Spooky Action moves new game plays to YouTube
Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, Spooky Action Theater's New Works in Action theatrical reading series has been moved to a virtual meeting space on the company's YouTube channel.
“We are excited to explore the possibilities of New…
1st Stage announces a dynamic 2020-2021 season
1st Stage, a dynamic professional company from Tysons, Va., recently announced its dynamic 2020-2021 season. This 13-year-old organization has grown from a grassroots collective of local artists to an award-winning, nationally…
Full Schedule of Quarantine Fest Live Readings
Quarantine Fest – an all-day marathon of live readings of 10-minute plays created in flash – broadcasts live Sunday, April 19, 2020, featuring 26 new plays from Adventure Theater MTC and 26 other new plays from 4615 Theater Company (see…
From aspiring doctor to musical theater stage | Stories | Notre Dame Review
Photos by Matt Cashore '94
At the start of the 2018 season, the start of his junior year, Jorge Rivera-Herrans '20 had never attended a Notre Dame football game. "While people…
Intense Drama ‘Keely And Du’ Transforms The Kelly Theater Stage At West Liberty…
From left, Keely (Alexis Woodard) is kissed by Du (Maura Reiff) in a dramatic scene from the play "Keely and Du" presented this weekend by the West Liberty University Hilltop Players.…
Dallas children’s play Andi Boi uses multimedia to convey youth’s transgender experience
No one said being a teenager was easy. Our young people face a variety of issues like low self-esteem and depression, as well as modern ailments like cyberbullying and internet addictions. It's also a time in life where we try to…
Popular Holiday Movie Coming to Cal U Theater Stage | Local
The University of California, Pennsylvania is the first educational theater in the region to secure the…
Stage managers work long hours for rich rewards
Being the stage manager of a theatrical production involves challenging, but too often unannounced responsibilities that begin long before an audience enters a theater to take their seats.
Christopher Michel Borg. Photo…
A colorful ‘Seussical’ at the Rockville Musical Theater
Imagine how excited I was. For the first time in my life, the World Series of baseball was being played in Washington DC. On top of that, it's the 21 of rookie left fielder Juan Sotost birthday. But, best of all, I was about…
“Right to be forgotten” well thought out on the stage of the arena
How to give a human face to a difficult, complex subject, whose natural habitat is perhaps more of a law review article than a stage? This is the task of playwright Sharyn Rothstein in Right to be forgotten, is now playing…
Theater enthusiast auditions GalaPro app (updated)
How does this new GalaPro application work? How Good does it work? And how does it feel to watch a show with it? This curious theatergoer wanted to know.
Many deaf and hard of hearing people are already familiar with…
Amazing ‘Matilda’ to Bring Her Powers to the Lyric Theater Stage for 4 Shows | arts and…
WATERTOWN — “Matilda,” whose story has had an incredible journey through book, stage and screen, will share…
Review: ‘Slave Play’ at the Golden Theater
Sitting in a theater for two hours and five minutes without an intermission isn't particularly comfortable for many moviegoers who might need a restroom break or a chance to stretch their legs. But then again, there's nothing…
Washington Stage Guild refreshes Shaw’s “Candida”
George Bernard Shaw posted candidiasis in 1898. Although it was not performed in London until it was a hit in New York in 1903, where it inspired what Shaw called "Candidamania", the play's American debut scored candidiasis…
Review: “Trying” at 1st Tysons Stadium
You could approach Trying to 1st Stage as a realistic two-character play about a real-life character, Judge Francis Biddle, and his new secretary, Sarah Schorr. Born into a wealthy and privileged life, Biddle first worked as…
Review: ‘Jitney’ at Arena Stage
When the opening moments of a piece are a blast of bluesy music and a game of checkers bordering on anarchy, you know you're in for a spirited ride. But it was the acting in Jitney, the 70th season opener of Arena Stage, which…
Comedic chaos invades the stage of the Imagination Theater
How do you keep a straight face when watching a play in a comedy play - actors can't remember their lines or where they're supposed to stand and they bicker with each other pretty much all the time - and chaos ensues?
