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Operating as usual
What was your favorite theater of 2020? (Live, zoom/online, or otherwise!)
It wasn’t the year for celebration. But watching innovation flourish inspired our chief critic, while other writers found the joys of the stage in other media.
“It’s really going to be up to us as a community to realize that getting vaccinated is the gateway to getting out of this dilemma that we’re in.”
“It’s really going to be up to us as a community to realize that getting vaccinated is the gateway to getting out of this dilemma that we’re in.”
What's your favorite holiday album??
A list of holiday music from theatre performers you won't want to miss, including Carly Hughes, Jawan M. Jackson, and Megan Hilty.
Happy birthday, Bette Midler!
Seasonal stagings often underwrite the usual fare. But even without indoor audiences, the tradition lives on — by mail, by screen, by car and by radio.
Seasonal stagings often underwrite the usual fare. But even without indoor audiences, the tradition lives on — by mail, by screen, by car and by radio.
Happy birthday, Mandy Patinkin!
While "TikTok" is mostly for the kids, Mandy and his wife Kathryn Grody have been making hilarious content for all of us...
National treasure Mandy Patinkin joined TikTok to help get out the vote for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. He came, he twerked, they registered.
Happy Birthday, Louisa May Alcott!
"I think I’m most looking forward to my first entrance, where Zidler welcomes the audience to the theatre. Zidler invites them in like an old friend. No matter their shape, size, color, orientation, or occupation, everyone is welcome. I love that. And I think we’re all starved for that special place of inclusion where, as Harold Zidler says, 'all your dreams come true.' When I first see the audience’s beautiful, beaming faces, I may just burst into tears of joy." - Danny Burstein
Artists from Moulin Rouge!, Jagged Little Pill, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, and more look forward to the reopening of Broadway theatres.
Happy birthday, Colman Domingo!
A surprise Sondheim performance. A face-off with love. A whole lot of streaming events. Here's what brought us joy in a rough 2020.
A surprise Sondheim performance. A face-off with love. A whole lot of streaming events. Here's what brought us joy in a rough 2020.
Happy birthday to Elizabeth Marvel, one of our favorite stage actresses - who now can be seen all over TV and film as well!
Elizabethi Marvel has played the first female president on "Homeland" and Marc Antony in the Public Theater's "Julius Caesar" production that was interrupted by a pro-Trump supporter. Now she is down to earth role in Nicole Holofcener's new fi
ALBUM OF THE MONTH:
Michael R. Jackson's Pulitzer Prize-winning musical was on its way to Broadway when everything shut down - but the cast recording is a phenomenal way to experience the heartbreak and hilarity of this show.
ALSO AVAILABLE SIGNED Winner of the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Drama Book, Music, and Lyrics by Michael R. Jackson Usher is a black, queer writer, working a day job he hates while writing his original musical: a piece about a black, queer writer, working a day job he hates while writing his origi
PODCAST OF THE MONTH:
"Good One" interviews stand-up comedians and goes deep into how they make their jokes land. In this episode, John Mulaney talks about his Broadway comedy, "Oh, Hello!"
After one bad night in New Jersey, John Mulaney got a piece of advice that completely changed how he did comedy.
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James Corden brought some Broadway favorites to the virtual dinner table for a new take on Dan Mertzlufft's viral "Grocery Store" video.
"What provoked the outpouring of quiet anguish over Zoom on Thursday evening was a dramatic collective therapy session, built around scenes from Greek plays performed by Frances McDormand, Frankie Faison and others, and witnessed by more than 1,150 virtual onlookers around the world"
Theater of War’s project for front-line medical workers provides a poignant place to gather.
Although all Broadway productions have been dark since March, and won't resume performances until at least June, cast members from four shows have reunited to record musical numbers from their shows that will be included in NBC's morning broadcast of the Thanksgiving Parade on Thursday, November 26.
The casts of four Broadway musicals will perform songs in the 2020 edition of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Debbie Allen directs and choreographs the holiday musical, featuring an original score by DOLLY PARTON!
