Can you identify these musicals from a single image? by Peter J Snee

Think you’ve got what it takes to beat our community’s musical theatre masterminds? This week we are giving away 2

FAQs : ABT Summer Intensive by American Ballet Theatre

You had a few questions, we have your answers! The 2021 ABT Summer Intensive Virtual Audition Tour is happening NOW through February 14. For more info and to register, visit https://www.abt…

Cast announced for CHESS THE MUSICAL by Sean McLoughlin

Natalie Bassingthwaighte, Paulini, Rob Mills, Alexander Lewis & Mark Furze are set to star in CHESS THE MUSICAL touring Melbourne,

All The Devils Are Here: Patrick Page Takes On Shakespeare’s Villains by Roma Torre

★★★★★ A tour de force in which the acclaimed actor provides fascinating insights while enacting the Bard’s villains, even Lady Macbeth The post All The Devils Are Here: Patrick P…

16 Best Actress Oscar nominees or winners in musical biographic roles, including Renee Zellweger, Barbra Streisand, Marion Cotillard [PHOTOS] by Susan Wloszczyna

There is a long Oscar tradition of nominating lead actresses who bring singing legends to musical life over  the years. The 2021 Best Actress race is no exception, what with Viola Davis bri…

Piano Bar Live! Streams This Tuesday, February 9, with Host Scott Barbarino, Plus Aaron Lee Battle, Bobby Belfry, Michael McQuary and Francesca Amari

Featuring new performers with every show, the weekly, award-winning Piano Bar Live! (PBL!) streams this Tuesday, February 9 at 7:15 pm ET, with host Scott Barbarino and guests Aaron Lee Batt…

Theatre Review: ‘All the Devils are Here: How Shakespeare Invented the Villain’ from Shakespeare Theatre Company by Carolyn Kelemen

Patrick Page could read the telephone book and we would swoon. And when he speaks Shakespeare, his whispers and bellows send shivers up your spine. His lush bass voice resonates long after h…

Historic Meetings: One Night in Miami, Little Wars, Falling Stars by David Sheward

When I was a kid back in the 1970s, PBS used to run a series called Meeting of the Minds. Created, written and hosted by the comedian-writer Steve Allen, the show brought famous figures from…

All The Devils Are Here Review: Patrick Page as Shakespeare’s Villains by Jonathan Mandell

“Shakespeare, for all intents and purposes, invented the character we now call The Villain,” Patrick Page claims near the beginning of his solo show, presented online by the Shakespeare …

ARS NOVA ANNOUNCES NEW FEBRUARY EVENTS INCLUDING VISION RESIDENCY PROGRAMMING FROM RONA SIDDIQUI  by Robert Shuman

(Via John Wyszniewski, Everyman Agency; Photo: Rona Siddiqui.) Ars Nova, “a company known for pop-culture-savvy experimentation, with a hipness that sets it apart” (New York Times), und…

Review: Am I A Terrible Person?, Living Record Festival by George Collins

Review: Am I A Terrible Person?, Living Record Festival3.0Overall ScoreIf you’re enjoying our content, then please consider becoming a patreon with every penny going towards keeping paying…

LIVE VIEWING PARTY: Undiscovered Sonnets and Up Close and Musical ft. Robert Markus by Stratford Festival

Review: The Vagina Duologues, Living Record Festival by Jessica Handscomb

Review: The Vagina Duologues, Living Record Festival2.0Overall ScoreIf you’re enjoying our content, then please consider becoming a patreon with every penny going towards keeping paying AY…

One Night in Miami ***1/2, Little Wars ***, Falling Stars *** by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward February 6, 2021: When I was a kid back in the 1970s, PBS used to run a series called Meeting of the Minds. Created, written and hosted by the comedian-writer Steve Al…

The Success and Suicide of Steven Keats by Trav S.D.

Steven Keats (1945-1994) was a ubiquitous presence on screens big and small when I was a kid in the ’70s. My clearest association is the campy 1977 scifi movie The Last Dinosaur with Richa…

Owen Wilson by NPR

Owen Wilson, actor, joins us along with panelists Faith Salie, Peter Grosz, and Laci Mosley.

People You Should Know . . . Bill Connington by Zack Calhoon

Bill Connington is an actor and filmmaker. His feature film LOVE, REPEAT recently started streaming on platforms including Amazon and iTunes. His next film, POUGHKEEPSIE IS FOR LOVERS, is in…

‘Keeps enquiring minds entertained & educated along the way’: THIS NOISY ISLE – Living Record Festival (Online review) by Louise Penn

Streaming as part of the Living Record Festival, This Noisy Isle is an audio drama for children based on The Tempest with stories and activities, a prologue, four tracks and story packs. …

True Confessions with Dolly Parton and Noah Centineo by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Dolly Parton Wrote "Coat of Many Colors" on a Dry-Cleaning Tag by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Dolly Parton Turned "9 to 5" Into "5 to 9" for a New Super Bowl Commercial by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Christopher Plummer: An Impishly Irascible, Velvet-Voiced Actor Who Touched Something Timeless by Owen Gleiberman

It’s some kind of paradox — he probably thought of it as a joke played on him by the gods — that Christopher Plummer, the impishly irascible, velvet-voiced star of stage and screen who…

The Murder of Ramon Novarro by Trav S.D.

