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Versions of the "Carousel" song by Aretha Franklin, Gerry and the Pacemakers and Liverpool F.C. fans have turned it into something universal.
Actors' Equity Association, which represents 51,000 theater performers and stage managers, lays out guidelines aimed to keep its members safe.
The ceremony, honoring Off and Off Off Broadway theater, has been forced online by the pandemic, and is being recorded and edited before the June 4 streaming.
A New York Times/Siena College Research Institute poll found that theatergoers who are hesitant to return worry that the people around them won't follow the rules.
In a livestream production of Caryl Churchill's 1990 tale of riot-torn Bucharest, quarantined Bard acting students grapple with revolution.
Uncertainty about the coronavirus and the challenge of protecting audiences and artists is prompting many prominent presenters to wait till next year.
A man of many talents, he led Freedom Theater, one of the nation's top African-American companies, for more than a decade.
One of Italy's famed family-owned circuses has been sitting out the coronavirus pandemic in a field outside Rome.
Our writers offer suggestions for what to watch or listen to while we're housebound.
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Briefly this spring New York theaters featured a stunning array of plays by writers of Asian descent. The scripts showed diversity and adventurous experimentation.
Steven Spielberg and other original producers are adapting the backstage T.V. series, which theater fans continued to embrace after its brief run.
Online broadcasts of some of the composer's greatest hits put the spotlight on a 50-year career.
As a founder of the venerable Manhattan company Repertorio Español, Mr. Buch reimagined works both classic and contemporary.
His play "The Deputy," from 1963, took issue with Pius XII's stance toward Nazi atrocities and caused a furor. "The theater," Susan Sontag wrote, "is courtroom."
Then ask questions of its playwright, Dominique Morisseau, and The New York Times critic who reviewed the first production.
Watching on a screen can feel like a poor imitation of real-life theater, but some artists are using the communications technology we now rely on to enhance the streaming experience.
The coronavirus has pulverized the famed circus, forcing it to shut down dozens of shows and grounding its small army of circus artists.
Dolly Parton, Meryl Streep and Jon Bon Jovi in a star-studded benefit concert; a play written specially for Zoom; Shakespeare on YouTube; and more.
He built a luxury catalog business, then sold it and used the proceeds to mount the Tony-winning hit musical "Crazy for You."
With theaters and nightclubs closed, magicians have pivoted to remote performance. Can your screen be a place of enchantment?
Appointment viewing is back. Find out what online events to look for in the coming days, and when to tune in.
The show is the first Broadway musical felled by the coronavirus.
Watching familiar plays online can be a comfort " and sometimes a revelation.
Our writers offer suggestions for what to watch or listen to while we're housebound.
