Jose Zambrano courted Julie Piñero so playfully that he Photoshopped silly made-up pictures of them together as a couple – outside Times Square without pants, for example. This caused s…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:58PMThe comedy company has faced intense criticism over race and had committed to restructuring. The new owner, ZMC, said it would not abandon this plan.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00PMStreaming this weekend: Matthew Bourne's "Romeo and Juliet," a Skirball conversation with artist Ai Weiwei, and Hammer Museum and L.A. Opera programs.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:00PMGail Samuel, president of the Hollywood Bowl and chief operating officer of the L.A. Phil, will be the first female leader of the 140-year-old BSO.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:00PM
Lupita Nyongo’s children’s book “Sulwe” will be adapted into an animated musical for Netflix. Written by Nyong’o and illustrated by Vashti Harrison, the book follows a young Kenyan…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:57PMWith this week’s launch of streaming service BBC Select, one of the world’s most recognizable media brands is joining North America’s streaming ranks on its own terms for the very firs…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:57PMDisney Plus has greenlit a six-episode unscripted docuseries from Blumhouse Television, Maniac Production and Campfire centered on “America’s Got Talent” finalists, the Detroit Youth C…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:57PMNYU Tisch School of the Arts has established a scholarship in honor of alumnus Philip Seymour Hoffman. The $50,000 grant will support Tisch drama students who demonstrate financial need, aca…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:57PMUniversal Music Group has announced the launch of Virgin Music Label & Artist Services, a “new global network delivering premium and flexible artist and label services to the industry�…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:57PM⊗ Film is supposed to be inclusive. But if you can’t see yourself on-screen, do you feel as if you even exist? One-third of our lives is spent at work, and the artists who express their…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:57PMEveryone makes a mistake that has lead to a life lesson.
On this podcast episode of "Baring It All with Call Me Adam," I welcome back Abingdon Theatre Company's Artistic Director, Chad Aust…
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Drawing from his experience of fleeing Ethiopia as a refugee (after his family had fled war-torn Sudan only three years
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:57PMCreating settings rich with detail is an important skill for young playwright's to develop and bring to their work. The Creating Settings series offers activities and writing tips that may b…
SOURCE: YouTube at 08:48PMCreating settings rich with detail is an important skill for young playwright's to develop and bring to their work. The Creating Settings series offers activities and writing tips that may b…
SOURCE: YouTube at 08:48PMCreating settings rich with detail is an important skill for young playwright's to develop and bring to their work. The Creating Settings series offers activities and writing tips that may b…
SOURCE: YouTube at 08:48PMCreating settings rich with detail is an important skill for young playwright's to develop and bring to their work. The Creating Settings series offers activities and writing tips that may b…
SOURCE: YouTube at 08:48PMCreating settings rich with detail is an important skill for young playwright's to develop and bring to their work. The Creating Settings series offers activities and writing tips that may b…
SOURCE: YouTube at 08:48PMCreating settings rich with detail is an important skill for young playwright's to develop and bring to their work. The Creating Settings series offers activities and writing tips that may b…
SOURCE: YouTube at 08:48PMThis week's monologue was written by Rania Zaki, a sophomore from Stuyvesant High School in New York, performed by Jason Kisare, and directed by Dominique Rider.
To read more about the chal…
SOURCE: YouTube at 08:48PMBy DAVID DOW BENTLEY III “The People’s Critic” [PHOTOS BY: Michael Pittman. Click any photo to enlarge.] Perhaps William Shakespeare was not predicting our approaching Texas pandemic w…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 08:33PMBeck Center for the Arts has announced Beck Broadway Alums In Concert. Available for convenient streaming, this production benefits Beck Center.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:25PM'Pitch In,' co-written by Hannah Kloepfer and Nat Zegree, is a fun and youthful show that takes place in a small-town middle school struggling to fund their school's extracurricular activit…
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Tony and Oscar-nominated actress Sophie Okonedo will join Tony-winner Denis O’Hare and more in the survival thriller Infinite Storm, starring Oscar-nominee Naomi Watts.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:44PMHey J, It’s been a tough year, financially, with the pandemic and everything and to be honest, I’m wondering whether
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 05:43PMProducts will be added alongside existing offerings at BMI’s manufacturing division TheatricalHardware.com BMI Supply, and its manufacturing division TheatricalHardware.com, are excited to…
SOURCE: Stage Directions at 05:30PMThe words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: Much which seemed natural to me was in reality born of old theatrical frumpery. The most terrible thing of all is when self-conceit deceives …
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 05:29PMTakes its time getting to the scary stuff, but uses that time to ratchet up the dread in a big way, leading to a surprising finale that chills to the bone.
