Wednesday, August 10, 2016
Stephen Moss learns the art of impersonation from two masters: Alistair McGowan and Rory Bremner. Will Moss impress his tutors with his Boris Johnson? Can he manage to stretch his words and …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:14AMMonday, August 8, 2016
Friday, August 5, 2016
We are SO excited to welcome Carmen Cusack back to the podcast! Since we last spoke with her, Carmen received her first Tony nomination for her work in the FABULOUS "Bright Star." For this e…
SOURCE: Buzzsprout at 12:00AMWednesday, August 3, 2016
Phone rings. Door chimes. In comes company . . . It’s been a summer full of big musicals in Atlanta, and now one of the city’s most beloved theaters, Actor’s Express, has just roll…
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 11:01AMTuesday, August 2, 2016
Our colleague and friend Nicola Thorold, who has died aged 51 of leukaemia, was a champion of innovative grassroots theatre. As chief executive of the Independent Theatre Council (1993-2000)…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:44PMMonday, August 1, 2016
Shappi Khorsandi felt as if she’d walked on the moon. Isy Suttie watched a man change a dressing on a wound as she spoke. Omid Djalili fell off the stage. So how did the first gigs of Paul…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:55AMHello Theater People!
So, the plan was for us to take two weeks off and have a little bit of a summer break. But then we did this great interview with this young actress named Allison Se…
SOURCE: Buzzsprout at 12:00AMSaturday, July 30, 2016
Former primetime TV dance troupe Second Generation reunites to relive their glory daysHigh-kicking dancers in sequinned jumpsuits, often with bowler hats or feather boas, were once a tradema…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:32PMThursday, July 28, 2016
Wednesday, July 27, 2016
Harry Potter fans lucky enough to have seen the play already share their reviews. Warning: contains spoilersHow magical was the new Harry Potter play for longstanding Potter fans? Our theatr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:13AMMonday, July 25, 2016
Sunday, July 24, 2016
Poverty, street violence, guns, drugs, working-class whites blaming Hispanic immigrants for their financial woes, mistrust of the police—is this an article in last week’s newspaper? It c…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:04PMFriday, July 22, 2016
SURPRISE EPISODE! Happy Friday, Theater People! We're so excited to bring you this mini bonus episode featuring Broadway powerhouses Emily Skinner and Alice Ripley! Alice and Emily first met…
SOURCE: Buzzsprout at 12:00AMThursday, July 21, 2016
Tom Walker, creator of Jonathan Pie, says it’s now time to move on from the channel that made his name Jonathan Pie, the fictional television reporter who is regularly pushed to the edge o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:01PMWednesday, July 20, 2016
You guys, I just have to go ahead and admit it, I have a full on Broadway crush on today’s guest, THREE time Tony nominee, Christopher Fitzgerald. I know, I know, I know, it’s probably i…
SOURCE: Buzzsprout at 12:00AMTuesday, July 12, 2016
Record 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 04:29AMMonday, July 11, 2016
The Dance Division has over forty-five original costume designs by artist and designer Boris Anisfeld. We are thrilled that we have been given permission to digitize the designs and include …
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 03:39PMYou guys, I’m SO excited to share our interview with Tony winner James Monroe Igleheart with you today. This guy is so smart and warm and funny, I could have talked to him for hours. He ma…
SOURCE: Buzzsprout at 12:00AMSaturday, July 9, 2016
Imagine, if you can, that it is July 2017 and Donald J. Trump has been elected as the 45th President of the United States. While some of you might find that prospect wonderful and others ho…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:36AMWednesday, July 6, 2016
Some new blood will soon be in the room where it happens: Brandon Victor Dixon, Lexi Lawson, and Michael Luwoye are joining the cast of Broadway's Hamilton in the roles of Aaron Burr, Hamilt…
SOURCE: Vulture at 01:39PMTuesday, July 5, 2016
New York City Ballet rehearsal of "Dim Lustre" with Patricia McBride and Antony Tudor, choreography by Antony Tudor. Image ID: swope_1209509
As the new Oral History Assistant, I have observ…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 01:16PMQueens of Syria, an adaptation of Euripides’ antiwar tragedy The Trojan Women, will visit London, Liverpool and EdinburghFor Sham, who fled Syria with her family, life in Damascus before t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:43PMMonday, July 4, 2016
On March 21, 2016, the Library for the Performing Arts (LPA) debuted Archives of Sound, an interactive audio installation inspired by collections in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of R…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 12:34AMJohn Street Theatre, NYC, c. 1791. Image ID: 1650651
A guest post on the research that informed the earliest material in Shakespeare's Star Turn in America, by volunteer (and former intern)…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 12:34AMThursday, June 30, 2016
A naked male model screaming about Donald Trump and taunting police atop the red TKTS staircase at Duffy Square jumped to the pavement as officers tried to apprehend him Thursday morning.
SOURCE: www.dnainfo.com at 03:30PMTuesday, June 28, 2016
The Jerome Robbins Dance Division is pleased to announce that the Ted Shawn papers, Additions is now open for research.
This material was donated to the Library in 1992 by the John Ch…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 11:14PMMonday, June 27, 2016
YOU GUYS!! The day has finally arrived! We are SO thrilled to share this hilarious and heart warming interview with Betsy Wolfe with all of you!
Betsy made her Broadway debut in the 2007 …
SOURCE: Buzzsprout at 12:00AMFriday, June 24, 2016
A guest blog by volunteer and former intern Emma Winter Zeig
Photograph taken by the author.
Before a television ad sells a product to the consumer, the company behind the product has …
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 03:46PMHow do you make fun of someone who always makes fun of himself? Well, last night, Roastmaster Bob Saget and The Kennedy Center’s District of Comedy Festival managed to do just that, roasti…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:39PM 
