The Children of '1984': Dystopia Down the Decades
George Orwell's novel has led to adaptations and variations since its publication in 1949, including a coming Broadway version. Here's an overview.
George Orwell's novel has led to adaptations and variations since its publication in 1949, including a coming Broadway version. Here's an overview.
Joshua Jackson and Lauren Ridloff will co-star in the revival of Mark Medoff’s Tony-winning drama.
The Theatre in Schools Scotland project will double its capacity in its second year. It will stage four touring productions in its
BroadwayWorld reviewer Natalie O'Donoghue selects her top children's show picks from the 2017 Edinburgh Festival Fringe programme.
Children's theatre company Polka has announced a new scheme to address the lack of work for young audiences led by black, Asian
This is a revival of an older play. I'm not entirely convinced that it screams "revive me" or "this is all happening again", but it is certainly an interesting, politically relevant, a…
Ariana Grande paid a surprise visit to victims of the May 22 Manchester bombing on Friday.
'Children of God' is currently being staged through June 3, 2017 at The Cultchs, Vancouver.The musical is a story of redemption of a mother who was not allowed inside the school. The narrati…
Three world premieres are coming up in Chicago Children's Theatre's 2017-18 season, the company announced Wednesday. The five-show slate begins in the fall with the return of "A Year with Fr…
Interesting that two new plays in recent weeks have referred back to Nazi Germany and indirectly to the Holocaust. Whereas Cordelia O'Neill's fine No Place for a Woman (Theatre503) looks at …
Four-time Tony nominee Michael Greif is the rare Broadway director whose art and life are inextricably knotted. Start in 1996 with the seismic event that was Rent, Jonathan Larson’s…
The Pittsburgh Cultural District will be transformed into a family-friendly wonderland Thursday through Sunday for the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust's EQT Children's Festival. The 31st annual ce…
Berliner Philharmoniker, Berlin presents "Children's Opera" on June 17, 2017 at 3pm and June 18, 2017 at 11am.The opera will feature singers and members of the Berliner Philharmoniker, vocal…
'I like to be in America' when I get the chance to see “West Side Story,” directed by Liz Boyer Hunnicutt and presented by Children's Playhouse of Maryland. With a sweeping score…
According to artsintegrity.org, Howard Sherman writes that there has been an uproar surrounding a recent production of One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest at Boston Children's Theatre. This deba…
As an organization dedicated to defending creative expression, the National Coalition Against Censorship NCAC is urging the Boston Children's Theatre BCT Board of Directors to reinstate its …
A CRIME, A CARDINAL, A CONFLICT It is Twelfth Night, the feast of the Epiphany, 1941. In the Jermyn's tight intimacy we are sitting in the clinical director’s office of a home f…
One doesn't expect to hear the words "nudity" and "children's theatre" discussed in the same sentence. But there's been a lot of that juxtaposition going around up in Boston as a result of t…
"Children of the Silent Revolution" will be screened at Ahrya Fine Arts Theatre from May 11, 2017.The film is directed by Viktoria Ershova. The film is a documentary that follows the lives o…
Betsy DeVos has been involved with education reform for many years which began with her time in college. She became very active in campus politics during that time which turned into over thi…
Stephen Unwin is a name I am familiar with as a director, and in my experience he's an incredibly talented director. His debut play, All Our Children is set in 1941 and throws a spotlight on…
Jermyn Street theatre, LondonIn his debut as a playwright, Stephen Unwin explores the fate of disabled youths in Nazi Germany and creates an engrossing moral debateThere is an obvious diffic…
All Our Children, written by Stephen Unwin, is set in Germany, 1941. A clinic for ill children is “helping” the country by treating them, or so the public are led to believe. The…
Expect a toe-tapping, head-bobbing, happy good time during the magical production of "James and the Giant Peach, Jr.” presented by the Children's Theatre of Annapolis. The young cast m…