The government’s $2 trillion stimulus package includes provisions that should help unemployed actors and other members of the theater community. The bill, passed by Senate Wednesday nigh…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 11:48PMQueensland Ballet has announced a raft of changes to its 2020 season in light of the unfolding COVID-19 situation. Artistic Director Li Cunxin AO said the decisions have been made following …
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 11:44PMThe 'Heroes of the Fourth Turning' playwright will be awarded $50,000.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:19PMBy now you have probably heard about all the residents of cities around the world who have emerged on balconies and rooftops to sing together or provide impromptu concerts to those in their …
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 11:18PMBrilliant lyrics from the young composer offer a definitive take on migration
Ever since I heard the quintessential prog rock group The Nice do a psychedelic instrumental version of “Ameri…
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In “The Siblings Play,” a teenage girl and her two brothers are left to raise one another in a Harlem apartment where the rent is past due, after first their father and then their mother…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:55PMRomance fiction has two defining features. First, it centres on a love story. Secondly, it always ends well. Our protagonists end up together (if not forever, then at least for the foreseeab…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 10:49PMOftener and oftener [Chekhov] would repeat: “I have written a great deal already, a whole library, in fact. I am not a dramatist. Hauptmann is a dramatist, and Naidenov.” (MLIA)
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:24PMIn the difficult times of COVID-19, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre (CPAC) has extended the submission deadline for both the 66th Blake Art and the Blake Poetry Prizes to 31 May 2020. With ove…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 10:22PMTrekkie Monster, the self-proclaimed "social distancing expert" puppet from the Tony-winning musical Avenue Q, wants you to be socially responsible.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:10PMThe video is part of the famed Manhattan venue's new series featuring highlights from New York City Center's Encores!, Encores! Off-Center, and Gala productions.
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TV stars, musicians adapt to providing entertainment from their living rooms
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 08:56PMThe Melbourne Symphony Orchestra invites music lovers to keep the music going with a special online premiere concert series every Thursday evening at 7.30pm. This new series of pre-recorded …
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 08:52PMThe gang travels to Boston, leaving behind their real lives but, in Ivy Lynn's case, perhaps bringing a framed photo of Bernadette Peters in Follies?
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:50PMEven during past recessions, consumers still flocked to theaters to forget their troubles. With ticketing and concession sales now evaporated, many analysts fret that some cinemas will not b…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:32PMThey are asking for a $2 trillion commitment for programs that will create living-wage jobs, amped-up public health and housing sectors, and a pivot away from a fossil-fuels-based energy fra…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:32PMTony Award Productions released the following statement on March 25 regarding the American Theatre Wing’s 2020 Tony Awards®, presented by
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:16PMAs the coronavirus pandemic began to take hold of Europe, performer Jon Dryden Taylor suspected the play he was rehearsing might not
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:01PM
The daily benefit series, created by Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley, offers mini concerts and conversations in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:48PMMichael Urie joins #ShakespeareChallenge reciting a Act 2 monologue from Hamlet as his Torch Song character, Arnold Bekhoff.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:32PMNew York City Center is presenting the #EncoresArchives series! They will be posting daily highlights from their musical theater vault from Encores!, Encores! Off-Center, and Gala production…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:32PMThe Heroes of the Fourth Turning and Plano writer is the single 2020 drama recipient of the prize, which comes with $50,000.
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:14PMThe cast of the 2015 staging will re-unite online for the live stream March 30.
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:13PM
A new date will be announced once Broadway is back in business, Tony officials said.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 05:54PMThe Tony Award-winning Hartford Stage has announced an initial lineup of four offerings for its 2020-2021 season. The slate of productions were selected by Obie winner Melia Bensussen in her…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:48PMToday, BroadwayWorld celebrates the birthday of the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin!
