WNMTC performed Les Misérables in fall of 2013 and it moved everyone in the cast, crew, orchestra and audience so deeply that they decided to make 'One Day More' the first project of Broadway Rising! virtual choir.
For this Network Webinar, The Wing speaks to the individuals who are on the ground, working remotely and doing the vital work of fundraising and development, both of which play a crucial role in the non-profit theatre world.
Until the Orchestra can return to David Geffen Hall, English Horn / Oboe Ryan Roberts is living in California and Associate Principal Oboe Sherry Sylar remains in New York City.
New York Theatre Workshop hosted a master class, HOW I THINK ABOUT DIRECTING TEXT, with Tony Award-winning director and NYTW Usual Suspect Rachel Chavkin.
The Public Theater's WE ARE ONE PUBLIC, a one-night-only star-studded virtual event to support The Public, will take place on Monday, June 1. A new video has been released of host Jesse Tyler Ferguson hilariously making his rounds of phone calls to the stars who will appear in the event.
The Stratford Festival has launched a film festival during this period of social isolation, offering free streaming of 12 Shakespeare productions captured as part of its Stratford Festival On Film series. The series continues with Love's Labour's Lost, May 28-June 18.
The Royal Shakespeare Company's production of Matilda The Musical has released a video of some of the current young performers along with Miss Honey (Gina Beck) singing 'When I Grow Up' from their homes during theatreland shutdown.
Multitalented artist, filmmaker and author Sean Kanan will host the Indie Series Awards, producers announced today. The 11th Annual ISAs ceremony will be held Thursday, June 18, 2020, at 9:00 PM ET.
We here at BroadwayWorld know that sometimes social-distancing can get you down. With the theatre industry at a standstill, many of us are craving some trademark musical theatre merriment to keep our spirits up while keeping ourselves and others safe.
Asolo Repertory Theatre has announced the launch of Young Artists: Online Classes, a new educational program designed for students ages 8-18. Organized into three sessions, beginning June 1, June 16, and July 6, the classes explore performance, theatre making and storytelling and utilize digital platforms such as Zoom, Google Classroom, Flipgrid.
Ballet Hispánico continues B Unidos, its Instagram video series on Motivational Monday, May 25 with a message from Pamela Tatge, Asociate Director of Jacob's Pillow, Daily Online Company Classes, Bury Me Standing Watch Party Choreography by Ramón Oller Wednesday, May 27, 2020 at 7pm and more.
Faced with the crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, The Next Festival of Emerging Artists, the unique contemporary music festival founded in 2013 by composer, conductor, and bassist Peter Askim, acted quickly to address the needs of musicians by forming a new component: Next Fest Connects.
Premiere Stages, the professional theatre company in residence at Kean University, has announced that Camp Premiere, the annual summer theatre program for middle school and high school students, will be moved online this summer.
The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center has announced the ninth weekly line-up of its new global series, SEGAL TALKS, which was conceived, created and curated by Frank Hentschker in March 2020. New York, US, and international theatre artists, curators, researchers, and academics will talk daily for one hour with Segal Center's director, Frank Hentschker.
Christmas is coming early this year. Billy Recce (A Musical About Star Wars, The Birds and the BS with Jordan Roth) and Drew Larimore (Out of Iceland, Roku's Janice Gunter, Ghosthunter) have released two digital tracks from their new musical in development, THE BESTEST OFFICE CHRISTMAS PARTY EVER.
In Carnegie Hall's new virtual series, Live with Carnegie Hall, watch Tituss Burgess as he performs a?oeWaiting for Life,a?? a?oeDo You Want to Dance,a?? a?oeGuess Who I Saw Today,a?? a?oeKing of the World,a?? a?oeI Loves You, Porgy,a?? a?oePour Unfortunate Souls,a?? and a?oeTomorrow.a??
Broadway On Demand will celebrate Memorial Day this year with a very special streaming presentation of Richard Oberacker and Robert Taylor's Bandstand, Monday, May 25 on BroadwayOnDemand.com.
As May concludes, National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene (Folksbiene)-led by Zalmen Mlotek, Artistic Director, and Dominick Balletta, Executive Director-brings the stage to global audiences when Folksbiene! LIVE features 15-Minute Yiddish lessons and Lisa Fishman in Concert.