Tuesday, March 14, 2023

Crumbs from the Table of Joy by Victor Gluck, Editor-In-Chief

While this first New York revival of the 1995 "Crumbs from the Table of Joy" does not reach the heights of Nottage’s later Pulitzer Prize-winning plays, "Ruined" and "Sweat," it proves to …

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 09:13PM
Thursday, March 9, 2023

Crumbs From The Table Of Joy *** by Barry Gordin

By: Samuel L. Leiter March 9, 2023: In recent years, Lynn Nottage, with a Tony nomination (MJ)and two Pulitzer Prizes (Sweat, Ruined) , has soared into the stratosphere of American playwr…

SOURCE: theaterlife at 04:28PM
Wednesday, February 15, 2023

Seeing the forest and the trees by Kerry Reid

Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s musical Into the Woods premiered three years before Robert Bly’s Iron John sent men into the wilderness as part of the “mythopoetic men’s movement…

SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 03:16PM
Saturday, February 4, 2023

Cozy At-Home Theater for a Cold Weekend by Jan Simpson

A frigid cold front is sweeping across a large part of the country this weekend. And that can be a disincentive to go outside for even the most avid theatergoer. Luckily, there are—thanks …

SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 08:00AM
Friday, February 3, 2023

16 Shows to See Off Broadway in February - Catch Oscar Isaac, Parker Posey, Kara Young, a new Suzan-Lori Parks' musical and more by Raven Snook

Catch Oscar Isaac, Parker Posey, Kara Young, a new Suzan-Lori Parks' musical and more February may be the shortest month of the year, but it's bursting with exciting new Off-Broadway shows. …

SOURCE: TDF at 12:00AM
Friday, January 20, 2023

Sweat at Studio Playhouse - Performances January 27, 2023 to February 11, 2023 - Billing, page: 2

Build Your Audience! CREATE YOUR OWN PLAYBILL®. Sweat - January 27 - February 11, 2023. Studio Playhouse.

SOURCE: Google at 02:53AM
Sunday, January 15, 2023

‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ Review: Paul Mescal Is Explosive in Rebecca Frecknall’s Staggering Revival by Gordon Cox

“I don’t want realism. I want magic!” Blanche’s famously desperate cry holds the key to most approaches to “A Streetcar Named Desire.” Productions of Tennessee Williams’ master…

SOURCE: Variety at 03:31PM
Wednesday, November 30, 2022

'Clyde's' is Now Playing | Mark Taper Forum by Center Theatre Group

In this electric, Tony Award®-nominated Best New Play from two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage (Sweat), the West Coast premiere of Clyde’s is a new comedy that serves up the story…

SOURCE: YouTube at 09:32PM
Wednesday, November 23, 2022

'Clyde's' Opening Night | Mark Taper Forum by Center Theatre Group

In this electric, Tony Award®-nominated Best New Play from two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage (Sweat), the West Coast premiere of Clyde’s is a new comedy that serves up the story…

SOURCE: YouTube at 04:35PM

'Clyde's' Opening Night | Mark Taper Forum by Center Theatre Group

In this electric, Tony Award®-nominated Best New Play from two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage (Sweat), the West Coast premiere of Clyde’s is a new comedy that serves up the story…

SOURCE: YouTube at 02:30PM
Monday, November 14, 2022

An emotionally powerful ‘Sweat’ from U.S. Naval Academy Masqueraders by Charles Green

Kudos to the troupe for tackling Lynn Nottage's meaningful play.

SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 03:21PM
Friday, October 28, 2022

People You Should Know . . . Rob Asaro by Zack Calhoon

Rob Asaro wrote "Lost Again" after adapting it from his episodic series of the same name. The script was a finalist at the Austin Film Festival pitch competition in 2021. He previously co…

SOURCE: Visible Soul at 11:13AM
Wednesday, October 26, 2022

The Commonheart - Millennium Stage (October 27, 2022) by The Kennedy Center

Subscribe to The Kennedy Center! http://bit.ly/2gNFrtb Live Tonight on Millennium Stage: The Commonheart is bringing old school rock and soul to the Kennedy Center. “This band is therapy…

SOURCE: YouTube at 12:33PM

Theatre Review: ‘Intimate Apparel’ at Theater J by Norah Dick

Like the embroidered silk that makes several appearances in its story, “Intimate Apparel,” is finely made, full of small, precious details. Theater J’s new staging of the quietly lumin…

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 12:02PM
Sunday, October 9, 2022

The week in theatre: Blues for an Alabama Sky; The Crucible; Dido’s Bar – review by Susannah Clapp

Lyttelton; Olivier; Royal Docks, LondonThirties Harlem is vibrantly alive at the National, while mob rule meets Little House on the Prairie in an assured revival of The Crucible. Elsewhere, …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:43AM
Friday, October 7, 2022

Good Luck, Studio review – the toddlers’ TV show that goes wrong by Chris Wiegand

