On Friday, October 2, 2020 Chicago-based violence designer/fight choreographer Chloe Baldwin will be the featured guest for Rikki Lee Travolta's weekly radio program It's Showtime with Rikki Lee at 3 PM Central on 101.5 FM WHRU-LP. For those outside the listening area, It's Showtime with Rikki Lee can be live streamed at www.HuntleyRadio.com.
Shakespeare & Company News
by Stephi Wild -
Two-time OnComm award-winning, The Show Must Go Online, the global digital theatre movement producing live performances of the chronology of Shakespeare's plays weekly, today announce the full cast for their upcoming livestreamed performed reading of William Shakespeare's Timon of Athens with Ben Crystal in the titular role and introduced by Sir Simon Russell Beale.
by Stephi Wild -
a??a??a??a??a??a??a??Weathersby Productions in conjunction with Super Bad Theater Company is restarting their 2020-2021 tour Theatre season, in Meridian Mississippi at the Historic Temple Theatre of The Performing Arts. The new musical REMEMBERING JAMES- The Life and Music of James Brown will perform Nov. 21, One evening show with a possible matinee show to be added.
by Stephi Wild -
The Stagea??has announced the 2020 winners ofa??The Stagea??Debut Awards, in association witha??Access Entertainment. The awards were presented as a virtual ceremony on Sunday, September 27, filmed at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, in the heart of London's West End.
by A.A. Cristi -
The Marsh announces the line-up for its first-ever digital global festival, MarshStream International Solo Fest, presenting performers aged 16 to 79 from across the nation and around the world, including Russia, Scotland, Israel, Canada, and Australia, as well as some of The Marsh's fan-favorites in a four day online marathon of 51 global works.
by Stephi Wild -
101 of Australia's BIPoC and CALD performers aged 18-25 have joined forces to feature in a song, I Need You To See Me, by critically acclaimed performer and composer Vidya Makan. The song is an explicit invitation to our entertainment industry by the talented artists it habitually marginalises to be seen and to create change.
by A.A. Cristi -
Nigel Redden announced that in October 2021, he will step down as General Director of Spoleto Festival USA.
by A.A. Cristi -
Art imitates life when the Fountain Theatre presents Talking Peace, a new 10-minute, site-specific a?oeZoom-within-a-Zooma?? by acclaimed playwright France-Luce Benson.
by A.A. Cristi -
On Tuesday, October 13 a radio production of Sinclair Lewisa?? novel It Cana??t Happen Here will broadcast at 5PM PDT/8PM EDT via YouTube.
by A.A. Cristi -
The Great Seattle Arts Adventure is an all-ages scavenger hunt style adventure game that runs from October 5-25, 2020. It is free fun for ages 5 to 105. Register before October 4, 2020 for the full three-week arts adventure. The first mission is released at 8am on October 5, 2020; teams can join in the fun at any time and determine the level of participation that suits them best. Details are online at www.Seattleartsadventure.org.
by A.A. Cristi -
Alternative Theatre Los Angeles (ATLA) in association with LA Stage Alliance (LASA) presents a?oeTogether LA: A Virtual Stage Festivala?? celebrating the vibrant and diverse intimate theatre scene of the greater Los Angeles area.
by A.A. Cristi -
Alternative Theatre Los Angeles in association with LA Stage Alliance presents 'Together LA: A Virtual Stage Festival' celebrating the vibrant and diverse intimate theatre scene of the greater Los Angeles area. Each night starts at 7 p.m. PST, and each piece runs approximately 10 minutes. Free with Reservations.
by A.A. Cristi -
Naperville has a new school for the dramatic arts, a??Downstage Righta??, founded by local resident and Northern Illinois University graduate student Sylvie Baldwin. Ms. Baldwin brings her combined undergraduate educational degree, graduate studies in acting, and years of working as a professional actress (e.g., South Coast Repertory, Lexington Children's Theatre, Seattle Public Theater) to provide children in the Chicago suburbs with artistic, imaginative, and rigorous drama classes. Modeled on the acting studios of New York City and Los Angeles, Downstage Righta?? offers students the opportunity to train with working professionals from across the country.
by A.A. Cristi -
LA Stage Alliance (LASA) in association with Alternative Theatre Los Angeles (ATLA) presents a?oeTogether LA: A Virtual Stage Festivala?? celebrating the vibrant and diverse intimate theatre scene of the greater Los Angeles area. The Festival will feature The Victory Theatre's production of Judith Leora's new 10-minute play You, Me & Margaret Atwood.
by Stephi Wild -
The Show Must Go Online today announce the full cast for their upcoming livestreamed performed reading of William Shakespeare's King Lear. The streaming will be live on Wednesday 23 September, 7pm BST.
by A.A. Cristi -
On this day in 1980, the world premiere production of Boublil and Schonberg's timeless epic Les Miserables took its first bows in Paris.
by A.A. Cristi -
Play on! Food of Love, the force behind the Drama Desk Award-nominated productions of Shake & Bake: Love's Labour's Lost and Midsummer: A Banquet, will present one of Shakespeare's most beloved comedies with a virtual twist and their signature culinary flare. Shipwrecks, mistaken identities, and mouth-watering desserts are delivered directly to your kitchen in this immersive livestream benefitting the Food Bank For New York City!
by A.A. Cristi -
Theatre Rhinoceros presents a FREE Zoom presentation THE DEBUT OF GEORGIA by Boni Alvarez | Directed by Ely Sonny Orquiza, October 13, 2020 at 7pm FREE! One Live Performance Only.
by Stephi Wild -
Following the huge success of the run in August at the Minack Open Air Theatre, the acclaimed 40th anniversary production of Willy Russell's EDUCATING RITA is coming back from Wednesday 28 October.
by A.A. Cristi -
Tony Tanner, beloved US and UK actor, director, playwright and choreographer, died on September 8, 2020 at his home in Los Angeles at the age of 87.
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