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East Lynne Theater Company Announces 2021 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 7, 2021


As the award-winning Equity professional East Lynne Theater Company prepares for its upcoming 41st summer/fall production season in Cape May, NJ, it continues to produce virtual events for its YouTube Channel.

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Announces Winter Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 17, 2020


The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center has announced its Winter 2021 Digital Season, with 26 new digital offerings, available for free, from January 14 to March 26, 2021.  CMS introduces a new online schedule in January, with concerts premiering Thursday evenings and educational and conversational programs premiering on Monday evenings.

Royal Society Of Literature Celebrates 200th Birthday With 60 Appointments and Five-Year Festival
by Stephi Wild - Nov 29, 2020


The Royal Society of Literature (RSL), the charity that represents the voice of literature in the UK, has today in celebration of its 200th birthday announced RSL 200, a five-year festival launched with a series of major new initiatives and 60 new appointments championing the great diversity of writing and writers in the UK.

American Dance Guild Festival Week Seven Begins This Monday
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 19, 2020


Reaching into its archival treasure trove of rarely seen recordings of past events, The American Dance Guild continues their virtual offering 10 Years Over 10 Weeks, a rich collection of video performances of honorees and guest artists over the last ten years of ADG Performance Festivals.

Art House Productions Announces In-Person And Virtual Programming Through February 2021
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 30, 2020


Art House Productions has announced a hybrid of visual and performing arts programming through February 2021. The mini-season includes in-person gallery shows, online artist talks, a radio play, Virtual Drag Queen Bingo, and virtual editions of Jersey City's favorite festivals-including Your Move: New Jersey's Modern Dance Festival and JC Fridays.

Kritzerland Announces Full Cast for @HOME AGAIN — PREMIERES AND ENCORES
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 27, 2020


For the 110th Kritzerland show and the sixth online show, Kritzerland is doing Premieres and Encores - songs that have never been performed in any of the ten years of shows and a few encores of songs done in the live shows.

Queen Theater in Wilmington Becomes Joe Biden's Campaigning Home
by Stephi Wild - Oct 26, 2020


The Queen Theater in Wilmington, Delaware has become the home of the Joe Biden campaign.

Holocaust Museum LA Presents Debut of Virtual Exhibit RECALLING A LOST WORLD
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 23, 2020


Holocaust Museum LA will present the debut of 'Recalling a Lost World: David Labkovski Brings the Stories of Sholem Aleichem to Life,' a new virtual exhibit that features Labkovski's vibrant illustrations inspired by the stories of leading Yiddish author and playwright Sholem Aleichem.

TEVYE SERVED RAW To Be Performed At Centenary Stage Company
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 20, 2020


Find out what happens to the beloved characters in Fiddler on the Roof after the musical ends. TEVYE SERVED RAW is an evening of Sholem Aleichem material, with adaptations of his Tevye stories (“What, Me Worthy?” and “Get Thee Gone!”), scenes from his own long-unseen Yiddish stage version, and three of his purely comedic stories, newly adapted (“Strange Jews on a Train,” “The Yiddish Sisyphus” and “A Stepmother’s Trash-Talk”). 

The Civilians Announces Tenth Annual R&D Group
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 15, 2020


The Civilians will present the newest members of The R&D Group, marking the Group's 10th season, and The Civilians 20th Anniversary Season. The R&D Group is comprised of playwrights, composers, and directors who work together as a writing group for nine months to develop new plays and musicals.

Pianist Thomas Kotcheff Releases Debut Albun 'Songs Of Insurrection' Next Month
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 13, 2020


For his debut solo album, rising Los Angeles-based pianist Thomas Kotcheff has taken on a formidable challenge: the premiere recording of American composer Frederic Rzewski's virtuosic (and timely) Songs of Insurrection, based on protest songs from seven countries around the world.

Granite Theatre Presents TRIFLES Virtual Performance
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 2, 2020


Judy George directs Trifles at Granite Theatre. 

Allen And Gray's New Voices Concert Series Will Feature Jye Bryant
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 25, 2020


Allen and Gray's digital New Voices Concert series comes back to their Facebook page this Monday (September 28th) and will feature Jye Bryant, writer of the music and lyrics for The Oldest Profession - A New Musical.

The Everyman Announces Programme of Live Events
by Stephi Wild - Sep 22, 2020


The Everyman has announced a programme of live performance with a mix of rehearsed readings, comedy, and music. The re-opening heralds a new digital direction for the theatre with Play It By Ear, a programme of shows at The Everyman, which are also available live through audio broadcast to be experienced from wherever audiences are.

