Sunday, July 21, 2024

A Netflix film, statue and a newly discovered first edition: joy at celebrations of Aphra Behn by Vanessa Thorpe

As the career of the pioneering writer is remembered, an 1688 copy of her novel Oroonoko is the cherry on the cake The striking name of the playwright and novelist Aphra Behn, pioneering que…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:06AM
Friday, July 19, 2024

Choreographer JoAnn M. Hunter to Direct New Musical Yasuke: The Black Samurai by Darryn King

Broadway choreographer and perfomer JoAnn M. Hunter will direct and choreograph the new musical Yasuke: The Black Samurai. According to the exclusive Variety report, the production is aimin…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:42PM

Bad Cinderella Choreographer JoAnn M. Hunter to Direct New Musical Yasuke: The Black Samurai by Darryn King

Broadway choreographer and perfomer JoAnn M. Hunter will direct and choreograph the new musical Yasuke: The Black Samurai. According to the exclusive Variety report, the production is aimin…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:36PM
Thursday, July 18, 2024

Marcus Choi Joins Broadway's Maybe Happy Ending; New Dates Announced by Darryn King

Maybe Happy Ending, the new romantic musical comedy about robots starring Darren Criss, Helen J. Shen and Dez Duron, has completed casting and announced new dates. Marcus Choi (Miss Saigo…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:02PM
Wednesday, July 17, 2024

Gareth Southgate tried to unite rather than divide, says Dear England writer by Lanre Bakare Arts and Culture Correspondent

Manager ‘was everything we didn’t have in our politics’, insists James Graham as he rewrites ending of play The playwright James Graham has paid tribute to the outgoing England footbal…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:06AM
Saturday, July 13, 2024

Look At English National Ballet's GISELLE On Screen by BroadwayWorld

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Akram Khan's acclaimed version of Giselle for English National Ballet will be screened to cinemas worldwide from 25 April. The show features Tamara Rojo as Gi…

SOURCE: YouTube at 09:36AM
Wednesday, July 10, 2024

The RULES FOR LIVING Cast Share Christmas Cracker Jokes! by BroadwayWorld

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: English Touring Theatre, Royal & Derngate, Northampton and Rose Theatre Kingston present Sam Holcroft's darkly funny RULES FOR LIVING. Check out the cast tellin…

SOURCE: YouTube at 08:42PM

The RULES FOR LIVING Cast Shares Christmas Cracker Pulling Tips by BroadwayWorld

vFrom BroadwayWorld's Archive: English Touring Theatre, Royal & Derngate, Northampton and Rose Theatre Kingston present Sam Holcroft's darkly funny RULES FOR LIVING.

SOURCE: YouTube at 08:42PM

The RULES FOR LIVING Cast Model Christmas Hats by BroadwayWorld

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: English Touring Theatre, Royal & Derngate, Northampton and Rose Theatre Kingston present Sam Holcroft's darkly funny RULES FOR LIVING.

SOURCE: YouTube at 08:42PM

Some Bali-Ha'i Thoughts on 'South Pacific' at Goodspeed by Frank Rizzo

The show: “South Pacific” at Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, CT. , through Aug. 11. What is it?: A Rodgers & Hammerstein musical based on James A. Michener’s Pulitzer Prize-w…

SOURCE: ShowRiz at 08:17PM
Tuesday, July 9, 2024

Theatre Has Gone Underground in Kharkiv – Literally. An Interview with Ukrainian Playwright and Theater-maker Dmytro Ternoviy. Part 2. by John Freedman

This is Part 2 of the interview with Dmytro Ternoviy. For Part 1, go here. Dmytro Ternoviy’s answers are translated from Ukrainian into English. John Freedman: Kharkiv is one of the oldest…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 03:49AM
Monday, July 8, 2024

Swan Lake | 2024 West End Trailer by Official London Theatre

For the first time in its 175 year history, acclaimed State Ballet of Georgia comes to London in August 2024 with a full-length classic production of Swan Lake. All performances are accompan…

SOURCE: YouTube at 10:39AM
Saturday, July 6, 2024

Norma's Back! Glenn Close & Company Get Ready to Bring SUNSET BOULEVARD Back to Broadway by BroadwayWorld

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Three-time Tony Award-winner Glenn Close and company are in rehearsals for the Broadway return of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Tony Award-winning Best Musical, Sun…

SOURCE: YouTube at 06:54AM
Friday, July 5, 2024

English Eccentrics

The post English Eccentrics appeared first on Australian Arts Review.

SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 05:57AM
Tuesday, July 2, 2024

Audiences Love THE COMEDY OF ERRORS | The Public Theater by The Public Theater

What a wonderful and exciting summer of GO PUBLIC! it has been so far! 🤩🎉 We're already missing Mobile Unit's THE COMEDY OF ERRORS! ❤️ But the fun's not over! There's still so muc…

SOURCE: YouTube at 05:24PM
Sunday, June 30, 2024

The Secret Garden review – inspired reimagining of children’s classic by Arifa Akbar

Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, LondonThis magical production sets the drama against the backdrop of Indian partition, allowing a deft exploration of dual heritage and cultural displacemen…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54AM
Tuesday, June 25, 2024

Theatre Has Gone Underground in Kharkiv – Literally [Part I] by John Freedman

An interview with Ukrainian playwright and theater-maker Dmytro Ternoviy. Dmytro Ternoviy’s answers are translated from Ukrainian into English. I first encountered Dmytro Ternoviy through …

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 03:06PM

The Jewelers Song - Mobile Unit's THE COMEDY OF ERRORS | The Public Theater by The Public Theater

📣 Don't miss Mobile Unit’s bilingual musical adaptation THE COMEDY OF ERRORS take on NYC in style! 🎶 🙌 🎉 🏙️ 🚌 🌳🎶 All performances are FREE and open to the public…

SOURCE: YouTube at 02:42PM

Jez Butterworth's The Hills of California Will Bring Its West End Stars to Broadway by Hayley Levitt

The Hills of California, a new play by Jez Butterworth that recently concluded its run at the Harold Pinter Theatre in the West End, will bring its London stars to New York City for the pro…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:48AM
Monday, June 24, 2024

Victoria Clark, Justin Cooley, Andew Barth Feldman and More to Present at the Jimmy Awards by Hayley Levitt

The 15th annual Jimmy Awards, hosted by two-time Tony nominee Josh Groban, will be held June 24, at the Minskoff Theatre. Featuring 102 talented high school musical theater students from acr…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:54PM

Kathleen Marshall to Direct My Best Friend's Wedding Musical World Premiere by Darryn King

Three-time Tony Award winner Kathleen Marshall will direct the world premiere of the My Best Friend's Wedding musical. The new musical adaptation of the Julia Roberts-led 1997 romantic come…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:42AM
Saturday, June 22, 2024

Ian McKellen Is in ‘Good Spirits’ After Falling Off the Stage During a Play by Claire Moses

The English actor was injured during a performance of “Player Kings,” and the show was abruptly canceled. He is expected to perform again on Wednesday.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:54AM
Sunday, June 16, 2024

FIELDING’S ‘TOM JONES’ (LISTEN NOW ON BBC RADIO 4–IN OUR TIME–DISCUSSION PROGRAM) by Robert Shuman

Listen In Our Time Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss “The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling” (1749) by Henry Fielding (1707-1754), one of the most influential of the early English novels a…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 05:17PM

My Fair Lady review – an abso-bloomin’-lutely loverly musical by Clare Brennan

Leeds PlayhouseOpera North brings shimmering music to this gorgeous and crisply choreographed co-production, which preserves Shaw’s critique of the British class system Some have called it…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36AM
Saturday, June 15, 2024

My Nostalgic Trip Back to "Home" by Jan Simpson

It can be hard to recapture the magic of the first time you saw a show.  And the first times I saw Samm-Art Williams’ Home were nearly perfect. The Negro Ensemble Company was in its heyda…

SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 10:24AM
Wednesday, June 12, 2024

Mobile Unit's THE COMEDY OF ERRORS | The Public Theater by The Public Theater

LEARN MORE: https://thepublic.nyc/ComedyOfErrors NYC!!! THIS IS FOR YOU!!! 📣 🤩 🏙️ The bilingual musical adaptation of THE COMEDY OF ERRORS is here, bringing so much joy and hear…

SOURCE: YouTube at 03:48PM

‘He queered the hell out of it’: the man behind Shakespeare’s same-sex love sonnets by Will Tosh

Shakespeare was inspired by the homoerotic poetry of Richard Barnfield – so why has it taken so long to acknowledge the connection between them? The year 1594 was a fruity one in English l…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:02PM
Tuesday, June 11, 2024

Sleep No More Announces Final Extension... Again by Darryn King

The immersive off-Broadway sensation Sleep No More has yet again announced its final performance date. The show initially announced plans to close in January, after its 5,000th performance,…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:06PM

Tony First-Timers: Appropriate Star Corey Stoll on the Luck of Falling for Theater at an Early Age by Darryn King

Growing up on the Upper West Side in Manhattan, Corey Stoll was seeing theater while he was still, by his own admission, “too young to see theater.” “My dad was a junior high school En…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:48PM
Monday, June 10, 2024

Sanaz Toossi’s English at the Kiln Theatre: Pulitzer Prize-winning play shows the impacts of a second language on identity by Aleks Sierz

Sanaz Toossi’s English at the Kiln Theatre: Pulitzer Prize-winning play shows the impacts of a second language on identity The full version of the article Sanaz Toossi’s English at the …

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 03:34AM
Friday, June 7, 2024

The Royal Ballet: Ashton Celebrated review – a world where everything is just delightful by Lyndsey Winship

Royal Opera House, LondonLaunching a four-year celebration of Frederick Ashton’s genteel ‘English style’, this triple bill is full of refined beauty and pleasure – though with athlet…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AM

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