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Theater Review: A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (Williamstown Theatre Festival on Audible starring Audra McDonald)
THIS STREETCAR ROLLS AND HUMS WITH AUTHENTICITY Since struggle for power among the classes is one of the main themes in Tennessee Williams’ still-shocking A Streetcar Named Desire, it makes perfect sense that director Robert O’Hara would choose to update the Pulitzer Prize winner for modern times with a multicultural cast, including Audra McDonald as…
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Preview: DAI 2.0 (Livestream Theater Event on December 3)
DAI 2.0 Originally scheduled to premiere Off-Broadway at the 14th Street Y in NYC, Iris Bahr’s funny and moving new solo work, DAI 2.0, is the sequel to her award winning solo show, DAI (enough), in which she portrayed 10 different characters in a Tel Aviv café moments before a suicide bomber enters. DAI had…
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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 & Music: 50 YEARS IN THE GROOVE (A Rhythm Revue Salute to Woodie King, Jr.’s New Federal Theatre)
SALUTING FIVE DECADES OF NEW AMERICAN THEATER WITH GROOVIN’ MUSIC New York’s beloved radio hosts Felix Hernandez (WBGO’s Rhythm Revue Dance Party) and G. Keith Alexander (WBLS from 1973-2017) are teaming up to bring you 50 Years in the Groove, a Rhythm Revue salute to Woodie King, Jr.’s New Federal Theatre (NFT). It’ll be an…
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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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Theater Review: RUSSIAN TROLL FARM: A WORKPLACE COMEDY (TheaterWorks Hartford, TheatreSquared, The Civilians)
TRENCHANT TROLLS TRIUMPH BY TRANSMOGRIFYING TRUTH Somewhere in the bowels of Saint Petersburg, Russia, there is an agency made up of both Americans and Russians that trolls the internet, creating hashtags and Facebook posts and memes from people who do not exist, and hurl them around the internet so that gullible Americans become so divisive…
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Concert Preview: THE SETH CONCERT SERIES (November 2020)
THE SETH CONCERT SERIES CONTINUES WITH A STUNNING LINE-UP IN NOVEMBER Time and again these live-streamed concerts with the gregarious, giving, gadfly Seth Rudetsky have been uplifting, charming, funny and down-to-earth. Each week, Seth — accompanying Broadway greats on the piano from his New York flat — extemporaneously chats it up with they of the…
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Theater Review: 45 PLAYS FOR AMERICA’S FIRST LADIES (The Neo-Futurists in NYC, Chicago, and San Francisco)
WHO’S ON FIRST, LADIES? The program states: “Rather than presenting a purely biographical story, this project uses the “honorary” office of First Lady as a lens to examine the roles that women and other marginalized individuals have played in the development of America.” That this recorded production is coarse in value only seems to heighten…
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Event Feature: ELECTION DAY VOTE-A-THON (Stars in the House with Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley)
ELECTION DAY VOTE-A-THON FEATURES ANNETTE BENING, MARCIA CROSS, JEREMY JORDAN, VANESSA WILLIAMS, MEGAN HILTY, JESSIE MUELLER, DANA DELANY, AND MORE Why not watch something on Election Day that’s election-related but purely entertaining instead of stressful? Wouldn’t it be fun to hear from celebrities and viewers alike about their voting experiences throughout the years as well…
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Theater Feature: 2020 TONY AWARD NOMINATIONS
2020 TONY AWARD NOMINATIONS Nominations in 25 competitive categories for the 74th Annual “Tony” Awards were announced today by James Monroe Iglehart on the official Tony Awards YouTube channel. Nominations: Best Play Grand Horizons, Author: Bess Wohl The Inheritance, Author: Matthew López Sea Wall/A Life, Authors: Simon Stephens & Nick Payne Slave Play, Author: Jeremy O….
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Theater Preview: SKELETON CREW / GUARDS AT THE TAJ (Atlantic Theater Reunion Readings)
TWO DO-NOT-MISS READINGS FROM ATLANTIC THEATER Atlantic Theater Company in New York is presenting a free virtual reading series of plays that had their World Premieres at Atlantic Theater Company. The Fall Reunion Reading Series launches October 22, 2020, and will include broadcasts of Dominique Morisseau’s amazing Skeleton Crew (review) and Rajiv Joseph’s best play to…
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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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Off-Broadway Theater Preview: 2020-2021 VIRTUAL SEASON (Primary Stages)
RE-BREAKING THE FOURTH WALL New York’s Primary Stages is gearing up for the new fall virtual season. Included in the mix are The Tribute Artist by Charles Busch and The Night Watcher by Charlayne Woodard. Also, the Living Room Commissions, which is for artists who are creating new work in this time of evolution: Inda Craig-Galván, Kate Hamill, Chesney Snow…
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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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Music Preview: BEETHOVEN, THE PANDEMIC + THE POWER OF CONNECTION (Rob Kapilow at Kaufman Music Center)
ROB KAPILOW’S WHAT MAKES IT GREAT? “BEETHOVEN, THE PANDEMIC + THE POWER OF CONNECTION” Appassionata Sonata with pianist Orli Shaham, Sept. 21 Kreutzer Sonata with violinist Jesse Mills + pianist Rieko Aizawa, Oct. 5 Archduke Trio with Horszowski Trio, Nov. 9 Dynamic and engaging online performances take listeners inside iconic musical masterpieces. Together with acclaimed soloists and ensembles,…
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Theater Preview: IRISH REP ONLINE (Fall Season 2020)
IRISH REP ANNOUNCES NEW FALL SEASON When it comes to online theater, which basically began with the COVID-19 shutdown, no other company in the States has offered more compelling evidence for the new medium than Irish Rep. Their production of The Weir was more effective for me than the Original Broadway outing, and spending an…
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Off-Broadway Theater Preview: BREAKING IT OPEN (La Mama’s 59th Season)
OPEN WIDE La MaMa’s 59th season “Breaking It Open” will explore how new work is created, performed and viewed in a global pandemic. Artist Residents will be given the time, space, and resources to make work using new creative tools and formats at the intersection of online and live theater performance. La MaMa’s creative community is…
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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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