Glynn Turman plays Toledo in the new film, "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom," a role he previously played on stage. The veteran actor just earned his first Screen Actors Guild Award nomination as p…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 08:40PM[SHARE]Whether it was sitting enthralled at a tech rehearsal or staged reading,...
The post Remembrance: Atlanta theater makers recall friend, fan, ally and shutterbug Alan Stiefel appeared first o…
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 08:40PM[SHARE]The art fair leased a pair of converted townhouses in December last year, and it has now revealed that they will open as a new hub for international galleries to rent out for short period…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:06PM[SHARE]Among the winners of this literary resurgence is a micro-industry: book subscription services, which curate a selection for you and deliver them to your home. In an era of information overlo…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:06PM[SHARE]"The Met has a responsibility to our field and our global community," Max Hollein says in a long statement posted today on the Met's website. But, declaring a "historic crisis" for museums, …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:06PM[SHARE]In 2012, a different ABT alum, Julio Bocca, was named director of the Ballet Nacional del Sodre in Montevideo with the remit to raise the company's level. One of the first things he did was …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:06PM[SHARE]As the Australian government pushed the social media giant, along with Google, to pay news outlets there for use of their material for links, the search engine made deals, while Facebook dec…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:06PM[SHARE]Martin Kettle: "Justifying the cost, the priority, the location and the uses to which the hall would be put were all delicate tasks in any case. It was hard not to see it as an elite project…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:06PM[SHARE]"An ambitious £288m concert hall that was supposed to be 'the Tate Modern of classical music' has been scrapped by the City of London Corporation, which said the impact of the COVID-19 pa…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:06PM[SHARE]"I am honored and humbled by their intention but I have asked the leaders of the state legislature to remove the bill from any and all consideration. Given all that is going on in the world,…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:06PM[SHARE]Chris Jones: "The issue now is the future of an institution that is not just a major tourist draw to Chicago but one of the very few avenues for diverse, Chicago-based comedic talent to move…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:06PM[SHARE]"The new Netflix series Amend: The Fight for America, produced by Will Smith and Larry Wilmore, seeks to [teach] not through song, but extended, sleek, bingeable verve. … Amend, which focu…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:06PM[SHARE]"Plans to mark the 800th anniversary of Burgos's magnificent Gothic cathedral with three enormous new bronze doors have ushered in an unholy row, with UNESCO advising against the project and…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:06PM[SHARE]"This month, in the wake of an appeals court decision favorable to the city and the recent completion of federal reviews, Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced that the Obama Presidential Center, i…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:06PM[SHARE]"In 2009, the Green family, owners of the Hobby Lobby chain of arts-and- crafts stores, began acquiring a series of weathered fragments advertised as Dead Sea Scrolls, including this one, �…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:06PM[SHARE]"The use of antidepressants has inadvertently left many of us less able to feel empathy toward others, laugh, cry, dream, and enjoy life just when we need those things the most: in the middl…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:06PM[SHARE]Consider, for instance, the new, widely derided "For Mary Wollstonecraft" monument in London. "Why couldn't a statue of Wollstonecraft, the individual woman, be seen as universally inspiring…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:06PM[SHARE]"The hidden costs of socially engaged arts practice is inextricably connected to the crisis of social care and service provision. It is also a result of the unwillingness of commissioners of…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:06PM[SHARE]"Following his enlistment in the military in World War II, only ten days before he would age out of eligibility for active service, Wilder reported for training in Miami, Florida, on June 27…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:06PM[SHARE]When the idea and the office of the president was regarded with a sort of reverence, presidential representations were more heroic, historian Dean J. Kotlowski writes, pointing to the "schma…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:06PM[SHARE]In a research lab at Penn State, "four pigs " Hamlet, Omelette, Ebony and Ivory " were trained to use an arcade-style joystick [with their snouts] to steer an on-screen cursor into walls. �…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:06PM[SHARE]An international team of researchers was able to achieve real-time dialogues with people in the midst of lucid dreams, a phenomenon that is called "interactive dreaming," according to a stud…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:06PM[SHARE]Usher is a variant of the French huisier, from the Latin ostiarius, a custodian of the doors. The role comes from early modern theater, where Randle Cotgrave's 1611 dictionary also has them …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:06PM[SHARE]It was during the Running Fence project that Christo and Jeanne-Claude took me to meet the Charles Schulz, the late creator of Peanuts, who had a home in the county capital, S…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:06PM[SHARE]Ethan McSweeny has served as artistic director of the American Shakespeare Center since 2018. He announced his resignation effective Feb. 11, 2021. " Washington Post
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:06PM[SHARE]"It's a further confirmation of the parochialization of British music and the arts," said Jasper Parrott, a co-founder of HarrisonParrott, a classical music agency, in a telephone interview.…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:06PM[SHARE]"The problem with writing is it's just another screen, and that's all there is … I can't connect with my imagination. I can't connect with any creativity. My whole brain is tied up with pr…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:06PM[SHARE]The new film by Anna Kerrigan tackles the subject of gender identity in a unique way.