From September 13…
Review: “Souvenir” at the Rep Stage
Rep Stage present a solid introduction to their 2019/2020 season with a charming production by Stephen Temperley Memory, directed by Joseph W. Ritsch. This piece details the meteoric rise of Florence Foster Jenkins, an aging…
A Steady Rain Broadway hit opens at the Shreveport Theatre, Stage Center
A new series of scenes full of gripping drama and cutting-edge theatrical styles and plots debuts this weekend in Shreveport. The Stage Center theater company is known for producing family-friendly shows, such as the summer hit, "Newsies."…
Review: “Alive!” at the New York Music Festival
Presented at the Pershing Square Signature Center as a one-night-only featured concert as part of this year's New York Musical Festival (NYMF), Living!, with book, music and lyrics by Josh Canfield, sings a story about zombies,…
Review: ‘Ann’ at Arena Stage
If you are a fan of Ann Richards, the outspoken and liberal governor of Texas from 1991 to 1995, or alternatively, if you lived on the other side of the globe and somehow missed coverage of all the political events in America…
Review: “The Winter’s Tale” at Annapolis Shakespeare Company
Summer and Shakespeare are two very different things that seem to go together perfectly. Every summer, theater companies across the country dust off their British accents and take The Bard for a spin. This year, Annapolis…
Review: ‘The Few’ by Unexpected Stage Company
The American West interior has long been a prime setting for stories about loneliness. The visual emptiness of vast open spaces - think of your favorite John Ford movie - and the emotional distance between people in sparsely…
Feature: ‘Technodramatists Performance Laboratory’ at TheaterLab
A new theater and technology company combining live performance, experimental music, and interactive games and storytelling enhanced with the latest cutting-edge technology, Technodramatists, under founding Artistic Director…
Review: ‘Ghost Light’ by Parlor Room Theater
A piece is ephemeral. Written words momentarily dance off the page as they are given body and voice, transformed into experience, and seen by an audience. The conclusion arrives, the play is over, but what remains?
Mo…
Review: ‘Cabaret’ at Silhouette Stages
Bless the playwrights John Van Deuten/Joe Masteroff, the composer John Kander and the lyricist Fred Ebb who give us a specific play, which is chilling in its applicability to the social climate of the United States, and indeed…
Review: ‘Jubilee’ at Arena Stage
In 1871, Fisk University—an all-black institution of higher learning in Nashville, Tennessee—was in dire financial straits. To raise funds for the institution, treasurer and music teacher George L. White organized a…
Marble Falls Theater Arts Students perform a one-act play
The Marble Falls High School Theater…
Cows on a theater stage?
Published: 03/20/2019 16:36:44
At the Hatbox Theater in Concord, the poster for Stones in his pockets promised me: "Two Actors. Fifteen characters. Cows.” That would be my kind of show! The actors were…
Review: “Indecent” at the Baltimore Center Stage
Presented at the Baltimore Center Stage, Indecent is a timely, timeless story about a sexuality, about a religion, about a people, about all peoples. Audiences will leave this production emotionally exhausted: at once ashamed…
Review: “All is well” on Silhouette Stages
Produced by Silhouette Stages of everything is fine with music and lyrics by Cole Porter, and book by Guy Bolton, PG Wodehouse, Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse currently playing at Slayton House located at Wilde Lake Village…
Horror premieres on stage at the State Theater
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"The Woman in Black", a 1987 play based on the book of the same name, which was published in 1983 by…
Review: ‘Robin Hood’ by Encore Stage & Studio
Encore Stage & Studio was founded in 1967 and produces “theatre by children, for children”. Their current show is Robin Hoodthe classic tale of the brave archer who robs the rich to give to the poor.