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:40PMBroadway businesses are being gutted as revenue streams dry up due to the closure of the theaters. Employers have been laying off staff members across all sectors of the industry, includin…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 05:37PMThe 2020 Tony Awards honoring the best in Broadway plays and musicals were in limbo as the result of the coronavirus pandemic, which forced theaters in New York City to shut their doors, and…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 05:30PMIn deference to Santa Clara County’s “shelter in place” order, Children’s Musical Theater San Jose postponed its Marquee production of “Kinky Boots,” slated for April 17-26, unti…
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 05:27PMOn this day, one of the greatest theatrical journeys of our time, Angels In America, returned to Broadway in an acclaimed new production from the National Theatre.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:15PMI am overjoyed—hell, ecstatic—to report that I just got off the phone with Mrs. T. It was, of course, a one-way conversation, since she’s intubated with a ventilator and a tracheostomy…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:14PMI highly recommend watching Collen Dilenschneider’s Know Your Own Bone site over the course of the Covid-19 epidemic. Every Monday she is posting data about intention to visit cultural ent…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 05:12PM“Like in journalism, in all the creative occupations, there’s no stability unless you’re a superstar of some sort. ” – New York Times Magazine
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:12PM“From a very early age, I understood that my skin had a lot of meaning,” he told National Public Radio in 2005. “It made me different in the projects, but it gave me power in the outsi…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:12PMF Murray Abraham, Paula Vogel, Ken Ludwig and Jeremy O Harris remember the great US playwright
Terrence McNally obituary
Playwright Terrence McNally dies of complications from coronavirus
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:06PM
Singer-Songwriter- Soprano Saxophonist extraordinaire, Danny Bacher responded to the call to keep fan spirits up during this unusual time in our history. He’s “Makin’ Whoopee” in …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 04:44PMWhile this spring's Olivier Awards ceremony was recently canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the best of London theater will still be toasted next month. ITV will broadcast a celebratory …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:36PMBroadway.com illustrator Tug Rice has been thinking up what our favorite Broadway characters are doing while theaters are closed and they're at home social distancing. For instance, what is …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:36PMHere’s a silver lining: Broadway pets might be the only adoring fans happy to see their owners self-isolating. Used to saying goodbye to their loving theater parents eight times a week, t…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:36PMOn the heels of the news that this year's Tony Awards have been postponed due to the COVID-19 shutdown, the Outer Critics Circle Awards have followed suit. A new schedule for the 70th ann…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:36PMThe Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing have jointly announced a postponement of the 74th Annual Tony Awards, originally scheduled for June 7 at Radio City Music Hall. The reason …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:36PMReneé Rapp knows what Regina George is doing in quarantine. While the Mean Girls star has spent her time away from the stage traveling to Michigan—with her Broadway boyfriend, fellow Jim…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:36PMEditors’ Note: With full acknowledgment of the big-picture implications of a pandemic that already has claimed thousands of lives, cratered global economies and closed international bord…
SOURCE: Deadline at 04:30PMThe Broadway League and American Theatre Wing indefinitely postponed the 2020 Tony Awards, which was scheduled for June 7 at Radio City Music Hall. This afternoon’s announcement follows th…
SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 04:28PMNEW 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: The Seattle Times at 04:18PMThe 74th annual ceremony and television broadcast won’t happen until Broadway reopens. How shows will be eligible remains to be determined.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:18PMWatch Broadway’s biggest stars wash their hands for charity.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:18PMThe 2020 nominations were set to be revealed on April 20.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:18PMStage celebrities are sharing joy on Twitter and Instagram in light of the COVID-19 crisis.