Michael McAssey, hosts PBL! this Tuesday, April 28th at 7:15 pm, following New York City's 7 O'Clock Cheer. This week's guests will be Sharon McNight, Klea Blackhurst, Kenney Green, Bobby Belfry and Mauricio Lozano.
Barbra Streisand has joined the lineup for GLAAD's upcoming livestream event!
Following on from last weekend's streaming of the 25th-anniversary performance of The Phantom of the Opera, Love Never Dies has been released worldwide via YouTube as part of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Shows Must Go On lockdown series. Lloyd Webber has described the show as a a?oestand-alone piecea?? over simply a sequel to Phantom. It takes audiences on a second adventure with the characters on the other side of the Atlantic.
In commemoration of their remarkable contributions to Arizona Opera, the company announced today that the courtyard at the Arizona Opera Center in downtown Phoenix will henceforth be known as the Shoshana B. and Robert S. Tancer Plaza.
Everything Everything share their new song 'In Birdsong,' which premiered on BBC Radio 1's Annie Mac show today.
Just last night, GLAAD presented 'Together in Pride: You are Not Alone,' highlighting the LGBTQ response to COVID-19 and amplifiying messages of acceptance and affirmation to the LGBTQ community and people living with HIV during this unprecedented time. The livestream raises funds for LGBTQ community centers that are members of CenterLink.
The original Broadway cast recording of COME FROM AWAY will be released on vinyl worldwide for the first time on Friday, May 15. The album will be available as a 2-LP set on blue vinyl. Previously only available in the US as a limited-edition yellow vinyl, this edition will be available worldwide.
Dame Vera Lynn and a lineup of West End stars created a touching performance of 'We'll Meet Again' in honor of the theatre industry. The video features socially-distanced West End stars united in reassurance that West End and UK theatres shall once more rise and thrive a?" some sunny day.
This afternoon, live from the living room of actor Guillaume Lambert, Québec Cinéma announced the nominees for the 2020 Iris Awards.
Billy Porter, the cast of Jagged Little Pill, Alex Newell, George Salazar, and more have joined GLAAD's livestream event, a?oeTogether in Pride: You are Not Alone,a?? on Sunday, April 26 at 8pm ET on GLAAD's YouTube channel and Facebook Live.
New York City Center is presenting the #EncoresArchives series! They will be posting daily highlights from their musical theater vault from Encores!, Encores! Off-Center, and Gala productions.
Today we rewind to 2009, when Finian's Rainbow had its fourth Broadway revival at the St. James Theatre. Starring Cheyenne Jackson, Kate Baldwin, Christopher Fitzgerald, Jim Norton and Chuck Cooper, the musical transferred to Broadway following an Encores! production earlier that year. In Finian's Rainbow, An elderly Irishman, Finian, moves to the southern United States with his daughter Sharon, to bury a stolen pot of gold near Fort Knox, in the mistaken belief that it will grow. Og, a leprechaun, follows them, desperate to recover his treasure before the loss of it turns him permanently human.
The National Arts Centre is pleased to announce that #CanadaPerforms, a relief fund in support of Canadian artists performing online during the global health crisis posed by COVID-19 pandemic, has now reached $600,000 and will extend its programming for a longer period. Developed in collaboration with Facebook Canada, this program was launched on Thursday, March 19 with an initial amount of $100,000. On Saturday March 21, a subsequent gift of $100,000 from Slaight Music was announced. #CanadaPerforms is now welcoming two new supporters of the initiative: RBC Foundation with $200,000 and SiriusXM Canada with $200,000.
Florentine Opera will release a digital version of the Opera in the Schools Tour of Cinderella.
Recent MAC Award Winner Michael Kirk Lane is one of the cabaret community's greatest assets, and most gifted performers, teachers, and leaders. One the celebration of his birth, Stephen Mosher takes a look at the life that has led to this moment in time.
Many of the biggest names in drag are coming together for a new digital concert festival, a?oePEG Presents: Digital Drag Fest 2020.' Stephen Trask will take part in the event, singing the songs of Hedwig and other surprises, in a 'stripped down and acoustic' performance.
While theaters and performance spaces remain dark, Segerstrom Center for the Arts is pleased to announce the expansion of its website a?" www.SCFTA.org a?" to include the all new CENTER AT HOME, a portal to FREE online activities, educational programs and video highlights of Center performances. Center at Home is an engaging treasure trove dedicated to the performing arts that will provide artistic discovery and educational resources a?" all in the comfort of home.
The COVID-19 pandemic presents a multitude of obstacles to overcome for organizations of all types, and theater groups are no exception. Sharon Hunter, Artistic Director-Producer of Moonstone Theatre Company, aims to help address some of the virus-related challenges that the St. Louis theatre community faces by forming the St. Louis Theatre Community Task Force.
Sharon Stone announces today's AFI Movie Club selection: ALL ABOUT EVE.
While many theatres have gone dark companies like The Creative Co-Lab HTX|NYC is continuing to create work and find innovative ways to bring the theatre to the people. COVID-19 has hit the theatre community hard and many actors, crew and staff have fallen on hard times. Creative Director/ Playwright Bryan-Keyth Wilson wanted to do something that would fuel his creative juices as well as reach out to other actors across the world.
