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If you'd like to catch up on your reading during this extended hiatus of live theater, these top three book selections offer a variety of themes for different ages and interests, from the sc…
Streaming this week and beyond are two new series of original short works from two significant mainstay organizations of the New York theater community: Theater Breaking Through Barriers …
Among the latest releases of music from stars and shows of the New York stage are a current single with a duet performance of a vintage song from the 1920s, the original cast recording of a …
"Dancing and singing over the wireless airways"how might it have happened? What might have been a dry history lesson is given delightfully appealing musical charm in Creative Cauldron's worl…
While the pandemic shutdown of Broadway continues, New York theater artists continue to reach out to fans with virtual presentations and a few live Off-Off-Broadway events that will keep the…
Synetic Theater is renowned for its lively, "silent," physical-movement"oriented productions of classic theatrical works propelled by original music. Now, with precautions necessary to comba…
The pandemic has caused many arts organizations to search for creative ways to bring their talent to fans. The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington, DC has jumped into the fray with Losing My Mind…
Award-winning New York-based composer, librettist, and lyricist Erik Ransom (his hit GRINDR The Opera won London's Off West End Award for Best New Musical in 2019) has joined forces once aga…
Authors and music specialists Richard Carlin and Ken Bloom present a densely packed, meticulously researched, and painstakingly incisive portrait of a jazz icon and his times in their recent…
The Decameron Opera Coalition, a collection of different opera companies throughout the United States, has created a unique event, inspired by classic literature and modern necessity. Their …
Two-time Helen Hayes Award winner E. Faye Butler returns to Arena Stage to take on the iconic role of civil and voting rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer in Cheryl L. West's play Fannie …
In a co-production with DC's Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company (where SHIPWRECK made its American debut in February), The Public Theater presents the New York audio version premiere of Anne Was…
The Breath Project"a new theatrical initiative formed in response to racial injustice against Black people"will stream as a free virtual festival October 24 and 25, 2020. In partnership with…
Today at noon on YouTube, nominations for this year's 74th annual Tony Awards were announced to honor outstanding achievements in the 2019-20 Broadway season, cut short by the precautionary …
The Edge of the Universe Players 2, a DC-based company dedicated to deep meanings in the form of theatrical high entertainment, had planned to continue exploring that territory in the 2020 F…
First performed in 1959, by dancers Tatsumi Hijikata (1928"86) and Kazuo Ohno (1906"2010), the abstract, expressive, and unconventional art of butoh ("dance of darkness") developed in post-W…
UrbanArias has partnered with eight other American opera companies to create a newly commissioned operatic video series, Tales From a Safe Distance, inspired by Boccaccio's The Decameron. Ea…
Just in time for Halloween, The Alden Theatre in McLean continues its unique Drive-Thru Drama performances with Objects in Mirror May Be SPOOKIER Than They Appear, October 16 to November 1, …
Founded in 1824, and ranked seventh on the list of the world's most visited art museums in 2019, The National Gallery in London is home to an encyclopedic collection of more than 2,300 world…
The trials and tribulations of a talk show host's family. A date between two extreme opposites that gets dangerous. These are the themes of the two winning entries in Dominion Stage's first …
In 1935, with the ascent of Hitler and Mussolini and the rise of fascism in Europe, Sinclair Lewis (the first writer from the US to be awarded a Nobel Peace Prize in Literature) published hi…
The lineup for Shakespeare Theater Company's 2020"2021 season"as announced by Artistic Director Simon Godwin and Executive Director Chris Jennings"is signficantly different from plans first …
A monthslong period of intensive introspection and evolution at Mosaic Theater Company, led by a recommitment to anti-racism, has culminated in the company's recent announcement of fall prog…
This promises to be a great month for listening, as two major stars of Broadway and beyond share their experiences and reminiscences in new virtual conversations that are guaranteed to hold …
As anticipated, it was just confirmed by The Broadway League " the national trade association for the Broadway industry " that the suspension of all Broadway performances has now been extend…
