and Katarzyna Kręglewska. Part 1. by Tomasz Wiśniewski and Katarzyna Kręglewska

Godot in Wuhan was a special session at the Twelfth Between.Pomiędzy Festival conducted within the framework of the Beckett seminar in Gdańsk. The University of Gdańsk Samuel Beckett Se…

‘In the Heights’ y el colorismo: lo que se pierde cuando se borra a los afrolatinos by Maira Garcia, Sandra E. Garcia, Isabelia Herrera, Concepción De León, Maya Phillips and A.o. Scott

La película, ambientada en un barrio neoyorquino conocido como la Pequeña República Dominicana, no incluyó a latinos de piel oscura en los papeles principales. Críticos y reporteros del…

‘In the Heights’ and Colorism: What Is Lost When Afro-Latinos Are Erased by Maira Garcia, Sandra E. Garcia, Isabelia Herrera, Concepción De León, Maya Phillips and A.O. Scott

The film, set in a New York neighborhood known as the Little Dominican Republic, didn’t cast dark-skinned Latinos in lead roles. Our writers discuss how that absence reverberates.

British ballerina at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy, Moscow – in pictures by Evgenia Novozhenina/reuters. Written By Tatiana Gomozova and Lev Sergeev

Rachel Armstrong, from Northumberland, is due to graduate from the renowned Russian academy this month Continue reading...

NBC Says It Will Not Air the Golden Globes in 2022 by Matt Stevens and Cara Buckley

The group behind the awards, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, has been under pressure for its lack of Black members and its financial practices.

Things To Do At Home by Emma Grillo and Danya Issawi

This week, check in with NASA’s Perseverance rover, listen to orchestral music or celebrate Eid al-Fitr by making a custard dessert.

How Scott Rudin Wielded Power in Show Business by Michael Paulson and Cara Buckley

For decades, the producer has cultivated and castigated people at all levels of entertainment. Now his past is catching up with him.

After Scott Rudin bullying exposé, there are mostly crickets by Jake Coyle and Lindsey Bahr and Mark Kennedy

How have Hollywood and Broadway responded to an exposé detailing routine abuse and bullying by producer Scott Rudin? Mostly, with crickets.

Things To Do At Home by Emma Grillo and Danya Issawi

This week, spend story time with the National Postal Museum, listen to a lecture from the artist Lorraine O’Grady or take a Syrian cooking class.

Performing Arts Make a Cautious Return in New York by Matt Stevens and Julia Jacobs

More than a year after the pandemic abruptly shuttered theaters and concert halls across the city, limited audiences were welcomed back inside.

What Is Life Without Burlesque? by Kholood Eid and Julia Carmel

Their venues are closed and their stages are dark, but New York City’s burlesque performers are itching for the return of feathers, tassels and harnesses.

Coming to Broadway: Vaccinations for New York’s Theater Workers by Julia Jacobs and Michael Paulson

Mayor Bill de Blasio said that the city would create a vaccination site for theater workers to try to help Broadway shows reopen by the fall.

‘Why Are We Stuck?’ Stage Actors Challenge Their Union Over Safety by Michael Paulson and Katy Lemieux

A dust-up in Dallas and a 2,500-person petition signal that many performers believe their representatives are keeping them from getting work.

'I got a job on a fishing trawler' – Covid: one year on, stars of music and theatre look back by Dave Simpson , Imogen Tilden, Arifa Akbar, Lyndsey Winship and Brian Logan

In the second of our two-parter, rock stars, roadies, actors, dancers, composers and comics describe how their lives have been transformed without live shows – and imagine what now lies ah…

Things To Do At Home by Emma Grillo and Danya Issawi

This week, celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, listen to Shakespeare or make some art.

Protesters Occupy French Theaters, Demanding Reopening by Laura Cappelle and Alex Marshall

The pandemic is still raging, but arts workers in France want to know when cultural life can restart.

The Night New York's Theaters, Museums and Concert Halls Shut Down by Michael Paulson, Julia Jacobs and Jason Farago

Chocolate fountains, Debbie Harry and an artist’s swan song cut short. We gathered scenes from the New York City cultural landscape in the last moments before lockdown.

The Virus Cost Performers Their Work, Then Their Health Coverage by Matt Stevens and Jeremy Fassler

As the entertainment industry collapsed during the pandemic, several major health plans made it harder to qualify for insurance. Thousands lost it.