There are at least three ways in which anyone must view the remarkable livestreamed reading of Terrence McNally's 30-year-old play on YouTube on April 6th (the video of which you can view be…
By Jonathan Mandell. Jonathan Mandell examines the new theatrical landscape brought on by COVID-19 and discusses the emerging aesthetic"one that is low-tech, low-key, one-on-one, close-up.
In the first week of April, as the news remained scary and theaters remained closed, theater " and especially theater music " became a balm. Mrs. Doubtfire didn't open on Sunday, the first o…
Terrence McNally considered Shakespeare and Chekhov his gods, and Liza Minnelli and Chita Rivera his goddesses; he learned a lot from all four. That's what he tells us within the first few p…
At least 10 healthcare workers from New York City have died of COVID-19. Here is  who they are. More than 100 healthcare workers have died worldwide from the coronavirus. Years ago, my au…
You can currently buy tickets for dates in April to shows that were on Broadway when Governor Andrew Cuomo shut down all the theaters on March 12th for at least a month. On Telecharge and Ti…
With this performance of Musicians of the New York Philharmonic , which has canceled all in-person performances through June 13th, continues online with this remote performance of Ravel's…
Rachel Dratch portrays FrannyCakes, a makeup vlogger who fights with an old lady over a bottle of Purell in a Costco. Â Marylouise Burke is Penny, a lovely suburban matron who wonders wher…
The U.S. Labor Department reported the loss of 10 million jobs nationally in the last two weeks. No region and no industry are immune. So it's no surprise, but still a shock, at the unemploy…
How much were you paying attention to theater news and views, on stage and online, in the month of March? Answer these 14 questions and find out.
There are no "openings" on stage likely this month, but there is much to see online for theater lovers and screen enthusiasts alike. Â Below is more than just the usual streaming services …
"Plague shaped Shakespeare's life," Kathryn Harkup writes in her new book. Death By Shakespeare: Snakebites, Stabbings and Broken Hearts (Bloomsbury Sigma, 368 pages, May 2020 publication da…
Congress passed, and the president signed, a $2 trillion stimulus deal that includes specific relief for arts organizations and artists, although advocates say not enough. Officially titled …
More than 70 students at the Berklee College of Music created this video of Burt Bacharach/Hal David's classic What The World Needs Now. And they're not alone. All the music videos below wer…
This month's roundup of some of the latest posts from the few still active theater bloggers offers varying reactions and responses to COVID-19, from practical (Broadway & Me, JK Theater …
 Today is the 59th annual World Theatre Day. Created in 1961, it  is celebrated annually on March 27. With much of the world in lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus, we may …
Step-by-step advice for surviving isolation from an astronaut, a journalist, and a political prisoner, who each spent long stretches alone. Click on the links and look at the videos for elab…
In "The Siblings Play," a teenage girl and her two brothers are left to raise one another in a Harlem apartment where the rent is past due, after first their father and then their mother aba…
Theater Wit's production of Mike Lew's play, which is running online through April 19th, has changed the way we view this teenage comedy turned melodrama based on Shakespeare's "Richard III"…
Playwright Terrence McNally, 81, has died, Â reportedly from complications from the coronavirus. His prolific career included winning Tony Awards for the plays "Love! Valour! Compassion!" …
On his 90th birthday, Stephen Sondheim sang Happy Birthday to Andrew Lloyd Webber…while washing his hands for 20 seconds in his bathroom sink "Â a playful gesture that is an instantly ic…
Check out on the YouTube channel below for the one-night only return of the Rosie O'Donnell Show with a cavalcade of Broadway stars " Rosie promises "3,000 guests." Donation page for The Act…
Today Stephen Sondheim turns 90 years old, a milestone birthday that theater lovers have been celebrating for weeks now. Here are 10 videos of terrific permeances of his songs, and some Twit…
"It's a challenging time, but it's also an inspiring time," said John King, one of the eight downtown artists who performed in La MaMa's Downtown Variety #1 (full video below), the first of …
The Broadway League and the 14 Broadway unions have reached an "emergency relief agreement," which means that producers will pay cast and crew during the first few weeks of the shutdown and …