Thursday, March 14, 2024

1974 Tony Awards: History was made with wins by ‘The River Niger’ and ‘Raisin’ by Susan King

With the 96th Academy Awards in the history books, it’s time to become obsessed over the 77th Tony Awards. Nominations are April 30th with the awards set to air on CBS on June 16 from Linc…

SOURCE: Gold Derby at 07:00PM
Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Hugh Jackman (Performer) | Playbill

Roles (11) ; The Music Man Playbill - Opening Night, The Music Man Opened February 10, 2022. as Harold Hill (Original) ; The River Playbill - Opening ...

SOURCE: Google at 09:36PM
Monday, January 29, 2024

The River in the Room by Star Finch, Aejay Antonis Marquis

By Star Finch, AeJay Antonis Marquis. Playwright Star Finch sits down with AeJay Mitchell to discuss their time working as a creative culture consultant on Star’s play, Josephine’s Feast.

SOURCE: HowlRound at 01:54PM
Wednesday, January 10, 2024

Tina - The Tina Turner Musical at West End LIVE over the years | #Shorts by Official London Theatre

Tina Turner is rolling on the river at West End LIVE! Enjoy a compilation of all of the wonderful Tina's that have graced the stage of West End LIVE over the years. Book tickets: https://of…

SOURCE: YouTube at 10:24AM
Tuesday, November 28, 2023

All’s Well That Ends Well by Steven Morris

Tiago Santos, Time Winters, Sean Faye (Photo by Jesse Saler) Reviewed by Martίn Hernández The Broadwater Black Box Through December 3 RECOMMENDED Many of William Shakespeare’s works…

SOURCE: stageraw.com at 11:40AM
Friday, November 17, 2023

“Outrage” and Its Discontents by Steven Morris

Allen Barton’s play, and its connection to the cancelling of a new play at Santa Monica College By Steven Leigh Morris Whitney Nielsen in Allen Barton’s “Outrage” (Photo by Maria Pr…

SOURCE: stageraw.com at 01:35PM
Monday, October 30, 2023

Black Belt Eagle Scout - Millennium Stage (November 3, 2023) by The Kennedy Center

Subscribe to The Kennedy Center! http://bit.ly/2gNFrtb Live Tonight on Millennium Stage: This land runs through Katherine Paul’s blood, and it called to her. In dreams she saw the river, …

SOURCE: YouTube at 01:13PM
Monday, September 18, 2023

40 Years of Broadway: 1993-2003: Favorite Songs and Scores by JK

40 Years of Broadway: 1993-2003: Favorite Songs & Scores Continuing with that second decade (August 20, 1993 - August 19, 2003), I've been thinking of my favorite songs and scores from…

SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 06:37AM
Friday, September 15, 2023

40 Years of Broadway: 1993 - 2003: The Standout Performances by JK

 40 Years of Broadway: 1993-2003:The Standout Performances Over the years, I've had the great privilege of seeing some of the greatest performers in Broadway history. Some I've caught at…

SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:04AM
Monday, August 21, 2023

New Gospel Festival to gather by the river in Hartford on Friday by Christopher Arnott

A new outdoor gospel festival co-sponsored by the Conference of Churches will take place on Friday at Mortensen Riverfront Plaza, featuring Kymberli Joye of "The Voice."

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:17PM
Friday, August 11, 2023

Zoe Leonard: Al rio / To the River opens at MCA Australia

The post Zoe Leonard: Al rio / To the River opens at MCA Australia appeared first on Australian Arts Review.

SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 11:27PM
Tuesday, August 1, 2023

New venue in RiNo Art Park will offer interactive, immersive performances by Lauren Hill

As the River North Art District continues to fill in with new development, Charity Von Guinness is trying to make sure there will still be space for the artists who first brought the area to…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 11:04AM
Friday, July 28, 2023

Casper Performs High above the Hurricane with GLP by Michael Eddy

Between June 16 and 18, one of the highlights of the German festival season took place in Scheessel, northern Germany, with the staging of the Hurricane Festival. The enormously versatile Ge…

SOURCE: PLSN at 11:11AM
Tuesday, July 18, 2023

The play’s the thing – but its success depends on the theatre too | Michael Billington by Michael Billington

Not all buildings are created equal. From sightlines to acoustics to the alchemy of actor-audience rapport, the physical facts of a dramatic space are fundamental What makes a good theatre? …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:37PM
Monday, July 17, 2023

Punching up: why British comedy has never been kinder, more inclusive by David Stubbs

As British politics has got crueller, our comedy has gone in the opposite direction, becoming a haven of decency and diversity. In this extract from his new book, Different Times, David Stub…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:37AM
Tuesday, July 4, 2023

Richard II in a hot tub, Much Ado done anew: Canada’s Stratford festival puts shocks into Shakespeare by Chris Wiegand

