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ONE TO CATCH Between 1953 and 1965, ONE Magazine, the first openly gay & lesbian periodical in the United States, received thousands of letters monthly from its readers. a great many of …
FIRST THEATER RE-OPENS IN LOS ANGELES TODAY Arena Cinelounge Sunset, Hollywood's location for arthouse, genre, and independent cinema, will be the first physical movie theater in Los Angeles…
FREE STREAMS OF SIX PLAYS BY BLACK WRITERS L.A. Theatre Works, the world's leading producer of audio theater, has chosen six titles by Black playwrights from its extensive collection o…
INTERSECTIONALITY AND JUSTICE: A DISCUSSION Diversionary Theatre will be hosting an online panel discussion on Intersectionality & Justice, which takes place on Thursday ,June 25, 2020 a…
A SAD DAY FOR THEATER Executive Director, L. Walter Stearns and partner Business Manager Eugene Dizon announced today the permanent closure of Mercury Theater Chicago after ten years and 25 …
HOW YOU GET TO FINISH THE HAT This has been a milestone year for America: but aside from an epidemic and protests " and all that is entailed therein " we have Stephen Sondheim's 90th birthda…
GAY PLAYS STREAMED LIVE FOR PRIDE BY PRIDE PLAYS Pride Plays (Festival Producers Doug Nevin and Michael Urie, and Festival Director Nick Mayo) and Playbill, in partnership with Rattlestick P…
ABSOLUTELY BRIGHT INDEED Available now at 92Y, here's is a can't-miss piece of pride " and handily one of the best solo shows I've seen in years: The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey. O…
YORK'S YOUNG PERFORMERS MAKE GOOD MON., JUNE 8, 7:10 pm EST Top: Josh Colley and Aidan Gemme Bottom: The full cast of You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown Photos by Carol Rosegg. CLICK HE…
NOTHINGS IS SOMETHING ELSE Shortly before the COVID-19 pandemic shut down theaters around the world, a slew of stage and cabaret favorites got together at Joe's Pub to celebrate the vibrancy…
IT'S DA BOMB! The best set of new Broadway-style songs I've heard in years. Marc Shaiman and Scott Witman deserve a standing ovation for creating the spectacular score, the songs of which ca…
CALIFORNIA STREAMIN' Even after postponing the remaining productions of their 2019/2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Geffen Playhouse is forging ahead. While the UCLA-owned theat…
REASONS FOR LOVE Covering the arts nationwide means that Stage and Cinema has received hundreds and hundreds of virtual entertainments, from classical and jazz to theater and art, all with b…
DICK EXTENDS Chicago's Theater Wit announced a third and final extension today of Teenage Dick, its long-running critically acclaimed virtual production of Mike Lew's devastatingly funny new…
STREAMING IN THE MARSH As the Bay Area's shelter-in-place continues, The Marsh San Francisco offers a variety of programming at 7:30pm nightly on MarshStream, its popular broadcast platform.…
HAND SOLO How many of us theater addicts have gone to a solo show only to find some woman squealing about her private parts (or man for that matter), and you think "Never Again." Then you ca…
STARVING FOR THEATER? FEAST ON THIS! It's not just for Chicagoans anymore. Time and again, we have trumped that Chicago theater is the most exciting in the country. Not just because of the a…
CELEBRATING A PASSION FOR SONDHEIM Welcome to a new, free virtual series to celebrate Stephen Sondheim as an American icon while celebrating his 90th birthday year. Sondheim @ 90 Roundtable,…
CAUGHT ON TAPE It was an unprecedented and timely decision. It was March 15, 2020, and the American Shakespeare Center " which operates the fantastic Blackfriars Playhouse in Staunton, VA " …
UPCOMING STAR-FILLED ONE-NIGHT-ONLY LIVESTREAM EVENTS TO BENEFIT THE ACTORS FUND Broadway's Best Shows is about to launch the weekly one-night-only "Spotlight On Plays" series beginning this…
9 FANTASTIC SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THEATER STUDENTS We all want so that our dreams come true. It is a beautiful notion that seems to come straight from fairy tails. However, it is quite possible a…
AN EDUCATION VIA STREAMING THEATER As schools are turning to at-home learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, many teachers are struggling to find relevant, high-quality distance learning reso…
PARTS OF A BODY Part Albee, part Ionesco, part mystery thriller, part Doubt, part Groundhog Day and " sadly " all red herrings, Lee Blessing's 2005 A Body of Water can't decide what it wants…
WHAT A WONDER Childhood whimsy is seen through the looking-glass of adult sophistication at A Noise Within. Based on Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the L…
A HOME RUN What do you think of when you think of home? Is it the place where you were born? Is it where you are living now? Is it where you followed your growth by measuring yourself agains…