The post Sacrifice (dir. Andy Coll…
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The Congress for Jewish Culture will continue its International Virtual Yiddish Theater series with MEGILLAH CYCLE, featuring an all-star international cast, directed and adapted by Mike Bur…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 04:57PMAfter the great success of their online staging of S. Ansky’s THE DYBBUK, praised by New York drama critics, the Congress for Jewish Culture will present MEGILLAH CYCLE by Itzik Manger.
SOURCE: forward.com at 04:56PM"People don’t have to be afraid of what we’re going to give them. They’re going to be entertained. They’re going to have dance. They’re going to have comedy..." Get to know Goodspe…
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:42PMArtists' Rep's new managing director wants to break down the silos in her workplace and in her art form too.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:39PMHear how the ABT/NYU Master’s Program influenced some graduates of the program and discover if this degree is the right fit for you!
New York University and American Ballet Theatre part…
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:26PMEven in a pandemic, the show must go on. For Joshua William Gelb and Katie Rose McLaughlin, that meant converting a closet into a theater. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to them about their project.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 04:18PMPlus: Oregon Shakespeare Festival and Woolly Mammoth Theatre receive BOLD grants, for women in artistic leadership positions.
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‘Saint Maud’ is a beautifully made psychological horror film that feels terrifyingly relevant in the age of Covid-19. Josh Hitchens reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:49PMCandis C. Jones directs the play by Public Theater Tow Foundation Playwright-in-Residence Erika Dickerson-Despenza.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:35PM“This present moment places us in an exciting crossroad between former traditions and the emergence of technical and multi-platformed storytelling. I do not believe we are in a purgatory u…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:32PMActors’ Equity Association has issued a statement in response to Sens. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) reintroducing their bill to create a new public health insurance opti…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:28PMZMC said today that it has acquired The Second City, the world's premier brand in improvisation and sketch-based comedy entertainment and education. Terms of the transaction were not disclos…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:15PM‘I Am an American!,’ a new digital exhibition from the Rosenbach, explores the life, work, and passion of author, educator, and activist Alice Dunbar-Nelson. Pamela Forsythe reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:06PM
Michel Legrand and Didier van Cauwelaert's musical will stream for three performances in April.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:59PMLiza Minnelli is turning 75, how do you like that? For her 75th Birthday, Liz will get an all star virtual celebration
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 01:54PMA vessel by enslaved artist David Drake, one of the 19th century's most important American ceramicists, has been acquired by the St. Louis Art Museum, the institution announced Wednesday.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 01:48PMThe day was February 18, 1903, and “The Great White Way” was getting a major upgrade with the premiere of Broadway’s first Black musical. Although there had been productions of musical…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 01:31PMThe virtual event is part of the production's new audience development initiative, "Black Inspiration."
