Guerilla Opera’s artistic director, Aliana de la Guardia, hosted a warmly informal Zoom preview of the company’s current work in progress, Island of Hope, Island of Tears (working title) which served effectively as a promotion of a planned in-person workshop as well as an opportunity to engage in dialogue around the opera’s themes.
Ever since Edgar Allan Poe wrote The Murders in the Rue Morgue, mysteries have been a part of our entertainment culture. Since the days of Arthur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie, audiences love a good who dunnit? And deep down, everyone thinks they have what it takes to be the next great sleuth. Coming June 4th and 5th, guests at The Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre will have the chance to play detective and solve The Case of the Oldest Living Showgirl.
Join The Des Moines Playhouse online this spring for Friday Funday, a creative participatory story theatre program for children ages 4-6. The newest story is Little Red Riding Hood, available for viewing now.
Directed by theatre arts faculty member Gené Fouché, the performance will be broadcast on McDaniel College's student-run radio station, Green Terror Radio (WGTR), on Friday, April 30 and Thursday, May 6 at 7 p.m.
DCPA Off-Center has announced not one, but two projects have been selected as part of its Powered By Off-Center program.
San Francisco Opera's weekly, free opera streams continue in April with Donizetti's Don Pasquale (April 3–4), The Fall of the House of Usher double bill featuring one-act operas by Gordon Getty and Claude Debussy (April 10–11) and Verdi's Don Carlo (April 17–18).
After the company’s first summer away from Austin Gardens park in 46 years in 2020, Oak Park Festival Theatre returns to its outdoor home, located in downtown Oak Park, with “The Tempest,” by William Shakespeare, directed by Barbara Zahora. The production will be staged July 15-Aug. 21.
Goldilocks has been very naughty. She has eaten the bears' food, broken their chairs, and messed up their beds and all of this without even knocking! What happens when the human-fearing bears get home? Viewers will learn not to judge a book by its cover in a fresh take on this familiar tale.
Broadway might be dark, but that doesn't mean that theatre isn't happening everywhere! Below, check out where you can get your daily fix of Broadway this weekend, March 13-14, 2021.
Today (March 12) in live streaming: Broadway celebrates Liza Minnelli, Women of Broadway unite, and more!
Today (March 11) in live streaming: Emily Skinner visits Backstage Live, Brandon Victor Dixon joins Black Broadway Men, and more!
The New Ohio Theatre’s NYC Indie Theatre Film Festival announced the 2021 online film lineup today. NYCITFF offers a selection of new feature-length and short films, filmmaker Q&As, and a conversation with prolific screenwriter and playwright Qui Nguyen between March 10-14.
Beck Center has a sterling reputation of cultivating talented performers who go on to success in hit Broadway shows and associated tours. Some of the theatre's alums will perform in a virtual engagement which runs March 5 to March 28, 2021, as part of Beck Center for the Arts' 87th Professional Theater Season.
An exciting new era beckons for LA’s oldest opera company. Long Beach Opera announces the appointment of James Darrah as its new Artistic Director and Chief Creative Officer. His tenure will begin immediately, and he will remain with the company until at least 2024.
Kate Linggi, a Senior at Academy of Our Lady of Peace in San Diego, took first place in the 2021 countywide Virtual Poetry Out Loud competition on February 10th.
Before the shutdown, the final piece I reviewed for Broadway World was Boston Ballet’s rEVOLUTION which included Glass Pieces, a hypnotic embrace of the geometrics of a theatre space by Phillip Glass and Jerome Robbins.
Boston Lyric Opera gives an arthouse cinematic treatment to Philip Glass’ opera The Fall of the House of Usher, debuting January 29 exclusively on BLO’s operabox.tv.
The Fertile Ground Festival of New Works has moved online this year, providing a new challenge for playwrights and an exciting new way for you to watch all the plays your heart desires. While you’re putting together your list of shows to see, make sure you include these two productions produced by Lakewood Theatre Company!
Opera Ballet Vlaanderen is embarking upon 2021 with no fewer than 24 titles. This January and February, you can look forward to a new production or surprise from Opera Ballet Vlaanderen almost every week. They will start the new year online and as soon as permitted, they will once again receive audiences live in the theatres.
The Playhouse will help ring in the new year with Party in a Box. The Playhouse Party in a Box has all the elements for fun: beverages, snacks, and noisemakers with options for families and for grown-ups. Party in a Box also includes entertainment with an on-demand concert available for viewing whenever your celebration takes place.
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