For the past ten years Venue 505 at 280 Cleveland Street Surry Hills has presented six nights a week of the best local, interstate and international live music acts, it has become a legendar…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 10:43PMBreadth doesn’t always equal depth in Matthew Lopez’s supersize, vividly painted portrait of gay life in the 21st century, featuring E.M. Forster as a spirit guide.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:12PMIconic music festival, Byron Bay Bluesfest has been nominated for Best International Music Festival by music industry trade publication, Pollstar for the ninth time. The International Musi…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 10:05PMSeven hours: It’s a runtime so outrageous, so almost unthinkably decadent, only Angels and boy wizards have dared to go there on Broadway before. It’s also approximately how long it take…
SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 10:00PMMatthew Lopez’s drama, at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York, tells the epic story of three generations of gay men
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 10:00PMMost Broadway seasons feature at least one show that gathers an aura of importance even before it opens. This year it is undoubtedly “The Inheritance,” Matthew Lopez’s two-part, nearly…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 10:00PMOne may as well begin with Forster, E.M. to state the obvious, called Morgan in Matthew Lopez’ The Inheritance, directed by Stephen Daldry, an ambitious, often powerful two-part epic of ga…
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While some ignorant millennials snipe “OK boomer” at anyone with a gray hair, a new play is clapping back.
SOURCE: The New York Post at 08:54PM By Brian Scott Lipton “Solea! Solea! Solea!” I would not have been surprised if those words had been shouted in unison as Solea Pfeiffer took her bows after turning in her absol…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 08:48PMThe Matthew Lopez play opened November 17, starring Andrew Burnap, John Benjamin Hickey, Samuel H. Levine, and Kyle Soller.
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:38PMThe Silver Spring Black Box Theatre, situated in the same block as the Fillmore and AFI, has a lot to offer us. Live entertainment, yes, but more importantly entertainment that is personal, …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:33PMMatthew Lopez’s miraculous play tells the story of AIDS in New York in the 80s in an elegiac and expansive way.
SOURCE: Theater News Online at 08:18PMMatthew Lopez s six-hour drama takes a smart and moving look at who we are, where we ve been and where we re going.
SOURCE: Theater News Online at 08:18PMThe lights come up on a woman just sitting, not moving and with her back to us. That’s all it...Continue Reading
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An international success story, Come From Away today announced that it will extend its season at Melbourne’s Comedy Theatre to Sunday 16 February 2020, with the musical’s final weeks to …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:44PMPerhaps the most problematic element in the new play “Fear” by Matt Williams is that it is flooded with too many sources of fear that tend to diminish the fear that might actually be pre…
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 06:36PMPeter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about the announcement of FOLLIES movie based on 2018 NT production, The Inheritance, Tina – The Tina Turner Musical, DruidShakes…
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The Walnut’s ‘Shrek The Musical’ is an all-around impressive production that turns the classic fairytale trope on its head to create a funky-fresh and current play for all ages to enjo…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:58PMThe next big thing on Broadway might live up to the hype. The Inheritance takes E.M. Forster's Howards End into modern day Manhattan — the seven-hour play has been compared to Angels In Am…
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November 17, 2019: A trio of the most iconic and sought-after male title roles in world theater are currently being tackled Off-Broadway in a variety of productions ra…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 05:28PMA script with this many characters buzzing about demands a strong cast -- fortunately, Hub Theatre’s terrific ensemble is more than up to the task.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 05:24PMIt's the best weekend of your life if you're a fan of Top Chef or Real Housewives. Stars and influencers celebrate in New York at BravoCon, the latest direct-to-consumer content convention.
