Thursday, November 28, 2024

Zachary Quinto and the "Brilliant Minds" of the NBC Show by Frank Rizzo

In NBC’s new medical series “Brilliant Minds,” Zachary Quinto plays an idiosyncratic neurologist inspired by Dr. Oliver Sacks, best known for his writings on neurological disorders in …

SOURCE: ShowRiz at 09:26AM
Thursday, November 14, 2024

How to Dance out of the Past and into the Present in Bill T. Jones Still/Here. by Juliana Devaan

  Dances are rarely historicized. They exist instead as ephemeral events, never repeated exactly as they were once performed. When a piece of dance is staged again in a new context, it appe…

SOURCE: Culture Bot at 07:02PM
Sunday, October 20, 2024

The week in theatre: Oedipus; The Fear of 13; The Duchess (of Malfi) – review by Susannah Clapp

Wyndham’s; Donmar Warehouse; Trafalgar, LondonMark Strong and Lesley Manville transfix as Robert Icke wires Sophocles into the present; Adrien Brody excels in a sharp prison drama; and how…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:02AM
Wednesday, October 16, 2024

Back to the Future: The Musical | Plays the Buell Theatre Jan 22 - Feb 9 by Denver Center For The Performing Arts

Great Scott! Back to the Future, the beloved, cinematic classic is now a Broadway musical with its destination set for Denver in 2024. When Marty McFly finds himself transported back to 1955…

SOURCE: YouTube at 10:45AM
Tuesday, October 15, 2024

Back to the Future: The Musical by Mirvish Productions

Great Scott! BACK TO THE FUTURE, the beloved, cinematic classic is now a Broadway musical with its destination set for Toronto in 2025. Winner of the 2022 Olivier Award for Best New Musical…

SOURCE: YouTube at 12:54PM
Tuesday, October 8, 2024

Breaking Bread: A Conversation on Gastro-Diplomacy with Alex Prud’homme | Oct. 19, 2024 by The Kennedy Center

https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/explore-by-genre/discussion/2024-2025/breaking-bread/ In a special event by journalist and author Alex Prud’homme, explore the impact of food and i…

SOURCE: YouTube at 04:48PM
Wednesday, October 2, 2024

Back to the Future: The Musical | Anatomy of a Scene by Broadwaysf

BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE MUSICAL is playing the Orpheum Theatre in San Francisco from February 12–March 9, 2025. Great Scott! BACK TO THE FUTURE, the beloved, cinematic classic is now a Br…

SOURCE: YouTube at 03:49PM
Tuesday, October 1, 2024

Jimmy Carter at 100: Reflections on the First Post-Modern President by Trav S.D.

Today marks the 100th birthday of former American President Jimmy Carter (b. 1924). Apart from Gerald Ford, who scarcely counts, Carter is the first President whose tenure I remember from so…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 06:06AM
Tuesday, September 24, 2024

Coriolanus review – David Oyelowo keeps you waiting and Es Devlin’s design is to die for by Arifa Akbar

Olivier theatre, LondonThe drama is underpowered until the end but what Lyndsey Turner’s production lacks in feeling it makes up in style Placard-holding protesters bomb an elegant stage w…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36PM
Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Theatre Review: ‘Church & State’ at Silver Spring Stage by Susan Brall

Lately, I have heard pundits complain that movies and television producers are timid about doing political drama. Early Greek playwrights, Shakespeare, writers like Arthur Miller, and those …

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:20PM
Tuesday, September 10, 2024

Yesterday’s Broadway Warhorses, Saddled With Today’s Concerns by Jesse Green

Revivals of “Romeo and Juliet,” “Our Town,” “Gypsy” and “Sunset Boulevard” aim to show that rethinking for the present is what makes classics classic.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:24AM
Thursday, September 5, 2024

Lifeline by Victor Gluck, Editor-In-Chief

However, instead of telling Fleming’s story in chronological order, it travels backwards and forwards in time beginning with Fleming’s Nobel Prize acceptance speech in Stockholm in 1945,…

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 09:47PM
Sunday, September 1, 2024

Wing Chun review – kung fu master gets the cinematic treatment in a spectacular show by Sanjoy Roy

Sadler’s Wells, LondonYip Man, who taught Bruce Lee, is the inspiration for this series of awesomely executed showdowns and acrobatics History may be about the past but it speaks to the pr…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:54AM
Saturday, August 31, 2024

Theater Quiz for August 2024: Convention Theater and Unconventional Theater by New York Theater

How well were you following the theater in August? By theater this month, that includes political theater, as well as the past and future on stage, not just the present. Answer the quiz belo…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 03:50PM
Thursday, August 22, 2024

Cate Blanchett to Return to the London Stage in The Seagull by Darryn King

Two-time Oscar winner and Tony nominee Cate Blanchett will star in a new version of Chekhov’s The Seagull in London. Thomas Ostermeier, who adapted the play with Duncan Macmillan, will dir…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:02PM
Wednesday, August 21, 2024

