Saturday, April 3, 2021
It’s been quite the terrifying year for us connected to the performing arts. An absolute scary time that began in mid-March 2020 as theaters went dark, lit only by their ghost lights. And …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:43PMSunday, February 21, 2021
Writers and artists including Róisín Murphy, Tiffany Calver and Sigala on the art that transports them to the dancefloor during lockdown
There have been many notable nightclubs in film his…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:03PMWednesday, February 10, 2021
Following its inaugural production of THE DYBBUK, The Congress for Jewish Culture will continue its International Virtual Yiddish Theater series with a stream of MEGILLAH CYCLE, premiering F…
SOURCE: vacationinspire.com at 10:50AMThursday, January 21, 2021
Tucked inside Congress’ latest round of small-business relief is some rare good news for restaurants, hotels and the performing arts — sectors that have been especially hard hit by COVID…
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 09:00AMThursday, December 24, 2020
Thanks to streaming, two American critics got to binge a bunch of the holiday extravaganzas. So how does this silly British tradition translate?
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:32PMWednesday, December 23, 2020
With their field rocked by unprecedented challenges in 2020, these people and groups — some notable, some new — stepped into the breach.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:12AMSunday, December 13, 2020
After a tough year for theatre, our chief critic celebrates the joy of the Christmas show, while five festive performers reveal how it feels to be waiting in the wings
Remember your first ev…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:32AMTuesday, December 1, 2020
It wasn’t the year for celebration. But watching innovation flourish inspired our chief critic, while other writers found the joys of the stage in other media.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:06AMFriday, November 13, 2020
The performances at George Street were impeccable. The actors even bore striking resemblances to their historic characters. The depiction of life in the 1950s was authentic down to Margaret�…
SOURCE: thejewishvoiceandopinion.com at 11:35AMWednesday, November 4, 2020
Our theater experts provide a guide to some of the successful (and failed) cinematic adaptations of plays and musicals — all for your streaming pleasure.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:36AMFriday, September 18, 2020
In the era of Covid 19, when our theatres have been forced to close throughout Aotearoa/New Zealand, we find ourselves unable to rehearse or to present our work to a live audience. This has …
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 03:10PMFriday, September 11, 2020
Six months dark. Thousands of artists out of work. Could this disaster have a surprise ending? Five critics on what must change, onstage and off.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:18AMFriday, August 21, 2020
Among the performances you can catch online are a one-woman show about sexual assault and riffs on “Heart of Darkness” and “Rocky.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:06PMMonday, August 17, 2020
Two critics square off to determine how well this body slam of a comedy, about stereotypes and storytelling, made it to the very small screen.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:54PMThursday, August 6, 2020
Vikki Stone and Natasha Barnes’s new show celebrates comic songs for actresses – here are their favourites from musicals
From Sweeney Todd by Stephen SondheimMrs Lovett is the sort of ro…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:24PMSaturday, August 1, 2020
The following review is based on the Snowdrops and Chlorine script, which differs slightly from the play’s hybrid recording. To watch the Snowdrops and Chlorine recording, please visit Sta…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 12:14AMWednesday, July 15, 2020
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 04:41PMThursday, July 9, 2020
Horse rides in stockings, rehearsals in deep freezes, fights in string vests ... as Patrick Stewart hits 80, friends from Harriet Walter to Brian Blessed pay tribute to the great actor Conti…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:54AMThursday, June 4, 2020
Miranda’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 02:18PMFriday, April 24, 2020
Donations to some churches have plummeted, and many charities have had to cancel crucial fundraising events such as galas, bike races and walkathons.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 02:18PMTuesday, April 21, 2020
The musical opened March 12, 2017, at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:12AMMonday, April 20, 2020
Tuesday, March 17, 2020
From West Side Story to Company, he revolutionised the musical. As the supreme lyricist and composer turns 90, Jake Gyllenhaal, Patti LuPone, Chita Rivera, Nathan Lane and more pay tribute C…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:06PMThursday, February 13, 2020
Post-Play Palaver is an occasional series of conversations between DC Metro Theater Arts writers who saw the same performance, got really into talking about it, and decided to continue their…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:55AMFriday, January 17, 2020
Ahead of taking the stage in the 10-year anniversary benefit concert of MMLJW, the Tony Award nominees share how their partnership began, the impact of their first musical, and more.
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:00AMTuesday, December 3, 2019
Shows that defied categorization offered a stark choice: Escape an angry world, or face up to its travails. Beyond Broadway, writers explored race, inequality and addiction.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:18AMSunday, November 10, 2019
Laurel 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: The Seattle Times at 11:33PMFriday, October 11, 2019
Thirty Colorado inmates staged “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” for nearby prisons. For some, it was the first time in years they were outside 20-foot walls and razor fences.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:18AMMonday, September 30, 2019
With the Jurassic World Live Tour, Feld Entertainment, known for arena tours like Disney on Ice and Sesame Street Live, is mounting a show with more teeth.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:33AMFriday, September 20, 2019
From 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 03:18AMThursday, August 29, 2019
Six years after its debut, Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s monologue is back in the theatre after its tearaway success on TV. We sent three millennial critics to watch it
Related: Sexy, subversive…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:03AM 
