Mechorstra

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King Lear – Frog and Peach  by Jk Clarke

Theater Review by Elise Nussbaum . . . . Pre-show house music of Guns n’ Roses, the Ramones, and Nirvana promised a “rock and roll” King Lear, but Frog & Peach Theatre Company’s …

My Mama and the Full-Scale Invasion Theater Review. A Ukrainian mother takes on the world. by New York Theater

After Russia invades her native Ukraine, Olga Ivanovna, 82 years old,  calls Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy  to strategize; admonishes both Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany and …

The Notebook 1st preview curtain call on Broadway by bwaySHO

The Notebook 1st preview curtain call on Broadway Filmed by @bwaySHO Please subscribe to @bwaySHO & consider becoming a SHOtreon by heading to Patreon.com/bwaySHO #thenotebook #notebook…

Movie Review: Slamdance Audience Award Winner ‘African Giants’ by Kurt Gardner

Well deserving of the Slamdance audience award, this intimate film is a tribute to brotherly love.

A RAISIN IN THE SUN (Bristol Riverside): An old fashioned play, carefully executed by Kathryn Osenlund

Lorraine Hansberry wrote Raisin in the Sun in 1959, a bold play for its time. It takes a dark view of the progress of integration,… The post A RAISIN IN THE SUN (Bristol Riverside): An ol…

White Room Gallery by Barry Gordin

Opening reception for LOVE IS THE DRUG now on view at The White Room Gallery, 3 Railroad Avenue East Hampton, through March 30. February 11, 2024: Andrea McCafferty & Kat O’Neill, co-…

Dwayne Johnson Confirms New MOANA Live-Action Actress Cast, Lin-Manuel Miranda to Return

According to Entertainment Tonight, Dwayne Johnson has confirmed that the live-action Moana has found its star and Lin-Manuel Miranda will return.

Audra McDonald in Story and Song by Jk Clarke

Music Review by Ron Fassler . . . . When someone is referred to as an icon or a legend during their lifetime it can often be a burden. Who can live up to that? It was Nathan Lane who once sa…

Dance Review: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at The Kennedy Center by Carolyn Kelemen

When the Alvin Ailey Dance Company celebrates Black History month, count on a festive party. Looking for a respite from the political craziness that surrounds our lives? Want something fresh…

The Notebook 1st Preview tonight on Broadway by bwaySHO

Join @bwaySHO at the 1st SHO of the notebook on Broadway!!

Video: Lola Tung and Ani DiFranco Sing 'We Raise Our Cups' in Their 1st Curtain Call in Broadway's Hadestown by Molly Higgins, Andrew Gans

The pair made their Broadway debut February 9.

Riley Keough, Bob Odenkirk and Danny Ramirez to Star in ‘Anatomy of a Fall’ Live Reading, Plus Movie’s Dog Messi (EXCLUSIVE) by Marc Malkin

Riley Keough, Bob Odenkirk and Danny Ramirez will star in a live reading of the Oscar-nominated drama “Anatomy of a Fall,” as will Jay Ellis, Kate Berlant, Quincy Isaiah and Olivia Wilde…

The Notebook on Broadway starts tonight by bwaySHO

If this is love… that’s what The Notebook starts previews today at the SHOenfeld

Actors' Equity Association Authorizes Development Strike Against The Broadway League

The National Council of Actors' Equity Association, the labor union representing more than 51,000 professional actors and stage managers in live theatre, has voted unanimously to authorize a…

Miami REVIEW: AN ARTFULLY CRAFTED ‘TWO SISTERS AND A PIANO’ BY NILO CRUZ AT MIAMI NEW DRAMA by Christine Dolen

As for Sofia(Stephanie Marchado) she wills herself into instantaneous love with Victor (Gabriell Salgado), a funny, music-loving piano tuner & free spirit. Both supply moments of hope and co…

Miami Review: Nilo Cruz' "2 Sisters & a Piano" is thoughtfully Stirring runs @ Miami New Drama though Feb. 18th! by Aaron Kraus

One member of the “Tropics” cast has returned to appear in "2 Sisters and a Piano.” The much in-demand and talented young actor Gabriell Salgado, who portrayed the Lector in “Tropics…

Miami New Drama review:Written and directed by Pulitzer Prize-winning Nilo Cruz "2 Sisters & a Piano" is the play we need now by Raquel V. Reyes

Sofia’s love interest, Victor, the piano tuner, is played affably by Gabriell Salgado. Victor compliments Sofia’s fluttery with good-natured charm. The pair give the drama its moments of…

Photos/Video: Lola Tung and Ani DiFranco Take Take Their First Bows in HADESTOWN

Grammy Award-winner Ani DiFranco and Lola Tung, best known for her performance as ‘Belly’ in the hit Amazon Prime series “The Summer I Turned Pretty,” took their first bows last nigh…

NOW ON BROADWAY: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 3 – SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2024 (NEW SHOWS ROUNDUP) by Robert Shuman

(Bard (Gemini), the large language model from Google AI, and Perplexity AI, the innovative AI search engine and knowledge discovery platform, provided information, insights, and materials fo…

Air Mail: Anatomy of a Hypochondriac - [email protected] - David Gersten & Associates Mail by Matthew Gurewitsch

To dream the impossible dream! Many a Man of La Mancha has gone tilting the windmills of popular indifference to establish an American Royal Shakespeare Company or a Yankee Comédie Françai…

Harry Beaumont: From Main Street to Maisie by Trav S.D.