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:24PMComing up on Wednesday February 24, 2021 is the next Community Conversation: No More 10-out-of12s – Impact on the BIPOC Community. This, free for all attendees, webinar will be held from 3…
SOURCE: Stage Directions at 01:18PMCongratulations to Bradley Gibson (The Lion King, A Bronx Tale: The Musical) and Adam Hyndman (Hadestown, Once On This Island) on saying “I do.” The newlyweds both posted to their Instag…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 01:13PMOut of the Box Theatrics & Holmdel Theatre Company, along with producer Blair Russell, announced additional details for their site-specific virtual co-production of Jason Robert Brown‘…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 01:07PMSeth Rudetsky and James Wesley's daily series benefits The Actors Fund.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:03PMThe new artistic director of Dance Umbrella is the first black artist to hold the post. He plans to call time on tick-box diversity – and use the pandemic to remodel his industry
Freddie O…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:03PMAvailable onlineCovid guidelines and clunky camerawork sadly undermine the ebullient performances in this digital adaptation of Alice Walker’s modern classic
It felt auspicious when the le…
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(via John Wyszniewski, Everyman Agency.) Baryshnikov Arts Center and Cherry Orchard Festival Foundation Co-Present Arlekin Players Theatre’s The Cherry Orchard: A New Media Workshop Int…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 12:37PMThe New York-based private equity firm ZMC buys the famed Chicago comedy theater for an undisclosed price.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:29PMDon't miss Peter Gallagher on Broadway Profiles this Sunday at 6pm EST talking his return to NBC's Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist and his pride in daughter Kathryn.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 12:28PMThe Second City, a legendary theater that has nurtured generations of top comics, has sold to ZMC, a private equity firm run by Strauss Zelnick. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Variety…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:26PMThe annual fundraiser features stage and screen stars performing songs from roles in which they would never traditionally be cast.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:16PMThe grants, ranging from $10,000 to $25,000, are going to support new work from BIPOC and/or LGBTQ+ artists.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:00PMThe producers of Get Up! Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical have taken the decision to reschedule the world premiere until Autumn. The first preview will now take place on 1 October 2021 at th…
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 12:00PM
Ring them bells! Liza Minnelli will be celebrating her 75th birthday on March 12 with a dancing and singing streaming shindig. The virtual “Love Letter to Liza: A 75th Birthday Tribute Cel…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:52AMCelebrating and highlighting operas by black composers, we take a look at four important works by four leading black composers.
SOURCE: blog.stageagent.com at 11:48AMDon’t worry about a thing, every little thing is gonna be all right! The new Bob Marley bio-musical, Get Up, Stand Up! has set new dates for its world premiere. Originally announced to bow…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:36AMOscar winner and Tony nominee Lupita Nyong’o is bringing her children's book Sulwe to the small screen. Variety reports that the story will be adapted into an animated musical for Netflix…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:36AMThe Tony winner will present his piece live from Flushing Town Hall for a free virtual audience.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:36AMA star-studded cast will toast Minnelli on her actual birthday.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:36AMThe multicultural musical event was groundbreaking in 1997. Does it stand up in 2021?
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:36AMThe Congress for Jewish Culture will continue its International Virtual Yiddish Theater series with MEGILLAH CYCLE, featuring an all-star international cast, directed and adapted by Mike Bur…
SOURCE: saysmesaysmom.blogspot.com at 11:22AMBlumenthal Performing Arts (Charlotte, NC) has announced their new lineup of Broadway shows to take place during the 2021/2022 season. An exciting line-up of Broadway hits making their Charl…
SOURCE: tourstoyou.org at 11:19AM#WeMakeEvents launches new campaign, The Government Can’t See Us, Can You? showing the devastation the pandemic has wrought on the live event supply chain.
The post #WeMakeEvents launches …
SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 11:18AMMany famous artists, from David Bowie to Billy Joel to Ariana Grande to (just this month) Harry Connick Jr., have shot music videos in Connecticut.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:08AMA star-studded online reading of the new best-selling illustrated children’s book Broadway Baby, written by theater operator and producer Russell Miller (Guys & Dolls, Blood Brothers…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:06AMAfter the double blow of the pandemic and the death of Artistic Director Tom Prewitt in November, Arlington’s Avant Bard Theatre is moving ahead under a new model of artistic partnership.…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:03AMIf theater was the stock market, I’d sell revivals short. I know I run the risk of getting a Reddit-like backlash for this blog, but, revivals are becoming more and more a thing of the pas…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMThe Custody Suite Online Experience is perhaps one of the most fun evenings I have had in lockdown. It’s interactive, fun, reflects a real-life experience and there is even a prize for the…
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A list of programs, grants, and more currently accepting applications.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:44AMUpdates from Get Up Stand Up, The Bob Marley Musical and Six in today's Theatreland news round-up
The post London Theatre News Today: Thursday 18 February appeared first on Official London T…
SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 10:43AMThe arc of the career of Ukrainian-American actor Jack Palance (Volodymyr Palahniuk 1919-2006) was like a jump-rope in repose: high at the beginning and end and sagging in the middle. It’s…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:42AMLCT SPOTLIGHT SERIES continued with the second episode of "Lileana Blain-Cruz In Conversation: On Directing."
