Florence Birdwell, Singing Teacher to Broadway Stars, Dies at 96
She was a tough yet empathetic voice professor at Oklahoma City University for 67 years. Two of her students, Kelli O'Hara and Kristin Chenoweth, won Tony Awards.
She was a tough yet empathetic voice professor at Oklahoma City University for 67 years. Two of her students, Kelli O'Hara and Kristin Chenoweth, won Tony Awards.
With a virtual performance marking the Broadway musical's anniversary, original cast and creative team members talk about losing Jonathan Larson and carrying on his legacy.
After a year of pandemic life, the superhero show's inventive premise " television as both escape and prison " is all too relatable.
Lee Daniels's hectic biopic portrays the singer as a victim of abuse, addiction and government persecution.
Officials announced plans to create 10 outdoor spaces for pandemic-era performances and rehearsals, and to work with blood drives and food banks.
Florian Zeller has found success in the theater and as a novelist. Now, his first movie as a director is nominated for four Golden Globe Awards.
A frothy adaptation market is just one sign of the rapid evolution of the industry. But some worry that big money will stifle the D.I.Y. spirit that has driven much of its success.
A Paris playhouse has developed a program of one-on-one "consultations," delivered by its artists while the theater is closed.
Russell T Davies, whose latest hit series is "It's a Sin" on HBO Max, made waves in England by saying only gay performers should play gay characters. "I'm going to war," he said.
The New York State comptroller's office details the effects of the pandemic's devastation and says a full recovery would be made only with government assistance.
Companies and venues that put work online are finding big, new and younger audiences " but little revenue.
The playwright David Ives reviews Hermione Lee's latest biography, "Tom Stoppard," which meticulously recounts an extraordinary life.
Samuel L. Jackson, David Alan Grier, Phylicia Rashad and others remember the Negro Ensemble Company founder.
A founder of the Negro Ensemble Company in New York in the 1960s, he was outspoken about limited opportunities for fellow Black actors and directors.
Two former students of Mr. Franco's have agreed to drop their claims that he had intimidated them into performing explicit sex scenes. Mr. Franco has denied the allegations.
The case of Dimitris Lignadis is the most high-profile among the numerous directors and actors to have been named in a torrent of accusations that have rocked the Greek arts world.
As New York Fashion Week ends, the designer and film director explains why his show was postponed and how he has been affected by the pandemic.
Amid severe budget cuts and complaints about his leadership, Ethan McSweeny, who had run the American Shakespeare Center since 2018, will not return.
As a teenager, Stephanie Goodman told a friend, "I'm going to marry Mark Clifford someday." Her prediction came true.
A sparkling new recording of the 1964 musical makes half the case for Stephen Sondheim's endlessly inventive score.
A protest song about degrading work becomes a rousing call to do even more work after that.
The comedy company has faced intense criticism over race and had committed to restructuring. The new owner, ZMC, said it would not abandon this plan.
Anna Moench's play, about a woman working in social media content moderation, begins with dark humor but slides into psychological horror.
Dan Stevens stars as a writer taunted by the ghost of his dead wife in this grating adaptation of the 1941 play.
The International Theater Amsterdam presented Ivo van Hove's exhilarating Shakespeare marathon in a one-off, livestreamed production.