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:17PMTo find out, you have to go back 102 years to the 1918 influenza epidemic. “Even when people knew in advance the closures were imminent and that deaths were surging, they didn’t relinqui…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:12PMLaura Cappelle has plenty of good things in her profile as well, but yes, this happened: “In a matter of seconds, Huppert is on her feet and walks away from me, manifestly irked. ‘Listen…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:12PMIt has not been an easy sell, coming at a time when many pillars of the economy, from airlines to restaurants to public transportation, are facing existential crises and needing handouts the…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:12PMTo give users a personalised experience, the deep learning bot gathers information about conversation partners by asking them questions, adapts to their conversational style and, over time, …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:12PMPlaywright Nick Green created the Social Distancing Festival website to host rehearsal videos, designs, photos, excerpts and other pieces of work that have been cancelled or postponed in the…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:12PMMcNally had suffered from lung cancer and pulmonary problems. He won his first Tony Award for Kiss of the Spider Woman. He also won Tonys for Love! Valor! Compassion!, Master Class and Ragti…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 04:06PMIf you’re like us and the thought of not being able to do, see or talk about theatre for the foreseeable future is simply unacceptable, then fear not! While the impact this crisis might ha…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:03PMOpera Australia (OA) has announced details of an employee support package designed to retain their workforce in the face of widespread layoffs across the arts and entertainment sectors follo…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 04:00PM
In these extraordinary and uncertain times of COVID-19, with venues closed and live performance at a halt, NiteLife Exchange is reaching out and covering the effect the crisis is having on p…
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 03:56PMConcerned that female directors and playwrights were underrepresented in New York theaters, she founded Women’s Project in 1978 to cultivate their work.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:54PMTHE 74th ANNUAL TONY AWARDS® TO BE POSTPONED
March 25, 2020: The 74th Annual Tony Awards, scheduled to air live on the CBS Television Network on Sunday, June 7th from Radio City Musi…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 03:53PMFor the first time in its 86-year history, the Apollo Theater’s Amateur Night auditions will be conducted exclusively through online submissions, as the nonprofit looks to continue its mis…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 03:50PMBroadway closures force the postponement of the 74th annual Tony Awards on a tough Wednesday for the theater world.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 03:49PMWinners for the 70th annual awards were set to be announced May 21.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:44PMBroadway's biggest night is officially in limbo. Producers are canceling and delaying multiple productions that might have competed.
SOURCE: Forbes at 03:44PMImagine a unique, noncompetitive 2020 Tony Awards that uses an Obie Awards model to recognize winners.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 03:41PMThe prolific author of “Love! Valour! Compassion!” won four Tonys, for both plays and musicals.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:36PMHartford Stage has announced most of its 2020-21 season, including an acclaimed Chicago-based production of "Frankenstein," a new play by Martin Zimmerman, a Pearl Cleage feminist comedy and…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:07PMThe awards show will no longer take place on June 7.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:03PMIn light of the ongoing COVID-19 situation, the Tony Award Productions has announced that the 2020 Tony Awards will be postponed. Two shows from the ongoing season that had just entered prev…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 03:02PMThe Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical composer Rob Rokicki recommends checking out the Obie Award–winning musical.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:00PM
The 2020 Tony Awards, originally scheduled to air Sunday, June 7, on CBS, will be postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic, a spokeswoman announced Wednesday. The statement said that a new …
SOURCE: The New York Post at 02:56PMTake free workshops with Young Jean Lee and Lauren Gunderson, watch conversations about craft with Paula Vogel and Tarell Alvin McCraney, find your online community, and more.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:44PM The 74th Annual Tony Awards, scheduled to air live on the CBS Television Network on Sunday, June 7th from Radio City Music Hall in New York City, will be postponed and rescheduled at a l…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 02:41PMThe 74th annual ceremony will be presented at a later date.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:35PMThe 74th Annual Tony Awards, originally scheduled for June 7, will be postponed and scheduled to a later date, a spokesperson for the awards show said Wednesday. That date and additional inf…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 02:35PMThe 74th Annual Tony Awards, scheduled to air live on the CBS Television Network on Sunday, June 7 from Radio City Music Hall in New York City, will be postponed and rescheduled at a later d…