So excited to watch this.
Debbie Allen directs and choreographs the holiday musical, featuring an original score by Parton herself.
Happy birthday, Mark Ruffalo!
BOOK OF THE MONTH:
Love him or loathe him, Michael Reidel is undoubtedly THE resident theater gossip. Lots of juicy stuff in here.
From feuding over "Sunset Boulevard" to the bonanza of the "The Producers," Michael Riedel's "Singular Sensation" chronicles Broadway in the booming 1990s.
Happy birthday, Marlo Thomas!
Happy birthday, Estelle Parsons!
An all-star cast came together, remotely and in socially distanced shoots, to turn Ta-Nehisi Coates’s memoir into a vivid amalgam of art, music and performance for HBO. (Oprah Winfrey! Mahershala Ali! Angela Davis!)
An all-star cast came together, remotely and in socially distanced shoots, to turn Ta-Nehisi Coates’s memoir into a vivid amalgam of art, music and performance for HBO.
After Season Four of The Crown released on Netflix this past weekend, theatre fans have been buzzing about a particular moment featuring Princess Diana singing All I Ask of You from The Phantom of the Opera...
After Season Four of The Crown released on Netflix this past weekend, theatre fans have been buzzing about a particular moment featuring Princess Diana singing All I Ask of You from The Phantom of the Opera.
Happy birthday Allison Janney! (Who portrayed my personal favorite White House Press Secretary...)
Tina Fey hosts: The two-hour TV special, with appearances by Billy Porter, Nathan Lane, and Vanessa Williams, will benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
The two-hour TV special, with appearances by Billy Porter, Nathan Lane, and Vanessa Williams, will benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
A host of Broadway favorites will be part of Home for the Holidays, which will stream December 15 to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
(If you would normally be seeing shows this season and giving to Broadway Cares, consider giving this year as well!)
Ain't Too Proud's Jelani Remy, who conceived the idea for the fundraiser, will host.
2020 taketh, but 2020 also giveth...
Ryan Murphy, director of Netflix's 'The Prom,' spoke to Variety today about the upcoming movie musical, starring Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, Ariana DeBose, Andrew Rannells, James Corden, Keegan-Michael Key, Kerry Washington, and more.
Some things to look forward to! Of course all of this depends on the state of the pandemic, but the vaccine news lately has been promising...
Roundabout Theatre Company has also announced a timeline for a slate of other Broadway and Off-Broadway productions.
Happy birthday, Danny DeVito!
From playing a pantheon of delicious vulgarians to promoting political candidates, Danny DeVito has never stopped short of having a good time, writes Maureen Dowd
Happy birthday to the great George S. Kaufman!
"Could we get a volunteer up here?"
That’s not an invitation theater fans are likely to hear from an actor on a physical stage anytime soon, but it is the beguiling come-on from a small flock of experimental productions happening right now — online, over the phone and even in person.
Connection or isolation? Intensity or escape? This spate of shows that put the watcher to work are rewarding, but often in contrasting ways.
A Golden Team, a Terrible Title and a Show That Vanished
Would you like to see a new musical from the people who brought you “West Side Story”? For better or worse, you probably never will.
It's the final night to see this critically acclaimed virtual production of THREE PENNY OPERA at City Lyric Opera!
City Lyric Opera provides a one-of-a-kind experience for audience members by welcoming them to the operatic art form without judgement, expectation, or financial burden.
Why haven’t more people heard of playwright Adrienne Kennedy? Round House Theatre hopes to fix that problem
A month-long festival shines a spotlight on the writer of intense and often surreal dramas.
Leslie Odom, Jr., BTS, Adam Lambert, Kerry Washington, and more are also on tap for the TV special, hosted by Ryan Seacrest.👀
Leslie Odom, Jr., BTS, Adam Lambert, Kerry Washington, and more are also on tap for the TV special, hosted by Ryan Seacrest.
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