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That’s right, the Colorado Ballet has turned to crowdfunding to get new Nutcracker costumes; the old ones were created for the San Francisco Ballet in 1986, and Colorado Ballet bought them…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:36PMSpearheaded, and named, by Dorothy L. Sayers, the name of Mutual Admiration Society “both captures the spirit of the group and misrepresents it. They supported each other boldly and emphat…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:36PMArt historian Chaédria LaBouvier, who was the first solo Black woman curator in the museum’s 80-year history, said that she was cut out of her own show, “Basquiat’s ‘Defacement’: …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:36PMBroadwayWorld has a first look at the West End production of Dear Evan Hansen, now playing at the Noël Coward Theatre, currently booking to 2 May 2020.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:32PM'Taj Express' brings Mumbai to Philadelphia in director Shruti Merchant’s gleeful explosion of color, dance, and music from the creators of India’s Bollywood musicals. Camille Bacon-Smit…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:25PMBecause Eliza Griswold's poems often take place in war zones, she’s always provocative -- even when she is tendentious.
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By . National Dance Centre in Bucharest, Romania presents Techno Trance Body Beats livestreaming on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Saturday 2…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 03:38PM DruidShaekespeare’s Richard III is a bruising experience, which is as it should be. The Irish troupe’s contribution to the tenth anniversary season of Lincoln Center’s White L…
SOURCE: stagebiz.com at 03:28PMA small art nonprofit, LAXart’s mission includes social consciousness. The protesting workers were laid off after they unionized and the Marciano Art Foundation abruptly closed. They asked…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:12PMThe Clockenflap festival was supposed to run Nov. 22-24, but after yet another death in the protests (and no signs of that stopping), the organizers canceled one of the most high-profile mus…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:12PMThe new laws also criminalize all kinds of antiquities theft. “Earlier this year, an Egyptian man climbed to the top of the Great Pyramid of Giza, removing parts of a 19th-century wooden …
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“With wall-sized scrolls of coloring-book panels, [RYAN! Feddersen] shares her modern take on traditional Native American Coyote stories. (Coyote is addicted to technology; Coyote gets cau…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:03PM“Much of [Mary Frances] Whitfield’s work depicts these stories from the days of slavery] — of picking cotton, singing songs, and other images of life for black Americans in days past. …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:03PMEddy Torres: “I am honored to have this opportunity to interview Gary Steuer, president and CEO of the Bonfils-Stanton Foundation. Gary is a respected colleague, a member of Grantmakers in…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:03PM“As grantmakers, we often ask our applicants to amplify their impact through collaboration, but what happens when we turn this mandate on ourselves and join forces with other funders to ma…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:03PM“The Open Society Foundations announced recently the launch of its Culture and Art program, which ‘seeks to advance diverse artistic practices and strengthen locally-led cultural spaces …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:03PM“Bloomberg Philanthropies today announced the launch of the Asphalt Art Initiative which will assist cities looking to use art and design to improve street safety, revitalize public spaces…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:03PM“‘Black Monastic [is] a performance program examining the history of black sound and how it is present in today’s contemporary music. ‘Black Monastic’ was created by celebrated loc…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:03PM“On Friday, October 11th, 2019, the Sphinx Virtuosi string orchestra concluded their annual United States tour at Carnegie Hall with a program entitled ‘For Justice and Peace.’ Six hou…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:03PM“‘Historically speaking, it’s a man on the podium leading an orchestra,’ said Lisa Bury, Dallas Opera’s chief advancement and strategy officer. ‘There have been women, and very s…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:03PMThis comes after its longtime artistic director, Burgess Clark, resigned and was then accused of sexual misconduct by many former students. The theatre has canceled its holiday production an…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:03PMWhen Maar died at 89, Le Monde forgot to give her an obit until 10 days later, and The Independent said she’d be remembered forever as Picasso’s muse and his Weeping Woman. Now the photo…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:03PMBaltimore Museum of Art Christopher Bedford: “This how you raise awareness and shift the identity of an institution. …You don’t just purchase one painting by a female artist of color a…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:03PMMary-Louise Parker, of Fried Green Tomatoes, Weeds, and Angels in America fame, has returned to Broadway in a play that requires her to be onstage (and speaking) for the entire 90-minute spa…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:03PMOr actually, from the birds. Composer Diane Moser: “My goal was to become a member of their band, so to speak. I listened deeply to their singing, and carefully infiltrated their ensemble.…