SOURCE: Deadline at 02:34PMA talented lineup of stars have signed on to appear in upcoming episodes of Stars in the House, a daily online series from SiriiusXM On Broadway personality Seth Rudetsky and his husband, p…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:32PMThe Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester has announced that its stages will remain dark until the autumn, as the organisation looks to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:32PMWhile this spring's Olivier Awards ceremony was recently canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the best of London theater will still be toasted next month. ITV will broadcast a celebratory …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:32PM By Brian Scott Lipton Most New Yorkers have at least walked by Manhattan Plaza, the giant apartment buildings on 43rd Street (one on the corner of Ninth Avenue, the other on Tenth A…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 02:26PMThe damage that the current pandemic has had on theatre artists is nigh unfathomable. The very artform relies on gatherings, and the presence of others. No theatre has gone unaffected, and t…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:18PMTwenty-four teams of writers and performers presented monologues March 24.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:08PMThe money is intended to prevent artists and arts organisations from going bust, but is also designed to help them come up with creative responses “to buoy the public” during the lockdow…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:03PM“Art spaces … are doing their part to meet the needs of medical professionals, packing up crates of gloves typically used to protect artworks from oil and dust on the hands of those touc…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:03PMAnd we’re off! Last night, we had our first guest, Stephen “Wicked” Schwartz, join me in my e-office and, well, it worked! It was a joy just to see him . . . and then he spilled some…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 02:00PM
The daily benefit series, benefiting The Actors Fund, offers mini concerts and conversations in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:55PMStarting this evening, Feinstein’s/54 Below will offer an At Home series of free one-time-only streamings of its popular cabaret concerts to keep audiences entertained during the closure o…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:54PMMcNally, who passed away this week from complications related to the coronavirus, had a hand in changing theater forever.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 01:45PMA new play by David Greig that was due to open at Pitlochry Festival Theatre will now premiere on BBC Radio 3,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:24PMTheatres and arts organisations have started to make adjustments to accommodate workers who are now juggling caring responsibilities alongside their day jobs
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:24PMITV is to broadcast a special programme celebrating the past 10 years of the Olivier Awards on April 5, the day this
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:24PMTake a look at some of the standout fan art from the competition to grace the show's May Playbill cover.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:23PMKatrin Arefy
Hometown: I was born and grew up in Tehran, Iran.
Current Town: Berkeley, California
Q: Tell me about your show that was canceled because of the coronavirus.
A: …
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 01:21PMLaura Osnes hosts the livestream spinoff of the R&H Goes Pop! music video series.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:18PMThe estate is currently working on the Broadway production of MJ, scheduled to open this summer.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:18PMThe Roundabout Theatre Company Broadway productions are expected to resume later this year.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:18PMIts live run was cut short, but the show goes online.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:18PMThe Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization partners with BroadwayHD to offer a Friday night movie.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:18PMOn keeping singing in musical theater about storytelling, rather than showboating
The post Intermission Talk: How Broadway Singing Fell Sway to Pop Music’s Excesses, and Why There’s Hope…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 01:14PMCathryn Wake & Mark Junek of CONSCIENCE talk about the show, which premiered this March on our stage. Tune in for a special virtual Q&A with Cathryn Wake, who played Jean Kerr in this new pl…
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:13PMHella Fresh Theater's production of Osceola lives on in these theaterless times thanks to photographer Kyle Cassidy and videographer Brian Siano, who adapted it for the screen.
SOURCE: phindie.com at 01:02PM
The recently interrupted tours, canceled premieres, locked studios and social distancing requirements have hit the financially fragile, socially enmeshed dance world hard. When your life rev…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:54PM“The [American Library Association] urged the FCC to waive E-rate restrictions so libraries could not only offer [free] Wi-Fi access via local libraries, but could also provide broadband s…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:54PMOn the heels of last Friday's debut watch party featuring Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella, The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization is partnering with BroadwayHD, the premier stream…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:54PMWriter and content creator Grace Spelman took to Twitter to post a video of herself lip synching to 'Rock Island' from the music man.