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Thursday, December 5, 2024

Art: CUSTOM PINS AND THE WORLD OF ART, THEATRE, AND CINEMA by Nia Liat

Art, theatre and cinema is a medium through which stories can be told across borders and geographies, evoke emotions and make you feel that the story belongs to you. Able to inspire, enterta…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 12:36PM
Wednesday, November 13, 2024

MOVING TIPS MADE EASY: TIPS FOR ACTORS, ARTISTS AND CREATIVES ON THE GO by Nia Liat

In the arts and entertainment industry, moving is often a fact of life — whether it’s for a new theater production, film shoot, or seasonal gig. For many creative professionals, the proc…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 03:00AM
Thursday, September 12, 2024

Extras: 5 WAYS COLLEGE STUDENTS CAN GET INVOLVED IN CAMPUS THEATER IN 2024 by Nia Liat

College theater is an excellent way for students to be creative, connect with people, and build various skills. So, for the extroverts who love to be in the spotlight, those who love to work…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 03:00AM
Wednesday, March 13, 2024

London Theatre: CONSTELLATIONS (National Theatre at Home) by Nia Liat

The National Theatre announces that the Donmar Warehouse revival of the Royal Court Theatre Production, Constellations, directed by former artistic director of the Donmar Warehouse Michae…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:14PM
Tuesday, January 9, 2024

Highly Recommended Dance: GISELLE (Dutch National Ballet; Only in Cinemas on January 21, 2024) by Nia Liat

For years, moviegoers were able to experience some of the world’s most exquisite ballet productions in movie theaters. Then came the pandemic, with its impact on cinemas. At the same time,…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:19PM
Thursday, January 4, 2024

Recommended Theater: WOMEN BEWARE WOMEN (Blue in the Right Way at The Edge Theater in Chicago) by Nia Liat

Chicago theatre company, Blue in the Right Way, formed to make provocative, stylized theatre as visual art, presents its inaugural production, Women Beware Women, a queer, feminist version o…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 08:29PM
Monday, December 18, 2023

Highly Recommended Dance: SUGAR HILL: THE ELLINGTON/ STRAYHORN NUTCRACKER (Auditorium Theatre) by Nia Liat

An exhilarating story told in dance and live performance by a seventeen-piece jazz orchestra, SUGAR HILL is set to the music of the genre-defying collaboration between jazz icons bandleader/…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:36PM
Friday, December 15, 2023

Recommended Dance: EIGHTH AMERICAN DANCE PLATFORM (The Joyce Theater) by Nia Liat

The Joyce Theater continues to bring the best in dance to its New York City stage in the eighth iteration of American Dance Platform. Hand-picked by educator, dramaturg, choreographer, schol…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 06:18PM
Tuesday, October 3, 2023

Extras: MASTERING THE ART OF CRITIQUING: EVALUATING A THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE by Nia Liat

In the theatre something magical happens; your imagination comes alive, and your heart beats with excitement. The stories unfold before your eyes. As an audience member, you can be fully imm…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 07:19PM
Saturday, July 22, 2023

Extras: HOW TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT MUSICAL: FINDING THE PERFECT SHOW TO FIT YOUR TASTES by Nia Liat

Are you a theatre aficionado who loves nothing more than attending the opening night of the latest musical production? Or perhaps it’s time to introduce your family or friends to the joys …

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:55AM
Thursday, July 13, 2023

Theater Review: THE WIZARD OF OZ (Musical Theatre West in Long Beach) by Nia Liat

OOHS AND OZ Just in time, a new, colorful and fun version of everyone’s childhood favorite movie is here in Long Beach. Musical Theatre West’s Royal Shakespeare version of The Wizard of…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:10PM
Wednesday, June 14, 2023

Recommended Theater: MONKEYS (905 Cole Theatre; 2023 Hollywood Fringe Festival) by Nia Liat

The Hollywood Fringe Festival is presenting the world premiere of Monkeys, a 2023 Hollywood Fringe Scholarship winner, written and directed by Bernard Badion. Monkeys is a workplace comedy s…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 09:10PM
Wednesday, May 17, 2023

Recommended Theatre: YOURS UNFAITHFULLY (Jermyn Street Theatre in London) by Nia Liat

FAITHFULLY BRINGING MILES MALLESON TO LIGHT In 2017, Mint Theater Company presented the World Premiere of Miles Malleson’s Yours Unfaithfully, directed by Mint Artistic Director Jonathan …

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 07:48PM
Wednesday, April 19, 2023

Theater Festival: THE ONCE AND FUTURE FESTIVAL (Greenhouse Theatre Center in Chicago) by Nia Liat

THE ONCE AND FUTURE FESTIVAL PRESENTS SIX NEW PLAYS BY CHICAGO PLAYWRIGHTS Six Chicago playwrights have come together to self-produce their own plays, their way. Inspired by previous self-pr…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 01:58AM
Wednesday, March 29, 2023

Recommended Theater: LONDON ROAD (U.S. Premiere; Shattered Globe Theatre at Theater Wit; April 22-June 3) by Nia Liat

NATIONAL THEATRE MUSICAL GETS US PREMIERE Determined and tenacious, the residents of Ipswich, UK mobilize to overcome the immense fear and media circus that unfolds following the serial murd…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 06:02PM
Wednesday, March 15, 2023

Theater Opening: Noël Coward’s THE VORTEX (Chichester Festival Theatre) by Nia Liat

GET CAUGHT IN THIS VORTEX Opening the Chichester Festival Theatre 2023 season is a tantalisingly decadent production of The Vortex by Noël Coward – his first big commercial hit that he…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 03:52PM
Thursday, February 2, 2023