Mercury theatre, ColchesterAn uneven new play from Mischief Theatre skews darker than their hit comedies, with jarring tragedy amid the clowning The Play That Goes Wrong’s Mischief Theatre…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:33AM
Wednesday, October 5, 2022

‘Edgar Allan Poe’s Blood, Sweat and Fears’ is a story 15 years in the making by Guest Author

National Edgar Allan Poe Theatre Founder Alex Zavistovich on growing a theater company from DC's Capital Fringe Festival, to Baltimore and the world

SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 04:19PM
Friday, September 23, 2022

Lynn Nottage CLYDE'S Tops List of Most-Produced Play of the Season

The  Top 10 Most-Produced Plays and Top 20 Most-Produced Playwrights for the new season include Clyde's, Clue, Once, Sweat, and more.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:05PM
Thursday, September 22, 2022

Clyde’s shows off the sunnier side of Sweat by Kerry Reid

Let’s get this out of the way immediately: any similarities between Lynn Nottage’s Clyde’s, now in its local premiere at the Goodman, and the Hulu series The Bear are purely […] The …

SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 04:34PM
Tuesday, September 20, 2022

'Clyde's' Coming Soon | Mark Taper Forum by Center Theatre Group

In this electric, Tony Award®-nominated Best New Play from two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage (Sweat), the West Coast premiere of Clyde’s is a new comedy that serves up the story…

SOURCE: YouTube at 06:43PM
Saturday, August 20, 2022

Night Dances review – ecstasy on the dancefloor by David Jays

Zoo Southside, EdinburghThe sweat and the groove are all that matters in Emma Martin’s mesmerising dance sequences, which capture the power of getting lost in your own rhythms Sweat pools,…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:33AM
Tuesday, August 9, 2022

Broadway Hits Withstand Summer Heat As Others Sweat It Out; ‘MJ’ Sets House Record by Greg Evans

Broadway’s heavy hitters withstood New York’s heatwave last week, with MJ, Dear Evan Hansen and Hamilton selling out and Hadestown, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Into The Woods, Mou…

SOURCE: Deadline at 02:28PM
Wednesday, June 22, 2022

Hot weather, hot shows by Kerry Reid, Irene Hsiao and Deanna Isaacs

Summer is officially here, in case the sweat and lightning bugs weren’t enough of a clue. In addition to the shows and artists we profiled in our summer arts preview issue this week, we’…

SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 04:01PM
Wednesday, June 15, 2022

Not a dream by Ben Joravsky

As I lay in bed drenched in sweat, battling COVID, it came to me as in a fevered dream . . . The city council had overwhelmingly approved Mayor Lightfoot’s idea to spend untold millions on…

SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 12:59PM

What is it like to watch the Tony Awards from inside Radio City Music Hall? Excitement, glamour and sweat by Sam Eckmann

I’ve been covering the Tony Awards for years but I had never stepped foot inside of Broadway’s biggest celebration until this year. When offered the last minute opportunity to attend the…

SOURCE: Gold Derby at 08:30AM
Saturday, June 11, 2022

Broadway's Sweat Announces #WeAreSweat Campaign | Playbill

The Broadway production of Sweat has launched #WeAreSweat. In celebration of Sweat giving a voice to Americans who aren't always heard, ...

SOURCE: Google at 05:33PM
Friday, June 10, 2022

‘Huge, very loud, and with a lot of glitter’ by Irene Hsiao

For the first time since a pandemic hiatus, The Fly Honey Show is live for three days only of sparkle, sweat, and shimmy. Begun in 2010 with about 30 performers in the living room of the DIY…

SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 12:01PM

Exciting & Inexpensive Theatre: 12 Shows to See Off-Off Broadway in June - Catch a new Martha Clarke piece, an interactive murder mystery, a puppe by Andrew Block

Catch a new Martha Clarke dance-theatre piece, an interactive murder mystery, a puppet comedy about Jean-Claude Van Damme and more --- Adventurous audiences know that some of the biggest the…

SOURCE: TDF at 12:00AM
Tuesday, June 7, 2022

Confessions of a Legendary Drag Queen by Frank Rizzo

I never thought I’d do drag for a living,” says the six-foot-two muscleman wearing a Meat Rack cap, industrial strength necklace, a black tank-top and an anchor tattoo on his bulging bic…

SOURCE: ShowRiz at 01:45PM
Saturday, May 14, 2022

Jesse Williams Talks ‘Take Me Out’ Nude Leak: “Theater Is A Sacred Space” by Matthewgrobar

Jesse Williams has spoken out regarding the leak of a nude scene from his Broadway revival of Take Me Out, saying that he’s “not down” about it. “Our job is to go out there every nig…

SOURCE: Deadline at 07:33PM
Thursday, May 12, 2022

Review: ACT’s ‘Sweat’ challenges us to stop and listen to each other by Jerald Pierce

ACT's production of Lynn Nottage's Pulitzer-winning play finally takes the stage after its 2020 cancellation, reminding audiences to know who is on your side.

SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 09:00AM

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