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Gander, Newfoundland, is a small town in the easternmost part of Canada that became the setting for the musical Come From Away, focused on the heroic welcome the town’s citizens gave to international passengers stranded as a result of 9/11.It’s always inspiring to visit that town by way of this show, and fortunately, the theater gods are blessing us with another opportunity to do just that. The show is returning to Washington next week (it was last here in Dec.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream for Shakespeare’s 456th birthday?”In case you’re like, “…wait, what?,” during Covid, theater actors gathered on Zoom to read plays. Patrons could order a ticket from a theater website, receive a private link, and then tune in from the comfort of their quarantine.“Nobody will be watching this,” our friend wrote. “It won’t be recorded.

The Ed Sullivan Show. “So I had a peg leg made for me,” he says, “and I just started to tap dance again.”Ruggiero posted a video online showing him tap dancing with his peg leg, which led to invitations to perform on stages and festivals across the country, including a segment on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

Ed Bullins was a playwright known for works including “The Taking of Miss Janie” and “In New England Winter.”Bullins began writing plays after being inspired by a performance of Amiri Baraka’s (1934–2014) 1964 play, “The Dutchman.” Like Baraka, Bullins became associated with the Black Arts Movement, which represented Black voices in the 1960s and ‘70s. Bullins became chief artist in residence at Black House, a San Francisco arts and community center founded by Eldridge Cleaver (1935–1998).

With movie theatres reopening across the country, we took a look at what moviegoers are saying about being back at the movie theaters.See some of our favorite tweets below that will convince you to go to a movie theater near you.My boyfriend likes to celebrate our ‘anniversary’ every month (because he’s extra but i don’t mind) so for May we had a picnic an he rented out a movie theater cause I been crying about how I missed it.

Craig Grant, better known as “muMs da Schemer” or simply “muMs,” was a poet and actor who starred as Arnold “Poet” Jackson on the HBO series “Oz.”Grant was performing slam poetry in New York when he was featured in the 1998 documentary “SlamNation.” Around the same time, he was cast as Poet in “Oz,” where he was also able to perform his poetry over the course of the show’s six seasons.

Douglas Turner Ward was an actor, playwright, and director who co-founded New York’s Negro Ensemble Company.Ward began his acting career in the 1950s, appearing in stage productions including “A Raisin in the Sun” on Broadway.

Nominations for this year’s Tony Awards have been set for October 15, pitting 18 eligible shows in competition for 26 competitive categories in a coronavirus-shortened season.

Tony Tanner was a British actor and director best known for choreographing and directing “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” in its 1982 Broadway debut.Tanner began his career acting on the British stage in productions including “Stop the World – I Want to Get Off.” He went on to star on Broadway in “Half a Sixpence,” “No Sex Please, We’re British,” and Sherlock Holmes.” Tanner made his Broadway directorial debut with 1976’s “Something’s Afoot,” then directed the Edward Gorey (1925 –

The new 10pm closing time rule will not apply to theatres and cinemas, the UK's Culture Secretary has said.

The new 10pm closing time rule will not apply to theatres and cinemas, the Culture Secretary has said.

Howell Binkley was a lighting designer who won Tony Awards for his work on “Jersey Boys” and “Hamilton.”Binkley’s Broadway debut as a lighting designer came in 1993 with “Kiss of the Spider Woman,” and he won an Olivier Award and was nominated for a Tony Award for his work. It was the first of nine Tony nominations he’d receive, including for “In the Heights” (2008), “West Side Story” (2009), and “Come From Away” (2017).

Actor James McAvoy has donated £10,000 to a youth theatre to help ensure its classes can be accessible to all during the coronavirus pandemic.

More shows will close and not reopen and more theatres will go out of business, the chief of the Society of London Theatre and UK Theatre has warned.

Stephen Fry has said he cannot foresee any theatres opening to live audiences until 2021, adding that these are “dark times indeed” for the performing arts.

All the world’s a stage… internet connection allowing.

The Australian Government has revised its previous ban on gatherings of 500 people or more down to a limit of 100 people at any indoor event.

If you fancy going to the theatre over the next few months, how about going to see Shakespeare's classic Romeo & Juliet featuring one of the stars of the Harry Potter movies?

Ben Law’s new play, Torch the Place, is a story of family, secrets, and the strange ways that trauma and tragedy can shape relationships with those we love and the things we own.

Kick-Ass star Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Inside No. 9 actor Steve Pemberton are set to join forces in a West End revival of The Pillowman.

Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Steve Pemberton will star in a new production of Martin McDonagh’s play The Pillowman.

By Rita Bratovich

Doctor Who. Broadchurch. Jessica Jones. Deadwater Fell. Good Omens. David Tennant's impeccable list of TV credits speaks for itself.

Following (understandably) phenomenal demand, Whoopi Goldberg's summer run as Deloris van Cartier in Sister Act the Musical has been extended.

Oscar-nominated actress Jessica Chastain will be making her West End debut this summer as she takes on the role of Nora in A Doll's House at the Playhouse Theatre in Central London.

Game of Thrones and Last Christmas starEmilia Clarke is making her West End debut next year.

Like the name of one of their albums, Where There’s Smoke, there’s Cheech & Chong.