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Review Roundup: SCHMIGADOON! Opens on Broadway
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 20, 2026


Schmigadoon! is now open at the Nederlander Theatre! Alex Brightman & Sara Chase star — read what every major critic is saying in our full review roundup.

15 Broadway Musicals with Multiple Movie Adaptations
by Josh Sharpe - Jul 19, 2025


For years, Broadway musicals have spawned multiple film adaptations, from the early days of cinema to Steven Spielberg's remake of West Side Story. Take a look at our list of 15 musicals that have danced their way to the screen more than once!

Interview: ONE FOR MY BABY Creators Fred Barton And Scott Thompson
by Shari Barrett - Mar 4, 2025


All Roads Theatre Company’s (ARTCO’s) 2025 Season kicks off with the World Premiere musical One For My Baby, which features Broadway stars Lana Gordon and Luba Mason leading a cast of 28 performers, supported by a 12-piece Big Band. I decided to speak with ARTCO’s Fred Barton and Scott Thompson who wrote the musical’s book, with conductor Barton also creating the music arrangements and Thompson directing and choreographing the production.

Review: A RAISIN IN THE SUN at Theatrical Outfit
by Jennifer Skura Boutell - Sep 20, 2024


What did our critic think of A RAISIN IN THE SUN at Theatrical Outfit?

THE GOLDBERG-VARIATIONS By George Tabori to be Presented at Theater for the New City
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 3, 2024


THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY will present THE GOLDBERG-VARIATIONS by George Tabori, running this fall. Learn more about the show and see how to purchase tickets.

Orange County Student Artists Honored At Annual Junior Art Awards Ceremony At Festival Of Arts
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 13, 2024


Orange County student artists were celebrated at the annual Junior Art Awards Ceremony at the Festival of Arts, recognizing their creative achievements and contributions to the local art community.

Photoville NYC 2024 to Return in June With 85+ Exhibitions
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 8, 2024


Photoville NYC 2024 will kick off with an event-packed, free-to-the-public opening weekend in Brooklyn Bridge Park. Learn more about the exhibitions!

SAUL LEITER: CENTENNIAL On View At Howard Greenberg Gallery Through February 10
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 4, 2024


Celebrate the 100th anniversary of Saul Leiter's birth with an exhibition at Howard Greenberg Gallery. Featuring over 40 photographs, paintings, and painted photographs, this retrospective showcases Leiter's diverse career. On view through February 10, 2024.

Yorke Dance Project Reveals Premieres For Autumn
by Stephi Wild - Aug 8, 2023


Yorke Dance Project, the contemporary ballet company run by Yolande Yorke-Edgell, has two major premieres this autumn: its film of Sea of Troubles, Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s ballet based on Hamlet, and a new mixed bill, California Connections, which pays tribute to three inspirational female choreographers – Isadora Duncan, Martha Graham and Bella Lewitzy.

John Pizzarelli To Celebrate New Album At Scullers Jazz Club, June 2
by A.A. Cristi - May 3, 2023


Acclaimed guitarist/vocalist John Pizzarelli celebrates his new album Stage & Screen with album release concert on Friday, June 2 at Scullers Jazz Club.

Peninsula Players Theatre Announces 2023 Season Featuring a World Premiere & More
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 25, 2022


Peninsula Players Theatre, America's oldest professional resident summer theater and Door County's theatrical icon, has announce its 88th season performing June 13 through October 15, 2023.

Orange County Student Artists Honored at Annual Junior Art Awards Ceremony at Festival of Arts 
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 15, 2022


On Sunday, August 14th, the Festival of Arts of Laguna Beach celebrated the talent and hard work of Orange County students at the annual Junior Art Awards Ceremony. The 2022 Junior Art Exhibit is sponsored in part by California First Leasing Corporation, Mark Porterfield of Laguna Beach, and a grant from the FOA Foundation.

Norton Museum Ushers In Summer With Focus On Picasso, Community Programming
by A.A. Cristi - May 25, 2022


Starting Memorial Day weekend and running through Labor Day, the Norton of Museum of Art will host a wide array of exhibitions, events, and family activities as part of its second annual Summer at the Norton programming initiative (May 28 – Sept. 5).

UCI Jack and Shanaz Langson Institute and Museum of California Art Announces 2021 Acquisitions of Works by Six Artists
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 8, 2022


Today, UC Irvine Jack and Shanaz Langson Institute and Museum of California Art (Langson IMCA) announced six new acquisitions that entered the museum's growing collection in 2021. The gifts of artworks represent a range of genres and mediums by artists responding to the California experience, dating from the early 20th century to 2019.

OF MICE AND MEN to Be Presented On-Demand from Westport Country Playhouse
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 2, 2021


Westport Country Playhouse will add to its 2021 Season lineup the HD video production from its archives, “Of Mice and Men,” by Nobel Prize and Pulitzer Prize-winning author John Steinbeck, streaming on demand, Monday, September 13 through Sunday, September 26.

