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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…
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Off-Broadway Review: VOYEUR: THE WINDOWS OF TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (Bated Breath Theatre Company)
A TOULOUSE TO LOOSEN YOU UP Beginning September 30, Bated Breath Theatre Company will present VOYEUR: THE WINDOWS OF TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, a pandemic-friendly theatrical walking tour conceived and directed by Mara Lieberman. It is inspired by their long-running immersive hit at Madame X, Unmaking Toulouse-Lautrec, which has been paused by the pandemic. This open air, intimate theatrical…
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Broadway Preview: DIANA (Netflix and Longacre Theatre)
THE NEW MUSICAL WILL PREMIERE ON NETFLIX AHEAD OF ITS 2021 BROADWAY OPENING The producers of Diana, A New Musical, will premiere on Netflix next year ahead of the Broadway opening. Diana, the upcoming new musical, currently on hiatus due to Covid-19, began previews on Monday, March 2, 2020, and was scheduled to open on Tuesday,…
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Preview: LET US ENTERTAIN YOU (Brave Hearts for Broadway)
YOU GOTTA HAVE HEART Healthcare professionals help mend broken bodies, while theatre folk help heal collective souls. Now more than ever, it’s become apparent that the two need each other. From that, Brave Hearts for Broadway was born. It’s an organization that brings arts-minded frontline workers together with the theatre community to keep the arts…
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Theater Preview: STARS IN THE HOUSE (200th Episode)
“STARS IN THE HOUSE” CELEBRATES 200th EPISODE WITH A NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM WITH BEN STILLER, OWEN WILSON, CARLA GUGINO, AND MORE Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley announced today that the landmark 200th episode of “Stars in the House” will reunite the cast of “Night at the Museum” in support of The Actors Fund! LIVE on Thursday, September 10th at 8 PM…
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Theater Preview: BROADWAY PROFILES WITH TAMSEN FADAL (WPIX in NYC)
BROADWAY PROFILES WITH TAMSEN FADAL The newest episode of Broadway Profiles with Tamsen Fadal — premiering on WPIX-TV Sunday, September 6 at 6:00pm EST — will feature segments on Diana: A New Musical and its journey to Netflix, featuring Jeanna de Waal (Diana), Judy Kaye, and Kelly Devine; the Tony Award-winning musical Hadestown, featuring Tony Award winner Rachel Chavkin, Tony Award winner Anais Mitchell,…
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Concert Feature: THE SETH CONCERT SERIES (Upcoming guests: Sierra Boggess, Karen Olivo and Jeremy Jordan)
SIERRA BOGGESS AND KAREN OLIVO JOIN THE SETH CONCERT SERIES VIRTUAL LINE-UP: JEREMY JORDAN TO RETURN FOR ALL NEW SHOW
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Theater Review: CRUSH (No Puppet Co.)
WORLD PREMIERE OF PUPPET PLAY, CRUSH, FINALLY GETS ITS DUE No Puppet Co. is offering the World Premiere of CRUSH, an ingenious, fun video puppet play presented in six parts and released in separate installments on YouTube through August 20 (the delicious segments will remain there for viewing later on). Picking up roughly from where Kafka left off —…
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Song Review: “SHINE/INSTRUMENT OF HOPE”
SHINE ON Broadway Records has released of a new version of “Shine,” the anthem written by Sawyer Garrity & Andrea Peí±a, student survivors of the Parkland tragedy, when on February 14, 2018, a 19-year-old gunman walked into Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, and opened fire, killing 17 students and faculty members. The piano…
Music Review: NELLIE McKAY (City Vineyard)
by Rob Lester | April 29, 2026
in Cabaret, New YorkOff-Broadway Review: BROKEN SNOW (Theatre 71)
by Gregory Fletcher | April 28, 2026
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by Lynne Weiss | April 27, 2026
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