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  • Virtual Off-Broadway Theater: PLAY THE LINE (The Public)

    By Gregory Bernard | May 25, 2021
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    ENCORE STREAMING OF WORLD PREMIERE PLAY THE LINE BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND THROUGH JUNE 21, 2021 The Public Theater’s The Line,  written by  Jessica Blank  and  Erik Jensen and directed by Blank, was first performed live on Zoom on July 8, 2020, and the world premiere play was viewed more than 55,000 times in 18 countries during its limited…

  • Live & Virtual Theater Gala: CURTAIN UP, LIGHT THE LIGHTS! (Jane Krakowski & The New York Pops for Roundabout)

    By Gregory Bernard | May 25, 2021
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    Jane Krakowski  (Tony Award nominee,  She Loves Me;  Tony Award winner,  Nine) will star in the 2021 Roundabout Theatre Gala celebrating the long-awaited return to live theatre. This year’s special hybrid event “Curtain Up, Light the Lights!” will happen live in Central Park on Monday, June 7, 2021  and also stream live. Krakowski will be joined by  The New York Pops  and…

  • Broadway: AIN’T SUPPOSED TO DIE A NATURAL DEATH (New Production of the 1971 Musical)

    By Gregory Bernard | May 22, 2021
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    The electrifying and seminal musical play Melvin Van Peebles’  Ain’t Supposed to Die a Natural Death  will return to Broadway for the very first time since its 1971 premiere production. Directed by Kenny Leon,  Ain’t Supposed to Die a Natural Death  will open on Broadway in 2022. Filmmaker  Mario Van Peebles, Melvin’s eldest son and longtime collaborator, will serve as…

  • Off-Off-Broadway: TENNESSEE RISING: THE DAWN OF TENNESSEE WILLIAMS (the cell)

    By Gregory Bernard | May 22, 2021
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    Nancy Manocherian’s the cell theatre hosts the World Premiere of  TENNESSEE RISING: THE DAWN OF TENNESSEE WILLIAMS, a solo play written and performed by Jacob Storms. Directed by Alan Cumming, performances run thru June 27, 2021, at the cell. Performances will be presented open air for a strictly limited audience of 18 with masks and social…

  • Off-Broadway: THE WAKE OF DORCAS KELLY (spit&vigor)

    By Gregory Bernard | May 20, 2021
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    WAKE UP CALL “Unfortunately, there’s a corpse in this trunk.” Coming from spit&vigor, Sara Fellini’s dark new comedy The Wake of Dorcas Kelly brings the audience front and center as a grotesquely intimate circle of mourners gather within The Maiden Tower brothel to hold a wake for Dorcas Kelly, the beloved former Madame executed for…

  • Broadway: PASS OVER (August Wilson Theatre)

    By Gregory Bernard | May 19, 2021
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    The  Lincoln Center Theater  production of  Antoinette Chinonye  Nwandu’s  acclaimed play PASS OVER, directed by Danya Taymor, will reopen Broadway’s  August Wilson Theatre  (245 W 52nd  Street, New York, NY) for a limited engagement, with exact dates to be announced shortly on Pass Over Broadway. This will mark the Broadway debut of both Nwandu and Taymor. Stage and Cinema‘s review of the Steppenwolf…

  • NY Theater Event: BEHIND THE CURTAIN: A VIRTUAL TOUR OF THE BEGINNINGS OF BROADWAY (Peculiar Works Project)

    By Gregory Bernard | May 18, 2021
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    This week’s recommendation for THEATER NERDS: Behind the Curtain  is a unique look at New York City’s earliest theaters’”the birth of Broadway’”through images of its locations, its builders and managers, and the actors who made history on its stages. Join downtown theater-maker  Ralph Lewis  of  Peculiar Works Project  this Thursday, May 20, 2021 at 7pm ET for a virtual tour…

  • Virtual Theater: BKLYN THE MUSICAL (Broadway on Demand)

    By Gregory Bernard | May 16, 2021
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    BKLYN The Musical tells a tapestry of stories as rich and inspiring as the borough that inspired it. There is a girl named Brooklyn, searching for the father she never knew. There is a troupe of street performers, struggling to be heard as artists… and seen as human beings. And there is an epic battle…

  • Broadway: TINA – THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL (Lunt-Fontanne)

    By Gregory Bernard | May 16, 2021
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    TINA – THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL  will reopen at  Broadway’s  Lunt-Fontanne Theatre  (205 West 46th  Street) on  Friday, October 8, 2021. Nominated for 12 Tony Awards, tickets ($79.00 – $199.00) are now on sale at  Ticketmaster. There is a digital lottery, The performance schedule is as follows: Tuesday and Thursday at 7pm and Wednesday, Friday and Saturday at 8pm, with matinees on…

  • Theater Podcast: THE DESIGNATED MOURNER & GRASSES OF A THOUSAND COLORS (Wallace Shawn & André Gregory)

    By Gregory Bernard | May 15, 2021
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    Premiering June 25 & July 9, 2021, Gideon Media will present The Designated Mourner and Grasses of a Thousand Colors, two unnervingly prescient plays from legendary playwright Wallace Shawn and director André Gregory, as part of their new slate of scripted fiction podcasts, with distribution from public media organization PRX. The podcasts will be available…

