All stories by Peter Marks on BroadwayStars

Tuesday, May 5, 2020

Not even a pandemic could stop this D.C. artistic leader from building the acting school of her dreams by Peter Marks

Joy Zinoman’s conservatory moves closer to opening a new home in the District.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 05:18PM
Thursday, April 30, 2020

A Tony-winning director finds a rewarding new way to build a musical in the age of covid-19 by Peter Marks

Assembling “1776” proves deeply emotional for a gallery of actors and designers.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 09:12AM
Monday, April 27, 2020

A blessed event for hard times: Sondheim sung by Broadway’s best by Peter Marks

A dream team comes to the web to pay tribute to a 90-year-old composer, and lift all spirits.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:18PM
Friday, April 24, 2020

No one will ever see this play, and no actors are coming either. But the show will go on. by Peter Marks

A production of a Greek tragedy that can’t be seen becomes a metaphor for what we are going through.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:54PM
Thursday, April 23, 2020

To survive, this Shakespeare troupe is offering online classes and videos. Are branded masks next? by Peter Marks

American Shakespeare Center in Staunton, Va., like all arts groups, is scrambling to make up box-office revenue.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 09:12AM
Tuesday, April 21, 2020

Rejoice, ‘Hamilton’ fans: Lin-Manuel Miranda makes his student program free online by Peter Marks

The creators of the hit musical move up the launch of a digital version of a popular school program.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:24PM
Friday, April 10, 2020

In the midst of the virus, theater migrates to the web. The results are spotty. by Peter Marks

All the world is no longer a stage. Except online.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:48AM
Wednesday, April 8, 2020

Broadway extends its shutdown for nearly two more months as anxieties rise about its future by Peter Marks

Some shows with box-office jitters will have a harder time coming back, experts say.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:12PM
Monday, April 6, 2020

The nightly ovation for hospital workers may be New York’s greatest performance by Peter Marks

The new ritual is a collective expression of a stricken city’s anxiety and appreciation.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:32PM
Tuesday, March 31, 2020
Wednesday, March 25, 2020

Tony Awards, Broadway’s biggest night, postponed because of virus’s spread by Peter Marks

A new date will be announced once Broadway is back in business, Tony officials said.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 05:54PM

Tony Awards, Broadway’s biggest night, postponed because of virus’ spread by Peter Marks

NEW YORK — Citing concerns for “the health and safety of the Broadway community,” representatives of the Tony Awards announced Wednesday a postponement of the June 7 ceremony. They add…

SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 04:18PM

With Terrence McNally’s death, the theater has lost a voice of consummate wit and passion by Peter Marks

The prolific author of “Love! Valour! Compassion!” won four Tonys, for both plays and musicals.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:36PM
Thursday, March 19, 2020

The virus has arts groups hanging by a thread. Michael M. Kaiser has ideas about saving them. by Peter Marks

‘If this goes on for six months, … I think we’re really starting the arts ecology over,’ says the former Kennedy Center president.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 04:12PM
Tuesday, March 17, 2020

The virus is already pushing small theaters to the brink. One Shakespeare theater hopes it can make it back. by Peter Marks

American Shakespeare Center in Staunton, Va., is trying to rise to a daunting challenge: survival.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 05:48PM
Sunday, March 15, 2020

ƒIn virus’s wake, theaters are putting their plays on film, so that they still might be seen and enjoyed by Peter Marks

Coronavirus has put a temporary halt to live performances, and these tapings — for posterity and for patrons — are emotional affairs.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 06:12PM
Thursday, March 12, 2020

Broadway to go dark, as coronavirus fears intensify by Peter Marks

All performances have been canceled until the week of April 13.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 05:48PM

Theater is a haven. But with the coronavirus, it’s become an incubator for our fears. by Peter Marks

A contagion spreads worry and uncertainty in a fragile art form.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 05:48PM
Monday, March 9, 2020

Woolly Mammoth Theatre hopes it has the next big Broadway musical in ‘A Strange Loop’ by Peter Marks

Nurturing Michael R. Jackson’s irreverent show marks a first for the iconoclastic D.C. theater company.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:32PM
Thursday, March 5, 2020

Listen up, Bob Dylan fans: You’ll want to journey to Broadway’s ‘North Country’ by Peter Marks

Writer-director Conor McPherson brings a gorgeous Depression story to the Belasco Theatre.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:54PM

How do you sell Shakespeare in 2020? The Englishman newly heading a storied D.C. theater has a playbook. by Peter Marks

As artistic director at Shakespeare Theatre Company, Simon Godwin is thinking big.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 08:36AM
Friday, February 28, 2020

You think your job has baggage? Try playing Donald Trump or Fidel Castro. by Peter Marks

New plays in Washington tackle some of the most polarizing figures of our time.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:18AM
Thursday, February 27, 2020

Watching ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ with 18,000 teenagers was one of the most profound theater experiences of my career by Peter Marks

At Madison Square Garden, a free performance of the Broadway hit soars and astonishes.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:18PM

It was a dark and stormy night at Woolly Mammoth Theatre, as the talk turned to Trump . . . by Peter Marks

Anne Washburn’s “Shipwreck” is the latest play to take on a confounding political era.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:48AM
Tuesday, February 25, 2020

‘Timon of Athens’ is tricky Shakespeare. A fearless director gets it right. by Peter Marks

Artistic director Simon Godwin stages his first play for Shakespeare Theatre Company.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 04:54PM

Studio Theatre to get $20 million makeover, including open-concept redesign of its showpiece Metheny space by Peter Marks

The project will make the company functional for popular, immersive plays and musicals.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 09:18AM
Thursday, February 20, 2020

This gutsy new ‘West Side Story’ is unlike any you’ve seen — and it’s exhilarating by Peter Marks

Director Ivo van Hove and choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker put a thrillingly distinctive stamp on a beloved musical.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 09:06PM
Wednesday, February 19, 2020

See ‘The Amen Corner’ and feel the power of James Baldwin by Peter Marks

Shakespeare Theatre Company revives a rarely seen gospel play.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 04:48PM

Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick revive a Broadway tradition: An out-of-town play tryout by Peter Marks

Neil Simon’s “Plaza Suite,” with John Benjamin Hickey directing, has a Boston trial run.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:48PM
Tuesday, February 18, 2020

It was a dark and stormy night at Woolly Mammoth Theatre, as the talk turned to Trump . . . by Peter Marks

Ann Washburn’s “Shipwreck” is the latest play to take on a confounding political era.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 04:12PM
Thursday, February 13, 2020

Can this generation’s Tony and Maria find their place in yet another ‘West Side Story’? by Peter Marks

Director Ivo van Hove’s radically reimagined Broadway production has its official opening Feb. 20.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:32AM

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