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:54PMRoundabout Theatre Company has just announced that it will produce all previously scheduled Spring/Summer 2020 productions as part of the 2020-2021 season, including Jeanine Tesori and Tony …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:54PMITV will broadcast a special Olivier Awards with Mastercard programme on Sunday 5 April at 10:15pm, in place of the 2020 Royal Albert Hall awards show which was cancelled due to coronavirus.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:54PMBy Nicole Brewer, Hannah Fenlon, Ann Marie Lonsdale, Abigail Vega. Livestreaming the #ArtistResource panel Come Together: The Art of Gathering in a Time of Crisis on the global, commons-base…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 12:53PMTonight, Opening Act will host a virtual gathering with an incredible lineup of theater performers, artists, and students for an unforgettable night of entertainment and philanthropy. Partic…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:51PMThe YouTube video series offers live stream performances and Q&As with a variety of Broadway favorites.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:50PMThe YouTube video series offers live stream performances and Q&As with a variety of Broadway favorites.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:50PMThe platform will deliver one-time-only streamed events and original series—including A Dolls’s House, Part 2 and the Alice Ripley-led The Pink Unicorn—to benefit arts organizations im…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:46PMA new show from Cirencester’s Barn theatre finds Tweedy swapping the circus for an office job and assisting Kerry Mucklowe from This Country
If you’ve spent a few days juggling homeschoo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:42PMJason Manford will present programme of past highlights from the awards show, which has been postponed this year due to the coronavirus outbreak
The Olivier awards, the most prestigious priz…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:42PMITV will broadcast a special Olivier Awards with Mastercard programme on 5 April 2020 at 10:15pm, in place of the 2020 Royal Albert Hall awards show which was cancelled due to coronavirus.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:39PMFind your next job with these calls for shows across the country.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:38PMPerformances by Laurie Metcalf, Mark Rylance, Christian Borle, Joshua Henry, and more top Klena's list.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:31PMThe Denver Actors Fund on Tuesday announced a $35,000 emergency relief fund for Colorado theater artists who have been hurt by the coronavirus shutdown.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 12:24PMIn the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, the 2020 Olivier Awards ceremony, scheduled for April 5 at Royal Albert Hall, had previously been canceled.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:23PMToday we’ll talk a little about a show business family named the Kellys. It’s not the family vaudeville act which gave us Gene Kelly, however, nor is it the Philadelphia bunch that gave …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:18PMMean Girls star Reneé Rapp checks in with Paul Wontorek, plus a bonus visit from Jagged Little Pill's Antonio Cipriano.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:18PMRoundabout Theatre Company has announced that four planned spring productions have been pushed back due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
The company's Broadway revival of Caroline, or Ch…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:18PMOh, what a beautiful mornin'! Today, Tony-nominated stars Laura Osnes and Jeremy Jordan, who shared the Broadway stage in Bonnie and Clyde, will reunite to kick off R&H Goes Live!, a new…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:18PMBroadway’s Caroline, or Change, the revival of the Jeanine Tesori-Tony Kushner musical starring Sharon D Clarke, and Birthday Candles, the Noah Haidle play starring Debra Messing, have bee…
SOURCE: Deadline at 12:00PMLast week saw the first production of The Show Must Go Online, a series devised by Rob Myles (who Mind the Blog regulars will recognise from Merely Theatre’s Twelfth Night and his insight …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMRoundabout Theatre Company will move its Broadway productions planned for this season to the fall of 2020. The productions include the revival of “Caroline, or Change,” which was origina…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 12:00PM
The spring productions and other Off-Broadway programming has been rescheduled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:59AMToast the late, great playwright with Googie Gomez, direct from her Fiddler on the Roof bus-and-truck.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:59AMITV will broadcast a special Olivier Awards with Mastercard programme on Sunday 5 April at 10.15pm, in place of the 2020 Royal Albert Hall awards show.
The post Olivier Awards to celebrate G…
SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 11:54AMBrian Seibert: “She calls it Passing and Jostling While Being Confined to a Small Apartment. It’s a dance history exercise [for Seibert’s class at Yale], but it occurred to me that it …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:48AM“Born colorblind and with six fingers on each hand, [he] became one of the world’s most acclaimed cartoonists, known for drawing characters that ranged from the sword-wielding Astérix �…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:48AMZach Finkelstein does not sugar-coat the situation: “The tragic irony of this crisis is that, in the post-COVID era, the person most likely to have a performance career will be the one tha…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:48AMPerhaps the most important comic voice in theater since Neil Simon, McNally wrote to amuse and awaken. Laughter for him was the greatest survival tool ever invented. Humor was his shield aga…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:48AMThe upcoming season will now launch with the world premiere of Sarah Schulman’s The Lady Hamlet.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:47AMTheater Community Mourns the Death of Celebrated Playwright Terrence McNally
