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Off-Broadway: A LETTER TO HARVEY MILK (Virtual Benefit)
The Off-Broadway musical, A Letter to Harvey Milk, presented at Theatre Row in 2018, will be presented as a benefit online beginning April 22-25, 2021, featuring members of the original cast’s 6-month run. San Francisco. 1986. What could Harry, an amiable but lonely retired kosher butcher, have in common with Barbara, his young lesbian writing…
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NYC Theater: ISLANDS OF CONTENTMENT & CAPRICORN 29 (The Tank)
Founded in 2003, The Tank is an Obie Award-winning, multi-disciplinary non-profit arts presenter and producer, which provides a home in NYC to emerging artists working across all disciplines, including theater, comedy, dance, film, music, puppetry, and storytelling. Here are two upcoming co-productions for spring 2021: ISLANDS OF CONTENTMENT by Dipti Bramhandkar co-Produced with Hypokrit Productions directed by…
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Theater: BROADWAY BY THE YEAR (Town Hall’s 2021 Series)
A group of Suffragists’ fight for the 19th Amendment led them to build a meeting space to educate people on the important issues of the day. During its construction, the 19th Amendment was passed, and on January 12, 1921 The Town Hall opened its doors and took on a double meaning: as a symbol of…
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Theater: BLACK FEMINIST VIDEO GAME (The Civilians)
GAME ON! Tech expertise and artistic innovation come together for a groundbreaking online theatrical experience: The Civilians’ digital premiere production of Black Feminist Video Game by Darrel Alejandro Holnes, a mashup of live performance, video game design and online interaction. Six live performances of will stream from Tuesday, April 27 through Sunday, May 2, 2021 at 8pm ET…
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Theater: VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE (Original Lincoln Center Production on Broadway World, Free)
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike NOW STREAMING Through April 11, 2021 Register now to receive an email with the show link. Use code VANYAFREE to stream FREE! Lincoln Center Theater’s Tony ® Award-winning Best Play (2013) takes 3 mismatched siblings (played to the hilt by Kristine Nielsen, David Hyde Pierce and Sigourney Weaver), adds 1 boy toy (Billy Magnussen), throws in themes…
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Dance / Music: SOCIAL DISTANCE HALL (Park Avenue Armory)
AT A DISTANCE CLOSE UP Park Avenue Armory launches its Social Distance Hall with a season of new commissions of dance, music, and theater created by artists during and in response to the pandemic. A new event conceived by Bill T. Jones will join other new commissions developed over the past eight months by Steven Hoggett, Christine…
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Exhibit: IT GOES SO FAST: OUR TOWN BY HIRSCHFELD (with podcast guest-curated by author Howard Sherman)
The new virtual exhibition It Goes So Fast: Our Town by Hirschfeld is now open. Guest-curated by Howard Sherman, author of the book, Another Day’s Begun: Thornton Wilder’s Our Town in the 21st Century (I just finished it; a fascinating emotional read), this is the first exhibition from the Al Hirschfeld Foundation concentrated on a…
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Theater: NY POPSUP (Various Locations in New York)
NY’s Governor Cuomo has announced the long-awaited return of live indoor performance across New York State beginning April 2, 2021 with the reopening of a significant number of Flexible Venues (“Flex Venues”) as part of an ongoing systematic effort to help jumpstart New York’s struggling live entertainment sector. NY PopsUp, the new festival of pop-up…
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Theater: JERICHO (New Normal Rep)
New Normal Rep (NNR), a new streaming theater company dedicated to producing reflective and inclusive plays, launches this week with its inaugural production: Jericho by Jack Canfora. Directed by four-time Academy Award nominee Marsha Mason (The Goodbye Girl) and featuring Jill Eikenberry (LA Law), Jericho will be streamed on demand, March 4 – April 4, 2021. Tickets are $25, $10…
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Theater: LIGHTS ON THE RADIO TOWER: A ROCK MUSICAL (Five OHM Productions and Indie Theatrical)
A new musical starring Carrie Manolakos (Mamma Mia!) and Max Sangerman (Smokey Joe’s Café), Lights on the Radio Tower, will stream on Five OHM TV beginning today, Friday, March 5, 2021, for a run through March 25 (a ticket offers the viewer access for 24 hours). Originally developed at the Adirondack Theatre Festival and Bloomington Playwrights…
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Theater: LOVE LETTER TO LIZA: A 75TH BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE CELEBRATION
TO AIR ON LIZA’S BIRTHDAY FRIDAY, MARCH 12 AT 8pm ET EXCLUSIVELY ON STELLAR In honor of the legendary Liza Minnelli on her 75th Birthday, a star-studded cast will take part in a special virtual celebration, Love Letter to Liza: A 75th Birthday Tribute Celebration, Friday, March 12 at 8pm EST on the streaming platform Stellar. Tickets, priced at $30.00, are now available at Stellar and Club…
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New York Theater: SIGNATURE THEATRE’S 2021-2022 SEASON (Resident Playwrights’ Productions)
Signature Theatre Announces Resident Playwrights’ Productions for 2021–2022 Season Signature Theatre’s 2021–22 Season looks amazing, and would water any theatregoer’s mouth, especially after the COVID drought we’ve been through. The five works are from playwrights who are at the top of their game. First, Anna Deavere Smith revisits her landmark solo play, Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992….
