January 31, 2021.Through vimeo.com. Art can act as a mirror, they say. How so? It can make us ask questions, and see things previously unseen, that can help us to better understand ourselves…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 09:30PMWith most venues shut down for nearly a year, pandemic-era theater has taken many forms:
But few digital productions have achieved what Miami’s Juggerknot Theatre Co. and New York’s Pop…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:18PMIn 2012, Viola Davis came so close to following in Halle Berry’s (“Monster’s Ball,” 2002) footsteps as the second Black Best Actress Academy Award winner for “The Help” (2012), b…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 09:13PMVariety has been nominated for 99 National Art and Entertainment Journalism awards, a record-breaking number of nominations for the publication. “This is an amazing achievement by our stel…
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Not for nothing – for a new museum of contemporary art. But … really? “‘We invited the Department of Cultural Affairs,’ Carrie Wood, a member of a campaign to save the mural called…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:48PMBoyer signed on with Disney as a sketch artist in 1960 – and never left. “Boyer was made a Disney Legend in 2005, the equivalent of membership in the company’s Hall of Fame, with a win…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:48PM“I almost feel like you should know the notable recordings of a work like this,” Benjamin Grosvenor said of the sonata in a recent interview. “More than anything, it helps you understa…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:48PMThe University of Maryland (UMD) announced a $9 million gift to its School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies (TDPS) to boldly reimagine the future of education in the performing art…
SOURCE: Stage Directions at 06:12PMWith a Triple J Unearthed bio which reads: ‘Shorter than Alicia Keys. Adele with attitude. Beyoncé but chilled. Sass, soul,
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An interactive web portal combines theatre and education in an effort to destigmatize mental illness.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:48PMEfforts like the Black Seed, the Drinking Gourd, Next Wave initiative, and the Sprinkle-Hamlin award are directing funding to develop work by Black artists.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:42PM“When different narrators take on chapters devoted to different characters’ points of view, the listener’s engagement with the book can be heightened. On the other hand, when narrators…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:42PM“Think of it like traffic. There’s the language road, there’s the music road, there’s the seeing road, there’s the images road. Language is like a superhighway; it makes the other …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:42PMCohen's new book is out now from Assouline.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:42PMThis interview is dedicated to the memory and legacy of Michael Slade, Co-Creator and Emmy Award winning Writer of the multi-Emmy Award Winning Digital Series "After Forever."
I welcome ba…
SOURCE: YouTube at 05:12PMWe’re in the middle of African American History Month, a commemoration made all the more urgent by the events of last summer that were prompted by the police murders of George Floyd and Br…
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 05:12PMOpera Philadelphia presents the latest from Tyshawn Sorey with ‘Save the Boys,’ an opera interpretation of a poem by abolitionist and Black women’s rights activist Frances Ellen Watkin…
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Do you feel as if the past year just passed you by? That summertime came and went, minus all the fun events you usually shared and enjoyed? Are you longing to attend a concert at the Hollywo…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:48PMThe new show demonstrates just how drastically far food shows have come – but reminds us of how far that had to be, especially when we can always rewatch Nadiya Hussain’s GBBO flavors ma…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:42PMOr they might, soon. London needs “infrastructure week,” but for real, and for much longer than a week. Take Hammersmith. “It’s obvious whom to blame: politicians are guilty to varyi…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:42PMArtists need studios, and usually studios with light … and churches often have that. “Places of worship are typically built to outlast their parishioners. The steepled Protestant churche…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:42PMStanfield says it’s not only therapy that has made the last year bearable. “The one good thing about this pandemic is being able to sit at home by yourself and deal with yourself and jus…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:42PMThe Grammy-winning architect of modern music “is best known for designing and producing microphone preamplifiers, equalizers, compressors and mixing consoles that are sought after in the i…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:42PMArchaeologists “were hopeful of unearthing something of interest because the area has been occupied for more than 3,000 years. But nothing prepared them for the excitement of discovering a…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:42PMThere’s one metric, however, that stands out as a marker of success. Philadelphia Chamber Music Society’s virtual concerts are technically free of charge, but the pay-as-you-wish donatio…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:42PMHonestly, will we never learn? “Americans have expressed their concerns about each new form of media through fears about children and youth. Younger Americans were supposed to be especiall…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:42PM“The entire structure of the traditional book-to-film deal has changed. Our authors are now at the cutting edge of those deals, in the selling of their work and as producers.” – Los An…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:42PMRauschenberg and Twombly were both southerners. Rauschenberg, who was quarter Cherokee, came from Texas, Twombly from the heart of the old Confederacy in Lexington, Virginia. The passion of …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:42PMHe suspects the engraver made the mistake while copying the score, and it didn’t get caught during proofreading. If Tchaikovsky noticed, there’s no indication of