Hadestown, the 2019 Tony Award-winning Best Musical, officially opened its North American Tour on October 15, at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. Kicking off at the Peace Center in Greenville, SC, the tour will visit over 30 cities in its first year. Check out all the reviews...
The Broadway producers of SIX, the musical by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, officially opened tonight, October 3, at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre. Check out what the critics had to say...
With Pass Over moving into their space, another big step was taken on the Road to Reopening for Broadway in particular - along with the announcement of safety plans and procedures from the League and Unions.
Park Avenue Armory has debuted its fourth commissioned work in its Social Distance Hall series: the world premiere of Enemy of the People, written by Henrik Ibsen and adapted by the groundbreaking director and playwright Robert Icke (1984, The Doctor, Mary Stuart, Hamlet, Oresteia and Oedipus). See what the critics are saying!
The Fox Cities Performing Arts Center, Marcus Performing Arts Center and Overture Center for the Arts, in partnership with Rogers Behavioral Health, have announced the five Wisconsin students awarded with a $1,000 scholarship as part of the Dear Evan Hansen “You Will Be Found” College Essay Writing Challenge.
Dear Evan Hansen will reopen on Broadway on December 11, 2021 at 7:30 pm ET. The Tony Award-winning Best Musical will return to its home at the Music Box Theatre (239 W 45th Street, NYC) five years after its original Broadway opening.
American Shakespeare Center will reopen in May 2021 with a repertory season of three Shakespeare classics. With programming selected, cast and directed by a cohort of actor managers, ASC's new season will embrace early modern tradition and its own audience-beloved practice of presenting actor-directed 'Actors' Renaissance' selections each year.
Actors’ Equity Association has announced a webinar for workers to learn more about the COVID-19 vaccines on Wednesday, April 7, 12 p.m. ET. The webinar, in partnership with the Adult Vaccine Access Coalition, is open to members, non-members and anyone working in the arts.Â
The Fox Cities Performing Arts Center, Marcus Performing Arts Center and Overture Center for the Arts are teaming up with Rogers Behavioral Health to provide five $1,000 scholarships to Wisconsin participants in the recently announced national Dear Evan Hansen “You Will Be Found” College Essay Writing Challenge.
The Fox Cities Performing Arts Center, Marcus Performing Arts Center and Overture Center for the Arts are teaming up with Rogers Behavioral Health to provide five $1,000 scholarships to Wisconsin participants in the recently announced national Dear Evan Hansen “You Will Be Found” College Essay Writing Challenge.
This week, we have a lot of stories about the path to reopening from the around the globe - from Australia where reopening has already occurred and they’ve got Broadway productions playing to big houses to a story from The New York Times about what it took to get a new musical up and running in Tokyo with a global creative team.
The premiere of the virtual benefit performance of Ratatouille: the TikTok Musical took place on Friday, January 1 at 7pm ET and will stream for 72 hours only through TodayTix. Let's see what the critics are saying...
As President-Elect Joe Biden continues to make preparations for the start of his administration, members of the arts community have banded together to pen an open letter calling for support of the industry in the wake of the growing health crisis.Â
Artistic Director Michael Ritchie announced Center Theatre Group’s 54th season at the Ahmanson Theatre will begin in August 24, 2021, four months later than it was formerly scheduled. The season features the previously announced “The Lehman Trilogy,” “The Prom,” “Hadestown” and “Dear Evan Hansen” plus “1776” which was previously announced for the 2019 – 2020 season.
This week, we have stories of two different regions - first, a story out of New York City where off-Broadway theatre's and other small venues have filed suit against the state of New York to receive permission to start reopening. We also have the opposite side of that story out of DC, where one small venue has reopened for indoor theatre performances under a pilot program from the city. We also explore how the Kennedy Center has kept in person performance alive in their venues, as well as more labor disputes - this time between labor and management and not between the Unions themselves.
Round House Theatre, in association with McCarter Theatre Center, announces additional details for The Work of Adrienne Kennedy: Inspiration & Influence, a four-week festival highlighting the award-winning playwright.
Like many of you, I spent a lot of time over the past week reading remembrance articles about Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Without venturing into the political, I was deeply struck by how important the arts - particularly the performing arts - were to her throughout her life and time on the Supreme Court.
Be An #ArtsHero presented a nationwide Day of Action called 'Arts Workers Unite' on Labor Day. It featured live demonstrations and mass social media engagement, and is culminating in an industry-wide virtual panel discussion.
A dynamic and diverse cross-section of 100 New York Arts Workers will briefly assemble in Times Square to sing 'Will I?' from Rent. The song's pointed questions 'Will I lose my dignity? Will someone care. Will I wake tomorrow from this nightmare?' will be followed by 100 seconds of silence: a second for each U.S. Senator.