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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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Broadway Podcast: JERRY HERMAN: POET OF THE SHOWTUNE (The Fabulous Invalid)
AN INSIDE TWO-PART LOOK AT THE LIFE AND WORK OF BROADWAY LEGEND JERRY HERMAN Broadway’s podcast, The Fabulous Invalid, has today released an epic two-part episode, Jerry Herman: Poet of the Showtune, celebrating Broadway legend. Both Part One and Part Two of Poet of the Showtune are very entertaining, as are previous episodes, all available here….
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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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Theater: THREE DAYS OF RAIN (Manhattan Theatre Club Reading with Original Cast and Director)
Reuniting The Stars of the Original Cast: Patricia Clarkson, John Slattery, and Bradley Whitford Streaming on demand from Thursday March 11 through Sunday March 21, Manhattan Theatre Club presents a new reading of Three Days of Rain, originally produced in MTC’s 1997-1998 season. The original stars – Patricia Clarkson (Six Feet Under), John Slattery (Mad Men), and Bradley Whitford…
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Theater: CAST AND CREATIVE TEAM REUNITE FOR ASSASSINS 3OTH ANNIVERSARY (Patrick Cassidy and Studio Tenn)
FREE ONLINE ANNIVERSARY EVENT ON MARCH 8 INCLUDES SONDHEIM Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman’s Assassins premiered Off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons on December 18, 1990, and closed on February 16, 1991, after 73 performances. With sharp characters and fabulous songs, the simple premise has nine people who have tried to kill or who actually have killed…
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Theater: JULIUS CAESAR (Shakespeare@ Home)
CAESAR THE MOMENT Julius Caesar is one of Shakespeare’s best known and most oft-quoted plays, chronicling the political and moral crisis of Brutus and his fellow conspirators as they plot to murder Caesar to prevent a dictatorship. First performed in 1599, this timeless play examines the razor-thin line between power and corruption, duty and ambition,…
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Theater Preview: BROADWAY BACKWARDS (Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS)
Broadway Backwards Makes Virtual Premiere on Tuesday, March 30, 2021 Broadway Backwards will take a hopeful, musical look toward life post-pandemic in its first virtual edition set to stream with a bevy of Broadway’s best at 8 pm Eastern on Tuesday, March 30, 2021. Broadway Backwards (#broadwaybackwards) is produced by Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and benefits Broadway Cares and the Lesbian, Gay,…
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Preview: SANTINO FONTANA (Seth Concert Series)
SANTINO AND SETH Get ready, kids. This Sunday, February 21, 2021 at 8 (LIVE!) and Monday at 3 (EST), the gregarious, gadfly Seth Rudetsky will have as his guest Santino Fontana. Seth ’” accompanying this Broadway great on the piano from his New York flat ’” will extemporaneously chat it up with this amazing performer,…
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Music: STREAMING CONCERTS (92Y in New York)
NEED A REASON TO WATCH GREAT ONLINE CONCERTS? HERE’S Y. Beginning Monday February 1, 2021, NYC’s 92Y is presenting quite the cavalcade of concerts. From Emanuel Ax to Richard Goode and Daniil Trifoniv, this is the go-to place for the finest in classical music. The formidable lineup for 92Y’s winter/spring season of streaming concerts, February…
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Theater Review: BORDERS AND CROSSINGS (Public Theater’s Under the Radar)
PERSONALIZING DIASPORA Perhaps one of the reasons more people aren’t wearing masks in the U.S. to protect themselves and others during the COVID pandemic is that, even with 369,000 deaths to date, many still don’t know someone personally who has passed, and therefore do not know the stories of the deceased. Within the obfuscation of…
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Theater Review: RICH KIDS: A HISTORY OF SHOPPING MALLS IN TEHRAN (Public Theater’s Under the Radar Festival)
WHAT WE LEAVE BEHIND LAYS AHEAD If you think Carl Sagan’s Cosmos is mind-blowing, or the way Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. could put history into context is dumbfounding, or Thomas Friedman’s The World is Flat is so accurate about globalization as to be disturbing, or that Julia B. Schor’s take on consumerism, The Overspent America…
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In Memoriam: BROADWAY REMEMBERS
REFLECT A beautifully produced in memoriam video has been released today, and it’s truly lovely. In just about 8 minutes, I realized what has been missing among the devastating past year: reflection. As a promising year begins, take a moment to think about what we have lost during this divisive time. Broadway Remembers honors the memories…
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Theater: RATATOUILLE: THE TIKTOK MUSICAL (A One-Time Streaming Event as a Benefit for The Actors Fund
THIS TIME, IT WAS THE PLAGUE THAT CAUSED THE RAT Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical. Notice in the title that there is no mention of Disney. You know, the folks behind the terrific Pixar 2007 film about an uber-intelligent rat chef that uses a human to prepare his meals in a French restaurant. That’s because Disney…
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New York Theatre: 1st IRISH FESTIVAL (Origin Theatre Company)
GET YOUR IRISH New York’s Origin Theatre Company is bringing you a three-week celebration (Jan. 11-31, 2021) of contemporary Irish culture with its 13th Annual 1st Irish Festival, the world’s only festival dedicated to showcasing the work of contemporary Irish writers. There are 20 virtual events, which include: Filmed theatrical productions from some of the…
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New York Theater: UNDER THE RADAR FESTIVAL 2021 (Public)
17th ANNUAL UNDER THE RADAR FESTIVAL WITH FREE VIRTUAL PERFORMANCES JANUARY 6-17, 2021 AND PRE-FESTIVAL PROGRAMMING BEGINNING DECEMBER 21 This popular and highly-anticipated festival of The Public’s winter season will include artists from across the U.S. and around the world, including Chile, Iran, and the U.K. Curated by UTR Festival Director Mark Russell, this year’s free UNDER THE…
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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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NY Theater Preview: I AM SENDING YOU THE SACRED FACE (Theater in Quarantine)
HOLY CLOSET! Whereas many theater companies are becoming experimenters with video during the COVID-19 shutdown, Theater in Quarantine has been actually transforming theater into a small space successfully. This pandemic performance laboratory from writer, director, and performer Joshua William Gelb and choreographer Katie Rose McLaughlin, has blown me away with its creativity. From their technically ambitious production, The 7th Voyage of…
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Song Review: GEORGIA ON MY MIND (Broadway for Georgia)
THIS SHOULD BE ON EVERYBODY’S MIND Georgia is on a lot of people’s minds today, as official voting begins for the January 5th Georgia Senate runoff elections. Stage and Cinema supports this amazing video of the beloved song “Georgia On My Mind” by Hoagy Carmichael and Stuart Gorrell, produced by Seth Rudetsky, James Wesley and Audra…
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Theater Review: A CHRISTMAS CAROL (starring Jefferson Mays)
SINGING THE PRAISES OF A CAROL At this time of year, productions about dear old Scrooge are ablaze as usual, even in streaming mode. One-man shows, radio plays, and reruns on film. What’s your favorite? The first widely successful sound version (there were many silent ones) starred Reginald Owen in 1938?; Alastair Sim following in…
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