Joan Didion News

Keen Company is continuing its 2020-’21 Season with the benefit broadcast of The Year of Magical Thinking adapted from Joan Didion’s best-selling memoir and starring Kathleen Chalfant in a one-woman tour de force performance.

Beloved comedy thriller “Search Party” returns to HBO Max for its fourth season in January 2021. In the new season, “Dory” (Alia Shawkat) is held prisoner by her psychotic stalker “Chip” (Cole Escola), who is determined to make Dory believe that they are best friends.

Brooklyn Public Library (BPL) today unveiled the line-up for LitFilm: A BPL Film Festival About Writers, the Library's third annual week-long festival showcasing films from around the world.

Redefining the ‘Nashville sound,’ East Nashville rock band The Love-In is proud to share their anticipated new EP As It Lays, released today.

Kacey Johansing has announced her new album, No Better Time. The albums lead single, 'I Try', and it's accompanying visual are premiering at Talkhouse with a foreword by Eric Johnson (Fruit Bats, Bonny Light Horseman). It's a beautiful song about self-love and body positivity, and a strong contendor for song of the summer.

Audible today released a slate of Audible Original theater productions. Stories of a Lifetime written and performed by Dan Rather, Bella Bella written and performed by Harvey Fierstein, and The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion and performed by Vanessa Redgrave are now exclusively available to millions of listeners on Audible.

New York Theatre Barn will continue to host weekly free live streams of its New Works Series each Wednesday evening at 7PM ET. Upcoming August installments of the series include excerpts from the new musicals Between The Lines, Sean's Story: Part One | The Awakening, Tyrants, Songs For Slutty Girls and more.

Actors Fund Benefit Of THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING Starring Linda Purl Available Online Through August 2nd Only

New York Theatre Barn will host a free live stream of its New Works Series on Wednesday, August 5th, 2020 at 7PM EDT, featuring excerpts from the new musicals Between the Lines and My Little Barbizon. The 45-minute presentation will also feature a conversation with the creators of the new musicals.

Linda Purl is a versatile performer, whether acting on stage both on and off-Broadway, starring in iconic television series, appearing in movies, singing her heart out to audiences, and recording beloved tunes. But with the entertainment industry hit hard by the pandemic, Linda is giving back. ShowTix 4 U will be streaming Joan Didiona??s powerful one-woman play The Year of Magical Thinking with Linda reprising the role available to view online from July 29 to Aug. 2.

East Nashville rock band The Love-In are redefining what the 'Nashville sound' is with their new EP As It Lays, announced today.

Cate Blanchett has jokingly suggested some interesting methods of safety to move forward with theatrical productions amidst the health crisis.

The Sundance Institute announces their COVID-19 Respond and Reimagine Plan with $1Million in emergency relief for independent artists and organizations.

Netflix and UN Women today launched “Because She Watched” - a special Netflix collection of series, documentaries, and films to celebrate International Women's Day. The collection, which will be available all year, is curated by female creators from behind and in front of the camera - including Sophia Loren, Janet Mock, Salma Hayek, Yalitza Aparicio, Millie Bobby Brown, Laurie Nunn, Lana Condor, Petra Costa and Ava DuVernay. 

MGM has set Dee Rees is set to write and direct a feature film adaptation of George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess for MGM, according to Deadline.

Sundance Institute will gather 25 celebrated and revered expert voices across film, art, culture and science to award feature-length and short films shown at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival with 31 prizes, announced at a ceremony February 1. Short Film Awards will be announced at a separate ceremony on January 28. The Festival takes place January 23 through February 2 in Park City, Salt Lake City and Sundance, Utah.

An essential fixture of Sydney's summer calendar, Sydney Festival today embarks on three weeks of theatre, music, dance, family-friendly and free events that transform the city in a diverse celebration of culture, country and coming together.

BroadwayWorld Books frequently chronicles the path books take as they're picked up for the silver screen, television, or streaming services. In recent years, Netflix has been aggressively perusing bookstores to find the next successful series. This past month, the Witcher series by Andrzej Sapkowski did so well, the publisher broke stock and the books are on back-order. Netflix just announced a long list of movies coming out on its platform in 2020, and many of them are book adaptations.

TodayTix, the premier digital gateway to theatre and performing arts experiences, is making Sydney Festival's popular TIX FOR NEXT TO NIX programme easier and more accessible for all audiences powered by TodayTix mobile Rush technology.

Although she started her professional life on stage and with her studio recordings, she skyrocketed to fame in the late 1960s with the start of her film career. Check out our complete guide to Barbra Streisand singing and dancing on screen.