Ms. Blain-Cruz, a Resident Director at Lincoln Center Theater, was joined by f…
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:42AMThe virtual celebration will stream March 12.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:37AMThe three-show season will be offered to virtual audiences free of charge.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:27AMCollette Appolito Laisure and Anita H. Cook, respectively, will step into the new roles.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:25AMSays managing director Sarah Hopwood, “We are determined to present a festival this summer in whatever form is possible. We consider this essential to protect the livelihoods of our staff …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:24AM“After a renovation of a storied gallery at the Louvre Museum in Paris, the Cy Twombly Foundation has claimed that a monumental ceiling painting by the late artist has been permanently alt…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:24AM“For the last year, Michael Phelan — a contemporary artist who has lived in Marfa full time since 2014 — has been quietly planning another destination within miles of both [of Donald J…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:24AMYes, it’s because of Brexit: a statement from a company spokesperson said that “the potential additional costs for visas and current uncertainty around social security contributions mean…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:24AMThe musical was originally supposed to open in the West End this month; it’s now eyeing a fall bow.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:17AMBy Sarah Day
Sarah Day spoke to Pérola Congo who is appearing in Curve's The Color Purple at Home which is streaming online now.
This post Throwback Thursday: Pérola Congo first appeared o…
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A virtual ceremony in March will celebrate the honorees.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:55AM Our Emmy-winning Gov. Cuomo featured in a take on "You're So Vain"
https://youtu.be/ewpDo0XSGlc
this lyric was first heard in our virtual revue
"Labor Day - The Re-opening"
https://you…
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 09:53AMThe second part of Adam Guettel's Myths & Hymns, starring John Lithgow, Shoshana Bean, and Daniel Breaker, begins next Wednesday.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:48AMThe annual festival of storytelling offers the freshest catches for COVID days.
In the Before Times—before the Moth, before the Stoop, before the phrase "live …
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 09:45AMDean Johnson will direct the filmed production for Lambert Jackson Productions.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:44AMPerformer Stuff Launches New Industry Podcast “In the Holding Room”
Written by: Tiffany Wilkie
February 18, 2021
Performer Stuff is launching a new podcast “In the Holding Room�…
SOURCE: performerstuff.com at 09:41AMThe star played Baby June in 1974 with the eventual five-time Tony winner.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:25AMToday (February 18) in live streaming: Anna Deavere Smith visits Backstage Live, Orfeh and Andy Karl visit My Broadway Memory, and more!
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:19AMSulwe has skin the color of midnight. She is darker than everyone she knows. All she wants is to be beautiful and bright. One night, Sulwe is visited by a shooting star sent by the Night, an…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:19AMThe filmed staging will be available online in March.
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The Kleban Foundation celebrates the 31st anniversary of the annual Kleban Prize for Musical Theatre with the announcement of the 2021 prizewinners. The Kleban Prize for the most promising m…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:44AMBy Brian Scott Lipton . . . Three-time Tony Award winner Nathan Lane will join Julie Halston for a special edition of her popular online show “Virtual Halston,” on Wednesday, February 24…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 08:30AMToday We Feature: Hershey Felder in Puccini-York Theatre’s Beggar’s Holiday-LAB Annual Barn Series-Metropolitan Playhouse, Deceiver’s-Becoming Dr. Ruth, 2020 Kesselring Prize-Jason Rob…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 08:25AMDan Stevens stars as a writer taunted by the ghost of his dead wife in this grating adaptation of the 1941 play.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:22AM“Museumgoers took to social media to complain about the institution’s failure to implement effective social-distancing measures in some of its most popular spaces last weekend, in partic…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:12AMA private equity firm is swooping into Chicago and buying Second City, the legendary comedy theater now at a low point. How did we allow this to happen?
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Composed by Valgeir Sigurðsson and directed by Sara Martí, Wide Slumber for Lepidopterists is an Icelandic opera-music theatre masterpiece where science meets spirituality. Inspired by the…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 12:27AMNod to Dan Pink who linked to a study conducted among German university students which found that when students were provided a question to consider while learning material or were asked to …
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 12:03AMParticipants will learn guided relaxation techniques created for managing stress in this edition of the personal wellness series.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMQueer|Art announces Shanel Edwards as winner of 2020 Eva Yaa Asantewaa Grant for Queer Women(+) Dance Artists
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMWith in-person theatre out of commission for the foreseeable future, many companies and performers from Broadway and beyond are showcasing their work online. Below are performances you can w…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 12:00AMThe two-time Tony nominee celebrates his birthday February 18.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe audio play is directed by Stevie Walker-Webb.
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