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 08:06PM[SHARE]
When the Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Greensboro, NC opens for regular performances later this year, the $91 million, 3,023-seat performing arts facility will giv…
SOURCE: Stage Directions at 07:17PM[SHARE]Sometimes I hit a combination of notes in a prelude " a combination so enticing, I have to stop and say, oh, that's really nice. It's like walking in my local meadow when the sun is melting …
SOURCE: stageraw.com at 07:17PM[SHARE]Broadway fans love Cheyenne Jackson for performances in All Shook Up, Xanadu, Finian's Rainbow, The Performers and more. Jackson's screen credits include TV hits like Glee, American Horror S…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:12PM[SHARE]In 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…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:12PM[SHARE]Here's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed recently.
Kerry Washington Joins The School For Good and Evil
According to Variety, Kerry Washington and Charlize Theron have join…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:12PM[SHARE]Katharine McPhee will soon be singing on small screens once more. No, there is not a third season of Smash. The Broadway alum is starring in Netflix's new series Country Comfort. She play…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:12PM[SHARE]
Plus: Watch the trailer for AMC's Kevin Can F**k Himself, starring Schitt's Creek favorite Annie Murphy and Broadway veteran Eric Petersen.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:59PM[SHARE]The company will move forward with an actor-led model intended to echo the production process of Shakespeare's theatre.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:45PM[SHARE]On Jan. 25, 1996, a new rock musical by a little-known writer, Jonathan Larson, gave its first performance. But that show almost didn't happen: Larson died of an aortic aneurysm early that m…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 04:36PM[SHARE]Review: The Color Purple, The Curve Leicester 5.0Overall Score If you're enjoying our content, then please consider becoming a patreon with every penny going towards keeping paying AYT going…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:33PM[SHARE]Review: Digital Sharing 2, Kickitdown Productions4.0Overall ScoreIf you're enjoying our content, then please consider becoming a patreon with every penny going towards keeping paying AYT goi…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:33PM[SHARE]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: BroadwayWorld at 04:18PM[SHARE]For the premiere episode of Happy Hour on the Fringe's 5th season, Raina sits down with dancer/ dance teacher Dawn States of Dawn States Company fame. Grab some lemonade and, hell, put some …
SOURCE: fringearts.com at 04:01PM[SHARE]
Show of hands, how many people have been in or attended a high school or community theatre production of the Gershwin musical Crazy For You?
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 03:56PM[SHARE]Set during the Vietnam War, the musical features a book by Eric R. Cohen and Marc Madnick.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:49PM[SHARE]Ahead of its Broadway debut, Thoughts of a Colored Man, written by Keenan Scott II, will engage audiences with a new initiative sponsored by The Black Public Relations Society " New York (BP…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 03:33PM[SHARE]The Stage Managers' Association is holding an Ask Anything About the SMA Town Hall Question & Answer session on Sunday, February 21, 2021 at 4:00 p.m. EST / 3:00 p.m. CST / 1:00 p.m. PST…
SOURCE: Stage Directions at 03:22PM[SHARE](Olivia Salazar-Winspear's interviews appeared 2/19 on France24.) As part of France24's week-long series about how the arts are dealing with Covid-19, we take a look at the impact of the hea…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 03:16PM[SHARE]The lineup also now includes Lilli Cooper, Tituss Burgess, and Michael R. Jackson.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:11PM[SHARE]Regional " Conroe, TX: Stage Right at Crighton Theater: 234 North Main Street. Feb. 12-Feb. 28, 2021. Comedy. Author: Neil Simon. Director: Melody Montez. Critic: David Dow Bentley (Feb. 202…
SOURCE: TotalTheater at 03:09PM[SHARE]In celebration of Purim next week " the spring festival held to commemorate the defeat of Haman's plot to massacre the Jews, as recorded in the Book of Esther (also known in Hebrew as the Me…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:05PM[SHARE]
Laura Bell Bundy has released the self-directed music video for her newest single "American Girl" Feat. Shea Carter today. The video interpretation shows a woman breaking into the dream life…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:59PM[SHARE]USITT is pleased to announce and congratulate its 2021 award winners. Winners will be honored during the 61st Annual Conference & Stage Expo taking place virtually, March 8-12, 2021. …
SOURCE: Stage Directions at 01:44PM[SHARE]The Peoples Improv Theatre (The PIT) is moving out of its 24th Street home- the Pit Striker Mainstage.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:33PM[SHARE]Danny Sapani and Adrian Lester in new two-hander by Lester's wife, Lolita Chakrabarti, livestreaming through Sunday
SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 01:32PM[SHARE]The company streams its version of the ballet, with shimmering, polychromatic music by Stravinsky and fantastical sets and costumes by Geoffrey Holder.
SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 01:32PM[SHARE]BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Alfred Enoch, who played good guy Dean Thomas in the Harry Potter films, is a fan of the louche looks he displays in an updated filmed play of Oscar Wilde's 19th-century tale.
SOURCE: Daily Mail at 01:32PM[SHARE]BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Tahar Rahim ensured his co-stars were scared of him when playing a killer in BBC hit drama The Serpent - by giving them the cold shoulder which he says worked well.
SOURCE: Daily Mail at 01:32PM[SHARE]The gifted and mercurial Lee Daniels, director of "Precious," is one of the only filmmakers I can think of who would dare to drop a badass-diva moment of Billie Holiday violently slapping he…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:32PM[SHARE]Trivia with The ShowBiz Quiz, hip hop improv lessons with Freestyle Love Supreme Academy, and more online offerings this weekend.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:27PM[SHARE]"The change has been a long time coming, and I believe the time to strike for the better is now as we consider how we reopen Broadway houses."
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:13PM[SHARE]Pianist and Curtis professor Michelle Cann offers a passionate and technically flawless account of Florence Price's Concerto in One Movement with the Philadelphia Orchestra. Cameron Kelsall …
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:12PM[SHARE]Broadway composer Drew Gasparini, in association with the Broadway Podcast Network, is welcoming Bonnie Milligan on this week's episode of NOW WE'RE TALKING with DREW GASPARINI. 'Bonnie M…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:10PM[SHARE]We're rounding up 16 tweets from the week of 2/15/2021 to 2/19/2021 from Broadway stars and theater fans!
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By . The Ghostlight Project presents Community Roll Call livestreaming on the global, commons-based, peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Monday 1 March 2021 at 4 p.m.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 12:55PM[SHARE]When her career and personal life get derailed, an aspiring young country singer named Bailey (Katharine McPhee) takes a job as a nanny for a rugged cowboy named Beau (Eddie Cibrian).
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:47PM[SHARE]By . Presenting DESIGN Meeting livestreaming on the global, commons-based, peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Friday 26 February 2021 at 1:30 p.m.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 12:46PM[SHARE]In honor of the return of Kermit, Miss Piggy and friends, Playbill turned to its readers for ideas on which roles they'd like to see the Muppets star in on Broadway.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:45PM[SHARE]In DCPA OffCenter's DragOn, a young drag queen must go wig to wig with some of the greatest queens from legendary fandoms. This geeky show combined drag and Comic-Con cosplay into the pop cu…
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:43PM[SHARE]Beginning February 21, the Congress for Jewish Culture will bring poet Itzik Manger's 1936 poem cycle of the Purim story to your desktop. It may not be the story you're used to. Manger pluck…
SOURCE: forward.com at 12:20PM[SHARE]Kevin Bacon, Sterling K. Brown, Michael Douglas, Kyra Sedgwick, Susan Kelechi Watson and Catherine Zeta-Jones will serve as presenters at the 78th Annual Golden Globe Awards, the Hollywood F…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:17PM[SHARE]"Reminiscence," a new action thriller with Hugh Jackman, will open in theaters and on HBO Max on September 3, 2021. The Warner Bros. film, which co-stars Thandie Newton and Rebecca Ferguson,…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:17PM[SHARE]Actors Michael Caine and Glenda Jackson, who've won a brace of Oscars each, will headline the cast of "The Great Escapers," which Pathé will present at the upcoming European Film Market in …
SOURCE: Variety at 12:17PM[SHARE]The Muppet Show (which ran from 1976-1981) is now available to stream on Disney Plus. We're looking back at all of the Broadway stars that appeared on the show and their wonderful duets, med…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:16PM[SHARE]There are jumping dogs, ninja fights, and double crosses. The story is fast-paced and offers many moments for kids to chime in on how the story should advance (remember Choose Your Own Adven…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:09PM[SHARE](Tim Diovanni's article appeared in the Dallas Morning News, 2/19; SMU professor Aaron Boyd poses with his violin on Thursday.(Smiley N. Pool / Staff Photographer; via the Drudge Report.) Wi…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 12:01PM[SHARE]Watch as Richard chats with Tony winner Santino Fontana who will soon join Seth Rudetsky for two very special concerts on Sunday, February 21Â (8pm) and Monday, February 22Â (3pm).