Deadheads review – the fraying of two sisters’ childhood bond by Arifa Akbar

Assembly George Square, Edinburgh Maddie Lynes’ play subtly tracks a sibling relationship across the decades, sliding between flashbacks and the present day Three Sisters Productions is a …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:18AM
Friday, August 16, 2024

Ronnie Burrage & Holographic Principle - Millennium Stage (August 22, 2024) by The Kennedy Center

Subscribe to The Kennedy Center! http://bit.ly/2gNFrtb Live Tonight on Millennium Stage: Holographic Principle is an exceptional all-star band of inventive musicians put together by drummer…

SOURCE: YouTube at 04:14PM

Dialoguing With The Classics In Madrid: “La Fortaleza/The Fortress” And “Macho Grita/Alpha Male Shouts” by Duncan Wheeler

Twenty-first-century theatre practitioners in the west typically fear irrelevance more than anachronism: press releases rarely waste the slightest opportunity to highlight the pertinence to…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 03:33PM
Thursday, August 8, 2024

Fiddler on the Roof review – shtetl showstoppers speak to the present by Mark Lawson

Regent’s Park Open Air theatre, London Jordan Fein’s revival, using its outdoor setting to sublime effect, stresses the musical’s comedy while resonating with the current plight of ref…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00AM
Friday, July 19, 2024

Back To The Future | Glen Ballard and Alan Silvestri by The Kennedy Center

https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/explore-by-genre/theater/2023-2024/back-to-the-future-musical/ Great Scott! Back to the Future, the beloved, cinematic classic is now a Broadway musi…

SOURCE: YouTube at 10:06PM

Back To The Future | What to Expect by The Kennedy Center

https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/explore-by-genre/theater/2023-2024/back-to-the-future-musical/ Great Scott! Back to the Future, the beloved, cinematic classic is now a Broadway musi…

SOURCE: YouTube at 10:06PM

Back To The Future | Bob Gale on the Magic of Back to the Future by The Kennedy Center

https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/explore-by-genre/theater/2023-2024/back-to-the-future-musical/ Great Scott! Back to the Future, the beloved, cinematic classic is now a Broadway musi…

SOURCE: YouTube at 10:06PM
Thursday, July 18, 2024

Audience Reactions to Back To The Future: The Musical by The Kennedy Center

https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/explore-by-genre/theater/2023-2024/back-to-the-future-musical/ Great Scott! Back to the Future, the beloved, cinematic classic is now a Broadway musi…

SOURCE: YouTube at 09:42PM
Monday, July 15, 2024

Back To The Future | 3 questions with Bob Gale by The Kennedy Center

https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/explore-by-genre/theater/2023-2024/back-to-the-future-musical/ Great Scott! Back to the Future, the beloved, cinematic classic is now a Broadway mus…

SOURCE: YouTube at 08:42PM

Back To The Future | July 23–August 11, 2024 by The Kennedy Center

https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/explore-by-genre/theater/2023-2024/back-to-the-future-musical/ Great Scott! Back to the Future, the beloved, cinematic classic is now a Broadway mus…

SOURCE: YouTube at 08:42PM
Tuesday, July 9, 2024

Viola Davis, James Patterson Set to Team on a Novel by Lexy Perez

Viola Davis and James Patterson will co-write a novel together. Little, Brown and Company announced Tuesday that the EGOT winner and author are teaming on a novel that will be set in the pre…

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:55AM
Wednesday, July 3, 2024

Back to the Future: The Musical | North American Tour Preview by Broadwaysf

BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE MUSICAL is playing the Orpheum Theatre in San Francisco from February 12–March 9, 2025. Great Scott! BACK TO THE FUTURE, the beloved, cinematic classic is now a Br…

SOURCE: YouTube at 03:33PM
Friday, June 21, 2024

ON THE HAUNTED GHOSTS AT STEPHEN SONDHEIM’S “FOLLIES” IN CONCERT by Ron Fassler

A repurposed logo of David Byrd’s original poster for “Follies” for the one-night only concert at Carnegie Hall, June 20, 2024.June 21, 2024: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fass…

SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 01:34PM
Monday, June 17, 2024

Theatre Review: ‘Trivia Tonight: A Questionable Musical Revue!’ presented by Bethesda Little Theatre at Montgomery Cultural Arts Center by Pamela Steinik

A diverse cast singing songs from the present and the past combined with trivia questions? That’s the premise of “Trivia Tonight: A Questionable Musical Revue!” presented by Bethesda L…

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 07:49PM
Thursday, June 13, 2024

The Merry Wives of Windsor review – belting revenge comedy in modern middle England by Arifa Akbar

Royal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon Blanche McIntyre’s Midas-touched production is set in the present day and finds delirious comedy in its class divisions This lesser-staged Sh…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36AM
Tuesday, June 11, 2024

Back To The Future: Anatomy of a Scene | July 23–August 11, 2024 by The Kennedy Center

https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/explore-by-genre/theater/2023-2024/back-to-the-future-musical/ Great Scott! Back to the Future, the beloved, cinematic classic is now a Broadway musi…

SOURCE: YouTube at 02:54PM

All that Chat

2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 01, 2025: Glengarry Glen Ross
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
TBA: Titanic
TBA: Ragtime