Highly Recommended Theater: MEAN GIRLS (National Tour at Segerstrom Center for the Arts, March 7-19) by Nia Liat

Direct from Broadway, MEAN GIRLS is the hilarious hit musical from book writer TINA FEY (30 Rock), composer JEFF RICHMOND (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt), lyricist NELL BENJAMIN (Legally Blond…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 01:41PM
Wednesday, November 9, 2022

Recommended Album: A NEIL DIAMOND CHRISTMAS (Capitol/UMe) by Nia Liat

NEIL WITH THE SHEPHERDS Heck no, it ain’t too early. And with the new Broadway musical A Beautiful Noise just about to spring to life, it seems that we can’t get enough of the legendary …

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 01:08AM
Tuesday, October 25, 2022

Extras: WILL LEGISLATION PROTECT GIG WORKERS IN THEATER – OR SIMPLY RESTRICT OPPORTUNITIES FOR MINORITY GROUPS? by Nia Liat

Will Legislation Protect Gig Workers In Theater – Or Simply Restrict Opportunities For Minority Groups? When it comes to stage and cinema, productivity relies completely on gig workers. Ho…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 03:31AM
Friday, October 21, 2022

Theater Recommendation: LOOKOUT, WINTER 2023 (Steppenwolf Theatre Company) by Nia Liat

LOOKOUT FOR STEPPENWOLF’S NEW SERIES LookOut, Steppenwolf Theatre’s performance series that presents the work of artists and companies across genre and form, presents the Winter 2023 se…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 03:22AM
Tuesday, September 27, 2022

New York Theater: BLOOMING: A FLEA SHINDIGGITY (The Flea) by Nia Liat

LaChanze & More to Join The Flea’s 2nd Annual House Party On Thursday, Sept. 29, 7:30pm until Midnight, The Flea Theater (20 Thomas Street) is presenting its 2nd Annual House Party en…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 01:58AM
Wednesday, July 13, 2022

Pre-Broadway: THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA: THE MUSICAL (James M. Nederlander Theatre in Chicago) by Nia Liat

Music by Sir Elton John and Lyrics by Shaina Taub Book by Kate Wetherhead Starring Tony Award Winner Beth Leavel as Miranda Priestly and Taylor Iman Jones as Andy Sachs JULY 19-AUGUST 21, 20…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 03:01AM
Saturday, July 9, 2022

Off-Broadway/Dance/Opera: THE FINAL VEIL (the cell theatre) by Nia Liat

HOLOCAUST DANCER DRAMA PREMIERES AT THE CELL, JULY 14 – 31, 2022 Nancy Manocherian’s the cell theatre will present the premiere of THE FINAL VEIL, a unique blend of theater, opera and da…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:51PM
Wednesday, July 6, 2022

Theater Opening: NAN AND THE LOWER BODY (TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, Lucie Stern Theatre) by Nia Liat

THEATREWORKS SILICON VALLEY PRESENTS THE WORLD PREMIERE OF Nan and the Lower Body Janis Dardaris and Elissa Beth Stebbins in the staged reading of NAN AND THE LOWER BODY in the 2019 TheatreW…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 03:07AM
Monday, June 27, 2022

Dance Recommendation: CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS (The Joyce) by Nia Liat

CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS MAKES JOYCE DEBUT FOR PRIDE, 2022 The Joyce Theater, 175 Eighth Avenue at West 19th Street, concludes Pride 2022 with the debut of boundary-shattering movement artist Ch…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 03:01AM
Tuesday, June 21, 2022

Dance: SW!NG OUT (National Tour’s West Coast Premiere at The Ahmanson in Los Angeles) by Nia Liat

Acclaimed choreographer & Dance Magazine cover star Caleb Teicher brings the best of the swing dance world to the concert stage when the The Music Center welcomes the West Coast premi…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 03:01AM
Friday, June 17, 2022

Film Recommendation: UÝRA: THE RISING FOREST (directed by Juliana Curi) by Nia Liat

WORLD PREMIERE AT THE 2022 FRAMELINE FILM FESTIVAL Wednesday, June 22nd @ 8:30pm The New Parkway Theater Frameline Tickets “Magical and rhythmic, this film moves beyond genre and engages v…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 03:15AM
Tuesday, June 7, 2022

Los Angeles Theatre: PERRA DE NADIE [NOBODY’S BITCH] (LATC) by Nia Liat

Latino Theater Company presents Spanish dancer, choreographer and performance artist Marta Carrasco in Perra de Nadie (“Nobody’s Bitch”). In the deepest part of everyone, where th…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 03:02AM
Monday, May 23, 2022

Recommended Music Event: JOURNEY OUT OF DARKNESS (Numi Opera at The Broad Stage) by Nia Liat

JOURNEY OUT OF DARKNESS Breathing new life into works by composers who suffered oppression Numi Opera Theatre is back live after the Covid shutdown and will present Journey Out of Darkness,…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 07:33PM
Wednesday, May 18, 2022

Dance: ENSEMBLE ESPAÑOL SPANISH DANCE THEATER (Youth Company Auditions, Saturday May 21, 2022) by Nia Liat

Ensemble Español Spanish Dance Theater Youth Company Auditions Dancers 9 – 17 years old When? Saturday, May 21 @ 9:00-10:30 am ​Where: Northeastern Illinois University (J – Buildin…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 03:35PM
Tuesday, March 22, 2022

Dance Tour: LUXERÎA (Barcelona Flamenco Ballet) by Nia Liat

Suspense, intrigue, sex, scandal, love: Luxurîa (“Lust”), the latest flamenco dance-theater sensation from Spain’s internationally renowned Barcelona Flamenco Ballet. As part of a g…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 03:21AM

All that Chat

2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
TBA: Titanic
TBA: Ragtime