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Theater Obit: ARTHUR KOPIT (Playwright)
Arthur Kopit, the legendary dramatist, died yesterday morning at the age of 83. He is survived by his wife, Leslie Garis; his children Alex, Ben, Kat; his grandchildren Arthur, Beatrix, and Clara; and his sister, Susan. Throughout a career spanning seven decades, Arthur Kopit authored an extraordinary string of admired, acclaimed, and award-winning stage works, beginning…
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Theater Review: AMOUR (Art Lab and ShowTown Productions)
YOU’LL FALL IN LOVE WITH AMOUR “I wanted to write an opera-bouffe, an intimate evening with light, lyrical singing and delicate charm,” wrote composer Michel Legrand. “Marcel Aymé’s delightful story of an ordinary little man who suddenly finds himself gifted with extraordinary powers seemed to be the perfect material for such an amusement.” Kevin Massey, Kara Lindsay, Thom…
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Dance: CHASING MAGIC (Ayodele Casel world premiere, streaming from The Joyce in NYC)
SHE’S TAPPING OUR TROUBLES AWAY Tap superstar Ayodele Casel returns to The Joyce in NYC for a world premiere digital engagement that explores the joys of everyday life and the art of tap dance. The Joyce will host the one-time-only digital dance event of the spring, Chasing Magic, an evening stacked with collaborators both brand…
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NY Theater: BLINDNESS (Donmar Warehouse at the Daryl Roth)
A LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL Blindness, the Donmar Warehouse production of José Saramago’s dystopian novel written by Simon Stephens (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time) and directed by Walter Meierjohann, will begin performances tomorrow at the Daryl Roth Theatre. This marks one of the first performing arts events to open in New York City. Blindness is a…
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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: JOHN CULLUM: AN ACCIDENTAL STAR (Vineyard Theatre, Goodspeed Musicals, Irish Rep)
HIS CAREER IS NO ACCIDENT John Cullum: An Accidental Star is an 80-minute intimate evening of stories and songs spanning Cullum’s illustrious career is told and sung by the 91-year-old two-time Tony Award winner. Directed and filmed earlier this year by Lonny Price (110 in the Shade with Cullum), An Accidental Star takes you behind the scenes with Broadway…
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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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Music Concerts: JUDY COLLINS & MARIZA (The Town Hall)
The Town Hall is pleased to announce two ENCORE streaming concert events: The great Judy Collins in a concert recreating her legendary 1964 concert at The Town Hall on April 16 and Mariza in a concert celebrating the release of her album Mariza sings Amália on April 9 (the album has ten Amália standards reinvented for…
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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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Book Review: A WONDERFUL GUY: CONVERSATIONS WITH THE GREAT MEN OF MUSICAL THEATRE (Eddie Shapiro)
IN THE GUYS OF THEATER To misquote Jane Austen, it is a truth universally acknowledged that most actors love to talk about themselves. Eddie Shapiro has taken full advantage of this fact and the result is a refreshingly honest account of what it means to be a musical theatre performer. A Wonderful Guy is a…
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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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Theater: MYTHS AND HYMNS (Adam Guettel’s Theatrical Song Cycle (MasterVoices)
DON’T MYTH THIS Myths and Hymns is a kaleidoscopic song cycle that explores the nature of faith and longing in a secular world. With it, MasterVoices is exploring the nature of choral performance in a digital world – this epic performance will be virtual, but nothing like your typical Zoom offering. Nearly nine months in the making, Myths…
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Audio Theater Review: ROMEO Y JULIETA (The Public)
A ROSE BY ANY OTHER LANGUAGE… Since COVID-19’s halting live theater, there have been two different entertainments emerging. One is plays, concerts and music performed either through ZOOM or a pre-recorded show — rarely have they been live. It’s been an overall dispiriting experience compared to live theater. The best live experience is handily The…
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Theater: AWESOME LINE-UP FOR APRIL & MAY (The Seth Concert Series)
MATT DOYLE, ALI STROKER, STEPHANIE J. BLOCK, SEBASTIAN ARCELUS, MANDY GONZALEZ, ANDREA McARDLE, CHRISTINE PEDI, LAURA BENANTI, LINDA BENANTI, & LESLIE UGGAMS JOIN SETH CONCERTS APRIL & MAY Stage and Cinema’s favorite virtual streaming show of the entire last year has announced that ten stars of the stage and screen will join the April and May…
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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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Book: A WONDERFUL GUY: CONVERSATIONS WITH THE GREAT MEN OF MUSICAL THEATER (Edited by Eddie Shapiro)
A Wonderful Guy: Conversations with the Great Men of Musical Theater, Eddie Shapiro’s follow up to his wildly popular Nothing Like a Dame, will be released on Thursday, April 1, 2021 and is published by Oxford Press. A Wonderful Guy will be available in hardcover and digital formats with pre-orders now being accepted on Amazon and Barnes & Noble. In A Wonderful…
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Opera / Film: RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE: THE MAKING OF A WESTERN OPERA (Quantum Leap Productions)
A DOCUMENTARY FILM ABOUT THEATRE STARRING PETER COYOTE PREMIERES VIRTUALLY MARCH 25 – APRIL 11, 2021 Riders of the Purple Sage: The Making of a Western Opera, a documentary film that celebrates the artistry of live theatre, will be presented by Quantum Leap Productions as an online benefit to support creative professionals out of work…
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Theater: 31ST ANNUAL KLEBAN PRIZE FOR MUSICAL THEATRE (Broadway on Demand)
Broadway On Demand, the theater-focused streaming platform, is presenting the first ever virtual presentation of the 31st annual Kleban Prize for Musical Theatre, tonight, Monday, March 15 at 7pm ET. Click here to stream. The 2021 Kleban Prize for the most promising musical theatre lyricist has been awarded to lyricist Benjamin Scheuer. The Kleban Prize for…
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Music: AMPLIFY 2021 (MAESTRA MUSIC’S SPRING INAUGURAL CONCERT EVENT)
Maestra Music, the organization supporting the women who make the music in the musical theater industry, hosts their inaugural Spring concert event, Amplify, on Monday, March 29, 8pm ET, with an interactive pre-show @ 7:00pm ET. Taking place virtually, and presented in partnership with Broadway Unlocked, the program will highlight the work and programs Maestra offers in an…
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