I had a conversation with the cast and director of a local production of Cabaret a few days ago, about how theatre changed with the advent of the Internet. The visual presentation and iconic look of shows became much more relevant, much more permanently associated with shows, once photographs and video were as easy to find as cast recordings. You'll rarely if ever see a Cabaret that doesn't exist in the shadow of the Sam Mendes production, or someday a Hamilton without some of the iconic visual and performance signifiers. I'm not even calling it design laziness or plagiarism: the shows of today simply exist in a more tangible, permanent form than they did before the late 1990s. With that said, there's something to be said for productions that take some of those iconic elements and ignore them, crafting something different instead. Split Stage's production of Next to Normal reinvents one of the central characters, and it changes the entire piece.
Jennifer Glaws' Jagged Moves presents, Touch Code, a performance merging dance, sculpture, and live music exploring the central themes of boundaries and reclamation at The Southern Theater, March 12-14, 2020.
As rehearsals for its tour and West End transfer commence, multi-award winning actress Juliet Stevenson jointly wins the acclaimed Best Actress award at this year's Critics' Circle Theatre Awards for her portrayal of Dr Ruth Wolff in director, Robert Icke's (The Wild Duck, Hamlet, Mary Stuart, Oresteia, 1984) sold-out, five-star Almeida Theatre production of The Doctor.
The York Theatre Company, as part of its acclaimed NEO Reading Series, will present a staged reading of the new musical Borders, with book, music, and lyrics by 2019 NEO writers Janine McGuire and Arri Lawton Simon, based on the film The Bubble by Eytan Fox and Gal Uchovsky, for ONE PERFORMANCE ONLY on Monday, February 24, 2020 at 2:30 p.m. at the York Theatre Company at Saint Peter's (619 Lexington Avenue, entrance on East 54th Street, just east of Lexington Avenue). Admission to the presentation is by invitation only.
Production images are released today for the UK premiere of Will Eno's Drama Desk Award winning play The Realistic Joneses, now running at the Ustinov Studio until Saturday 7 March with opening night for press this evening. The full cast includes Corey Johnson as Bob, Sharon Small as Jennifer, Jack Laskey as John and Clare Foster as Pony. The production is the latest from Theatre Royal Bath Productions and is directed by Simon Evans.
Fate meets the future in the California Symphony's March concerts, under the direction of Music Director Donato Cabrera. FATE AND FUTURE, Saturday, March 14 at 8PM, and Sunday, March 15 at 4PM, features Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5a?"his most often-performed and beloved symphonya?"and the world premiere of Composer-in-Residence Katherine Balch's Illuminate, a song cycle in five movements. The Symphony uses a recurring melody to represent the theme of a?oefatea??, while a?oefuturea?? is represented by Balch's premiere.
Andrew Scott, Sharon D. Clarke, Juliet Stevenson, Sam Tutty and Hammed Animashaun have won top acting honours at the 2019 Critics Circle Theatre Awards, held today (11 February 2020) at the Prince of Wales Theatre in London's West End, hosted by Critics' Circle Drama Section Chairman Henry Hitchings.
They're creepy and they're kooky, mysterious and spooky! Peaches Christ's Addams Apple Family Values is a drag parody of the best movie sequel ever made.
The 28th annual Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards® Viewing Party with Netflix's Queer Eye Fab Five: Bobby Berk, Tan France, Karamo, Antoni Porowski and Jonathan Van Ness raised over $6.4 million for the global effort to end AIDS. The gala, which took place on Sunday, February 9 at West Hollywood Park in Los Angeles was generously supported by Presenting Sponsors IMDb, Walmart and Neuro Drinks and the Event Hosts Heidi Klum, Diane Lane, Eric McCormack and Billy Porter.
Mary Bridget Davies is best known for her Tony nominated turn as Janis Joplin in A NIGHT WITH JANIS JOPLIN on Broadway, and is a premiere interpreter of Joplin's music, even having the chance to tour with Janis Joplin's original band, Big Brother and the Holding Company.
In the small town of Sharon Springs, NY, a real-life Rose Apothecary exists! The fictional store is featured in the television show Schitt's Creek, but Sharon Springs' Beekman 1802 Mercantile store partnered with the show to pull off an epic transformation.
The Golden Raspberry Awards (also known in short terms as Razzies and Razzie Awards) is a parody award show honoring the worst of cinematic under-achievements. This year's nominations have been announced, and the cast of the Cats film has made the list in many categories.
The not-for-profit Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts presents Erth's Prehistoric Aquarium Adventure, The Mystery of the Dinosaurs of the Deep, on Saturday, February 29, 2020 at 3:00 p.m. Ticket prices range between $25.00-$55.00, plus applicable fees. Pre-show VIP Dino Packs are also available. Purchase online, by phone or at the box office. For more information, visit PatchogueTheatre.org, call the Patchogue Theatre Box Office at 631-207-1313, or stop by 71 East Main Street, Patchogue, NY.
Denver Arts & Venues has announced the opening reception for Sharon Feder and Dallas Parkins' Buell Theatre exhibition, 'Still. Here.' The opening reception will feature a performance by Solis on the Buell Theatre balcony as part of the Buell Art + Music series on Monday, February 17, 5-7 p.m.
Salt Lake Acting Company (SLAC), Utah's leading destination for brave, contemporary theatre, proudly presents a free, one night-only reading of Shawn Fisher's new play, THE (obsolete) UNKINDNESS OF RAVENS, as part of its New Play Sounding Series.