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:01PM[SHARE]
Joanna Lumley, Stephen Fry, Russell Tovey, Alfred Enoch and Emma Mcdonald join Fionn Whitehead in The Picture Of Dorian Gray Joining previously announced Fionn Whitehead, in the title role, …
SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 11:50AM[SHARE]Executive Produced, Directed and Choreographed by Todrick Hall
Starring Todrick Hall & Brandy
Featuring Victor Garber, Paolo Montalbán, Jason Alexander, Bernadette Peters, Veanne Cox…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 11:45AM[SHARE]by Dan Kozuh. @dankozuh. WESTLAKE, Ohio - Local man Ruben Stokes', after performing the role of Bob Cratchit in Westlake Community Theate...
SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:43AM[SHARE]The co-producers of the upcoming digital adaptation of The Picture of Dorian Gray have today announced the production's full casting and creative team. Joining previously announced Fionn Whi…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:38AM[SHARE]Our student bloggers write about how they're coping with the current global health crisis, give insight on their school's performing arts programs, share their opinions on the latest thea…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:01AM[SHARE]Twelve minutes is the average lifespan of a plastic bag, we are told at the start of Mark Conway and Alex Packer's hard-hitting fusion of text, images and sound, And Breathe.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AM[SHARE]
Just a bit of the opening sequence from the new live "Planet of the Grapes" toy theater experience. www.planetgrapeshow.com
SOURCE: YouTube at 09:56AM[SHARE]The streaming production premieres March 16.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:50AM[SHARE]Most biographies factually mirror the life and times of their subject in a chronological narrative. But few mirror the complexity and structure of the subject's own work with the stunning fa…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:48AM[SHARE]The record-breaking sum was distributed to 131 programs around the country.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:42AM[SHARE]Broadway Games:
Which Happened First?
We made it through another week! Here's a new game to get your Broadway brain going!
How To Play: Put each list in the order in which they occurred.
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SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 09:36AM[SHARE]Adrian Lester and Danny Sapani in their skins in Lolita Chakrabarti's new play
Contact without touch: among the many readjustments that the pandemic has brought to theatre, its demands that…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 09:36AM[SHARE]Today (February 19) in live streaming: Santino Fontana visits Backstage Live, Andréa Burns hosts game night on Stars in the House, and more!
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:31AM[SHARE]Santino Fontana is stopping by the Seth Rudetsky Concert Series this weekend! We're looking back at past performances (and his Tony acceptance speech) before his show on Sunday!
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:31AM[SHARE]Manimals has a lot to say, and this show is sure to strike a chord with anyone who's ever subjected themselves to the world of online dating.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AM[SHARE]... Read More
The post February 19: Filling an empty stage online with a new song by Benjamin Scheuer and dancing from the Birmingham Royal Ballet first appeared on Shenton Stage.
SOURCE: shentonstage.com at 09:00AM[SHARE]The theatre favorites currently co-star in the second season of the TNT series.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:00AM[SHARE]
Ramos, Gorman Honored in TIME 100, Liza Birthday Tribute Announced, 'Amour' & 'BKLYN' to Get Streaming Production Ramos, Gorman Honored in TIME 100, Liza Birthday Tribute Announced, 'Amo…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 07:55AM[SHARE]Vigilance and negligible coronavirus transmission rates have allowed theaters to reopen Down Under.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:36AM[SHARE]In today's Wall Street Journal, I review webcasts of Katie Roche and The Book of Magdalene. Here's an excerpt.
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One of the few happy surprises of 2020 was the Mint Thea…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:02AM[SHARE]Fats Waller sings and plays "Ain't Misbehavin'" in Stormy Weather, directed by Andrew L. Stone in 1943. The members of the band include Benny Carter on trumpet, Zutty Singleton on drums, …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:01AM[SHARE]"I never expect to see a perfect work from imperfect man."
Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 85
Continue reading Almanac: Alexander Hamilton on perfection at About Last Night.
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