Wednesday, March 22, 2023

A "Blue" Conversation: Let’s Go There: Moving Through + Moving Forward | Washington National Opera by The Kennedy Center

https://www.kennedy-center.org/wno/home/2022-2023/blue-panel/ Explore the themes of Blue in an engaging event featuring a panel conversation with special guests and musical performance. How…

SOURCE: YouTube at 11:17AM
Monday, March 20, 2023

Theatre Producers of Color announces 2023 participants by Caitlin Hornik

Theatre Producers of Color (TPOC) has announced the 2023 “cohort” of participants taking part in its third annual education program, Producing 101.  The cohort includes Tẹmídayọ Am…

SOURCE: Broadway News at 10:52PM
Friday, March 17, 2023

A DOLL’S HOUSE – scenes from a marriage 1879/2023 by Oscar E Moore

Be prepared.  Jessica Chastain is spectacular as Nora Helmer.  As she sits seemingly spellbound in a chair on a bare stage, dressed in dark blue, alone with her striking profile and red ha…

SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 06:44AM
Thursday, March 16, 2023

A Doll’s House Review: Jessica Chastain Escapes Her Chair! by New York Theater

It’s too tempting to mock this austere version of Ibsen’s play as Broadway’s answer to the movie that just swept the Oscars. Call it: Nothing Nowhere With No Intermission! Jessica Cha…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:00PM

The Disney Wish! Star Wars Hyperspace Lounge, World of Marvel dinner, and Inside out treats! Ep. 171 by Framily Travel

Come along with the Broadway Bradshaws on the Disney Wish as they take their first vaction from Performing at Walt Disney World's Animal Kingdom in Finding Nemo: The Big Blue and Beyond. Th…

SOURCE: YouTube at 09:52PM
Wednesday, March 15, 2023

WHO’S THE WOMAN? IT’S MARY MCCARTY by Ron Fassler

Mary McCarty leading the charge with “Who’s That Woman?” (1971). That’s Alexis Smith in red on the left and Dorothy Collins and Yvonne De Carlo on the right.March 15, 2023: Theatre …

SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 09:24AM

Gloriously impassioned, ‘Blue’ at Kennedy Center centers Black lives by Gregory Ford

“What I’ve really not seen and not experienced is African American family life when it’s OK. When there’s prosperity, when there’s abundance.” — Jeanine Tesori, composer of Blu…

SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 06:50AM
Tuesday, March 14, 2023

Opera Review: ‘Blue’ presented by The Washington National Opera at the Kennedy Center by Jeannette Mulherin

“Blue,” in its D.C. premiere by The Washington National Opera, elegantly makes use of a centuries’ old art form to tell a 21st century story. It is one with national repercussions, but…

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:45PM
Monday, March 13, 2023

Interview: TV Star Sami Gayle Talks Broadway Return in BAD CINDERELLA

Read BroadwayWorld's interview with Sami Gayle, star of Blue Bloods, Vampire Academy and more, about her return to Broadway in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Bad Cinderella!

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:09PM
Thursday, March 9, 2023

‘A Doll’s House’ Review: Jessica Chastain Shines in a Broadway Staging That Brings Sparkling Clarity to a Classic by Gordon Cox

There are no props in director Jamie Lloyd’s version of Henrik Ibsen’s drama “A Doll’s House” — no sets, no costumes (just plain contemporary clothing in dark blue), not even a c…

SOURCE: Variety at 10:26PM

Sound Health: Renew/Remix Concert by The Kennedy Center

Sound Health: Renew/Remix Concert October 2, 2022 Concert Hall Renew/Remix is the most recent installment of the Sound Health initiative at the Kennedy Center, a powerful partnership with t…

SOURCE: YouTube at 03:00PM
Wednesday, March 8, 2023

The Great British Bake Off Musical, Noel Coward Theatre review - blue-chip cast lift daft confection by Helen Hawkins

It's more adult panto than mature musical, with the sauce liberally ladled on If you are hoping for some harmless fun at The Great British Bake Off Musical, probably with a few dodgy jokes a…

SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 07:41AM
Tuesday, March 7, 2023

‘We’ve sweated blood for this work’: Briana Hunter on performing in ‘Blue’ by Susan Galbraith

As the acclaimed opera opens at Kennedy Center, the mezzo-soprano who plays the mother of a slain Black son talks about going to a place beyond grief.

SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 02:31PM
Saturday, March 4, 2023

Laughs, Drama, Death Jointly in Cemetery Pub At Pigs Do Fly by Bill Hirschman

Cemetery Pub, a play in its second production by playwright-actor Tom Dugan at Pigs Do Fly Productions, is a mash-up of multiple genres as three relatives hash out troubled pasts and an unce…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 04:30PM
Thursday, March 2, 2023

FREE BEER (NOT CLICKBAIT): Interview with Whitley Watson and Micah Phillips of Club Video by Kristen McCollum

Brooklyn-based Club Video is making the trek to join us in Philly for this year’s Blue Heaven comedy festival, and it seems like they’ll be bringing the party with them!... The post FREE…

SOURCE: fringearts.com at 01:03PM
Wednesday, March 1, 2023

Sound Health: Renew/Remix | When We Sing: Eric Whitacre & Afro Blue by The Kennedy Center

Renew/Remix is the most recent installment of the Sound Health initiative at the Kennedy Center, a powerful partnership with the National Institute of Health (NIH), soprano Renée Fleming, a…

SOURCE: YouTube at 05:06PM
Monday, February 27, 2023

Blue: A Community Conversation at Busboys and Poets | Washington National Opera by The Kennedy Center

https://www.kennedy-center.org/wno/home/2022-2023/blue/ In early March 2020, artists, community leaders, and law enforcement officials gathered in Washington to discuss Blue, a contemporary…

SOURCE: YouTube at 03:00PM
Friday, February 24, 2023

WATCH: A 'Dark Disabled Stories' TDF Conversation - Playwright-performer Ryan J. Haddad and his costars discuss their new play at The Public Theater

Playwright-performer Ryan J. Haddad and his costars discuss their new play at The Public Theater Ryan J. Haddad isn't afraid to go there... or anywhere, really. In no-holds-barred solo shows…

SOURCE: TDF at 12:00AM
Thursday, February 23, 2023

Russell Tovey, Travis Alabanza, Jay Bernard, and Joelle Taylor to Perform Live Version of Blue Film by Leah Putnam

The performances of the Derek Jarman film will also feature live music performed by the film's composer, Simon Fisher Turner.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:23AM
Wednesday, February 22, 2023

2022 - 2023 Logos: Leopoldstadt and Life of Pi by JK

These days, generating interest in plays, even those that make it to Broadway, is a challenge, to say the least. Even more challenging is promoting a play that has no stars over the title. A…

SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 06:30AM

Join TDF for a 'Dark Disabled Stories' TDF Conversation - Playwright-performer Ryan J. Haddad and his costars discuss their new play at The Public The

Playwright-performer Ryan J. Haddad and his costars discuss their new play at The Public Theater Ryan J. Haddad isn't afraid to go there... or anywhere, really. In no-holds-barred solo shows…

SOURCE: TDF at 12:00AM
Wednesday, February 15, 2023

2022 - 2023 Logos: KPOP and Some Like It Hot by JK

In an increasingly visual media world, creating the right look - the right brand - can spell success or disaster for any product. Simply put how something looks can translate to big business…

SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 06:30AM
Monday, February 13, 2023

Kristoffer Diaz Wins 2023 Blue Ink Award by American Theatre Editors

Diaz's play 'Things With Friends' will be staged at the 2023 Blue Ink Playwriting Festival.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:14AM
Sunday, February 12, 2023

Some Like It Hot- A Rollicking Good Time by Judd Hollander

Reviewed by Judd Hollander The classic 1959 film "Some Like It Hot" gets the Broadway treatment and comes out running on pretty much all cylinders. Thanks in no small part to an excellent sc…

SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 09:18AM
Saturday, February 11, 2023

Geena Davis by NPR

Geena Davis went from being an Oscar-winning actor to a skilled archer to an activist to an author, and she's now executive producer of CBS' Mission Unstoppable. But, can she answer our thre…

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 12:00PM
Wednesday, February 8, 2023

Star-to-Be: Kimberly Akimbo's Justin Cooley by JK

🌟Star-to-Be:🌟 Kimberly Akimbo's Justin Cooley In a lot of ways, Justin Cooley is already a star. Barely in his 20's, this guy is already a multiple award winner, was the toast of…

SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 06:30AM

How Do You Transform Photos Into a Broadway Play? - Playwright Sharr White on his starry adaptation of Larry Sultan's photo memoir 'Pictures From Home by Allison Considine

Playwright Sharr White on his starry adaptation of Larry Sultan's photo memoir Pictures From Home When Sharr White attended a retrospective of Larry Sultan's photography at the Los Angeles C…

SOURCE: TDF at 12:00AM
Sunday, February 5, 2023

No Exit: Dramaworks Bows Lewis’ Look At Blue Collar Youths’ Blocked Dreams by Bill Hirschman

If the 1920s gave birth to The Lost Generation, then the 2020s saw the taking root of The Trapped Generation. Palm Beach Dramaworks’ premiere of Carter W. Lewis' The Science of Leaving Oma…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 07:37PM

Secret Things/Everyone Keeps Me review – Pam Tanowitz’s steps cast a spell by Sanjoy Roy

Linbury theatre, London The American choreographer showcases three works with the Royal Ballet, the newest of which examines the idealism and corporeality of womanhood The Royal Ballet now h…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:02PM
Friday, February 3, 2023

Review: In Aurora’s ‘Paradise Blue,’ the theatrical planets have aligned by Lily Janiak

To playwright Dominique Morisseau's ace dialogue, director Dawn Monique Williams brings both micro and macro sensitivity.

SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 02:03PM

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