McDonald News

iTheatrics and the Educational Theatre Foundation have partnered to launch JTF Secret Santa. Now through January 3, 2021, those who love theatre may make a tax-deductible donation to ETF’s Jumpstart Theatre to allow a JumpStart-affiliated-student or teacher to attend the 2021 Junior Theater Festival Online Extravaganza! on the individual track.

The City Art Centre, Edinburgh's own public venue dedicated to championing historic and contemporary Scottish visual arts and crafts, announces exhibition highlights for 2021.

Onassis USA and the New Museum’s NEW INC have announced the launch of ONX Studio—the Onassis, NEW INC Extended Reality Studio—with two dozen artists and producers working in extended reality, for a year-long term to develop significant works for the public realm.

Enjoy these holiday shows online with your family as the Broadway shutdown continues.

Today (December 9) in live streaming: Audra McDonald in concert, Darius de Haas visits Backstage Live, and so much more!

Today's top stories: City Center's Gala with Audra McDonald, Samantha Barks sings Let It Go, Dolly Parton is working on a musical about her life, and more!

Catch a sneak peek of the City Center 2020 Gala below as McDonald sings Maxwell Anderson and Kurt Weill's 'It Never Was You' and Stephen Sondheim's 'The Glamorous Life'.

Kantorei has announced that it has entered into a three-year relationship with multi-talented composer/arranger, pianist, organist, singer & conductor, M. Roger Holland, II to serve as the choir's Artist-in-Residence beginning with the 2021-22 season.

Tomorrow night, December 9, New York City Center will present its 2020 Gala presentation starring Audra McDonald.

Last night, nonprofit Girls Inc. brought together committed supporters, changemakers, old and new friends to celebrate the leadership and potential of women and girls. A star-studded lineup of powerful women shared stories of dreaming big, breaking down barriers, and creating new opportunities for a new generation of leaders.

Celebrate the holidays with Placer Repertory Theater's one-night-only event: A JANE AUSTEN HOLIDAY on Saturday, December 12 at 7:00 p.m., featuring a cast of 13 professional actors performing a stage-reading of a new romantic comedy by T.S. Forsyth, adapted from Jane Austen's novel, Persuasion, livestreamed to the comfort of your home. Tickets start at $5 per device and donations are heartily encouraged and fully tax deductible.

In this interview, I get to find out some great history about Darius and hear all about his upcoming projects including an upcoming show for Radio Free Birdland called 'Let Me Carry You This Christmas'.

The Center for Fiction awarded its First Novel Prize, which recognizes the year's best debut novel and carries a $15,000 monetary gift, to Luster by Raven Leilani at its Annual Awards Benefit on Thursday, December 3, with actor and comedian Yvonne Orji emceeing the virtual event.

The presentation of the 2020 season at this time, in the audio only format, represents a creative approach to keeping the arts alive during the pandemic.  The innovative solution, a collaboration spearheaded by WTF Artistic Director Mandy Greenfield, and Audible Artistic Producer Kate Navin provides  employment for the artists and a body of work that, through Audible, can be accessed by a much broader (global) audience than traditional seasons.  This is different to be sure - what isn’t during these unprecedented times?  It is a bit like taking a step back to those “simpler times” when families gathered around the wireless and listened to radio plays.  It may take a moment to adjust, but this production of STREETCAR stands up and will draw listeners in.  I look forward to the additional six titles in the season scheduled to be released over the coming weeks.

Nouveau Productions (Nouveau) announced today the release of UNITED IN SONG: CELEBRATING THE RESILIENCE OF AMERICA, which premieres Thursday, December 31, 2020 from 8:00-9:30 p.m.

Tickets are now available for Broadway Inspirational Voices' 2020 holiday concert, “A Season of Hope & Inspiration,” streaming to a global audience on Sunday, Dec. 13 starting at 7pm (ET).  The choir announced an exclusive VIP performance package that includes a ticket to the concert and a specially curated pre-show.

TheatreWorks Silicon Valley in partnership with Palo Alto Unified School District (PAUSD) as part of the John F. Kennedy Center Partners in Education Program will inspire the next generation of budding artists with Opening the Curtain, a video series introducing PAUSD elementary students to the breadth of careers available in performing arts, including acting, tech, scenery, costumes, directing, administration, and more.

The Williamstown Theatre Festival and Audible Theater presentation of A Streetcar Named Desire is available worldwide tomorrow, December 3 at 3 AM ET within the Audible Plus catalog. A Streetcar Named Desire is part of the 2020 Williamstown Theatre Festival summer season produced on Audible.

Make the magic of the season happen again by watching either the pre-recorded stream over the Chanhassen Dinner Theatres Facebook page and YouTube channel on Christmas Day at 4:00 p.m. Or – if you’re in the Twin Cities metro area – tune in to CW23 on Christmas Day at the same time to watch “An Andy & Bing Christmas: A Holiday Family Gathering.

On Monday night, The Fred Ebb Foundation in association with the Roundabout Theatre Company presented the sixteenth annual Fred Ebb Award for aspiring musical theatre songwriters to the team of Ben Bonnema & Christopher Staskel, and Michael R. Jackson.