Harvey News

Today marks the start of Leo season! Which Broadway stars' birthdays fall under the Leo zodiac sign?

The Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis (TWSTL) will increase its reach this summer with a new radio show. 'Something Spoken: Tennessee Williams On the Air' launched on July 11.

The Early Night Show with Joshua Turchin- Virtual Edition (Corona Cabaret) continues its increasingly popular run with the release of a new episode today. Season four, episode six (which is also available on the Broadway Podcast Network: http://bpn.fm/TENS) features special guests: Dana Gaier (Despicable Me, Netflix's On My Block) and more.

Today, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) and Rep. Judy Chu (D-Pasadena) introduced the Mixed Earner Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Act to ensure that workers who earn a mix of traditional (W-2) and independent (e.g. 1099) employment income are able to fully access the unemployment assistance provided in the CARES Act.

Aequalitas Media, Publisher of Gaycation Magazine, the premier LGBTQ+ travel magazine (www.gaycationmagazine.com), announced that Ravi Roth has signed on as the new host of 'The Gaycation Travel Show,' a 12 episode, 30 minute YouTube based show being developed to go online in the fall of 2020.

The MAC Award-winning Piano Bar Live! continues this Tuesday, July 21st at 7:15 pm ET, with this week's Guest Host Michael Orland and featuring Ashley Argota, Dan Bauer, The Bleam Sisters, Hadiza Dockeray, Robin Lyon, Julie Sheppard, Nancy Timpanaro, Peter Allen Vogt, Mystery Guests & MORE!.

L.A. Theatre Works has announced the release of its state-of-the-art audio recording of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. This new stage adaptation, written by the BBC's Kate McAll, stars veteran stage actor Stacy Keach as 'the creature,' with Adhir Kalyan (Arrested Development, Rules of Engagement) in the role of Dr. Victor Frankenstein.

A dozen at-risk teens from Delray Beach's most economically challenged neighborhoods gathered together recently to enclose their fears, hopes and dreams in a time capsule that they hope to unearth under far better circumstances a decade from now.

Tony Award winner Jerry Mitchell and West End performer Jed Berry will host Raise You Up, a streamed charity cabaret starring 'Angels' in lockdown from all over the world, raising money for Acting for Others, Black Ticket Project, Broadway Advocacy Coalition and Broadway Cares.

AIDS WALK: LIVE AT HOME shared today that the previously announced star-studded line-up for Sunday's virtual broadcast will now also include Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Glenn Close, Anne Hathaway, Patti LaBelle, Jordin Sparks, Harvey Fierstein, Raul Esparza, Norm Lewis and San Francisco Mayor London Breed.

Sphinx Theatre, the UK's longest established women's theatre company, and 15 of the UK's leading theatres have announced the playwrights they will be supporting via Sphinx 30, the landmark programme for female playwrights in the UK being launched to mark Sphinx's 30th anniversary.

In conjunction with the Campaign for Kennedy for Massachusetts, Group5 Productions has put together a stellar cast singing Broadway favorites. The 30 minute show is a fundraiser for the campaign. The Public is welcome to see the show with prices starting at $5.00. 

 Joana Vicente and Cameron Bailey, Co-Heads of TIFF, today unveiled Academy Award–winning actress Kate Winslet as the recipient of this year's TIFF Tribute Actor Award,

In 1969, songwriter and recording artist Wilbert Harrison released “Let's Work Together” amidst unprecedented social strife and racial tensions in America.

On May 25th 2020, a police officer in Minneapolis killed George Floyd by kneeling on his neck for eight minutes and 46 seconds.

Following the release of the animated video for 'A Ghost', frontman Fran Healy has returned to the director's chair with the video for Travis' new track, 'Valentine'. The track is the third from their eagerly anticipated new album, 10 Songs, which will be released on October 9th on BMG. 

Producer Mark Cortale has announced the opening of two shows for summer-long runs in Provincetown, starting this month. First, drag comedy legend Varla Jean Merman premiered her new comedy show Superspreader on July 9 which will run until September 12 poolside at the Crown & Anchor, featuring Gerald Goode at the piano.

A set of short musical promos are being released of the new holiday musical; A Gander Family Christmas, from the hilarious off-kilter minds of Ryan Duncan and Tad Wilson, with book and original lyrics by Ryan Duncan and original music and arrangements by Jeffrey Lodin (Disney's 'Doug Live!', Popcorn Falls, A Letter to Harvey Milk).

While Broadway remains shut down, BroadwayWorld is keeping up with your favorite stars and giving you a peek at what they have been up to! Check out yesterday's highlights from some of your favorites, including Shoshana Bean, Bernadette Peters, Christopher Jackson, and more!

Quarantine is certainly taking its toll on live theaters with its limits on public gatherings, but many are using the time to connect with audiences in new and different ways. That is certainly the case for Dallas Children's Theater (DCT). This week, DCT will present its first fully virtual production - MISS NELSON HAS A FIELD DAY.