By: Ellis Nassour
March 25, 2020: Beloved playwright Terrence McNally, a four-time Tony Award-winner, w…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 11:38AMThe actors will appear in a virtual gathering to support the arts education organization.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:33AMThe Michael Jackson estate, co-producers of the upcoming Broadway jukebox musical MJ The Musical, will donate $100,000 to the Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS’ COVID-19 Emergency Assistan…
SOURCE: Deadline at 11:33AMIn the wake of COVID-19, Theater Wit brings the local premiere of Mike Lew's play directly to their audience.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 11:30AMA Philadelphia critic turns to filmed versions of the shows he had planned to cover this month.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:28AMThe stage and screen star celebrates her birthday March 25.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:19AM“Stop! Wait! What?!” Audition selections for A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder
Written by Leryn Turlington
March 25, 2020
Get ready to knock ‘em dead with these audition …
SOURCE: performerstuff.com at 11:17AMIn a time that calls for new ideas and quick adaptations, improvisers like Dad's Garage may have an edge.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:15AMAs theatres around the UK close their doors, Matthew Hemley spoke to theatre workers who have turned to supermarkets for work while
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:12AMAs a part of #LincolnCenterAtHome, Lincoln Center Pop-Up Classroom brings you your daily dose of creative art-making. Every weekday morning at 10am EDT, a Lincoln Center Teaching Artist lead…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:08AMSublime ensemble number from Act Two of 'Sweeney Todd'
Along with many others, my first exposure to Stephen Sondheim’s art was through watching the film of Bernstein’s West Side Story a…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 11:06AMStars from the 2009 revival of Hair reunite tonight on YouTube.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 11:06AMHas quarantine got you down? Bored? Then why not pass the time with this new Come From Away word search created by the Come From Community?! The hit West End musical has been "deeply moved…
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 11:05AMOne of the things about this year’s Super Conference that put a smile on my face was that our Diversity panel was the most highly attended. To see people standing on the stairs without a…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMThe recording of the 1988 National Theatre of London production will be made available for free on BroadwayHD for one night only, starting at 8 PM Eastern.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:00AMHere's a reminder of what the theater community has done in the last five years.
Dear Chicago Theater Community, This was not an easy article to write.…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 11:00AM
by France-Luce Benson As we all hunker down, I’ve been thinking a lot about home. As a playwright/performer, I’ve lived a kind of gypsy lifestyle for most of my adulthood. Home is wherev…
SOURCE: intimateexcellent.com at 10:49AMBroadway might be dark this month, but that doesn't mean that theatre isn't happening everywhere! Below, check out where you can get your daily fix of Broadway today, March 25, 2020.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:42AMThe Actors Fund has teamed with SiriusXM Broadway host Seth Rudetsky and his husband, producer James Wesley, to produce a daily mini-online show, entitled Stars in The House, featuring st…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:34AMUS playwright and librettist best known for Kiss of the Spider Woman, Ragtime and Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de LuneOf the several outstanding contemporary male dramatists whose work ha…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:32AMYesterday, the COVID-19 crisis got very personal for every one of us in the theater industry, as it claimed the life of one of our greatest playwrights and greatest gentlemen, Terrence McNal…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:30AMFollowing the announcement that the 2020 Olivier Awards were cancelled due to coronavirus, the society has announced new plans for the event.
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 10:30AMAndrew Lloyd Webber has announced a contest for 2 tickets to his production of Cinderella, which is coming to London.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:28AMThe social media campaign hopes to combat the rising xenophobia against Asians and Asian-Americans amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:24AMWatch Broadway’s biggest stars wash their hands for charity.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:18AMStars in The House continues today (2pm) with Tina Fey and Jeff Richmond and tonight (8pm) with Colin Donnell & Patti Murin!
