Sunday, July 26, 2020
Black writers shared feelings they had kept to themselves for years in a quietly explosive week of tension and tears
The words of My White Best Friend (and Other Letters Left Unsaid) hit act…
Linked From The Guardian at 07:24AMMonday, July 20, 2020
After five trying months in Lancashire, Big Kid Circus is now at centre of mystery after performers disappear
Last week, Jhanys Corrales and Sandy Triana, two of the circus’s high-profile …
Linked From The Guardian at 01:36PMTuesday, July 14, 2020
There is finite room in the top ranks of L.A.’s leading improv and sketch comedy groups, and the performers selected to breathe the rarefied air have long been white.
Linked From Toronto Star at 02:47PMOrganizers of the June 18 event, for which the company’s dancers gathered to tape performances which were streamed for attendees, say they followed all CDC and local health guidelines. Nev…
Linked From ArtsJournal at 12:36PMFriday, July 3, 2020
The filmed version of the Broadway hit, which stars Lin-Manuel Miranda and a cast of black and Latino actors as the founding fathers, is being streamed on Disney+ from today
Linked From The Independent at 02:42AMWednesday, June 24, 2020
“For a number of weeks, we have been talking about what would it take to be able to bring people back, how seating in the theaters could be with social distancing and thinking about the pe…
Linked From ArtsJournal at 04:32PMMonday, June 22, 2020
Available online Manchester’s Home stages a lockdown all-nighter exploring students’ dreams, alongside time-capsule plays about spiralling social media horrors and disrupted lives
‘We…
Linked From The Guardian at 12:03PMThursday, June 11, 2020
From Patti LaBelle to Patti LuPone, look back at some of the performers who brought their musicianship to the Main Stem.
Linked From Playbill at 10:07AMFriday, June 5, 2020
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…
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