For 15 years, the acclaimed company has been a voice of dissent. Will it finally perform in a free country?
In the 15 years of its existence, the Belarus Free theatre has never had an ordina…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:32PM[SHARE]OK, so, the Center for the Arts' "Studio 551 initiative was conceived to create opportunities for visual and performing artists in an increasingly expensive city, offering a range of tempora…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:18PM[SHARE]Here the map of Black-owned bookstores in the U.S. And the recent uptick (well, massive increase) in business "is both 'lucrative' and 'bittersweet,'" say some owners. " Oprah Magazine
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:18PM[SHARE]Despite a thunderstorm that caused administrators to hold umbrellas over a slightly tressed trio, the musicians didn't want to stop playing. "It's a charge. … This is the thing, to groove …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:18PM[SHARE]The thing is, "Suddenly, an awful lot of work can be done from home and, once you get that idea in their heads, it stays." What will happen to all of that office space in the central busines…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:18PM[SHARE]One of the most powerful agencies in the classical music industry, Columbia Artists Management Inc. sent a statement to its clients on Saturday saying that, due to the "prolonged pandemic en…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:18PM[SHARE]Writer Akwaeke Emezi and photographer Texas Isaiah, with the help of many couples, try to figure it all out. "I have never spent this much time with myself;to become my own favorite companio…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:18PM[SHARE]The boat ran into trouble over the weekend " every refugee aboard was rescued by another boat " because it was overloaded, but: "Named after Louise Michel, the 19th century French feminist a…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:18PM[SHARE]That's a hard task for any actor, and Boseman had to " got to " play Thurgood Marshall, James Brown, and Jackie Robinson (not to mention embodying the fictional King of Wakanda, T'Challa). "…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:18PM[SHARE]Some ideas: "Study the chokepoints, bottlenecks, and pinch points that museums share"such as the entrances, queuing zones, and access area for exhibits. … Look at ways that all food may be…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:18PM[SHARE]To be fair, she wasn't lost. The system was. "Representation isn't the same as legitimization. When Girlfriends aired, shows featuring Black casts were categorized as 'Black,' a label …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:18PM[SHARE]In other words, the painting fragment consigned to the basement of the Ashmolean at Oxford may be a real Rembrandt. " The Guardian (UK)
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:18PM[SHARE]On reading, and really feeling, Virginia Woolf as a middle-aged writer. " LitHub
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:18PM[SHARE]"Eight years ago, Samira Wiley and Uzo Aduba were struggling New York actors working service jobs when they auditioned for a new series from a movie-rental service-turned-streaming site call…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:18PM[SHARE]Sir Hans Sloane, whose collection first formed the basis of the museum, gained much of his wealth by enslaving people. The museum moved his bust "from a plinth to a smaller display case acco…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:18PM[SHARE]Sure, they're joyful, but … "the viral popularity of this display of intergenerational sympathy " Black 20-somethings professing love for a white boomer's pop-rock chestnut " may also tell…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:18PM[SHARE]He told the audience at TED in 2006: "I believe our only hope for the future is to adopt a new concept of human ecology, one in which we start to reconstitute our conception of the richness …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:18PM[SHARE]If your children are in secondary school and are not writing essays, they are being swindled of their chance to do well in college. If you are a college student who is rarely required to sub…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:18PM[SHARE]Alongside Gaelic, Scots is one of the indigenous languages of Scotland. The thousands of Wikipedia entries written in it make up one of the largest collections of the Scots language yo…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:18PM[SHARE]In sum, lockdown has been positive for knowledge worker productivity in the short term. But it has also created some concerns and challenges around longer-term effectiveness, creativity, and…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:18PM[SHARE]Zoom fatigue is the feeling of utter hopelessness after your ninth video call of the day, and experts say it's brought on because the technology overtaxes your brain. Presented with a croppe…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:18PM[SHARE]Syria's architectural legacy has been a well-known victim and propaganda tool of the civil war. Islamic State famously took pleasure in detonating the temples and tower-tombs of Palmyra, wit…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:18PM[SHARE]The theater in Stratford, Connecticut, modeled on Shakespeare's Globe theater in London, burned down in January 2019 as the result of arson. The theater building had not hosted an indoor per…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:18PM[SHARE]There are few answers about this disease. But the choral community has come together to figure out how 54 million people in America who sing in a chorus can do so safely. Choral leaders have…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:18PM[SHARE]For 15 years, Knoedler had procured and sold at least 40 fraudulent paintings " an astounding $60m of forged work attributed to such modern American masters as Mark Rothko, Jackson Pollock a…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:18PM[SHARE]On this day in 2019, The Public Theater's Public Works put the 'glad' in 'gladiator' with its glorious story of Hercules!