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:15AMThe Lincoln Center Theater production will now open in the fall, but Cusack sings from her home in L.A. in a new series from Center Theatre Group.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:13AMMusical theatre composers will be performing new work from their homes as part of an online concert, which audiences can watch tomorrow
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:12AM By Ron Fassler As a kid in the 1960s and 70s and totally infatuated with Broadway, listening to a cast album was as close as I could get to the real thing. There was no internet to go …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:11AMOn March 24, 2020, we were forced to say goodbye to prolific playwright
Terrence McNally. He died at age 81 from complications brought about by the
coronavirus. The author of such acclai…
SOURCE: www.markrobinsonwrites.com at 10:07AMAs theatre begins to come to terms with the universal closure of all performance spaces across the UK, we look back to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:00AM
The Connecticut venue still intends to present the world premiere of Anne of Green Gables this summer.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:58AMAiley Citigroup Theater, New York, NY.March 13, 2020. Ballet Nepantla Artistic Director Andrea Guajardo describes Valentina as telling “the untold history of the Adelitas, the women who …
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 09:51AMThe nearly 150-year-old school, which counts Ansel Adams, Richard Diebenkorn, and Dorothea Lange as former faculty, says that it can’t continue to operate in the near term unless it joins …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:42AM“After spending about $4.5 million that can’t be recovered, [the] Festival now must cope with a projected $756,000 deficit for 2020. (It did manage to avoid spending another $4.5 million…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:42AM“The Ojai Music Festival has joined the list of coronavirus cancellations, … marking the first time since its founding in 1947 that the annual celebration of experimental classical music…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:42AM“Their sentiments run the gamut from hope to doom (‘I’ve been wondering when the next mass extinction event would come. This is it.’) and collectively form an uncertain picture of th…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:42AMThe Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization's "R&H Goes Pop!" launches a new spin-off series, "R&H Goes Live!" on YouTube, hosted by Laura Osnes.
The post ‘R&H Goes Live!’ Lau…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 09:42AMThe Coalition of Broadway Unions and Guilds (COBUG) together with The Broadway League have reached an agreement on an emergency relief fund to pay Broadway employees and provide health insur…
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 09:40AMNew York City Center is presenting the #EncoresArchives series! The most recent installment is a clip from their production of Merrily We Roll Along, featuring Lin-Manuel Miranda, Celia Ke…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:38AMIT’S TODAY from Marilyn Maye on Vimeo. Marvelous Marilyn Maye, the Queen of Cabaret, wants her fans to know that she’s doing just fine back in Kansas City, washing her hands (as is He…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:29AMMountview Academy of Theatre Arts has launched a digital showcase that will provide agents and casting directors with showreels of graduates while
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:18AMThe trust that runs Square Chapel Arts Centre in Halifax has gone into administration due to a “funding shortfall” in the current
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:18AMCenter Theatre Group is sharing a new series of videos from members of the Center Theatre Group family, called Art Goes On in which stars speak to what theatre means to them right now and sh…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:05AMHere in Seattle — and everywhere else — live arts events have been put on pause. But we can still immerse ourselves in the arts, from rebroadcasts to livestreams, podcasts to social medi…
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 09:00AMAs a freelance producer, I come into contact with colleagues from across the theatre sector. Of course, coronavirus is the number one
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMIn honor of the prolific, Tony Award-winning writer, Playbill takes a look back at the shows he brought to Broadway throughout his six decade career.
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SOURCE: Dramatics Magazine at 08:58AMThe Smash and American Idol star celebrates her birthday March 25.
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:52AMThe star of Feud: Bette and Joan as well as Broadway’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory welcomes the new king of the jungle.
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:49AMWe're compiling a guide to keep readers updated about fundraisers, volunteer efforts and other activities addressing the situation in St. Louis.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 08:48AMIt seems very fitting that Terrence McNally wrote a play called Love! Valour! Compassion! - especially including the exclamation marks. By all accounts he loved and was loved by all who knew…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 08:48AMThe video is part of the famed Manhattan venue's new series featuring highlights from New York City Center's Encores!, Encores! Off-Center, and Gala productions.
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:41AMCheck out who’s hopping online to hang out with fans, teach classes, and perform virtually.
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:30AMCheck out who’s hopping online to hang out with fans, teach classes, and perform virtually.
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:30AMThis Thursday, March 26, dancer and Lincoln Center Teaching Artist Deborah Lohse will teach a live dance class on Lincoln Center’s Facebook page for a Lincoln Center Pop-Up Classroo…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 08:22AMSouth Florida stages are dormant, but the theaters themselves are not. Already, the community is trying to adapt to the exigencies of the current brave new world by offering imaginative init…
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Tony award-winning playwright Terrence McNally sadly passed away at 81 yesterday, after suffering complications from the coronavirus.
