Lynn Nottage News

Their concert re-airs today at 3pm and is now available On Demand, get your tickets here!

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, October 24-25, 2020.

Today (October 22) in live streaming:The next round of Next On Stage, Jodi Benson visits Ten Minute Tidbits, and so much more!

The Broadway Podcast Network has announced Broadway’s first digital Soap Opera, AS THE CURTAIN RISES. Written by Dori Berinstein and Mark Peikert, AS THE CURTAIN RISES takes you on a never before behind the scenes look at the drama behind the most dramatic business in the world.

Tony Award-nominated playwright, actress, and activist Danai Gurira, two-time Tony Award-winning director Stephen Daldry, and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage will present a very special event to get out the vote – Act Out: Vote2020, a series of short, all new monologues and songs that will make up an hour-long video encouraging audiences to vote in the upcoming elections.

BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge is keeping up with all of their latest projects on Backstage Live, bringing you in-depth interviews twice weekly. On October 21, he chatted with one of Broadway's favorite leading ladies, LaChanze.

Tonight at 8pm, Broadway for Biden will present In Our America: A Concert for the Soul of the Nation. The virtual event will bring Broadway together to celebrate hope and benefit the Biden Victory Fund.

Tune in right here today, October 21 (12pm ET), as he chats with one of Broadway's favorite leading ladies, LaChanze. LaChanze will soon join Seth Rudetsky for two very special concerts on Sunday, October 25 (8pm) and Monday, October 26 (3pm).

Broadway for Biden’s all-star virtual fundraiser In Our America: A Concert for the Soul of the Nation streams tonight, Wednesday, October 21 at 8:00pm EST. 

Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation has announced the recipient and three finalists for the annual Zelda Fichandler Award. The Fichandler Award recognizes directors and choreographers who have demonstrated great accomplishment to-date with singular creativity and deep investment in a particular community or region.

Brian Kite, Interim Dean of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television (UCLA TFT), announced today the appointment of award-winning lighting designer Lap Chi Chu, and scholars Kriss Ravetto-Biagioli and Amy Villarejo as UCLA TFT tenured professors.

Today (October 19) in live streaming: Jennifer Holliday celebrates her 60th birthday in concert, Keala Settle sings with Seth Rudetsky, and so much more!

Today (October 15) in live streaming: The Tony nominations, Keala Settle visits Backstage Live, Next on Stage is back, and so much more!

Broadway for Biden has announced updates for upcoming fundraiser In Our America: A Concert for the Soul of the Nation. The one-night only virtual event will bring Broadway together to celebrate hope and benefit the Biden Victory Fund.

Lake Worth Playhouse has announced its 2021 Black Box Season. Check out the lineup below!

CRUMBS FROM THE TABLE OF JOY tells the story of an American Black family in 1950s Brooklyn. At the dawning of the Civil Rights Movement, Godfrey Crump brings a new wife home to his two teenaged daughters. CRUMBS is a vibrant depiction of Black families. Broadway World has an exclusive interview with the production director Wunmi Fowora.

Lincoln Center Theater has announced that Flying Over Sunset and Intimate Apparel are now hoping to reopen in fall of 2021.

Wake Forest Theatre has kicked off its fall season with Connected in the Deep: Round 1.

Middlebury Acting Company (MACo) presents The American Dream Project, a new, monthly online play reading series, starting on Sunday, November 15th. Through the American Dream Project, MACo seeks to create a community of people interested in reading and discussing some seminal, relevant plays that directly pertain to issues of racial and economic inequities in our country.  

Ford's Theatre Society and the National Park Service have announced a phased reopening schedule for Ford's Theatre and the Ford's Theatre Museum beginning Wednesday, October 14, 2020, with advance tickets required. Tickets for October 14-18 will be available online beginning October 13, 2020, at 10 a.m.