A disco king hits the dancefloor, Beatrice and Benedick’s romcom gets a feminist framing and Lear faces dystopia as the revered rep company returns in full force Drive west of Toronto for …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:25AM
Friday, May 19, 2023

‘The first feeling is fear’: the daredevil group bringing ropewalking and climbing to the theatre by Lyndsey Winship

It started with a tightrope walk over the Seine: now Rachid Ouramdane has coaxed highliner Nathan Paulin and free climber Nina Caprez into sharing their high-adrenaline experiences and uniqu…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:32AM
Thursday, May 11, 2023

“FLOW”—Literary Series: The Waters We Seek to Master - RiverRun Festival | The Kennedy Center by The Kennedy Center

https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/explore-by-genre/international/2022-2023/riverrun-literature-waters-we-seek-to-master/ "FLOW"-Literary Series: "The Waters We Seek to Master" is a pa…

SOURCE: YouTube at 07:42PM

Further Down the River by American Theatre Editors

As the play-commissioning project Nuestro Planeta turns 1, a writer-director team revisits Colombia and learns of the strength of the Amazon communities.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:42PM
Monday, May 8, 2023

The River Bride

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:31AM
Tuesday, April 18, 2023

People You Should Know . . . Bruna Braidotti by Zack Calhoon

(Photo by Arti e Mestieri) Bruna Braidotti is a playwright, director and actress, mostly working on gender issues and local cultures. She is also President of the Company of Arti e Mestier…

SOURCE: Visible Soul at 05:54PM
Wednesday, April 12, 2023

RiverRun Family Fun | April 15 & 16, 2023 by The Kennedy Center

https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/festivals-series/riverrun/riverrun-fun/ Families can enjoy playing in the River Island/Isla de Ríos room, getting crafty in the Moonshot Studio, lea…

SOURCE: YouTube at 10:12PM
Monday, April 10, 2023

Arden of Faversham: A True Crime Thriller by Clare Cioffero

A small boat sails the stage while a trap door serves as the river depths for one of the characters to sink beneath the waves. And as the story reaches its inevitable conclusion, a snowstorm…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 03:18PM
Tuesday, March 7, 2023

Existential ‘The River’ runs slowly, but is thought provoking by Alan Smason

By ROY BERKO In the late 1950’s through the 1980s The Theatre of the Absurd theatrical movement was the intellectual rage.  Based on the concept of Existentialism which asks, “what ha…

SOURCE: TheatreCriticsm.com at 08:42AM
Monday, March 6, 2023

Emeline Michel - Millennium Stage (March 8, 2023) by The Kennedy Center

Subscribe to The Kennedy Center! http://bit.ly/2gNFrtb Lie Tonight on Millennium Stage: Emeline Michel is Haiti’s Queen of Creole Song: a captivating performer, vocalist, bandleader, prod…

SOURCE: YouTube at 09:00PM
Sunday, February 12, 2023

M Ensemble’s 1972 River Niger Captures Conflict in Black Lives by Bill Hirschman

M Ensemble Company revives the 1972 award-winning The River Niger capturing a crossroads in Black life in America with a depiction of passionate, intelligent people debating diametrically op…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 08:24PM
Monday, January 16, 2023

Proteus Excalibur™ Welcomes in 2023 on Spectacular New Year’s Eve London Show by Michael Eddy

Tim Routledge designed a stunning light show to complement fireworks and a drone display with high-power Elation beam lights in each of the London Eye’s 32 pods London’s largest ever New…

SOURCE: PLSN at 09:25AM
Saturday, December 10, 2022

BROADWAY 50 YEARS AGO TODAY by Ron Fassler

As an inveterate theatergoer since the age of twelve, I’ve chronicled in these columns and elsewhere about the days when I saw shows on a weekly basis in the late 60s and early 70s. I’ve…

SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 01:06PM
Thursday, November 10, 2022

“The River Bride” Asks, “What Price Love?”—at 6th Street Playhouse by Patricia L. Morin

Marisela Treviño Orta’s Exotic Fairytale Unites Romance & Myth by Patricia L. Morin “The River Bride” enchants us with talented actors, intriguing lighting, and subtle music, set …

SOURCE: Theatrius at 06:21AM
Sunday, October 23, 2022

‘It’s really desperate’: cost of living crisis spells bleak times for British arts venues by Esther Addley and Harriet Sherwood

Many in the UK’s creative sector are being hit hard by rising fuel costs and reluctant audiences When Sarah Munro was first appointed director of one of Britain’s biggest art galleries, …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:55PM
Monday, October 10, 2022

Born 100 Years Ago Today: The Wilde Twins by Trav S.D.

Born on October 10, 2022: Lee and Lyn Wilde: The Wilde Twins. Singers, movies actresses, and pin-up models, the sisters were most active during the 1940s. The girls grew up in East St. Louis…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:19AM

All that Chat

2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards