Harvey News

There is no one in the tri-state region with more live theater experience than Bob Kelly, Artistic Director at Candlelight Dinner Theatre. Founded in 1969 by John and Lena O'Toole and Julian and Annabelle Borris, it quickly became a nexus for hundreds of aspiring actors, where all were inspired to self-invent and where ambition was oxygen.

New Jersey Theatre Alliance has announced the launch of Stages Online. Stages Online is a digital platform for audiences to engage with virtual opportunities from New Jersey's professional theatres within the safety of their homes. 

Broadway producer Hal Luftig (KINKY BOOTS, LEGALLY BLONDE) joins the fourth season of the Why I'll Never Make It podcast to discuss all things Broadway, including the latest developments on PLAZA SUITE, starring Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick.

Nothing can stop BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge from bringing you interviews with your favorite Broadway stars! Tune in right here today, May 8 (12pm), as he chats with the four stars of Jersey Boys: Jonathan Cable, Aaron de Jesus, CJ Pawlikowski and John Rochette.

The highly anticipated season six premiere of “Celebrity Family Feud,” where celebrity families compete to win cash for their charities, kicks off with the beloved OG Queer Eye team, led by Carson Kressley, playing against the new class members from Netflix's hit show “Queer Eye,” led by Bobby Berk, in a hilarious one-hour episode.

Today (May 6) in live streaming: Richard Ridge chats Sondheim with Michael Cerveris and Melissa Errico, Christy Altomare sings R&H, and so much more!

Composer/Producer Neil Berg and Broadway performer Rita Harvey who've spent a lifetime not just performing and collaborating, but building a family, join together from their living room this Mother's Day.

Quintessence Theatre Group, Philadelphia's professional classic repertory theatre, is bringing the world of William Shakespeare into our homes with a reading of his classic tragedy, Othello. This reading, on Wednesday May 6 at 7:30 p.m., will be streamed on Facebook (www.facebook.com/QuintessenceTheatre) and on the company's website www.qtgrep.org.

On a day to honor and celebrate Mexican heritage, the new trailer for the powerful documentary Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo has been released.

CBS has pulled the plug on the comedy pilot FUN, which was set to star Michael Urie and Becki Newton, who starred as Marc and Amanda together on Ugly Betty.

TheatreWorks Silicon Valley's Founding Artistic Director Robert Kelley, Artistic Director Designate Tim Bond, and Executive Director Phil Santora announced changes to TheatreWorks's 2020-21 Season, which is now scheduled to begin in October 2020.

It was just announced by Pulitzer Prize Administrator Dana Canedy that Michael R. Jackson's A Strange Loop has officially won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. This year's finalists included: Will Arbery's Heroes of the Fourth Turning and David Henry Hwang and Jeanine Tesori's Soft Power.

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 two, episode four (which is also available on the Broadway Podcast Network: http://bpn.fm/TENS) features special guests: Chloe A. Bryan (Broadway's School of Rock, Hunters), and Gracie Bryant. 

Broadway Does Mother's Day, a digital variety show, will feature sketches, performances and more from your favorite Broadway stars, plus more than 10 Broadway shows including Moulin Rouge! The Musical, Jagged Little Pill, Company, and more.

The Pulitzer Prize Board today will present the 2020 award winners' (originally scheduled for Monday, April 20) for Prizes in Journalism, Books, Drama and Music. Who will win this year? Tune in right here at 3pm to watch the announcement live!

The Show Must Go Online today announce a special live performance of Ian Doescher's Shakespeare's Star Wars, presented by Quirk Books as part of their Pop Shakespeare Events, livestreamed on Monday 4 May, 9pm. Also announced today, the full cast for their upcoming livestreamed reading of William Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors.

National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene continues to bring the stage to global audiences throughout May when Folksbiene! LIVE features virtual programming to entertain, enlighten, and engage.

As part of their continued effort to keep creating theatre during the Coronavirus shutdown, The Sauk (Hillsdale County's community theatre) will move their annual Plays-in-Development to May with four readings of new plays streamed online.

Mario Cantone will host this year's Lucille Lortel Awards, which are being presented as a virtual broadcast and benefit for The Actors Fund on Sunday, May 3, at 7pm. The online event will bring together theatre performers, industry veterans, and fans worldwide in a celebration of Off-Broadway.