Today we bow our heads in memory of the screen star Ramon Novarro (José Ramón Gil Samaniego, 1899-1968). Novarro was a scion of a large, aristocratic Mexican family (a second cousin of Dol…

THE LAST METRO: THEATRE IS A SANCTUARY IN FRANÇOIS TRUFFAUT’S WARTIME GEM by Robert Shuman

(Chris Wiegand’s article appeared in the Guardian, 2/2; Photo: Backstage secrets … Catherine Deneuve in The Last Metro. Photograph: APL Archive/Alamy.) Our series on films about the stag…

Christopher Plummer, Sound of Music star and oldest actor to win an Oscar, dies aged 91 by Andrew Pulver

Veteran and respected Canadian actor had a career stretching back to the 1950s, but won his Oscar for best supporting actor for Beginners in 2011 Peter Bradshaw on Christopher Plummer Plumm…

Cornwall to stage rare performance of 14th-century Ordinalia cycle by Steven Morris

One of British Isles’ oldest works of drama to be performed for only third time in 300 years A medieval amphitheatre in the far south-west of Cornwall is to be the venue in the autumn for …

To be Trump, or not: what Shakespeare tells us about the last five years by David Smith In Washington

To the author Jeffrey Wilson, the former president is Caesar, Lear, Bottom and more, all rolled into one The time is out of joint. When lost for words, as many have been over the past five y…

‘I found myself found myself working in intelligence again!’: VIPER SQUAD REMASTERED – CtrlAltRepeat (Online review) by John Chapman

You know you’ve been in lockdown for far too long when you reattend a show you’ve already seen and they have had time to restructure the original into a new improved version. That’s wh…

Virtual Theatre This Weekend: February 6-7- with Christy Altomare, Tony Goldwyn and More!

Broadway might be dark, but that doesn't mean that theatre isn't happening everywhere! Below, check out where you can get your daily fix of Broadway this weekend, February 6-7, 2020.

‘The clouds will clear one day’: Offie-nominated performer Beaux Harris on how she has kept creative during lockdown by Fairy Powered Productions

Despite Coronavirus, 25-year-old award-nominated actor Beaux Harris continues to dance her way through lockdown and is encouraging others to keep going through her Instagram page and online …

Connecticut Humanities gives $85,000 in relief grants to 17 small arts organization by Christopher Arnott

Connecticut Humanities has given 17 small arts organizations around the state $5,000 each in COVID relief grants, to use for general operating expenses. The grants are a collaboration among …

Remembering Hal Holbrook, Actor Who Famously Portrayed Mark Twain by David Bianculli

Holbrook, who died Jan. 23, won a Tony Award for his portrayal of Twain on Broadway. He also played Deep Throat in the film, All the President's Men. Originally broadcast in 2009.

The Witch of Kings Cross

February 6: The post-Trump experience, zoom fantasies and a double dose of musical theatre on TV by Mark Shenton

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Our Experiments: How Dakh Theatre Went Digital by Christy Romer

An interview with Andrii Palatnyi, Dakh Theatre / Gogolfest in Ukraine This year, Dakh Theatre and its festival counterpart, Gogolfest (ETC members since 2015), have become digital pioneers.…

Expect Revivals and VR from the Stage as Theater Continues to Deal with the Coronavirus by Nobuko Tanaka

In his 1964 anthem, “The Times They Are A-Changin’,” Bob Dylan sings: “As the present now / Will later be past / The order is rapidly fadin’…” At the time, he may have had soci…

Shearing the rams unveiled at Wangaratta Art Gallery

Music Live Streaming from the Conservatory San Pietro a Majella in Naples by Maria Pia Pagani

The Conservatory San Pietro a Majella is one of the most important and prestigious musical institutions in Italy. Founded in 1808 in Naples, it inherited four historical Neapolitan conservat…

Global Arts Live – Executive Director by Artsjournal

Global Arts Live is the leading presenter of international performing arts in New England, bringing global music, contemporary dance, and jazz from around the world

Director of Cultural Equity and Belonging by Artsjournal

Reporting to the President of New England Conservatory (NEC), the Director of Cultural Equity and Belonging (CEB) will lead the establishment of NEC’s Center for Cultural Equity and Belong…

Artistic Director at Salt Creek Ballet by Artsjournal

The Salt Creek Ballet Company and School is seeking an Artistic Director to conceive, develop, and implement the artistic vision and focus of Salt Creek Ballet.

The Other Side of the Story: The Villain by Kerry Hishon

Welcome to our second series of exercises for 2021: The Other Side of the Story! This series of exercises will focus on exploring, expanding, and creating new stories from the perspectives o…

Spinifex Gum live at the Sydney Opera House

40 mummies await at St. Louis Science Center, where its own baby mummy returns with new discoveries by Valerie Schremp Hahn | St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Traveling exhibition at St. Louis Science Center leads visitors on 4,500-year journey, with artifacts from 12 museums in five countries.

'We were a hammer. We were a saw.' House, new book tell of North County's ties to slavery by Valerie Schremp Hahn | St. Louis Post-Dispatch

"In the Walnut Grove," from the Florissant Valley Historical Society, explores the history of the Taille de Noyer estate and beyond.

Tony Goldwyn, Bellamy Young, and More Scandal Stars Reunite on Stars in the House February 6 by Andrew Gans

Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley's daily series benefits The Actors Fund.

J. Breckenridge's Single "Come to Me" From Debut Album Drops February 6 by Felicia Fitzpatrick

The Broadway alum shares a sneak peek at his upcoming music video.

Look Back Dear World on Starring Angela Lansbury on Broadway by Nathan Skethway

Lansbury took home a Tony Award for her performance in the Jerry Herman musical, which opened on Broadway 52 years ago today.

Lillias White, S. Epatha Merkerson, More Reunite for Billy Porter's While I Yet Live February 6 by Dan Meyer

The virtual reading welcomes the entire original Off-Broadway cast.

In Other Words: The Synonymous Titles Quiz by Talaura Harms

Can you solve this quiz of Broadway musical titles made up from their synonyms?