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:06PM[SHARE]
Churchill said, among a great many other things, that democracy is the worst for of government except for all the others. Playwright and doctor of political science Monica Bauer appears larg…
SOURCE: stagebiz.com at 05:53PM[SHARE]Ryan Murphy, director of The Prom movie set to be released for streaming on Netflix, has released a teaser as to when viewers might be expected to feast their eyes on this movie musical. "Ch…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 05:47PM[SHARE]Award-winning director John Scheinfeld will helm a new documentary about Stephen Schwartz, the prolific composer of 'Wicked,' 'Godspell' and more.
The post Stephen Schwartz Documentary, '…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 05:18PM[SHARE]The drive-in theater has reemerged as a popular activity in the pandemic, and Philly-area movie-goers are in on it. Cinephile Kelly Conrad says it's a welcome relief from the times.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:12PM[SHARE]Cairns mixes an historic Brooklyn walking tour with soundscape and theatre to captivating effect.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:07PM[SHARE]
Calling all aspiring designers: The Drama Desk"nominated artist will take your questions live on The Broadway Q&A from Playbill and The Growing Studio.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:52PM[SHARE]During the global coronavirus pandemic, FringeArts is pivoting the focus of our podcast to checking in with our artists, our audiences, and our community partners during these unprecedented …
SOURCE: fringearts.com at 02:50PM[SHARE]The streamed event from executive producer and Once On This Island Tony nominee Hailey Kilgore raised funds for arts education.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:49PM[SHARE]Pandemic programming at Barter Theatre and Cadence Theatre Company comprises drive-in performances and short-film commissions, respectively.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:33PM[SHARE]Tune in Wednesday, September 2 (4pm ET) to watch the next episode right here at BroadwayWorld or on Facebook Live. This week's special guest is director Schele Williams!
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:32PM[SHARE]Kenny Leon took to twitter to share footage of Chadwick Boseman performing in a workshop of the Tupac musical Holler If Ya Hear Me. Boseman performs with Christopher Jackson in the newly rel…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:29PM[SHARE]Despite her fears, Kristin Hanggi stepped out of her comfort zone and wrote the new book, God, Sex, and Musical Theatre: Meditations for Unlocking the Powerful Self.
SOURCE: Forbes at 02:23PM[SHARE]Plus, The Arts Center at NYU Abu Dhabi unveils a lineup including two dance pieces from Aakash Odedra.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:19PM[SHARE]The Prom must go on! As BroadwayWorld previously reported, Ryan Murphy's upcoming Netflix adaptation of The Prom is still on track to be released later this year. Now he's sharing a ph…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:00PM[SHARE]
BroadwayWorld is excited to announce the 18th Annual Theater Fans' Choice Awards! The Theatre Fans' Choice Awards are the biggest New York Theatre Awards, where YOU, the fans, get to have yo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:58PM[SHARE]Tony Award® winner Alice Ripley (Next to Normal, Side Show), Tony® nominee Sarah Stiles (Newsies, Wicked), and American Theater Hall of Fame honoree Nick Adams (Falsettos, Priscilla, Q…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:57PM[SHARE]Singer Christina Aguilera stopped by 'Good Morning America' to perform 'Reflection' and 'Loyal Brave True,' her two songs from the upcoming live action 'Mulan' film.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:53PM[SHARE]Tectonic Theater Project and Miami New Drama will present an online performance of select scenes from Las Aventuras de Juan Planchard, written and directed by Tectonic Theater Project founde…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:50PM[SHARE]Theater for One was built on the idea of face-to-face encounters. Moving it online could have been a disaster, but instead it's a heartbreaker.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:18PM[SHARE]Arts Bureau Edge wraps up project wtih five journalists covering Kentucky Govenor's School for the Arts, which went virtual during a tumultuous pandemic
SOURCE: artsbureau.substack.com at 01:06PM[SHARE]
"Christmas is right around the corner...," wrote the TV power player.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:52PM[SHARE]After the postponement of this year's 74th annual Tony Awards from its traditional date in early June, it has been announced that the show will go on, virtually, in the Fall. Presented by…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:46PM[SHARE]The longtime managing director of Arena Stage in Washington, D.C., will join the New York company in September.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:46PM[SHARE]The Obie winner's credits include Marys Seacole, War, and Pipeline.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:40PM[SHARE]Companies may access up to 2 plays from the LATW's extensive backlog of recorded plays to share with their communities.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:28PM[SHARE]The weekly fitness series from BFTS's Coach Joe Rosko streams every Monday at 11:30 AM ET.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:09PM[SHARE]TONY AWARD WINNER HARRIET HARRIS STARS IN VIRTUAL READING OF A NEW PLAY ELEANOR BY MARK ST. GERMAIN DIRECTED BY HENRY STRAM SEPTEMBER 4 & 5 (Pittsfield, MA " August 31, 2020) " Barringto…
SOURCE: broadwayshowbiz.com at 12:07PM[SHARE]The Tony Award winner celebrates their birthday August 31.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:03PM[SHARE]Broadway's Second Stage Theater has hired Khady Kamara, the managing director of Arena Stage in Washington D.C., as the New York company's new executive director. Kamara will join Second Sta…
SOURCE: Deadline at 12:00PM[SHARE]She'll join the New York City organization after serving as Arena Stage's managing director in Washington, D.C..
