Company in the Archive by Doug Reside, Curator, Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library For The Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center

Elaine Stritch in the original Broadway production of COMPANY. Photo by Friedman-Abeles. NYPL Digital Collections, Image ID: 58155824 In a December 1, 2021 piece inThe New York Times ab…

Best Theater of 2021 by Jesse Green, Maya Phillips, Laura Collins-Hughes, Scott Heller, Alexis Soloski and Elisabeth Vincentelli

Digital innovation continued this year, but experiencing plays in isolation grew tiring. Then came an in-person season as exciting as a child’s first fireworks.

For a Broadway Torn by a Pandemic, a Split-Personalities Tonys by Jesse Green, Elisabeth Vincentelli and James Poniewozik

The streaming part of the ceremony actually did a better job conveying the electricity of being in a theater than the CBS special billed as “Broadway’s Back!”

How Indonesian Young Creative Workers in Yogyakarta Stay Productive Amid the Pandemic by Oki Rahadianto Sutopo, Annisa R Beta, Arian Utomo, Gregorius Ragil Wibawanto, and Novi Kurnia

Danastri Rizqi Nabilah, a filmmaker from Yogyakarta – a city in Indonesia known for its education and art – has no choice but to sell snacks after losing up to 40% of her income during t…

Building Bridges: Interweaving Beckett – Brazil and Poland by Ronei Vieira Nogueira and Robson Corrêa De Camargo

Máskara – the Transdisciplinary Research Center in Theatre, Dance, and Performance – is an artistic and academic collective founded in 2002 in Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil. It is linked to …

Local arts groups, venues and promoters finally receiving pandemic grants by Jeremy Reynolds and Scott Mervis / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Something wicked this way comes: the Lord Chamberlain’s Men on tour – photo essay by Chris Wiegand Photography and Interviews By David Levene

The outdoor theatre company will cover more than 12,000 miles this summer, visiting more than 60 venues. Guardian photographer David Levene joined the Macbeth road trip The Covid-19 pandemic…

Charles Robinson, who played court clerk on long-running ‘Night Court,’ dies at 75 by Staff Reports and News Services

Mr. Robinson was a prolific stage actor and had supporting parts in series such as “Buffalo Bill,” “Love & War,” “Home Improvement,” “The Game” and “Hart of Dixie.”

China’s Communist Party Turns 100. Cue the (State-Approved) Music. by Javier C. Hernández and Joy Dong

A wave of nationalistic music, theater and dance is sweeping China, part of Beijing’s efforts to improve the party’s image and strengthen political loyalty.

Clarence Williams III, who starred as Linc on ‘The Mod Squad,’ dies at 81 by News Services and Staff Reports

He also received a Tony nomination and appeared in Lee Daniels’ “The Butler.”

Watch David Hare read new satirical poem about Boris Johnson – video by David Hare, Noah Payne-Frank and Charlie Phillips

Playwright David Hare has written a new poem, Agony Uncle, about Boris Johnson's handling of the coronavirus crisis. Written in the tradition of 18th century satire, the poem castigates the…

Paul Ritter, British actor in ‘Chernobyl’ and Harry Potter franchise, dies at 54 by News Services and Staff Reports

He also received a Tony nomination in 2009 for “The Norman Conquests.”

The reopening long shot by John Stoltenberg and David Siegel

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 …

‘You can smell the sweat and hair gel’: the best nightclub scenes from culture by Peter Bradshaw, Claire Armitstead, Keza Macdonald, Simran Hans, Ammar Kalia, Lanre Bakare, Lyndsey Winship, Alexis Petridis, Arifa Akbar, Aniefiok Ekpoudom and Jonathan Jones. Artist Interviews By Ben Beaumont-Thomas

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…

Eleanor Reissa, Allen Lewis Rickman, Avi Hoffman, More Star in MEGILLAH CYCLE by Vi

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…

Seattle restaurants and arts and culture institutions are hoping for a big boost in latest round of COVID-19 relief by Paul Roberts, Tan Vinh, Brendan Kiley and Michael Rietmulder

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…

How the Spectacle of British Pantomime Looks From Across the Pond by Alexis Soloski and Elisabeth Vincentelli

Thanks to streaming, two American critics got to binge a bunch of the holiday extravaganzas. So how does this silly British tradition translate?

Advocating and Agitating, Connecting and Inventing by Michael Paulson, Jesse Green, Scott Heller, Laura Collins-Hughes and Elisabeth Vincentelli

With their field rocked by unprecedented challenges in 2020, these people and groups — some notable, some new — stepped into the breach.

‘I crave flesh-and-blood actors, an audience that laughs and gasps as one’: the magic of Christmas theatre by Arifa Akbar Interviews By Lyndsey Winship and Andrew Dickson

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…

Best Theater of 2020 by Jesse Green, Laura Collins-Hughes, Scott Heller, Maya Phillips, Alexis Soloski and Elisabeth Vincentelli

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.

“Conscience” Shows Why a Woman’s Place is in the House and the Senate Thanks to Margaret Chase-Smith by Sue Weston and David Dobkin

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�…

From Stage to Screen: 5 Shows That Got It Right (And 5 That Didn’t) by Jesse Green, Elisabeth Vincentelli, Laura Collins-Hughes and Scott Heller

Our theater experts provide a guide to some of the successful (and failed) cinematic adaptations of plays and musicals — all for your streaming pleasure.

“Fission”: Entangling Science, Theatre and Mātauranga Māori. by Hilary Halba and David O’donnell With David Hutchinson, Rua McCallum and Martyn Roberts

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 …

How to Birth a New American Theater by Jesse Green, Maya Phillips, Laura Collins-Hughes, Elisabeth Vincentelli and Alexis Soloski

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.

Direct from Edinburgh: Theaters Are Closed, but a ‘Zoo’ Is Open by Jesse Green, Alexis Soloski and Elisabeth Vincentelli

Among the performances you can catch online are a one-woman show about sexual assault and riffs on “Heart of Darkness” and “Rocky.”

From a Wrestling Ring to Tiny Boxes: How ‘Chad Deity’ Went Zoom by Maya Phillips and Elisabeth Vincentelli

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.

From Acorn Antiques to Funny Girl: the most hilarious songs for women by Vikki Stone and Natasha Barnes

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…

Disrupting Taboos, Staging Cancer: Snowdrops and Chlorine’s Eruptive Intervention by Hannah Trivilino and Vassiliki Rapti

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…

Better Access To Stories Can Improve Adolescent Lives In Africa by Elleke Boehmer, Zimpande Kawanu and Archie Davies

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…

'He's so strapping and virile': Patrick Stewart at 80 – by Shatner, McKellen, Tennant and more by Interviews By Chris Wiegand, Catherine Shoard and Toby Moses

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…

No Tony Awards Show? Make Your Own With These Great Moments. by Ben Brantley, Jesse Green, Michael Paulson, Alexis Soloski, Elisabeth Vincentelli, Laura Collins-Hughes, Scott Heller and Eric Grode

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.”