Robin Hood, played by…
Review: “Fun Home” at the Baltimore Center Stage
"Welcome to our house on Maple Avenue." With these lyrics, the Bechdel family invites Baltimore Center Stage audiences into their home - without judgment and with all of their family dysfunctions on full display. fun housethe…
literature in the theater
Whenever someone says the phrase "The book was better," they're likely referring to a related film adaptation. It's the debate of the ages: book nerds and moviegoers constantly clash over the two. Still, there's a whole host of…
Review: ‘All is well’ on the arena stage
"De-Lovely" doesn't even begin to cover it. Arena Stage's production of everything is fine is as close to musical theater heaven as it gets. Classic melodies and innuendo-laden lyrics by Cole Porter, a superbly singing and…
Review: ‘Cinderella’ at the Stage of the Imagination
Full disclosure: I love fairy tales. All. I always have, although I'm also a girl who once wondered why Rapunzel couldn't just make a ladder with all her own hair and escape the tower (and then Disney solved that with…
Magic Time! : “The fall” at the Studio Theater
There is so much to be blown away in The fall, the powerful and thrilling performance piece conceived and performed by seven South African students. Their majestic musicality, their propulsive movement and their just verve…
Review: Theater J’s ‘Actually’ at Arena Stage
The idea of sexual consent may seem simple: no means stop and yes means continue. In practice, however, nothing could be further from the truth. The difficulties arising from this problem in which so many individuals –…
Happy Theater and sorrows&songs presents ‘AntiCone’
happy theatera theater troupe using object puppetry and physical theater to heal, unite and inspire, and sorrows and songs, peddling poetry and wonder through the stage, will bring the original physical play, AntiCone, in…
Asili back on the musical theater stage at SLOC – The Daily Gazette
Before her career as a Puerto Rican singer and bandleader took off more than two decades ago, Taina Asili felt right at home on the musical theater stage. She will return to the art form on Thursday at the Schenectady Light Opera Company…
Foreign actors in Mexico’s theater scene spark resentment behind the scenes: NPR
A performance at the Metropolitan Theatrical Awards in…
Taking the stage: Teacher duo share their passion for theater arts – School News Network
From the classroom to the spotlight, teachers Amanda and Jay Fischer know a thing or two about making the most of a summer. Both passionate about the theatrical arts, the husband and wife team spend their break being heavily involved!-->!-->…
“Hamilton” is an encouragement for true inclusion in theater
Hamilton: an American musical is the type of success you want to call for its time. Artists, audiences and critics have considered it revolutionary in its musical composition, choreography and storytelling. Among from…
Review: Rockville Musical Theater’s ‘Anything Goes’
everything is fine is one of those old school musicals where even though you've never seen the show before, you kind of find out that you know the words to each of the songs. Filled with thrilling dance numbers, incredible…
Review: ‘True West’ by Rep Stage
America lost its most distinctive theatrical voice of the 1980s with the passing of Sam Shepard. But that voice still resonates through works like true west, earning a welcome return by Rep Stage at Howard Community College.…
The “non-player character” puts Gamergate on the stage of the theater
She interrupts her design session to spend virtual time with an old high school friend, Trent (Devin O'Brien). They haven't really hung out in person for years, but they regularly meet up to play computer role-playing games online. The…
Take the Stage Announces Annual Broadway Review “Dynamic”
Dynamic features the best of Broadway and film musical numbers choreographed by our own talented directors and special guest artists, including Broadway and screen actress and New York choreographer Chryssie Whitehead, and…
Review: ‘Charlotte’s Web’ at Imagination Stage
If you're looking for an engaging, kid-friendly activity this holiday season, look no further than the classic tale of Charlotte's web at the stage of imagination. Based on the famous children's novel by EB White, it was…
Locals gear up for San Jose theater, stage shows
If you can find your way to San Jose next weekend, there are two live shows with a decidedly Los Gatos twist: On Saturday, Nov. 11, "Mythbusters" alumni and Los Gatos native Kari Byron take the stage. and "Down the Rabbit Hole," while young…
‘Trevor the Musical’ Writing Team Reveals Their Journey to the Theater Stage
The 1994 Oscar-winning short "Trevor" is now a musical. For those who haven't seen the film, it tells the story of a flamboyant 13-year-old boy in 1981 who is obsessed with Diana Ross. He falls in love with his beautiful classmate Pinky…
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March 11-13, 2022By Virginia Woolf | Adapted by Sarah Ruhl | Directed by Steven Bogart.…
Music stars take the stage in “Fly by Night”
There's something different about "Fly by Night," the musical love story currently staged at the Jungle Theater in Minneapolis.
Instead of finding an actor who could play guitar, as one of the lead roles required, director Sarah…
Review: ‘School Play’ at Tribe of Fools
What is education? Just because you go to school and sit at a desk doesn't mean you learn anything. Plus, learning can take place beyond the traditional classroom.
In School game, Terry Brennan is played at age nine in fourth…
‘Troubadour’ Brings Country to the Theater Stage: NPR
Radney Foster (left) and Zach Seabaugh star in the…
Preparing a dog for the theater stage can be a long and difficult process.
A talented dog may be able to turn around and shake hands with the best of them, but that doesn't mean he can handle eight shows a week. For that you need a real canine comedian. And for that, more often than not, you'll call Bill…