it in his correspondence…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:42PMJerusalema is a song by South African house musician Master KG. Friends in Angola filmed themselves dancing to the hit – the moves have since been recreated the world over. From health wor…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:42PMFrench politicians, high-profile intellectuals and journalists are warning that progressive American ideas — specifically on race, gender, post-colonialism — are undermining their societ…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:42PM“If the postmodernism of the 1980s considered the museum to be in crisis and contemplated its “ruins,” today many see these same institutions as frustratingly intact, as bulwarks again…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:42PMA co-presentation by JCS Theater Company and Spin Cycle, the world premiere of Adjust the Procedure, written and directed by Jake Shore (award-winning Off-Broadway playwright and Director of…
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Indoor dining reopened in New York City last week, area arenas are scheduled to reopen next week, New York State is launching New York Pops Up initiative (in-person performances in unc…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 03:50PMAuthor, organizer, and educator Mariame Kaba shows that collective action can be powerful only with community, and provides the next generation of changemakers with critical lessons on aboli…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 03:50PMThe Wilma kicks off its 2021 offerings with a new series of streaming shorts from its HotHouse Company, ‘Code Black Planet’ and ‘Clay.’ Josh Herren reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:49PM(James Varney’s article appeared in The Washington Times, 2/15; via the Drudge Report.) The crown teachers once put on Shakespeare now lies uneasy upon his head as the English playwright c…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 03:41PMJamie Dornan is happy to get silly, even showing up for an interview sporting a bikini t-shirt, swag from his new film. The film in question is “Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar,” Krist…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:29PMAbout the Guest
Brian Westbrook was born and raised in Henderson, NC. He studied piano, voice, theatre, and dance at Appalachian State University. From 2000 – 2009 Brian worked and perform…
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A new poetry collection from Hayden Saunier weaves Pennsylvania’s natural world with its mini-marts and hotels, exploring possibility, loss, compound perspectives, and calls to customer se…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:37PMRecorded on a Houston stage, “The Book of Magdalene” is theatrically intimate, while “Hotel Good Luck” gets caught up in digital trickery.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:33PMTen Sentimental Speeches for the Lucky-in-Love
Written by Amanda Grace
February 10th, 2021
Just because you’re taken, it doesn’t mean your heart stops breaking! ‘Tis the season fo…
SOURCE: performerstuff.com at 02:31PMRiedel North America is offering Riedel Academy seminars, which are hands-on, interactive training courses designed to empower you – the user – to make the most of your system. Until fur…
SOURCE: Stage Directions at 02:21PMHermione Lee’s biography of the playwright and screenwriter covers his rigorous research and writing habits, his famous friends and his political thinking.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:06PMOnlineCho’s live-streamed Valentine’s Day sex advice workshop encompassed BDSM, bestiality and the fun that can be had with ‘pervertible’ household objects
Valentine’s Day is a cel…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:06PM
Our Theatreland favourites are sometimes lucky, sometimes unlucky in love, so we thought we'd help a few of them out with their dating profiles.
The post If Theatreland had dating apps appea…
SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 12:53PMOUT TO PERFORM and the COALITION FOR OPEN AIR THEATRE delivered a letter on Friday to the Secretary of State Oliver Dowden making a request on behalf of performing arts of all kinds, to allo…
SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 12:46PMGeorge Street Playhouse in New Brunswick will begin its 2021 season online Feb. 23-March 14 with Theresa Rebeck’s “Bad Dates.”
SOURCE: NJ.com at 12:38PMIn honor of Black History Month, Broadway.com is once again inviting Broadway artists to celebrate the Black theatermakers who inspire them. Stars are taking this chance to honor their fri…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:33PMThe Robe Family is heartbroken to announce the death of Marco Bartolini, a hugely popular and well-known industry face in Italy and internationally, who passed away on February 10, 2021 foll…
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Following the recent announcement of Virtual Showlight 2021 which will take place online on May 25, 2021, Showlight is renewing its Call for Papers from speakers keen to be a part of this in…
SOURCE: Stage Directions at 11:55AMAdmirers lined up outside famous Abyssinian Baptist Church at public viewing on a wintry New York morning
Hundreds of mourners lined a New York City block in Harlem on Monday, to pay their r…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:54AMALW’s Cinderella recorded a full album last year, which will be released this Spring. The brand-new musical from Webber has just released the third piece of music which is performed by Car…
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 11:45AMKevin McCarthy (1914-2010) is one of those actors most people don’t know that they know. At best, he bumped his head against mainstream fame, never quite catapulting himself into the upper…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:36AMTune in on Wednesday, February 17 at 12pm ET as he chats with Broadway favorite Patrick Page, who will is currently appearing in Shakespeare Theatre Company's All the Devils Are Here: How …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:33AMIn January 1997, Desmond Richardson joined American Ballet Theatre as the Company’s first Black Principal Dancer in its 57 year history. This fall we celebrated the promotion of Calvin Ro…
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:08AMCheck out an exclusive clip from the concert, which premiered yesterday, featuring Laura and her husband Nathan Johnson singing 'A Whole New World' from Aladdin!
