Across cultures, the self-making powers of storytelling are widely recognized. Steve Biko, the South African Black Consciousness thinker, once said that we need to speak from where we st…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 04:41PMA playwright, a director, an artistic director and an actor share their experiences — and prescriptions for change.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:24PMMiranda’s rap. Rylance’s poems. Jackman’s pelvis. And a brassy reunion for Bea Arthur and Angela Lansbury. Now set your clock for “Turkey Lurkey Time.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:18PMCzech theater companies couldn’t perform onstage during the early phases of the pandemic. So they took over a parking lot.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:48AMUncertainty about the coronavirus and the challenge of protecting audiences and artists is prompting many prominent presenters to wait till next year.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:32PMBy trans-Atlantic email, Patti LuPone and the Broadway director Marianne Elliott talk fear, sadness, camaraderie and the ethics of buying eggs from a Trump supporter.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:06AMIn a sign of the pandemic’s toll, New York’s cultural institutions, large and small, feel compelled to share their woes and tactics in strategy sessions.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:54AMBroadway was booming. Then came the coronavirus.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:32PMOne of the nation’s most successful theaters, the Public, shortened the run of a monologue by a prominent artist-activist, Josh Fox. Now each party is blaming the other.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:03PMLaurel Griggs, who enjoyed early acting success in the 2013 Broadway revival of “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” and the musical adaptation of the Irish film “Once,” died Tuesday. She was 13.…
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 11:33PMA seized phone. A stopped concert. A text from Rihanna. All new fuel for a heated debate about theater etiquette in the digital age.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:18PMFrom apocalyptic standup Frankie Boyle to the many hilarious faces of Tina Fey, Steve Coogan, Sharon Horgan and Kristen Wiig, we present the funniest comics of the era Our No 1 comedian’s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:18AMFrom Oktoberfests to Harvest Festivals, you can find a way to celebrate the end of a St. Louis summer.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 02:36AMThe 2019 Tony Awards are Sunday, June 9, from 8 to 11 p.m. on CBS. Here are the actors and shows we think should win.
SOURCE: USA Today at 09:06AMOur photographer Sara Krulwich is at Radio City Music Hall, looking for moments that might stand out — a stirring song, a striking emotion, a bit of visual razzle dazzle.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:12PMWhen and how to watch Broadway’s biggest celebration, plus the best New York Times journalism on the nominees and contests.
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SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:54PMFrom a Paris crosswalk to Radio City Music Hall, the TV funnyman and Tony Awards host reminds us that he started on the stage.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:03PMWhy they act. What they’ve learned. And what they’ll remember.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:18PMJackie Sibblies Drury, Jeremy O. Harris, Antoinette Nwandu and Jordan E. Cooper, on influences, gatekeepers and helping “the young black theater nerd find work that looks like them.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:46AMA filing seeking arbitration says the estate allowed eight theaters around the United States to stage “To Kill a Mockingbird,” then flip-flopped at the last minute.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:31AMScott Rudin's offer was extended to any theater whose rights to stage the old version had been challenged by his legal team.
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 08:24PMFacing criticism for making regional theaters cancel productions of “To Kill a Mockingbird,” Scott Rudin said he would let them go on, using the new Aaron Sorkin script.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:22PMDozens of community and nonprofit theaters across the U.S. have been forced to abandon productions of “To Kill a Mockingbird” under legal threat by Broadway and Hollywood producer Scott …
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 10:11PMSome community theaters have canceled productions of the play after receiving legal warnings that theirs cannot go on at the same time as the one in New York.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:00AMThe show’s creator hopes its 17-day run in San Juan will call attention to the struggling island’s needs as well as its riches.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:42AMChildish Gambino, Tame Impala and Ariana Grande will headline the 20th anniversary of the storied music festival.
SOURCE: USA Today at 01:28AMPhish at the Garden, drag shows in Brooklyn, jazz in the Village, comedy perilously close to Times Square and more: Where to laugh, dance, mosh and jam in 2019.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:54PMCarriage rides, fireworks, library parties, and literally ringing in the new year make the list.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 05:36PMHarper Lee’s estate objected to elements of Aaron Sorkin’s early stage adaptation. Now it arrives on Broadway with concessions from both sides.
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