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Lara Downes Launches Rising Sun Music Celebrating Black Composers
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 26, 2021


Inspired by her own mixed-race heritage and career-long engagement with diverse musical traditions, pianist Lara Downes creates and curates a new digital recording venture, Rising Sun Music, that sheds a bright light on the music and stories of Black composers over the past 200 years.

Broadway Theater Workshops Presents THE DROWSY CHAPERONE Streaming This Weekend
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 21, 2021


With the houselights down, a man in a chair appears on stage and puts on his favorite record: the cast recording of a fictitious 1928 musical. 

Social Roundup: Theatre Fans Turn Bernie Sanders' Inauguration Look Into Hilarious Memes
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 20, 2021


Theater fans have turned Senator Bernie Sanders' appearance at President Joe Biden's inauguration into a meme today, juxtaposing him into iconic pictures and posters of Broadway shows. Senator Sanders has been dropped into the worlds of in Sunday in the Park With George, Chicago, Beetlejuice, Hadestown and more.

Playhouse On Park Will Stream ELYOT & AMANDA: ALL ALONE From Noël Coward's PRIVATE LIVES
by Stephi Wild - Jan 16, 2021


ELYOT & AMANDA: ALL ALONE from Noël Coward's PRIVATE LIVES is the next production in Playhouse on Park's 12th Main Stage Season. Veanne Cox and Ezra Barnes will co-star in this timely, lighthearted adaptation. It will be available to stream online from February 10th - 28th, 2021.

Virtual Theatre This Weekend: January 16-17- with Kelli O'Hara, Adam Pascal, and More!
by Nicole Rosky - Jan 16, 2021


Broadway might be dark, but that doesn't mean that theatre isn't happening everywhere! Below, check out where you can get your daily fix of Broadway this weekend, January 16-17, 2020.

THE HUMAN VOICE Released at City Opera Online
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 11, 2021


City Opera Vancouver's first online opera will be released on Monday 11 January 2021, beginning at noon. It is free to all, on our YouTube channel.

Theater Stories: GYPSY, EVITA, THE COLOR PURPLE, the FIDDLER ON THE ROOF Revival, & More About The Broadway Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 17, 2021


This week's Theater Stories features the Broadway Theatre! Learn about the shows to have graced the stage of the theatre, including Gypsy, The Color Purple, Evita and more; the show that broke the theatre's box office record, and much more!

Mississippi Museum of Art Presents Major Exhibition of Work by Pioneering Artist Dusti Bongé
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 6, 2021


Considered Mississippi’s first artist to work consistently in a Modernist style, Dusti Bongé (1903–93) was active in New York’s dynamic art scene and creative communities which flourished along the Gulf Coast in the 1930s through the early 1990s.

New and Upcoming Releases For the Week of January 4 - Marisha Wallace, HAIR OBC Vinyl, and More!
by Stephi Wild - Jan 6, 2021


Need something new to read, watch, or listen to? Check out this week's list of new and upcoming releases! This week's list includes a new album from Marisha Wallace, the original Broadway cast recording of Hair on vinyl, and more!

Virtual Theatre This Weekend: December 5-6- with Ana Gasteyer, Betsy Wolfe and More!
by Nicole Rosky - Dec 5, 2020


Broadway might be dark, but that doesn't mean that theatre isn't happening everywhere! Below, check out where you can get your daily fix of Broadway this weekend, December 5-6, 2020.

PlayhouseLive Presents Bob Baker Marionette Theater's HOLIDAY ON STRINGS!
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 24, 2020


Pasadena Playhouse has announced Holiday programming on PlayhouseLive with an exclusive streaming of Bob Baker Marionette Theater's Holiday on Strings! brought directly into homes for the first time.

MAME Starring Lucille Ball, PRIVATE LIVES, and More Holiday Classics Available to Stream in December
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 24, 2020


Get your holiday theater fix this season, with the streaming premiere of Peter Rothestein's All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914 on December 15th. Cozy up with other holiday favorites, including Irving Berlin's Holiday Inn, The Royal Ballet's The Nutcracker, Goes Wrong Show: The Spirit of Christmas and more.