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:04AMAfter a gruelling half term of home learning, families across the country are gearing up for another half term holiday with nowhere to go. But staying at home doesn’t have to mean having n…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AM
See which U.S. presidents have been fictionalized on stage! There have been more than Alexander Hamilton —how about FDR, Andrew Jackson and more?
The post Celebrate the Holiday with These …
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:42AMOn Thursday, March 12, 2020, Six was scheduled to open. But everyone knew what was coming.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:36AMProduced by Rob Rapley and executive produced by Cameo George, Voice of Freedom premieres Monday, February 15, 9:00-11:00 p.m. ET (check local listings) on AMERICAN EXPERIENCE on PBS, P…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:35AMBetween the election and the inauguration, politics has very much been in the foreground this past year, and this Presidents' Day, we're celebrating in song! BroadwayWorld has pulled toge…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:35AMFirst look at the world premiere of The Sorcerer’s Apprentice The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, by Richard Hough and Ben Morales Frost, directed by Charlotte Westenra (‘The Wicker Husband’,…
SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 10:34AMOver the past months, we've been in search of the very best in Broadway musical logos, going back 40 years. And now, here we are starting a new tournament, looking for the very best logo of …
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 10:18AMJim Caruso's Cast Party is a wildly popular impromptu open mic/variety show that's been taking place on the Birdland stage every single Monday night since 2003! Think 'American Idol' meets '…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:13AMToday (February 15) in live streaming: Laura Osnes sings with Seth Rudetsky, Josh Groban in concert, and more!
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:03AMNew details regarding the home of Phantom of the Opera Her Majesty’s Theatre in London’s West End have been revealed. The planning application has shed light on new information featurin…
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 10:00AMHoward Sherman, author of a new book about the play: “It’s a play that people think they know. People want to paint it as this old-fashioned love letter to the past. And that’s not wha…
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(Nobuko Tanaka’s article appeared in The Japan Times, 2/10; Photo: Behind closed doors: Playwright J.T. Rogers’ drama, “Oslo,” is based on the true-life clandestine meetings that too…
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SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:33AMLillias White performs Sarah Vaughan, a Hamilton-inspired virtual walking tour, The ShowBiz Quiz, and more online offerings this week.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:22AMAll of this is true: “An effort to keep the industry alive has major stars taking to the virtual stage and much-lauded past productions available for streaming. These productions can’t c…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:15AMBAMkids Film Festival 2021 will present a range of virtual programs from February 20-28. Established in 1998 and now in its 23rd year, the Festival — one of the largest attended children�…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 09:06AMFirst performed on stage in 2015, (Fire) Embers (Ash) – which is written and directed by Hailey Mashburn – has been reimagined as an audio play for 2021.
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The director-designer’s opulent works take center stage in this week’s Nightly Met Streams.
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:59AMModern “King & I” Movie Coming from Paramount, AEA’s Equity Legislative Push, Sophia Anne Caruso Releases Single Patreon: BroadwayRadio https://www.patreon.com/broadwayradio 1) Rei…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 07:55AMThis story is convoluted, and needs careful reading to understand what’s going on not only in musicology in the U.S. but also across the world. To quote the article, “How this ends is no…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:54AMOf course, “The British weather does not always help. A valiant ‘drive-through’ production of La Bohème staged in a car park by English National Opera last year did encounter proble…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:54AMBurga’s best-known work, 1981’s Perfil de la mujer Peruana, confused many people in its day. She and a psychotherapist friend “interviewed 290 middle-class women between the ages of 25…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:54AMIn short, and in no surprise to anyone who has studied the history of the U.S., or indeed lived that history: “Judas and the Black Messiah makes an urgent case for why the FBI, and, by ex…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:54AMThe Miles Davis Quintet plays “My Funny Valentine” on Italian TV in 1964:
(This is the latest in a series of arts- and history-related videos that appear in this space each Monday, Wedn…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:01AMAnd did you get what
you wanted from this life, even so?
I did.
And what did you want?
To call myself beloved, to feel myself
beloved on the earth.
Raymond Carver, “Late Fragment”
Contin…
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On this day in 1984, Ethel Merman, a Broadway institution known as the 'undisputed First Lady of the musical comedy stage, passed away at the age of 76.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:02AMSee if you can identify these U.S. Presidents mentioned in musical theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AM"The arts community should be just that—a full community just as colorful as the works that can and will be envisioned."
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMAnyanwu’s short audio play is presented by Playing on Air.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe PBS premiere is produced by Rob Rapley and executive-produced by Cameo George.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe event is moderated by Amber Iman and Richard Gray.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe musical event features 16 numbers performed with a full orchestra, including “La Vie En Rose,” “No Regrets,” and “Hymn to Love.”
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe virtual evening is produced by Pinkhouse Productions and Scranton Shakespeare Festival.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe cast shares their artistic inspirations, moments of empowerment, and what the classic Porgy and Bess lullaby means to them.
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