  • Off-Off-Broadway: OCCASIONALLY NOTHING (Theater for the New City)

    By Gregory Bernard | May 12, 2021
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    Life, the play says, is the time in between the sometimes which sometimes happen. Is that post-truth enough for you? Brad Fryman. It was inevitable, perhaps, that post-truth politics would seep into 21st century absurdist theater. One sunny example is Occasionally Nothing by Natalie Menna, which takes us to an upsetting time-to-come when something can…

  • Theater: LIVE FROM GRAMERCY PARK AT THE PLAYERS

    By Gregory Bernard | May 12, 2021
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    Theater streaming platform Broadway On Demand is presenting the world premiere of Live from Gramercy Park  at The Players  hosted by musical director Lance Horne. This nine-part documentary concert series features evenings of eclectic entertainment that celebrate the best of New York City’s cultural landscape and is dedicated to presenting celebrated music, theater, and cabaret stars, while…

  • Theater: THE SISTERS ROSENSWEIG (Spotlight on Plays)

    By Gregory Bernard | May 11, 2021
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    The Spotlight on Plays series announces the full company for Wendy Wasserstein’s The  Sisters Rosensweig. Three very different  sisters  reunite after a lengthy separation and discover humanity, respect, and love in this definitive  serious comedy about sisterhood. Anna D. Shapiro  (August: Osage County) directs  Jason Alexander  as “Mervyn,”  John Behlmann  as “Geoffrey,”  Lisa Edelstein  as “Sara,”  Kathryn Hahn  as “Gorgeous,”  Kathryn Newton  as “Tess,”  Tracee Chimo Pallero  as “Pfeni,”  Chris Perfetti as “Tom,”…

  • Theater: WATCH ON THE RHINE (Spotlight on Plays)

    By Gregory Bernard | May 10, 2021
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    The “Spotlight  on  Plays” series announces the full company for Lillian Hellman’s  Watch  on  the Rhine  starring Academy award winner  Ellen Burstyn. It will premiere  on  Thursday, May 13 at  8PM EST/5PM PST  and will be available for a limited time  only. Purchase tickets by 7:59PM ET on 5/11: $12. Tickets Purchased after 8:00PM ET 5/11: $18 On demand playback is available with all tickets through 6:00pm…

  • Broadway: SECOND STAGE THEATER (New Season, Fall 2021)

    By Gregory Bernard | May 7, 2021
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    Second Stage Theater has confirmed three Broadway productions at the Hayes Theater (240 West 44th  Street) and two Off-Broadway productions at the Kiser Theater (305 West 43rd Street) for the return season, beginning performances in fall of 2021. As the only theater on Broadway dedicated exclusively to living American playwrights, Second Stage is thrilled to bring…

  • Theater / Dance: SHARE THE FLOOR (Broadway on Demand)

    By Gregory Bernard | April 28, 2021
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    Broadway On Demand, the industry-leading theater streaming platform, is proud to present a new,  completely free, dance and social movement series,  Share the Floor,  created by  Christopher Gattelli  with  Phil LaDuca  and hosted by  Vasthy Mompoint, launching this International Dance Day,  tomorrow, Thursday, April 29, 2021. Share the Floor,  conceived and created by Gattelli to showcase BIPOC choreographers and those from underrepresented populations in the…

  • Broadway Preview: THE GREAT GATSBY (A New Musical)

    By Gregory Bernard | April 27, 2021
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    A pre-Broadway engagement will be announced shortly for a musical stage adaptation of  F. Scott Fitzgerald’s legendary novel The Great Gatsby, A New Musical. With  lyrics by Grammy Award-nominated international rock star of Florence + the Machine  Florence Welch  and music by  Florence Welch  & Oscar and Grammy Award nominee  Thomas Bartlett,  THE GREAT GATSBY, A New Musical  will feature a  book by  Pulitzer Prize winner  Martyna…

  • New York Theater: SHOWING UP (The Civilians)

    By Gregory Bernard | April 11, 2021
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    Coming up on April 16, the New York Theater Company The Civilians is presenting Showing Up, a free live streamed  evening of music and performance inspired by photographer  Accra Shepp’s portraits of Black Lives Matter activists. Showing Up will be hosted by Nidra Sous la Terre with Actors: Becca Blackwell Cecil Blutcher Sheldon Best Marsha Stephanie Blake…

  • Theater Concert: SUTTON FOSTER: BRING ME TO LIGHT (New York City Center)

    By Gregory Bernard | April 9, 2021
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    FOSTERING IN THE LIGHT New York City Center is offering a new digital program which was filmed live: Sutton Foster|Bring Me to Light. Foster does one mean concert, and now she’s taking over City Center for an event with friends celebrating their connections to the historic theater and reflecting on the challenges facing all of…

  • Virtual Theater: THE MUSICAL OF MUSICALS (THE MUSICAL!) (York Theater Company Fundraiser)

    By Gregory Bernard | April 4, 2021
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    The York Theatre Company has announced an all-star cast for its upcoming virtual benefit presentation of  The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!). The event will raise funds to help the York recover and rebuild after  devastating damage from a water main break on January 4. The performance will premiere on Sunday, April 18, at 7pm and will…

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