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Island City Stage, which focuses on gay-themed work, apparently thought it was time to revive the genus of the British sex comedy with the world premiere of Lipstick, whose primary twist is …
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 01:48PMGood news for folks who may have missed our earlier performances of Jason Trachtenburg’s Me and Lee over the past year at Sidewalk, Dixon Place, the Brick, and Theater for the New City. W…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 01:42PM If you happen to be passing the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on 46th Street any evening around 9:30 (some nights at 10:30), and you hear a roar emanate from the theatre’s lobby, don’t be a…
SOURCE: onandoffbroadwaytheaterreviews.com at 01:10PMFirst presented at The Public Theater in 1976, the Obie Award-winning For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf, by playwright/poet Ntozake Shange – a pioneeri…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:06PMIt’s another great week for strong female characters, with Frozen 2 arriving on the big screen and stage greats Angela Lansbury and Linda Lavin lighting up benefit staged readings, plus To…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:03PMOlivier-winning actress Elaine Paige is giving Broadway.com listeners a chance to hear her BBC Radio 2 show, Elaine Paige on Sunday, and this week is another 'over to you' episode where lis…
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A noteworthy recording of Ernst von Dohnányi's Symphony no. 1; as usual, Harry Christophers and the Handel & Haydn Society Play Haydn with their customary elegance and character; a cele…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:33PMArts Fuse critics select the best in film, dance, visual art, theater, music, and author events for the coming weeks.
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It would have to be when I saw Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip. I also love anything by Eddie Izzard. Continue readin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:33PM“Beautiful Harmony at the Japan Society”
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By the time this is posted, it will be too late to see the Japan Society’s interesting program, Taiten: Noh and Kyoge…
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Brightman first published an acclaimed biography of Mary McCarthy, and edited the letters between Hannah Arendt and McCarthy, before she started to become fascinated by the world of the Grat…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:42AMOr at least that’s the warning right now. Bristol Old Vic’s artistic director Tom Morris: “It is harder to make shows that are specific to your audience, though it doesn’t mean it’…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:42AMErin Morgenstern’s second book debuted at number three on the bestseller list after she spent years working on her sophomore venture. How did she work, especially after the events of 2016?…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:42AMSore throat? All the time. Bored with what you’re reading? No doubt. Even when it’s your own work. And let’s not talk about the difference between words authors know how to write and w…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:42AMThe cast of The Spongebob Musical is giving fans a peek behind the curtain in an all new video.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:37AMElaine Stritch kicked Rick Borutta in the stomach every day. That, anyway, is how he says it felt at the beginning. “Other than that, she was rather likable,” says Borutta, who worked as…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:22AMThe name Katie Crippen (Catherine Crippen, 1895-1929) would undoubtedly be better known if she weren’t taken at such a young age, for her career intersected with many legendary performers …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:18AMMany famous actresses have been associated with the plum role of Peter Pan over the past century: Maude Adams, Mary Martin, Sandy Duncan, and most recently Allison Williams. The star of the …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:18AMWhat’s In A Name is a comedy-drama that’s packed full of great one-liners while maintaining a dark edge – the cast is uniformly excellent.
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George Takei recently chatted with The Guardian about his career, personal life, and more. During the Q&A, he revealed that his biggest purchase was his money spent on the musical Allegi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:31AMWhat’s Up at the Duplex? Highlights of December Cabaret Hotspot! has not featured many of the new shows down at The Duplex in some time but new and exciting shows are happening down there …
SOURCE: www.cabarethotspot.com at 10:24AMJessica Ernest, David Bushman, and Michael Scirrotto perform “Me and My Baby“ at Broadway Under the Stars at the Shops at Columbus Circle on November 11, 2019.
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:18AMRaena White performs "When You're Good to Mama" at Broadway Under the Stars at the Shops at Columbus Circle on November 11, 2019.