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PM[SHARE]
We asked 10 schools nationwide how they are navigating this unprecedented moment.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:56AM[SHARE]Could theater-by-mail catch on? With 'Frauenschlläechterei,' Hella Fresh Theater asks whether technology is necessary to put on a show remotely. Rachel Bellwoar reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:55AM[SHARE]Living near the theater district during the Broadway shutdown, photographer and performer Matthew Stocke has been haunted walking past the empty palaces sitting in repose, waiting for the li…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:54AM[SHARE]Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley's daily series benefits The Actors Fund.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:45AM[SHARE]By . PEN America, the Center for the Humanities at CUNY Graduate Center, and the Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library presents Democracy and Translation liv…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 11:37AM[SHARE]Robert Montgomery Scott, the late president of the Art Museum, inherited a legacy that many of us might envy. But 'The Beneficiary,' his daughter's unblinking post-mortem, raises the old que…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:18AM[SHARE]Week in Reviews. Week in Theater News. Week in Theater Videos. #Stageworthy News: "Every corner was like a theater production happening right in front of me…" James Altucher recalls about …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:12AM[SHARE]It seems extremely apt for the Open Air Theatre in Regent's Park to resurrect its celebrated production of Jesus Christ Superstar just as live theatre starts to take the first tentative step…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AM[SHARE]
Stephen Schwartz, the musical maestro behind such iconic shows as "Pippin" and "Wicked," will be the subject of a new documentary from John Scheinfeld.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:51AM[SHARE]John Scheinfeld will write and direct the project.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:41AM[SHARE]Announced today, a new documentary on the work and creative journey of Stephen Schwartz, the three-time Academy Award, three-time Grammy Award, and Tony Award-winning songwriter of Wicked…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 10:22AM[SHARE]The socially distant performances will raise money for a variety of Broadway-related charities.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:20AM[SHARE]Is the impact of COVID-19 on teaching theatre a handicap or a chance for growth and ingenuity?
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:13AM[SHARE]I thought I would finish out August with a post on the Beatles' Help! album, five years and three weeks after its Golden Anniversary. Well…I've done posts about all of their later records …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:12AM[SHARE]Additionally, Kelly Marie Tran takes over the title role from Cassie Steele.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:11AM[SHARE]Next up in our series, Casting in the age of the cloud, is all about video manipulation. When I originally planned the electricity renovations in my house many years ago, I had a futu…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 10:07AM[SHARE]
Palo Alto Players makes its first foray into full-length virtual production when the frothy "An Act of God" opens Sept. 5. First performed on Broadway in 2015 featuring Jim Parsons as God (a…
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 09:59AM[SHARE]Presented by Live & In Color, the contemporary re-imagining of the Book of Genesis will be directed by Andréa Burns, Devanand Janki, Alan Muraoka, and more.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:58AM[SHARE]Monday nights finds Burns hosting #andreamondays on Stars in the House to benefit The Actors Fund.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:54AM[SHARE]The Arts & Makers Community Business Academy is ramping up to launch its third cohort in September.
