Wednesday, February 5, 2025

Stephen Petronio Is Disbanding His Dance Company by Brian Seibert

The company, founded in 1984, has struggled with finances since the pandemic.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:00PM
Sunday, February 2, 2025

Ballerina Lauren Cuthbertson: ‘There’s a saying that dancers die twice, the first time when they stop dancing’ by Sarah Crompton

The Royal Ballet principal on her late career debut, taking her daughters to work, and playing goodies and baddies Born in Devon in 1984, Lauren Cuthbertson joined the Royal Ballet School ag…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:36AM
Thursday, January 23, 2025

The Lonely Londoners, Kiln Theatre review - Windrush Generation arrive in a London full of opportunities, but not for them by Gary Naylor

★★★★ THE LONELY LONDONERS, KILN THEATRE A beautifully realised stage adaptation Memories, frustrations and hopes in a city emerging from post-war austerity As something of an immig…

SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 03:18PM
Monday, January 20, 2025

Lynne Taylor-Corbett Dies: Choreographer For Hollywood’s ‘Footloose’, Broadway’s ‘Titanic’ Was 78 by Greg Evans

Lynne Taylor-Corbett, the Tony Award-nominated choreographer of Broadway’s Swing and Titanic who also left an indelible mark on Hollywood by guiding Kevin Bacon through his famed solo danc…

SOURCE: Deadline at 10:13AM
Thursday, January 16, 2025

Lynne Taylor-Corbett, Tony-Nominated Choreographer of Swing! and Footloose, Dies at 78 by Darryn King

Lynne Taylor-Corbett, a Tony-nominated choreographer who also choreographed the iconic steps for the 1984 movie Footloose, has died. Her death was confirmed by her son, actor Shaun Taylor-C…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:12PM

Choreographer Lynne Taylor-Corbett, who worked on Broadway's "Swing!" and the 1984 ... - Threads

Choreographer Lynne Taylor-Corbett, who worked on Broadway's "Swing!" and the 1984 "Footloose" film, has also passed away. @playbill ...

SOURCE: Google at 12:03AM
Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Lynne Taylor-Corbett, Tony-Nominated Choreographer of Swing! and Footloose, Dies at 68 by Darryn King

Lynne Taylor-Corbett, a Tony-nominated choreographer who also choreographed the iconic steps for the 1984 movie Footloose, has died. Her death was confirmed by her son, actor Shaun Taylor-C…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:06PM

Lynne Taylor-Corbett, Tony-Nominated Choreographer of Swing! and Footlose, Dies at 78 by Darryn King

Lynne Taylor-Corbett, a Tony-nominated choreographer who also choreographed the iconic steps for the 1984 movie Footloose, has died. Her death was confirmed by her son, actor Shaun Taylor-C…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:03PM
Tuesday, January 14, 2025

Lynne Taylor-Corbett, Tony-Nominated Choreographer of Swing! and Footlose, Dies at 68 by Darryn King

Lynne Taylor-Corbett, a Tony-nominated choreographer who also choreographed the iconic steps for the 1984 movie Footloose, has died. Her death was confirmed by her son, actor Shaun Taylor-C…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:42PM
Friday, January 3, 2025

David Lodge, Campus Trilogy novelist and academic, dies aged 89 by Ella Creamer

The author of more than two dozen books is best known for his trio set in a fictionalised version of the University of Birmingham, where he worked from 1960 to 1987 British author and critic…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:54AM
Wednesday, November 20, 2024

DIFFERENT “COLORED LIGHTS” by Ron Fassler

Liza Minnelli and Chita Rivera in “The Rink” (1984). Photo by Martha Swope.November 20, 2024: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler. In 1984, Liza Minnelli co-starred with Chita …

SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 12:15PM
Thursday, November 14, 2024

Committed by Melissa Anderson

Sheila McLaughlin and Lynne Tillman’s 1984 Frances Farmer biopic gives the actress, who struggled with mental health and involuntary institutionalization, room to breathe. Sheila McLaughl…

SOURCE: 4columns at 07:00PM
Friday, November 8, 2024

John Gallagher Jr., Michael Mayer, More Discuss Swept Away by Playbill

Swept Away is currently running at Broadway's Longacre Theatre. Leading the cast are Tony winner John Gallagher, Jr. (Spring Awakening) as Mate, Stark Sands (Kinky Boots) as Big Brother, Adr…

SOURCE: YouTube at 10:36AM
Monday, November 4, 2024

Call Me Madam with June Bronhill (1984) by American Musical Theater Archives

Call Me Madam with June Bronhill (1984)

SOURCE: YouTube at 01:51AM
Wednesday, October 30, 2024

1984 | 2024 London Vox Pops by Official London Theatre

It is the age of total surveillance. Everything you say or do is scrutinised. Even your innermost thoughts are probed. You cannot be too careful. In an age when we are tracked and monitored…

SOURCE: YouTube at 09:54AM
Sunday, October 20, 2024

Industrial music icons KMFDM celebrate 40 years in the noise biz at District Music Hall by Christopher Arnott

