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Though the coronavirus pandemic has temporarily halted public access to live in-person shows at Joe's Pub, the popular Astor Place venue has continued to entertain audiences with a free seri…
A virtual visit to the intersections of race and gender and the ghosts of the past.
The post Dane Figueroa Edidi's 'Ghost/Writer' to premiere as Rep Stage radio play appeared first on DC Met…
Beth Hylton solos as a fourth-grader in Lucy Alibar's poetic and comic 'Throw Me on the Burnpile and Light Me Up.'
The post In a child's voice, a magical and moving portrait of the South fro…
Restart Stages " Lincoln Center's latest initiative to champion the revival, and an equitable revitalization, of the arts in NYC " had its official public opening yesterday, Monday, May 10, …
During this year-plus away from live theater, many artists and creators took the opportunity to look deep into their processes and methodologies. The goal was not to get "back to normal," pe…
The stars of Lincoln Center Theater's iconic productions reminisce about their experiences in an online retrospective Tales from the Wings, premiering on Thursday, May 13, at 7 pm. The one-h…
Olney Theatre Center returns to live performances this summer with Olney Outdoors performances on its tree-covered Root Family Stage. The season will feature free Shakespeare, an in-person e…
Men behaving badly is a masterplot in life and art as old as time, and Mike Daisey has given it a doozy of a twist. Not ten minutes into his one-night-only monologue Scott and Andy and All t…
Opening May 30 with jazz icon Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Septet, Strathmore's new 120-seat Patio Stage will be the place to gather comfortably this summer for l…
The Washington Stage Guild continues its series of online presentations with a delectable Shavian bon bon to whet audience appetites for a return to in-person production in the fall. Followi…
Located in New Hope, PA, Bucks County Playhouse is a year-round non-profit theater founded in 1939, in a converted 1790 gristmill on the banks of the Delaware River. After it opened, it quic…
If there was ever a Broadway show that could be done justice as a puppet musical melodrama, it's Urinetown. The script and songs of this beloved cult musical are the same. The only differenc…
Aficionados of jazz and folk music can enjoy a great weekend of their favorite genres with live and livestreamed shows from acclaimed and upcoming artists in the field. NY PopsUp, the statew…
How could a charismatic, guitar-playing, innovative vocal stylist known as the "Godmother of Rock 'n' Roll," who sold out stadiums in her day, die in relative obscurity while the rock stars …
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, the Broadway League, and Actors Equity Association (Equity) have all issued announcements that, based on current health tr…
"2.5 minutes is a really long time on a roller coaster if you are having a good time. If you think it's killing your father it's a really, really long time." "Lisa Kron in 2.5 Minute Ride Th…
Stars of the stage, screen, and ice are streaming with exciting new works this Thursday, which are sure to delight fans worldwide with their unique talents and top-notch performances. Jeremy…
DC's own American Pops Orchestra (APO), under the baton of Maestro Luke Frazier, will bring to the nation a program of musical uplift, joy, and comfort that could not be more pitch perfect f…
In partnership with the Black Theatre Coalition (BTC) and Columbia University's Prince Fellowship, a group of theater producers has announced its new initiative to support the next generatio…
Singer, actress, director, arranger, educator, and Grammy-nominated recording artist Marilyn Maye is proof positive that living legends are not limited to a mere fifteen minutes of fame. Fan…
On this Kentucky Derby weekend, wondering what theatrical "horse" will nose ahead and augur well for a new world of theater when we can emerge from the pandemic, I'm placing my bet on Blindn…
Fans of Oscar Wilde will be treated to The Importance of Being Earnest in two livestream performances by Virtual Repertory Theatre Collective on Zoom May 8 and 9, 2021. The new company, foun…
Broadway and the world lost one of its shining stars when Rebecca Luker (The Phantom of the Opera, The Secret Garden, Mary Poppins, Fun Home, and other long-running hits) lost her battle wit…
As part of its popular Folksbiene! LIVE virtual programming series (which has been viewed by more than 220,000 households to date), the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene (NYTF) will presen…
In the hidden back room of a 1960s Greenwich Village bar is the stage for a past, hidden love at the center of Midnight at The Never Get now streaming from Signature Theatre. Trevor, a color…