The Whales are Missing: In Abe Koogler’s DEEP BLUE SOUND, Politics Linger While Characters Humanize and The Audience is Drawn Near by Lindsey Walko

  Every American town has some marker that sets it apart from every other American town. I’m not talking about geography, population, values, or even baseball teams, but rather, those qui…

On Rhythmic Utterances, The Catharsis of Musicality, and Destabilizing Interactions: A Conversation with Playwright Abe Koogler by Eve Bromberg

When Deep Blue Sound announced its residence at The Public Theater, the playwrights in my MFA program were thrilled. Their response gave me an inkling as to what kind of playwright Abe Koogl…

Theatre by the Blind presents “The Enemy of Oz” in May by Pauline Adamek

ArtsUP! LA and Theatre by the Blind present The Enemy of Oz, an original play by Christopher Ureña, featuring the *only* All-Blind Theatre Company in the USA. Performances are May 2 – …

Blue Ink Award, Burry Fredrik Design Fellowship, New Harmony Project, and More by American Theatre Editors

A roundup of prizes, fellowships, and other recognitions.

2024 - 2025 Broadway Musical Logos: Sondheim's Old Friends by JK

It all started with a one night only concert in London, which turned into a West End run. And now it is a Broadway musical. Of course, given its subject - the songs of the late, great Stephe…

Blue Electra – Movement 2: A Violin Concerto Inspired by Amelia Earhart | Anne Akiko Myers & NSO by The Kennedy Center

Experience Michael Daugherty’s Blue Electra, a violin concerto inspired by the legendary Amelia Earhart, performed by the National Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Gianandrea Nose…

People You Should Know . . . J.S. Streible by Zack Calhoon

J.S. Streible was born in the bosom of Atlanta, Georgia, adopted at birth and swept to be raised in the temperate rainforest of the Southern Appalachians. Growing up as a statistical unicorn…

U.K.-Based Hip-Hop Dance Company Boy Blue Returns to Lincoln Center With U.S. Premiere of Cycles by Kevin Filipski

The show will have its first U.S. performances at the Rose Theater March 27–29.

‘Our show fits in a duffel bag’: clowning duo Xhloe and Natasha on scoring a triple fringe whammy by Chris Wiegand

They came out of the blue and electrified Edinburgh with absurdist takes on Americana. Now the US pair are doing all three hits back to back – and dreaming of not having to share a room It…

Boy Blue Brings British Hip-Hop to Lincoln Center by Brian Seibert

Boy Blue brings its new show, dense with dance and rootsy British hip-hop, to Lincoln Center.

The White Room Gallery by Barry Gordin

Sara Blue and Dan O'Shea from Maureen’s Haven Homeless Outreach with The White Room Gallery Co-Owners Andrea McCaffery and Kat O'Neill at the opening reception this week for TRUE COLORS, i…

Amber Ardolino Joins Titanique as Céline Dion by Darryn King

Amber Ardolino will join the downtown musical comedy Titanique as Céline Dion. She replaces Dee Roscioli, who will play her final performance at the Daryl Roth Theatre on March 16.  Ard…

Matsena Brothers Bring KABEL to Sadler’s Wells East by Staff Writer

Matsena come to Sadler’s Wells East with their latest work KABEL from Monday 5 – Wednesday 7 May after their critically acclaimed run of Shades of Blue at Sadler’s Wells Theatre in…

This Week on Broadway for March 9, 2025: Deep Blue Sound by James Marino

Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about Clubbed Thumb’s Deep Blue Sound @ The Public, Conversations with Mother @ Theater 555, The Irrepressible Magic of the Tropi…

Review: Whale-Loving Islanders Drown In Fathomless Loss in ‘Deep Blue Sound’ by David Cote

Playwright Abe Koogler's portrait of a group of Pacific Northwesterners is rich, funny and devastating, with a cast that's a tasting menu of acting brilliance.

Review Roundup: DEEP BLUE SOUND Opens at The Public Theater

Clubbed Thumb is currently presenting Deep Blue Sound, written by Abe Koogler and directed by Arin Arbus. Read the reviews for the production and see what the critics are saying

Deep Blue Sound: A Whale of a Tale by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★★ Clubbed Thumb’s production of the poignant Abe Koogler play returns for a much-deserved encore run at the Public Theater The post Deep Blue Sound: A Whale of a Tale appeare…

Review: In Deep Blue Sound, the Orcas Have Gone Silent, but the Humans Are Quite Vocal

Deep Blue Sound: A Quiet, Gentle, Whale of a Play by Steven Suskin

★★★★☆ Maryann Plunkett and an excellent cast spark a return engagement of Abe Koogler's play The post Deep Blue Sound: A Quiet, Gentle, Whale of a Play appeared first on New York S…

Hadley Fraser and Selina Cadell join the cast of The Deep Blue Sea by Staff Writer

Hadley Fraser and Selina Cadell join original cast members Tamsin Greig, Nicholas Farrell and Finbar Lynch in the West End transfer of the Theatre Royal Bath productions THE DEEP BLU…

Jill Abramovitz and Honor Blue Savage Join Betsy Wolfe in Joy: A New True Musical by Hayley Levitt

Jill Abramovitz and Honor Blue Savage will join the previously announced Betsy Wolfe in the cast of Joy: A New True Musical, opening off-Broadway this summer at the Laura Pels Theatre. Th…

Jill Abramovitz and Honor Blue Savage Join Betsy Wolfe in JOY: A NEW TRUE MUSICAL

Two new cast members have been announced to join the previously announced Tony Award nominee Betsy Wolfe this summer in JOY: A New True Musical! Learn more here!

The week in theatre: Hamlet; Much Ado About Nothing; Richard II – review by Susannah Clapp

Royal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon; Theatre Royal Drury Lane; Bridge, LondonLuke Thallon is a compelling, all-at-sea Hamlet, Hayley Atwell and Tom Hiddleston sizzle as Beatrice a…

Dances by Charles Weidman by Joel Benjamin

“Lynchtown” (1936), probably Weidman’s best known work, is an indictment of lawlessness and group anarchy. It is one section of a three-part work called “Atavisms.” Members of the …

Boy Blue Presents Cycles at Lincoln Center | March 27–29 by Lincoln Center

The UK’s most celebrated Hip-Hop dance theater company, Boy Blue, returns to Lincoln Center for three nights only, bringing movement at its most fluid, distilled, and skilled. Get your C…

Review Roundup: BLUE MOON - What Do Critics Think of the Lorenz Hart Portrait?

Blue Moon, the portrait of Broadway lyricist Lorenz Hart from Richard Linklater, has just made its world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival. Find out what critics think of the movie here!

Boris Mikhailov by Albert Mobilio

Blue is the color of the blockade, hunger, and war: eerie portraits of everyday street life in late twentieth-century Ukraine. Boris Mikhailov: Refracted Times, installation view. Courtesy …

The Waldmans and Blue-O-Logy by Trav S.D.

This ad was the best image I could find recording the existence of vaudeville harmonica player Ted Waldman (1899-1987), who was born of a February 12. You can see him and his brother Al ment…

Madalyn Matthews: Fill My Cup With Blue by Andrew Poretz

By Andrew Poretz . . . . The very young cabaret singer Madalyn Matthews recently made her 54 Below debut with Fill My Cup With Blue. Madalyn first came to my attention at the Mabel Mercer Fo…

Pig Heart Boy review – lively staging of Malorie Blackman’s stimulating novel by Chris Wiegand

Unicorn theatre, LondonWinsome Pinnock adapts the story of a teenager whose heart transplant causes controversy but the comedy drowns out the issues Some set designs instantly make sense. Pa…

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