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:18AMMaureen Taylor in Cosmic Connections – The Lyrics of Michael Colby Sat., December 21st @ 7:00pm Fri., Dec. 27th @ 7:00pm Sat., Dec. 28th @ 7:00pm Sun., Dec. 29th @ 2:00pm Don’t Tell Mam…
SOURCE: www.cabarethotspot.com at 10:13AMSusie Mosher’s The Line Up Every Tuesday @ 9:30 Birdland This week’s Line Up Tuesday, September 3rd: THE LINEUP with Susie Mosher is a wild, anything-goes variety show featuring entertai…
SOURCE: www.cabarethotspot.com at 10:00AMAs Susan Egan coaches a young Belle on the Disney+ series Encore!, she reveals rehearsal room secrets, onstage mishaps, and her advice for playing a convincing Belle.
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Matthew Lopez’s Olivier Award-winning drama opens at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre November 17.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:59AMPost by TN student contributor Nomy Lavrukov As a teen who’s been exposed to the theatre world since day one , I can tell you for a fact that my experiences with the theater, both as an au…
SOURCE: theatrenerds.com at 09:56AMLaura Osnes will star in the new Hallmark holiday film, A Homecoming For the Holidays, alongside Stephen Huszar.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:55AMPrince Edward theatre; Southwark Cathedral; Wilton’s Music Hall, LondonRichard Eyre’s Mary Poppins revival soars, TS Eliot’s verse drama struggles under the weight of its gravitas, and…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:54AMFairfield Halls, LondonThe perky comic provides plenty of material and eye-rolling at how the other half live but some of the jokes flatline
Some marry for love, some for money, and some –…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:54AMPlaywright Enid Graham is enjoying a unique launch pad for her play, What Martha Did, in the University of California Santa Barbara program called, aptly, Launch Pad, which develops full pro…
SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 09:49AMThe stars of Frozen 2 hit up Heaven, a gay nightclub in London, during their Frozen 2 tour. Idina Menzel, Jonathan Groff, and Josh Gad, took the stage and performed a ridiculously fun rendit…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:44AMKara Swisher has been writing about companies and the internet for even longer than Disney has been trying to figure out how to deal with the contemporary world. Swisher: “Forget the dashi…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:24AMThere’s a bit of a problem: At least one study has shown that we remember less about the places and things we photograph. Going outside can combat our phone addictions and calm our brains …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:24AMGoldin joined another group at the protest: “About 30 protesters arrived at the recently redesigned £2m entrance in Kensington, London, and placed bottles of pills and ‘Oxy dollar’ bi…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:24AMWe, who knew the true nature of the Theatre, understood that the boards of our stage could never become a platform for the spread of propaganda, for the simple reason that the very least uti…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 09:13AMGaping Hole is an original work in which two writers/performers discuss popular plot holes and political lies.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMBy Adi Eshman. Adi Eshman discusses Exquisite Corpse Company’s immersive play Water, Water, Everywhere..., which took place on New York Harbor’s Governors Island.
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The next big thing on Broadway might live up to the hype. The Inheritance takes E.M. Forster's Howards End into modern day Manhattan — the seven-hour play has been compared to Angels In Am…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 07:52AMThere are festivals just about all of the time now, and that means there’s waste. “Garbage has long been the uncomfortable fallout of the festival world, and as these gatherings multip…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:33AMBut, he says, it was worth getting the info about the U.S’s WWII Japanese American camps into wider view. And he explains he’d invite all of his colleagues from Star Trek to dinner with …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:33AMMake no mistake, Touching The Void at the Duke of York’s Theatre is tantalising theatre & what David Greig has achieved in this adaptation is remarkable.
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On the heels of an Olivier-winning West End production and a premiere at London's Young Vic, the acclaimed two-part play The Inheritance by Matthew Lopez opens at Broadway's Barrymore Theat…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:42AMKen Jennings has been performing on stage for over 30 years! He is best known for his roles in the Broadway premiere of Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Gra…
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 12:36AMThe Reverend Al Sharpton, Angela Davis, and Sonny Carson are among the two dozen celebrities, cross section of New Yorkers, and male and female integral figures of diverse ethnicities that a…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:24AMThe Tony and Emmy winner’s engagement at the Nederlander Theatre celebrated her new solo album.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMOriginal West End cast members Andrew Burnap, John Benjamin Hickey, Samuel H. Levine, and Kyle Soller reprise their performances in the two-part epic.
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