When Etiti Ayeni moved herself and her company to Chicago…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 09:40AM[SHARE]The Mean Girls and Prom music supervisor and orchestrator joins us live to answer your questions on The Broadway Q&A from Playbill and The Growing Studio.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:10AM[SHARE]Ruth Margraff and Kamala Sankaram's opera, LOST MUSIC FROM THE HEART OF EVERYTHING (a suffrage aria for Amelia Himes Walker), will be available to view virtually through the end of September…
SOURCE: Beltline to Broadway at 09:00AM[SHARE]
The company celebrates 20th-century classics in the 25th week of its Nightly Met Streams series.
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:59AM[SHARE]Outskirts Press, Inc. has published Musical Theatre Choreography: Reflections of My Artistic Process for Staging Musicals by Linda Sabo, which is the author's most recent book to date.…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 08:20AM[SHARE]We are obsessed with show logos and window cards! We just LOVE them. So we thought it'd be fun to have a show logo tournament, you know, like March Madness. We poured over the archives and d…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 08:12AM[SHARE]On August 3, five dancers from New York City Ballet (NYCB) and two from the Martha Graham Dance Company began a strict quarantine and testing protocol before joining together as a quarantine…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 08:11AM[SHARE]Despite fulfilling her brief to bring diversity to the Châtelet Theatre, the veteran director was brusquely dismissed. So what went wrong?
When the British arts supremo Ruth Mackenzie was…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06AM[SHARE]Available onlineThe sacred salmon is the star of Pitlochry Festival theatre's series of poems and plays inspired by the mysterious River Tay
You can't fault Pitlochry Festival theatre for i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06AM[SHARE]By : Samuel L. Leiter
(No. 13 in the series)
August 31, 2020: A survey of the most active dates for theater openings in late August during the twenties, thirties, and forties turns ou…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 08:00AM[SHARE]
A Center Stage reunion, a concert from a former Cher-Elphaba, and more.
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:59AM[SHARE]Tony Awards Make Final Rulings, Amy Adams Joins 'DEH' Film, Xtina Revisits 'Reflection' "Today on Broadway" is a daily, Monday through Friday, podcast hitting the top theatre headlines of th…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 07:55AM[SHARE]Sierra Boggess' performance as part of The Seth Concert Series, re-airs today at 3 PM ET. Check out an exclusive clip from the concert, which premiered last night, featuring Bogg…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:48AM[SHARE]Nothing can stop BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge from bringing you interviews with your favorite Broadway stars! On August 28, he chatted with Broadway's favorite soprano, Sierra Boggess!
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:29AM[SHARE]The 2020 Helen Hayes Awards, recognizing excellence on Washington-area stages for 2019, begins tonight with the first of seven nights of streamed presentations, capped off with a video celeb…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:12AM[SHARE]CD Review By Marilyn Lester In the years since her first CD in 1991, You Taught My Heart To Sing, Chicago-based Kirsten Gustafson has established herself as a jazz singer of note. Her latest…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 07:09AM[SHARE]Sarah Vaughan sings "Just One of Those Things" and "Eternally" on a 1960 episode of Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall:
(This is the latest in a series of arts- and history-related videos tha…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:01AM[SHARE]David Hare gets in first with his Coronavirus monologue Beat The Devil at the Bridge Theatre, evocatively performed by Ralph Fiennes.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AM[SHARE]"To be able to know and still say nothing often seems to me the most creditable of human accomplishments."
James Gould Cozzens, By Love Possessed
Continue reading Almanac: James Gould Coz…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:00AM[SHARE]Take your Broadway history knowledge to the next level.
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:00AM[SHARE]
Bach isn't exactly the kind of composer for which Lang Lang became famous. In fact, he's known the Goldbergs for a long time now, and the piece fits him better than you might expect. " David…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:48AM[SHARE]The secret is out. Music Theatre Melbourne has revealed the identity of the 'international mystery guest' who will join its
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 12:25AM[SHARE]by Catherine Weingarten. @sarahkaneissexy. NEW YORK, NY - Imagination Station Theater Collective, a local independent theatre company, re...
SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 12:00AM[SHARE]The fundraiser includes the premiere of a new video featuring Tony winners Chuck Cooper, Judy Kaye, Faith Prince, Paulo Szot, Ben Vereen, and more.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]The lesbian musical sex comedy uses real letters and a collage of found and original text to explore love, liberation, and lesbianism in the Women's Army Corps during World War II.
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