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 07:58AMThe theater world was stunned by the death of playwright Terrence McNally, who left a remarkable canon of plays and musicals over his six-decade career as a playwright and librettist. Broadw…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:54AMThe emergency fund package will be made available to all individuals or organisations who need help, the Arts Council has announced. The move is unprecedented as generally many theatre venue…
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 07:40AMPoint Park grad Ahmad Simmons has a resume that includes “Hadestown,” “West Side Story” and “Fosse/Verdon,” but teaching is his first love.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 07:30AMThis flexible six-month course offers the foundation for a wide range of options, whether it be further training – joining alumni such
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AMI am sure my situation is just one of thousands you are hearing about, but I hope you can give me advice.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AMHow should Theatre School hopefuls keep morale up and prepeare accordingly when their recalls (full day workshops) are being turned into Skype
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Five-time Tony award-winner Terrence McNally has died from coronavirus-related complications at the age of 81. The playwright’s death, on March 24, was
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:54AMThis is the way it’s going to be from now on. Sitting on your sofa in pairs or alone watching a screen.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:50AMIn light of the closure of theatres across the UK due to COVID-19, the Original Theatre Company’s productions of Alan Bennett’s The Habit Of Art and Ali Milles’ The Croft, both of whic…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:30AMToday's top stories: the Broadway world is mourning the passing of Terrence McNally.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:24AMIn today’s Wall Street Journal I review a live-streamed version of American Conservatory Theater’s production of Lydia R. Diamond’s Toni Stone. Here’s an excerpt.
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SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:04AMI wrote the Wall Street Journal’s obituary of Terrence McNally on a two-hour deadline Tuesday afternoon. Even though it was written in great haste, I hope it does him justice. Here’s an…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:03AMIn order to divert those of you who, like me, are staying home these days, I’ve been posting images of some of the prints and paintings that hang on the walls of our Manhattan apartment—…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:02AMGene Krupa performs and is interviewed on an episode of The Mike Douglas Show originally taped for telecast on March 8, 1965. Krupa’s quartet includes Carmen Leggio on tenor saxophone, Di…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:01AMThe Newsies star does his darndest for the role he was meant to play—props included.
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:00AMThe composer, who recently celebrated his 90th birthday, was the final speaker in the inaugural season of the 92nd Street Y series.
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:00AM“I think we are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not.”
Joan Didion, “On Keeping a Notebook”
Continue re…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:00AM
David Rockwell, the architect and Tony-winning show designer, talks about the stories and history behind his favorite theaters.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:48AMWe are just over a week into a crisis that will represent the biggest change to our day-to-day lives we have ever
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:30AMWe are making the adjustment to teaching arts policy at a distance for the remainder of the semester, and so I’m about to get used to (and hopefully better at) short videos for students, p…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:12AMBy Mark Ludmon
The team at BritishTheatre.com have got together (virtually) to come up with a few of the theatre-books – both old and new – that we’ve been reading and recommending.
Th…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 05:03AMMcNally had suffered from lung cancer and pulmonary problems. He won his first Tony Award for Kiss of the Spider Woman. He also won Tonys for Love! Valor! Compassion!, Master Class and Ragti…
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Check out the members of the New York City Gay Men's Chorus as they perform a splendid rendition of the Judy Garland staple, 'Come Rain or Come Shine'
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:24AMOn tonight's installment of The Tonight Show: At Home Edition, host Jimmy Fallon welcomed singer John Legend.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:24AMSir Patrick Stewart is continuing his #ASonnetADay series on Twitter with Sonnet 3.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:24AMBroadway's Caissie Levy joined the chorus of voices spreading joy on social media throughout the Covid-19 crisis today.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:21AMIn light of efforts to slow the COVID-19 virus and the recent ban on non-essential gatherings of over 500 people, the Green Room Awards ceremony scheduled to take place at Melbourne’s Come…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 12:20AMBallet class with Tiler Peck, Barry’s Bootcamp Live, and more.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:13AMTonight Lin-Manuel Miranda hopped on Twitter for a quick Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids fundraiser.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:09AMThe African theatre scene in the 1960s and the 70s was mainly peopled by men. But there were women like Efua Sutherland, Ama Ataa Aido and Rose Mbowa that stood shoulder to shoulder with the…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 12:05AMWith in-person theatre out of commission for the foreseeable future, many Broadway performers are sharing their talents online. Below are performances and one class featuring stage stars tha…
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