Monday, June 1, 2020
Lockdown may have been eased but theatres remain closed for the safety of all the performers, backstage crew, front of house staff and the audience. Each week we are joined by various West E…
Linked From London Theatre Direct at 12:10PMWednesday, May 27, 2020
The original Broadway and London casts of The Drowsy Chaperone have reunited in song for a virtual fundraiser! The performers came together to sing 'As We Stumble Along (Reprise)'.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 05:18PMThat’s the grim figure that the Milan opera house’s new superintendent, Dominique Meyer, will present to its board of directors on Thursday. Under the law that Italy’s parliament passe…
Linked From ArtsJournal at 08:54AMThursday, May 21, 2020
“Even before the pandemic, the sprawling company was struggling with bloat and creative fatigue after a consortium led by an American private equity firm acquired it in 2015, and accelerat…
Linked From ArtsJournal at 09:48AMReview: No Show, The Yard3.0StarsAs part of The Yard Online, comedian and cabaret artist Christopher Green performed No Show, which originally made its debut at the Yard earlier this year. T…
Linked From A Younger Theatre at 07:54AMWednesday, May 13, 2020
Much in the way that certain memorable costumes have become synonymous with some of our favorite characters, certain dance numbers have become pinnacles of some of our favorite Broadway musi…
Linked From Broadway Direct at 12:20AMTuesday, May 12, 2020
by Nicole Gluckstern
As PlayGround?s 25th Anniversary season draws to a close, its spring programming continues forward, albeit with a virtual twist. Forced by shelter-in-place to cancel up…
Linked From Theatre Bay Area at 09:26PMFriday, May 1, 2020
ABC has announced the first round of celebrity guests joining a?oeThe Disney Family Singalong: Volume II.a?? The performers include Idina Menzel, Ben Platt, Anika Noni Rose, Josh Gad, and Di…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 03:36PM“The performers … feel abandoned by the Met. … The sense of drift has been compounded by what musicians call a lack of communication and leadership from the Met’s management. Music d…
Linked From ArtsJournal at 11:36AMWednesday, April 29, 2020
Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration was packed with a jaw-dropping lineup of stars: Meryl Streep, Audra McDonald, Christine Baranski, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Neil Patrick …
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:48PMWednesday, April 22, 2020
by Rotimi Agbabiaka
As shelter in place drives group gatherings onto the virtual platforms of cyberspace, theatre artists are contemplating a world in which their performances, classes, and…
Linked From Theatre Bay Area at 05:05AMMonday, April 13, 2020
Praise be! Just because theater lovers are practicing social distancing doesn't mean they can't come together. Andrew Lloyd Webber has been tinkling at the piano keys during this time with h…
Linked From Broadway.com at 01:03PMFriday, April 10, 2020
Some of Manie’s Friends, an extremely rare kinescope of a televised tribute to Manie Sacks, the recording-company executive, hosted by Perry Como and originally broadcast by NBC on March 3…
Linked From ArtsJournal at 07:01AMWednesday, April 8, 2020
“A onetime Army mechanic and mail carrier who wrote songs rooted in the experiences of lower-middle-class life, Mr. Prine rose to prominence almost by accident. He was at a Chicago folk cl…
Linked From ArtsJournal at 08:32AMSaturday, April 4, 2020
There’s no doubt many of us are missing our favourite shows and performers. Whilst we’re sad to not get to visit the theatre, the performers are also missing their jobs; for many, it’s…
Linked From London Theatre Direct at 09:10AMTuesday, March 31, 2020
Last night, CBS presented HOMEFEST: James Corden's LATE LATE SHOW SPECIAL, hosted by James Corden. One of the performers was Ben Platt, who sang a snippet of You Will Be Found from Dear E…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 07:06AMSunday, March 29, 2020
There’s no touring, no practicing for Coachella, no videos filming. There’s nothing. “As the entertainment business comes to a halt, commercial dancers and choreographers — the perf…
Linked From ArtsJournal at 11:48AMThursday, March 26, 2020
Curtains was a unabashed old-fashioned Broadway musical. Big sets, lots of costumes, splashy production numbers and a large cast. The book boasted an impressive twelve principal roles and a …
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 08:03AMThursday, March 12, 2020
by Justin Ayer. @JustinAyer (Twitter), @JustAyer (Instagram). NEW YORK, NY - It was announced today that all Broadway productions are canceled through April 12th, due to the city Preacher ad…
Linked From www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:20AMTuesday, March 10, 2020
The performers will talk about the smash musical currently on Broadway.
Linked From Playbill at 02:30PMPostponing the massive festival series until October is a huge endeavor involving hundreds of artists and their representatives, as well as hundreds of contractors and vendors and tens of th…
Linked From ArtsJournal at 02:06PMMonday, March 9, 2020
In IMPRESSIONS: Catherine Gaudet’s “The Fading of the Marvelous (L’affadissement du merveilleux)” at the 92nd Street Y, "The performers begin in a horizontal line, bare-chested, cla…
Linked From Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMWednesday, March 4, 2020
Once Upon a One More Time, the Broadway-bound musical set to Britney Spears songs has found its fairy tale cast, with Briga Heelan set to play Cinderella, Justin Guarini as Prince Charming a…
Linked From Deadline at 12:26PMMonday, March 2, 2020
In three years, Francesca Hayward rose from the Royal Ballet’s first artist to principal in 2016. Last year she reached a new
Linked From The Stage Registration at 04:00AMWednesday, February 26, 2020
Deaf and disabled actors are bringing a fresh dimension to the much-loved tale in Leeds Playhouse’s new production. The creative team explain its ‘aesthetics of access’
Entering direct…
Linked From The Guardian at 09:42AMMonday, February 24, 2020
MARK JUNEK. George Street Playhouse debut came as Officer Paul Larkin in 2017's American Son. Other credits include Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus and The Performers on Broadway, Fran…
Linked From Visible Soul at 08:42PMEight UK performers are quarantined in a hospital in the Wirral having been evacuated from a coronavirus-hit cruise ship. The performers were
Linked From The Stage Registration at 07:48AMFriday, February 21, 2020
While it seems that a good half the theater-going public in and around New York City hotly disagrees with me, I'm squarely in the camp that believes Ivo Van Hove's maximal minimalism fails …
Linked From Show Showdown at 12:42PMThursday, February 20, 2020
This fifth Broadway revival of “West Side Story,” opening tonight, is different from the previous productions of the modern-day version of Romeo and Juliet, with its multiracial cast of …
Linked From newyorktheater.me at 02:54PMby Zach Raffio. @zachraffio. NEW YORK, NY - Hadestown super-fan Lydia Lewell relayed her disappointment this week after ensemble member Kenneth West, of whom Lewell considers herself a “st…
Linked From www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:38AMWednesday, February 19, 2020
Royal Ballet principals Francesca Hayward and Marcelino Sambé were among the performers given top accolades at this year’s National Dance Awards. The
Linked From The Stage Registration at 11:54AM 