BWW Review: DRUIDGREGORY at Coole Park
by Brendan Daly - Sep 21, 2020


The most famous lines associated with the play Cathleen ní Houlihan (1902) aren’t actually in the script.

Lori Belilove & Isadora Duncan Dance Co. Performance Live September 26
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 17, 2020


Lori Belilove  & The Isadora Duncan Dance Company announce a socially distanced Garden Performance,  and a return to historic roots at The Amphitheater of the Walled Garden of Untermyer's Yonkers estate, where Samuel and Minnie Untermyer watched The Isadorables perform in 1923.

Clivio Penned To Headline First Virtual Benefit Concert Of Fall For Boston Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Sep 7, 2020


The Regent Theatre in Arlington, MA has provided arts and entertainment to the Greater Boston area for over 100 years. Serge Clivio has been a part of that tradition for about 20 of them. We caught up with Serge, virtually, to chat about the benefit concert that is set to stream live on YouTube and Facebook on Sunday, September 13th at 8pm EST. 100% of proceeds will go to The Regent Theatre's reopening campaign.

Beth Malone, Jason Graae, Petula Clark and More Join Kritzerland 10th Anniversary Show
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 20, 2020


For the 109th Kritzerland show, roll out the ribbons, throw the confetti, because Kritzerland is celebrating its tenth anniversary.

Oscar Winning Actress Olivia De Havilland Dies at Age 104
by Stephi Wild - Jul 26, 2020


Two-time Academy Award-winning actress, Dame Olivia de Havilland has died peacefully from natural causes on July 26 at her residence in Paris, France.  She was 104.

Metropolitan Playhouse to Present Free Screened Reading of THE PEOPLE by Susan Glaspell
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 14, 2020


Obie Award winner Metropolitan Playhouse will present a free 'screened' reading of THE PEOPLE, a one-act play by Susan Glaspell, via live stream video, with talkback to follow, on Saturday, July 18th, 2020 at 8 PM, EST.

Norm Lewis, Emily Skinner and More to Take Part in Kritzerland Free Online Concert
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 8, 2020


For the 107th Kritzerland show, Kritzerland stays home once again with another talent-packed song-filled show Kritzerland Influencers. The free benefit show will feature classic theater and film songs, some rarities, and a few songs that might be completely unfamiliar.

BWW Review: BIRDSONG, Original Theatre Online
by Louise Penn - Jun 30, 2020


The Original Theatre Company commemorate the 104th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme by bringing their adaptation of Sebastian Faulks's Birdsong to the screen. Building on the techniques used to stream during the early stages of lockdown, Birdsong loses none of its power, relevance, or sense of storytelling.

Breaking: Roundabout Postpones CAROLINE, OR CHANGE & More Until Spring 2021; TROUBLE IN MIND Added to Line-Up
by Nicole Rosky - Jun 26, 2020


Roundabout Theatre Company just announced that the current theatrical season will resume in Spring 2021, and has added the Broadway debut of Alice Childress's Trouble in Mind, directed by Charles Randolph-Wright, to its roster of upcoming shows. Childress was a Founding Member of the American Negro Theatre and the first African-American woman to be produced professionally in New York (Gold Through The Trees in 1952); Randolph-Wright is a celebrated director and writer whose play Blue had an acclaimed run at Roundabout in 2001. Trouble in Mind will premiere on Broadway at the American Airlines Theatre in Winter 2021/22.

Kritzerland Will Present a New Online Concert Featuring Norm Lewis, Emily Skinner and More
by Stephi Wild - Jun 20, 2020


For the 107th Kritzerland show, Kritzerland stays home once again with another talent-packed song-filled show. Kritzerland Influencers is the show title and to say more than that would spoil the fun. But as with all Kritzerland shows, there'll be classic theater and film songs, some rarities, and a fews songs that might be completely unfamiliar.

East Lynne Theater's TALES Presents Susan Tischler's HELPFUL HINTS
by Stephi Wild - Jun 20, 2020


East Lynne Theater Company commissioned Susan Tischler to create a one-person play based on Croy's book and perform it under the direction of Karen Case Cook, at The Chalfonte Hotel in 2008.  She later performed this comedy at ELTC's performance venue, The Cape May Presbyterian Church and on the road.

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