The Virus Cost Performers Their Work, Then Their Health Coverage
As the entertainment industry collapsed during the pandemic, several major health plans made it harder to qualify for insurance. Thousands lost it.
As the entertainment industry collapsed during the pandemic, several major health plans made it harder to qualify for insurance. Thousands lost it.
February 25-March 7.Through bostonballet.org/bbatyourhome. Dance doesn't exist in a vacuum, evidently enough; what came before is either a foundation or something to diverge from. A choreogr…
The story of one show's highs " and a devastating low " is also a story of resilience.
(Jesse Green's article appeared in The New York Times, 2/19; via Pam Green; Photo:Â From left, Maria Friedman, John Owen Edwards, John Yap and Stephen Sondheim working on the recording of…
A sparkling new recording of the 1964 musical makes half the case for Stephen Sondheim's endlessly inventive score.
 (Keith C. Burris's article appeared in the Journal Inquirer, 2/8.) I have known, in my life, many men who thought of themselves as "great," and were anything but. And I have known a pre…
"Rent" opened Off-Broadway 25 years ago today at the New York Theatre Workshop, which will mark the anniversary in March with a starry streaming fundraising gala. Â The opening came a day …
(Michael Paulson's article appeared in The New York Times, 1/21; via Pam Green. Photo: Behind the scenes of "Moulin Rouge," which is on hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic in New York, Ja…
It was a Broadway smash with big plans until 25 company members took ill and a shutdown put everybody out of work. Inside a tumultuous year, in the words of those who lived it.
(Chris McCormack's article appeared in The Irish Times, 1/13; Photo: When the curtain came down on Our New Girl, did it come down on innovative programming along with it? Credit: Ros Kavanag…
Only a few people got to see "Lazarus," the musical that was Bowie's last artistic creation. Now a video of the London production will stream on the fifth anniversary of his death.
All that and more in this Sesame Street Christmas special.
by Zach Raffio. @zachraffio. Last time I checked, this was America - land of the free, home of the free. So what does it say about our co...
The Ovation Award winner can also be heard on the new holiday album Why? Because It's Christmas.
A tip of the Stetsomn today to legendary stuntman, action director, and actor Enos Edward "Yakima" Canutt (1895-1986). Canutt is best known today for: several stunts in John Ford's Stagecoac…
Despite what you may have read, The Right Girl is not a musical about Harvey Weinstein. Then again, having been created by one of the first women to speak out against the rapist, it's not no…
By . Akiba Abaka Arts presents the conversation Decolonizing Pantomime: The Little Theatre Movement and Miss Lou as a part of the 10 Weeks in Jamaica series livestreaming on the global, comm…
The Waitress alum co-stars alongside Jenna Russell, Marc Elliot, and Tyrone Huntley in the virtual production from the London Coliseum.
When "Static Apnea" began its theatrical run, live and indoors, a big selling point for me was that it would be safe: One theatergoer at a time (mask required) would watch a single perfo…
They will never leave you! Broadway favorites came together for Second Stage Theater's virtual benefit celebrating Angela Sun and Tom Kitt on September 21. Hosted by Jesse Tyler Ferguson and…
On Monday, September 21st, Second Stage Theater's Virtual Benefit Celebration honored Trustee Angela Sun and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Tom Kitt for their extraordinary work, c…
"You Learn to Live Without" from IF/THEN Performed by Emily Skinner & Alice Ripley Second Stage Theater's Virtual Benefit Honoring Trustee Angela Sun and Pulitzer Prize Winner Tom Kitt Sep…
Review: Florence 'Flo' Smith " Now & Then, Bell House2.0Overall ScoreMy grandmothers are magnificent storytellers; able to bring the written word to life and intricately illustrate their…
What will the future hold for theatre in Toronto? It has to extend beyond how to stage live productions again during COVID-19 to the very structure of organizations, to who's making theatre …