Monday, August 7, 2017
This Week: A Two-Parter!
First Up, the FABULOUS Alexandra Silber share stories from her amazing career on Broadway (2015's "Fiddler on the Roof" and "Master Class") and The West End ("T…
SOURCE: Buzzsprout at 12:00AMSaturday, August 5, 2017
Spectacular light show in New Town square has shut down smaller events and venues, say criticsIt was meant to celebrate all that the summer festival season has come to mean to Edinburgh and …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24PMFriday, August 4, 2017
One of the unexpected pleasures of last summer returns to Regent’s Park, while the Finnish choreographer addresses masculinity and brutality1 The Flying Lovers of VitebskWhat is the cost o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:12AMMonday, July 31, 2017
Playwright and actor Sam Shepard has died aged 73. Best known for his play Buried Child, which won the Pulitzer prize in 1979, Shepard also enjoyed a lengthy film career, appearing in movies…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:48PMSaturday, July 29, 2017
Rival arts organisations cry foul at award of £2m in Arts Council funding to her next theatrical venture, Wise ChildrenThe beleaguered stage director Emma Rice, who is to step down from run…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:04PMFriday, July 28, 2017
Fleabag director Vicky Jones returns with a candid, honest play about sex, while Russia’s finest enjoy a second week at the Royal Opera House1 TouchDee is living in chaos in a bedsit in Lo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:24AMMonday, July 24, 2017
We're OBSESSED with Julia Murney! In the early days of her career, Julia made a name for herself working downtown in some of off-Broadway's hottest theaters. Her biggest break early on came …
SOURCE: Buzzsprout at 12:00AMSunday, July 23, 2017
For those who love musical theatre, there is something amazing going on in Fairfax, Virginia this weekend and next, as the City of Fairfax Theatre Company and Truro Anglican Church present J…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:37PMSaturday, July 22, 2017
They were at the vanguard of political comedy. Now Alexei Sayle, Craig Ferguson and Sue Perkins are heading back to the festival, as it celebrates its 70th birthdayUnknown talents and studen…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54PMFriday, July 21, 2017
James Graham takes on the Sun and Rupert Murdoch, while the great Russian troupe bring Don Quixote and Swan Lake to the Royal Opera House1 The FerrymanNow extended into 2018, Jez Butterworth…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:48AMThursday, July 20, 2017
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Linkin Park lead singer Chester Bennington, whose screeching vocals helped the rock-rap band become one of the most commercially successful acts in the 2000s, was …
SOURCE: Associated Press at 04:44PMLOS ANGELES (AP) -- Linkin Park lead singer Chester Bennington, who sold millions of albums with a unique mix of hard rock, hip-hop and rap, was found dead in his home near Los Angele…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 03:15PMWednesday, July 19, 2017
Don’t feed the plants! That’s the famous final warning from Howard Ashman and Alan Menken’s monster hit of a campy monster-musical Little Shop of Horrors, which has had countless produ…
SOURCE: artsatl.com at 09:01AMFriday, July 14, 2017
The Wardrobe Ensemble looks back at the sexual fumblings of the baby boomers, while Matthew Bourne, Sisters Grimm and others visit Suffolk’s arts jamboree1 1972: The Future of SexThe Wardr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:42AMThursday, July 13, 2017
The 2-hour Westfield News Radio special on the Berkshire Theatre Group for 89.5fm/WSKB. With Westfield News' Patrick Berry, ArtsBeat reporter Mark G. Auerbach, BTG CEO Kate Maguire, and the …
SOURCE: vimeo.com at 03:10PMMonday, July 10, 2017
CT Rep presents a sizzling production of Newsies, staged by Christpher d'Amboise down the road from the UConn Dairy Bar. A great ouble bill.
SOURCE: thewestfieldnews.com at 07:53AMToday's episode is in two parts, you guys! Up first is our dear friend Laura Osnes, making her FOURTH appearance on the podcast). Laura recently invited us to her perfectly appointed dressin…
SOURCE: Buzzsprout at 12:00AMFriday, July 7, 2017
Revel in the over-the-top wackiness of the new Meat Loaf musical and take in Lucinda Childs’s poetic classic of minimalist dance1 Bat Out of HellRomeo and Juliet meets Peter Pan in this dy…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:18AMWednesday, July 5, 2017
It’s 20 years since Tony Blair reshaped Britain’s economy around the arts, yet the project’s legacy is an exploitative sector dominated by people from an astonishingly small demographi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:48AMMonday, July 3, 2017
Why can’t you buy a Wonka Bar at the hit Broadway musical “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”? Blame corporate indifference — and a mistaken flirtation with crème brûlée.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:24PMFriday, June 30, 2017
Richard Bean’s tale of war, loss and reproduction enters its final week, while Sadler’s Wells hosts Sisters Grimm’s river-inspired production1 Kiss MeRichard Bean is best known for the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:48AMMonday, June 26, 2017
‘There’s no coming back from this’ … After 43 years together, Helen is shocked that her husband is leaving Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36AM‘But if I don’t do this, what else can I do?’ … A Welsh dairy farmer reflects on the real cost of a flat white Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36AM‘People are petrified’ … An immigration lawyer in Manchester sees fear – and hope – in his community Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:12AM‘I’m a warrior who’s been waiting for a war’ … Internet troll Carol whips up Brexit fury in Mansfield Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:12AMThe handsome, charming, and talented Derek Klena invited us to his dressing room at the Broadhurst theater to chat about starring in "Anastasia." He also shared the AMAZING story of his road…
SOURCE: Buzzsprout at 12:00AMSunday, June 25, 2017
Not your grandparents’ My Fair Lady, Olney Theatre Center presents a brilliant reimagining of this classic musical. With book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe, it…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:14PMSaturday, June 24, 2017
Critic's play shows how the famous actor's arrest was part of the 1950s homosexual witch-huntsThe scandal that almost ended the career of Sir John Gielgud is to be brought to the London stag…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:24PMFriday, June 23, 2017
Race fuels the drama behind the Orange Tree’s latest hit, while Alain Platel of Les Ballets C de la B returns with a darkly surreal performance1 RotterdamAlice has been living in Rotterdam…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:04AMMonday, June 19, 2017
It's no secret that I'm OBSESSED with "Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812"--I truly think it is one of the most powerful and affecting pieces of theater I've ever experienced. The …
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