Ethan Hawke, John Leguizamo, Brandon Victor Dixon & More Featured in The New Group Off Stage's Upcoming Programming
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 20, 2020


The New Group in association with John Ridley's Nō Studios are joining forces through The New Group Off Stage division, and have announced an upcoming slate of projects. The New Group Off Stage will feature theatrical expressions in different media.

Playhouse On The Square Announces Playwriting Competition Finalists
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 17, 2020


Playhouse on the Square, in partnership with Sue and Frank Guarino, have announced the staged readings for this year's competition finalists.  Streamed live via Zoom, the six readings will take place on the Playhouse on the Square main stage, December 6-8 & December 13-15 at 7:00 pm. 

Andra Day Narrates the Story of Hazel Scott in GOOD NIGHT STORIES FOR REBEL GIRLS Podcast Episode
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 10, 2020


In today’s episode of Rebel Girls’ Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls podcast, Grammy-nominated singer Andra Day narrates the life and career of pianist and actress Hazel Scott.

Theater Stories: The COMPANY Revival, the Record-Breaking Production of ONCE & More About Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 14, 2020


This week's theater stories features the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre! Learn about the theatre's namesake, Bernard B. Jacobs, how this revival of Company is different from the others that have come before it, how Once broke the theatre's box office record and more!

Quintessence Theatre Presents DANTON'S DEATH As Part Of Virtual PlayReading Festival
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 1, 2020


Quintessence Theatre Group, Philadelphia's professional classic repertory theatre, is set to livestream Georg Büchner's Danton's Death on November 2, as part of Shout into the Void: A Virtual Play Reading Festival.

PlayhouseLive Presents Bob Baker's 'Hallowe'en SpOoKtAcUlAr'
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 21, 2020


Pasadena Playhouse has announced the continuation of Family Entertainment on PlayhouseLive with the Bob Baker Marionette Theater's production of Bob Baker's Hallowe'en SpOoKtAcUlAr.

Quintessence Theatre Group Presents SHOUT INTO THE VOID: A Virtual Play Reading Festival
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 13, 2020


Quintessence Theatre Group, Philadelphia's professional classic repertory theatre, is set to livestream Shout into the Void, a virtual play reading festival from October 12 a?" November 9, 2020. Scheduled to be presented during the run-up to this year's presidential election, each of these enduring classics explores power, politics, and prejudice in ways that enable penetrative contemporary insight and conversation.

Theater Stories: 1 of 4 Broadway Theaters Named After a Woman, Classic Revivals and More About The Vivian Beaumont Theater
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 10, 2020


This week's Theater Stories features The Belasco Theater! Learn about the legendary theater-maker David Belasco, the history of the theater's Broadway plays, the apartment built above the theater and more!

Paines Plough Announces Autumn Plans
by Stephi Wild - Oct 1, 2020


Charlotte Bennett and Katie Posner, Joint Artistic Directors of Paines Plough, today announce the company's plans for Autumn 2020.

PlayhouseLive Presents Bob Baker Marionette Theater's THE CIRCUS
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 25, 2020


Pasadena Playhouse Producing Artistic Director Danny Feldman announces the premiere of Family Entertainment on PlayhouseLive with the Bob Baker Marionette Theater's production of The Circus. 

PlayhouseLive Presents Bob Baker Marionette Theater's THE CIRCUS
by Stephi Wild - Sep 25, 2020


Pasadena Playhouse Producing Artistic Director Danny Feldman announces the premiere of Family Entertainment on PlayhouseLive with the Bob Baker Marionette Theater's production of The Circus.   

Pasadena Playhouse Announces Programming For PLAYHOUSELIVE
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 24, 2020


Pasadena Playhouse announces Fall Programming for PlayhouseLive, a first-of-its-kind nonprofit streaming platform to showcase theatrical productions to a national and international audience, launching online September 30. With the continuation of the Playhouse's efforts as the State Theater of California, PlayhouseLive productions will offer a broad range of voices and perspectives while ensuring that access to the programming will remain accessible to the widest possible audience.

Theater Stories: THE BOOK OF MORMON's Record-Setting Run, Arthur Miller's First Hit & More About the Eugene O'Neill Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 26, 2020


Today's Theater Stories features the Eugene O'Neill Theatre! Learn about Neil Simon's special relationship with the theatre, the first Arthur Miller play to become a smash on Broadway, the history of Eugene O'Neill's plays and more.

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