In honor of Luker, a six-time judge for the competition, the Lotte Lenya Competition has created the Rebecca Luker Award, given for an outstanding performance of a selection from a Golden Age musical. The first Luker award was given to Taylor-Alexis DuPont for her performance of “Supper Time,” from As Thousands Cheer.
Storm Lever talks about how she made San Diego her quarantine home, how her activism during that time feels like it directly speaks to her role in HAIR, and what the audience can expect for this show at The Old Globe. Playing through September 26th
New Village Arts, the professional theatre in the heart of Carlsbad that is the cultural hub of North County San Diego, announces the addition of two new staff members, Amanda Jordan as Marketing Manager and Sakshi Tiwari as Manager of Connectivity.
On this day we're celebrating the birthday of a man of unlimited personalities and personas, Tony Award-winner Jefferson Mays!
Ford's Theatre today announced the launch of The Lincoln Legacy Commissions—a new play development initiative for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Color) playwrights that explores racial history and social justice in the United States and gives voice to lesser-known historical figures and their contributions to American life. Playwrights Pearl Cleage, Rickerby Hinds, Nambi E. Kelley, Dominic Taylor and Charlayne Woodard comprise the inaugural writers of The Lincoln Legacy Commissions.
This past quarter, I was a dramaturg for a Wagner New Play Festival Show. The Wagner New Play Festival is an annual event where each M.F.A. playwright at UC San Diego writes a new work that is produced alongside M.F.A. directors, actors, and designers. Undergraduates are also able to participate in this process as I did.
Award-winning songwriters Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez discuss creating songs for “WandaVision”, the Disney Plus TV series, “Frozen,” and several of their other hits with host Patrick Pacheco on this episode of “THEATER: All the Moving Parts”, premiering May 21 at 9:30PM on CUNY TV and streaming at THEATER: All the Moving Parts.
California Shakespeare Theater and Remote Studios announced today that they have entered a partnership to produce a digital reading of EL HENRY, an adaptation of Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part One by renowned playwright Herbert Siguenza.
We asked our readers to share their most meaningful memories of Rent on the show's 25th Broadway anniversary.
While the theater field remains uncertain yet cautiously optimistic that 2021 will see a return to in-person performances, there is no uncertainty around the systemic inequalities that have been exposed and amplified during the pandemic. Pre-pandemic 'business as usual' will not be enough when theaters open their doors again.
TDF will present Little B's Big Idea this Sunday, March 21st at 1 p.m. (EDT) online. Join Little B and friends as they explore some of the challenges we're navigating during the pandemic, like missing friends, remote learning, and big feelings.
In honor of Women's History Month, we're taking a look at some iconic real-life women who have been portrayed on stage in musicals!
Inspired by the success from their safe drive-in performances of La bohème in the Fall, which heralded the return of live, in-person, opera to San Diego County since the start of the pandemic, and provided over 300 jobs to many, San Diego Opera has announced a Spring season of safe, socially-distanced, drive-in performances.
Broadway On Demand is continuing to stream the La Jolla Playhouse digital Without Walls (WOW) series, featuring Alyce Smith Cooper and Shammy Dee’s Spittin’ Truth to Power While Light Leaping for the People, and is now calling for submissions to their Sermon Challenge.
On Wednesday, Jan 13 (8:30pm PT) Join actor Jonathan Freeman as he shares behind-the-scenes stories from voicing the villain Jafar in the Aladdin franchise and appearances on Broadway in Disney's Mary Poppins, The Little Mermaid, and Beauty and the Beast.
BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that Broadway veteran Rebecca Luker has passed away. Last year, Rebecca was diagnosed out of nowhere with ALS, a fatal neurodegenerative disease closely related to Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. She was 59 years old.
TDF presents Santa and Little B: Zoom for the Holidays!, a FREE special virtual holiday experience. Becca Yuré has created the original music and dialogue which features professional Santa Claus, Ricky Dain Jones. The show is for families with children and adults on the autism spectrum who have previously attended TDF's autism-friendly performances.
This Sunday, December 13 at 1:00 pm TDF will present Santa and Little B: Zoom for the Holidays!, a FREE special virtual holiday experience.
Betsy Wolfe's virtual concert, A Pants Optional Holiday, is now available On Demand on BroadwayWorld Events now through January 3rd, 2021.
TDF will present Santa and Little B: Zoom for the Holidays!, a special virtual holiday experience for families with children and adults on the autism spectrum who have previously attended TDF’s autism-friendly performances on Broadway. There will be two performances to choose from: Sunday, December 13 at 1pm and Sunday, December 20 at 1pm.
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