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Theater: SITI LEGACY PLAN (SITI Company’s Final Season)
SITI LEGACY PLAN SITI Company, a leading New York-based theater ensemble celebrated locally and internationally, announces the SITI Legacy Plan, which includes a finale 30th anniversary season and the creation of a robust physical and digital archive. At the conclusion of the finale season, anticipated to be the Fall of 2022, SITI Company will cease to operate…
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Theater: WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL (2020 Season)
PRICK UP YOUR EARS It’s been said that radio is the invisible medium that has the greatest effect in stimulating the imagination of listeners, especially when it is a dramatization (versus narration). The imagination is aroused such that the listener becomes involved. The potential afforded to you by listening to a play stems from the…
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Feature: OFF-BROADWAY THEATERS SUE GOVERNOR CUOMO; ASKING FOR A REOPENING DATE
OFF BROADWAY THEATERS AND COMEDY CLUB OWNERS WILL TAKE THEIR CASE TO COURT ON NOVEMBER 12 Catherine Russell, owner of New York’s Theater Center at 50th and Broadway does pose an interesting query: “If churches, schools, restaurants, salons, stores, gyms and yes, even bowling alleys can open [in New York], why are the small theaters…
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Music Preview: THANKFUL: A BENEFIT ALBUM FOR JERAD BORTZ (The Music and Lyrics of Steven Skeels)
THE THANKFUL PROJECT Two years ago, Wicked’s Jerad Bortz and husband Steven Skeels were in a tragic car accident that left Bortz paralyzed from the chest down. Now, the best of Broadway have participated in an album, THANKFUL: A Benefit Album for Jerad Bortz, which will be available for pre-order beginning Friday, October 23. The album…
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Music Preview: CHARLEY PRIDE (The 54th Annual CMA Awards)
TAKING PRIDE The Country Music Association has revealed its 2020 Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award recipient’”trailblazing country music star Charley Pride. Pride will accept the honor during The 54th Annual CMA Awards, hosted by Reba McEntire and Darius Rucker, broadcasting live from Nashville Wednesday, Nov. 11 (8:00-11:00 PM/EST) on ABC. “Charley Pride is the epitome of a…
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Theater Preview: LIES (LAB Theater in Ybor City [Tampa], FL
LIES ALL AROUND US Tampa, Florida’s LAB Theater Project is taking to the stage live (yes, live) with the world premiere of Jerry Slaff’s award-winning play Lies, running November 5-22, 2020 at 812 E Henderson Avenue in Ybor City, with both limited in-house seating and live streaming options. Lies, directed by Pete Clapsis, and starring Katherine…
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Theater Preview: AIN’T TOO PROUD LIVESTREAM EVENT (Whoopi Goldberg, Otis Williams, and cast members of Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations)
GET PROUD Starting October 13, 2020, at 7pm ET, catch an exclusive virtual event hosted by Whoopi Goldberg featuring performances from the Broadway musical Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations. There will also be intimate conversations with Otis Williams, founder of The Temptations, Dominique Morisseau, Ain’t Too Proud’s Tony Award-nominated book writer, and cast…
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Film Preview: IF THESE WALLS COULD TALK (documentary on Newport Music Hall in Ohio)
THE WALLS ARE TALKING NOW A musical mecca of the Midwest, the Newport Music Hall holds the honor of being the Longest Continually Running Rock Club in the country. Originally built in 1923 as a movie theatre, the facility was converted into The Agora Ballroom in 1970 until purchased by PromoWest in 1984, reopening as…
Theater Review: DEAD GIRL’S QUINCEAÑERA (Goodman Theatre / Chicago)
by Croydon Fernandes | October 22, 2026
in Chicago, TheaterBroadway Review: 860 (Billy Crystal / Imperial Theatre)
by Paola Bellu | October 22, 2026
in New York, TheaterTheater Review: A STRANGE LOOP (Raven and About Face / Chicago)
by Croydon Fernandes | October 22, 2026
in Chicago, TheaterTheater Review: THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON (The Public Theater / New York)
by Gregory Bernard | October 21, 2026
in New York, TheaterOff-Broadway Review: MACHINE LEARNING (Little Engine Theater)
by Alex Simmons | October 21, 2026
in New York, TheaterOff-Broadway Review: COPPERFIELD! (The Duke on 42nd Street)
by Rob Lester | October 20, 2026
in New York, TheaterOpera Review: CARMEN (LA Opera)
by Michael Landman-Karney | October 20, 2026
in Los Angeles, Music, TheaterTheater Review: CONVENTION (The Industry Loft / Los Angeles)
by Ernest Kearney | October 20, 2026
in Los Angeles, TheaterDance Review: OSCAR (Australian Ballet / Cal Performances / Berkeley)
by Chuck Louden | October 19, 2026
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