The German rock band KMFDM, formed in 1984 as a multi-media project, is celebrating its 40th anniversary on a new tour coming to Connecticut.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM
Thursday, October 17, 2024

Odyssey ’84 review – the miners’ strike gets a Homeric twist by Gareth Llŷr Evans

Sherman theatre, CardiffTim Price’s play links a 1980s coal miner with Odysseus in an affecting if heavy-handed mythological drama Forty years after the 1984 miners’ strike, Tim Price�…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:32PM
Wednesday, October 16, 2024

Gary Oldman to Return to Stage in Samuel Beckett's Krapp’s Last Tape by Darryn King

Academy Award winner Gary Oldman will return to the U.K. stage to perform Samuel Beckett’s one-act monologue Krapp’s Last Tape. The production begins previews at York Theatre Royal on Ap…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:12PM
Thursday, October 10, 2024

Love Streams by Melissa Anderson

. . . and love stops, and sustains, and continues in fits and starts, in John Cassavetes’s 1984 comedy-drama starring the director-actor and Gena Rowlands. John Cassavetes as Robert Harm…

SOURCE: 4columns at 08:00PM
Monday, September 30, 2024

The Truman Capote Centennial by Trav S.D.

Born 100 years today, Truman Streckfus Persons (1924-1984), better known to most as Truman Capote. Mid 20th century fiction is far from my main jam, but writers of that era did leave footpri…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:36AM
Saturday, September 28, 2024

Rolling Stone declares ‘Purple Rain’ the greatest soundtrack album of all time by Tribune News Service

MINNEAPOLIS — The list-loving Rolling Stone cultural arbiters love them some “Purple Rain,” declaring that the 1984 Prince project is the greatest movie soundtrack album ever. In a lis…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM
Thursday, September 26, 2024

1984 review – Keith Allen’s sadistic superior emanates controlled rage by Arifa Akbar

Theatre Royal BathAllen gives a capable performance in an arresting production that gives a chilling sense of state control – but the central romance fails to fizz Seventy-five years after…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:02AM

A Shot at Shug Fisher by Trav S.D.

Counterintuitive but true: if you were to cross Shug Fisher (George Clinton Fisher, 1907-1984) with Fuzzy Knight, the result would not be Suge Knight. Fisher was a rustic character actor, co…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:12AM
Thursday, September 12, 2024

Matt Steinbrenner Bridges the Past and Future Fusing Nostalgia & Spectacle for The 2024 VMAs by Michael Eddy

The 2024 MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) celebrated its 40th anniversary on September 11, 2024, at the UBS Arena in New York. First held in 1984, the VMAs have left a profound cultural legacy …

SOURCE: PLSN at 11:40AM
Monday, September 9, 2024

Michael McKean Joins ‘Glengarry Glen Ross’ Broadway Revival With ‘Better Call Saul’ Costar Bob Odenkirk by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: Michael McKean will join the previously announced Bob Odenkirk, Kieran Culkin and Bill Burr in the upcoming Broadway revival of David Mamet’s Glengarry Glen Ross. McKean will pl…

SOURCE: Deadline at 12:31PM
Monday, September 2, 2024

September on the London Stage: David Oyelowo Does Shakespeare, Ramin Karimloo Sings Elvis Costello and Marlow & Moss Are Back by Matt Wolf

Summer is saying its goodbyes, and with that comes the seasonal promise of exciting theater for the fall. That’s nowhere more true than in London, which offers a dizzying array of shows in…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:54AM
Tuesday, August 20, 2024

With Chicago, Alyssa Milano Becomes the Broadway Baby of Who's the Boss?'s Family of Stage Stars by Hayley Levitt

On September 16, Alyssa Milano makes her Broadway debut as Chicago’s unrepentant murderess Roxie Hart. It’s a career milestone for the actress who is still one of the most recognizable f…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:12PM

John Gallagher Jr., Stark Sands and More Will Get Swept Away on Broadway; Show Completes Casting by Darryn King

Swept Away, the new seafaring musical scored by the Avett Brothers, has completed casting for its upcoming Broadway production. Performances will begin at the Longacre Theatre on October 29 …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:06AM
Friday, August 16, 2024

Theatre Royal Bath’s Adaptation of George Orwell’s 1984 Announces Cast and Tour Dates by Belaid S

The highly anticipated new adaptation of George Orwell’s dystopian classic 1984 is set to hit the stage next month, with

SOURCE: AussieTheatre.com at 08:14PM
Wednesday, August 14, 2024

A Bucketful of Bricktop by Trav S.D.

Born of an August 14, the great Jazz Age figure known as Bricktop (Ada Beatrice Queen Victoria Louise Virginia Smith, 1894-1984). Bricktop was a queer woman of color. Two colors, not just bl…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:03AM
Wednesday, August 7, 2024

Whoopi Goldberg to Play Miss Hannigan in Annie at Madison Square Garden by Darryn King

EGOT winner Whoopi Goldberg will play Miss Hannigan in New York over the holidays as part of the national tour of Annie. The tour of the musical about the big-hearted, red-headed orphan will…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:43AM

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2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Nov 17, 2024: Elf - Marquis Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
TBA: Titanic
TBA: Ragtime