New Orleans Opera Streams Filmed Production of THE MEDIUM
by Stephi Wild - Apr 3, 2021


New Orleans Opera is presenting a filmed version of Menotti's The Medium, premiering on YouTube April 16, 2021 at 7:30 pm. 

Austin Jewish Film Festival Celebrates 18th Anniversary Next Month
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 27, 2020


The Austin Jewish Film Festival will celebrate its 18th year, a year of significance.

The Museum of Arts and Design to Present Virtual Free Trunk Shows With International Jewelry Artists
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 13, 2020


The Museum of Arts and Design celebrates the craft of artist-made jewelry with MAD About Jewelry 2020, virtual shows and sales of more than 40 of the world's most innovative contemporary jewelry artists. Small groups of artists will show their work on the museum's website, then every two weeks, the artists will rotate and jewelry by a new group will be featured for sale.  In mid-November, MAD About Jewelry 2020 will culminate with a presentation of work from all the 2020 artists, including new work, online through the end of the year.

National Theatre Of Scotland Announces New Digital And Streamed Theatre Projects
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 1, 2020


The National Theatre of Scotland is set to continue its new work over the coming months, with an innovative mix of streamed theatre and digital projects, including two new productions from leading Scottish creatives Hannah Lavery and Adura Onashile, both addressing urgent contemporary and historical issues around race in Scotland today.

Wynn Handman, Producer and Acting Teacher, Has Passed Away at 97
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 14, 2020


Wynn Handman, the famed New York acting teacher and Artistic Director of The American Place Theatre, died at home April 11, 2020 of Covid-19 related pneumonia. He was 97.

Museum Of Arts & Design Previews New Exhibition '45 Stories In Jewelry'
by Stephi Wild - Feb 21, 2020


The Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) had a private opening of their new exhibition, 45 Stories in Jewelry: 1947 to Now on February 12th. Artists, curators, and collectors were invited to preview MAD's unique, world-class collection of studio and contemporary art jewelry. Selected by an advisory committee to represent significant developments in art jewelry since the mid-century, 45 Stories in Jewelry showcases jewelry artists for whom anything can serve as inspirationa?"from a material or found object to the pressing social and political issues of our time. In 2008, MAD created a dedicated jewelry gallery with forty-five open storage drawers. 45 Stories in Jewelry debuts the redesign of these drawers, contextualizing the work within history to deepen viewers' understanding of the field.

BWW Review: HIJIKATA MON AMOUR Honors A Trailblazer While Exploring the Future of Butoh
by Cindy Sibilsky - Nov 11, 2019


'On a personal level, to me, the piece represented the lineage: a student hears a teachers' voice and is forever changed by it,' Vangeline described. 'A butoh student must be lost to be found, walk in the dark, dive deeply inside themselves, and, as Tatsumi Hijikata said, 'pluck the darkness from their own flesh.'

'Pushing Paper: Contemporary Drawing From 1970 To Now' Comes to the British Museum
by Stephi Wild - Aug 21, 2019


For the first time, the British Museum has co-curated an exhibition with partner museums from around the UK to display and then tour contemporary artworks from its Prints and Drawings collection. Pushing paper: contemporary drawing from 1970 to now will illustrate how artists experiment with the power of paper to express their ideas, pushing the medium in new directions. It will highlight the breadth and quality of the Museum's collection of modern art, as well as its global scope. The exhibition of 56 works will showcase the astonishing diversity of contemporary drawing over the last fifty years, with graphic work by artists such as David Hockney, Rachel Whiteread, Sol LeWitt, Anish Kapoor, Tracey Emin and Grayson Perry, as well as exciting works by emerging artists like Hamid Sulaiman and Rachel Duckhouse. Many of these pieces will be on public display for the first time, including work by Gwen Hardie, Jonathan Callan and Jan Vanriet.

JOHNNY GOT HIS GUN Extends At The Actors Gang Through Today
by BWW News Desk - Nov 14, 2018


The Actors' Gang has announced an extension of 'Johnny Got His Gun' at the Ivy Substation, adding two performances, a matinee performance on November 11th, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I and Veteran's Day and an evening performance on November 14th. The stage adaptation of Academy Award-winning screenwriter Dalton Trumbo's war novel, Johnny Got His Gun, written by Bradley Rand Smith and directed by Tim Robbins, began previews on October 6th and opened October 13th.

JOHNNY GOT HIS GUN Extends At The Actors Gang Through 11/14
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 7, 2018


The Actors' Gang has announced an extension of 'Johnny Got His Gun' at the Ivy Substation, adding two performances, a matinee performance on November 11th, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I and Veteran's Day and an evening performance on November 14th. The stage adaptation of Academy Award-winning screenwriter Dalton Trumbo's war novel, Johnny Got His Gun, written by Bradley Rand Smith and directed by Tim Robbins, began previews on October 6th and opened October 13th.

The Medium History

Other Productions of The Medium

1947   Broadway Original Broadway Production
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1948   Broadway Unknown
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The Medium - 1947 Broadway Awards and Nominations

Note: Award winners are highlighted with a background.
The Medium — awards and nominations
Year Ceremony Category Nominee
1948 Tony Awards Best Scenic Design Horace Armistead

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