Harry Beaumont (1888-1966) is not regarded today as a great cinematic auteur, and perhaps he shouldn’t be in terms of such matter as camera placement, shot composition, and so forth (and t…

"The Connector" Fails to Connect With Me by Jan Simpson

Journalists love stories about journalism. We even love the stories that cast us in a bad light. And I'll admit that’s part of the reason that The Connector, which was inspired by the stor…

A family of creatives turned their TikTok-famous videos into a stage performance by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Mandy Patinkin, Kathryn Grody and Gideon Grody-Patinkin about the family stage "performance" in which Gideon talks with his performer parents about their lives.

WWDTM: Lena Waithe by NPR

This week, A Thousand and One producer and Emmy winner Lena Waithe joins panelists Adam Burke, Negin Farsad, and Maz Jobrani to talk Blockbuster, Jennifer Aniston, and Guy Fieri. Learn more …

Musical theatre star Marisha Wallace: ‘It’s a powerful number when my booty comes out’ by Miriam Gillinson

Her career was almost ended by a vocal cyst, but – after a laying on of hands – it disappeared. Now this former church singer is upending musical stereotypes with a showstopping performa…

How working with Weinstein haunted playwright Jez Butterworth and inspired his work by Nadia Khomami Arts and Culture Correspondent

Highly anticipated new play is a post-#MeToo story about trials women endure to realise their dreams He has built a reputation as one of Britain’s most revered modern playwrights, but Jez …

Tom Holland is latest superstar name in bumper year for London theatre by Esther Addley

West End even more packed than usual with big-name talent, but insiders say star casting is not only route to successful productions There is dream theatre casting – and then there is pers…

Ani DiFranco & Lola Tung Broadway Debut Recap by bwaySHO

I attended the first performance of Ani DiFranco & Lola Tung in Hadestown, also starring Lillias White, Jordan Fisher & Philip Boykin. Here are my thoughts! You can watch the curtain cal…

Jordan Fisher & Lola Tung in Hadestown by bwaySHO

Lola Tung Broadway debut stage door by bwaySHO

Photos: Go Inside GERSHWIN: A CENTURY OF RHAPSODY IN BLUE with Montego Glover and The New York Pops

Check out photos from The New York Pops's celebration of the centennial of Gershwin’s masterpiece Rhapsody in Blue here!

Photos: Aaron Tveit & Sutton Foster Take Their First Bows in SWEENEY TODD

Aaron Tveit and Sutton Foster played their first performance in the Tony-nominated revival of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street last night, February 9, 2024, and BroadwayWorld …

Stagecraft: Sarah Gancher, Playwright of “Russian Troll Farm” by Jan Simpson

The Stagecraft podcast is hosted by Jan Simpson. It is a series of interviews with playwrights (and musical book writers) of shows opening on Broadway and off-Broadway. Sarah Gancher (Playwr…

Big bands bring the boom to Connecticut this week by Christopher Arnott

The Courant's arts picks from Feb. 11-17 include the metal bands 311, Sevendust and Static-X, the comic rock band Wolves of Glendale and the Celtic punk act Flogging Molly.

Candide

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Haunted by War in Ukraine, a Choreographer Steps Into New York City Ballet by Marina Harss

Alexei Ratmansky, arguably the most important ballet choreographer today, has made a deeply personal first work as artist in residence that reflects his Ukrainian roots.

Photos: Aaron Tveit and Sutton Foster Take First Bows in Sweeney Todd on Broadway

Andrew Blanch and Emily Granger: Suite Magica

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On the Couch with Tim Barnes

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Many Good Men, Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh review - daring but flawed provocation by David Kettle

A shocking attack kicks off an audacious experience that makes its audience complicit, in Clare Duffy's ambitious but patchy show There’s been an incident in Edinburgh. Right near the Scot…

Meet Laura Donnelly: Jez Butterworth’s leading lady and star of West End smash The Hills of California by Jessie Thompson

Laura Donnelly is the muse and star of her partner Jez Butterworth’s plays. As his latest show, ‘The Hills of California’, opens in the West End with her in the lead role, the Olivier …

The Notebook, Ingrid Michaelson’s Broadway Composing Debut, Begins Performances by Hayley Levitt

The Notebook, the musical adaptation of Nicholas Sparks’ famous love story, will have its first Broadway performance on February 10 at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre. Directed by Michael Gr…

Ani DiFranco Broadway debut stage door at Hadestown by bwaySHO

On the “POTUS” Trail with Bekah Walsh by Trevor Boffone

Every day is a cunty day for Bekah Walsh. The Baltimore-based theatre nerd turned prolific #TheatreTok content creator has been hitting the campaign trail hard since August 2023. But, for Wa…

Hadestown Begins West End Previews February 10 by Andrew Gans

The London return of the Tony-winning musical plays the Lyric Theatre.

The Notebook Begins Previews on Broadway February 10 by Meg Masseron

The Nicholas Sparks novel comes to New York with a score by Ingrid Michaelson and a book by Bekah Brunstetter.

All The Drama: “The Teahouse of the August Moon” by John Patrick, 1954 Pulitzer Prize Winner by Jan Simpson

All The Drama is hosted by Jan Simpson. It is a series of deep dives into the plays that have won The Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The Pulitzer Prize for Drama: “The Teahouse of the August Mo…

All The Drama: “Next to Normal” by Brian Yorkey, 2010 Pulitzer Prize Winner by James Marino

All The Drama is hosted by Jan Simpson. It is a series of deep dives into the plays that have won The Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The Pulitzer Prize for Drama: “Next to Normal”2010 Pulitze…