SLIDE SHOW BELOW OF THE MANY BROADWAY STARS by Sandi Durell The fur was flying at Broadway Barks virtually shown on the Broadway.com YouTube channel on July 16, 2020, raising much needed funds, especially now during Covid-19, for the many...
SLIDE SHOW BELOW OF THE MANY BROADWAY STARS by Sandi Durell The fur was flying at Broadway Barks virtually shown on the Broadway.com YouTube channel on July 16, 2020, raising much needed funds, especially now during Covid-19, for the many...
by Carol Rocamora Oscar is a paramedic. Sharon works in a geriatric ward. Jennifer is a first year intern. David works in an Intensive Care Unit. Vikram is an Emergency Room physician. Ed is also a paramedic. Dwight is a nurse. Meet the courageous first...
by Hazen Cuyler The National Theatre at Home series continues their YouTube presentations throughout July, but I’ll be stepping away for just a few weeks to focus on my work within The Greenhouse Ensemble. Critiquing digital theatre is...
by Carol Rocamora “Democracy—it works, if we didn’t have to rely on people.” These are some of the many wise words and witticisms uttered in This House, James Graham’s timely, lively, and insightful play now streaming on NT...
by Hazen Cuyler Williams, Kazan, Brando, Leigh: unforgettable figures in modern theater history. The play classified Tennessee Williams as a great American writer. The Elia Kazan-directed film skyrocketed Brando to fame while...
by Carol Rocamora There isn’t much laughter present these days – is there? All the more reason, then, to thank PBS’s Great Performances Series for streaming Present Laughter, Noel Coward’s 1942 delicious drawing-room comedy-caper about an aging matinee...
"Theatre stands on the brink of ruin" by Sonia Friedman for The Telegraph - "British theatre is on the brink of total collapse. ... Without an urgent government rescue package, 70 per cent of our performing arts companies will be out of business before the end of this...
Social Dance for Social Distance presented by Tony Nominee Camille A. Brown Tony nominated director and choreographer Camille A Brown is presenting a new series of free dance classes and lectures online through her award winning company, Camille A Brown and Dancers....
by Hazen Cuyler We enter a barber shop. Not a discount franchise money-maker but an indispensable cultural refuge. Certain rules exist here. Fighting isn’t allowed, talking is a requisite and elders must be respected....
by Adam Cohen 40 years ago, Fame hit the big screen. The film chronicled four years of students at Music & Art High School in New York. It spawned a television show and a theatrical incarnation – all of which preserve the anthemic title theme by...
By Sandi Durell This yearly gala raises money for kids on the street, kids who need a home, direction and help and for many years, throughout the world, they get that help from Covenant House. Needless to say, the problems have increased dramatically...
With the roster still building, Theater for the New City has currently scheduled over 150 performing arts organizations, independent artists, poets, puppeteers and film makers for its 25th annual Lower East Side Festival of the Arts, which will be mounted...
"Curtains for Broadway: No Shows Until Labor Day, at Least"by The New York Times' Michael Paulson - "The announcement is not a surprise ... It remains unclear when Broadway might reopen. Many industry officials believe it will be considerably later than Labor...
by Carol Rocamora From the very first moment when that boat sails into the harbor and onto the stage, we’re enveloped in the warm, wonderful embrace of an immortal Rodgers & Hammerstein classic. That was the magic then when The King and I...
by Carol Rocamora If you like your Shakespeare fast and furious, then jump on-line and watch the Royal National Theatre’s hot 2019 production of Antony and Cleopatra while it’s still streaming (and steaming). Indeed, “hot”...
by Hazen Cuyler Hideous and scarred and abandoned, a nameless creature roams the countryside. He’s shaped like a man and educated by a blind, retired professor over the course of a year. After learning of love, The...
By Hazen Cuyler Continuing their efforts to battle our theater-deprived quarantine blues, The National Theatre’s showcase this week is William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. Directed by Simon Godwin, featuring a fantastic cast and only...
By Ron Fassler There were tributes ready and raring to go in honor of Stephen Sondheim’s 90th birthday last month. For starters, the gender-bending revival of his 1970 landmark musical Company was scheduled to open on March 22nd at the Bernard Jacobs...
TDF (aka Theatre Development Fund), the not-for-profit organization that has been serving audiences and productions since 1968, has just launched the TDF Lifeline Campaign: Protect Today, Rebuild Tomorrow to raise $500,000 by June 30. This fundraising initiative will...
The Actors Temple was to hold their 103rd Annual Benefit Gala on Monday April 27 until the world tumbled and crumbled before us to the tune of coronavirus. Not the tune planned for the always delightful benefit evenings that have preceded COVID-19. Now, of all...
“TAKE ME TO THE WORLD: A SONDHEIM 90TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION” AIRS LIVE SUNDAY, APRIL 26 AT 8:00 PM ET BROADWAY.COM AND YOUTUBE - IN SUPPORT OF ASTEP (ARTISTS STRIVING TO END POVERTY) Jaw-dropping all-star company will perform in a special virtual concert in...
Broadway On Demand, the all new membership-based streaming service that offers an extensive and wide-ranging library of video on demand content, exclusive livestream events, interactive platforms, and educational resources, is set to officially launch in...
by Marcina Zaccaria With the theaters closed for over a month, Artistic Teams have created home viewing. TheaterPizzazz.com's Marcina Zaccaria posed four questions to Artistic Directors, Managing Directors, and Producers about how they built a digital...
The 65th Annual Drama Desk Award Nominations will be streamed live through 'Stars in the House' at 2 pm today EST, April 21 and will be announced by 'Stars in the House' hosts Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley, hosts of their daily talk show. Tune in at...
RALPH FIENNES, RUFUS WAINWRIGHT, LEA DELARIA AND MORE TO JOIN IRONDALE FOR 456 MINUTE VIRTUAL SONNET MARATHON THIS WEEK IN CELEBRATION OF SHAKESPEARE’S 456th BIRTHDAY Artists from all disciplines will participate in this free epic live event held on...
Jazz, Rock and Blues Musicians Part II with more to come. by Alix Cohen Based on a composite of Lester Young (sax) and Bud Powell (piano.) Round Midnight 1986 Written and Directed by Bertrand Tavernier. Drawn from Dance of the Infidels written by Francis...
By Sandi Durell There’s a new kind of concert about to begin . . . one that helps out of work performers in the theatrical and cabaret communities get paid during this unique time in our history. . . the first one taking place on Thursday, April 23 at 8...
Vineyard Theatre Artistic Directors Douglas Aibel and Sarah Stern announce “The VT Show,” a weekly online series featuring Vineyard artists sharing conversation, insight and material from celebrated Vineyard productions as well as work in development for future...
The Early Night Show with Joshua Turchin- Virtual Edition (Corona Cabaret) continues with the release of a new episode featuring special guests: Makayla Connolly (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, White Christmas) and Luke Naphat (Trevor the Musical). You can...
The concept album of Within Earshot: Anthems for the In-Between (previously titled Arrowhead), a new musical with music and lyrics by Jackson Teeley and a book by Sarah Galante, will be available for streaming on all streaming platforms, beginning Monday, April...
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