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Broadway Review: “Caroline, or Change” at Roundabout’s Studio 54 (Closed Sunday January 9, 2022)

Racism, sexism, economic disparity, and stagnation roil beneath the surface Caroline Thibodeaux’s (an embattled yet resilient Sharon B Clarke) deep unhappiness, disappointment, and resistance to change in Tony Kushner’s “Caroline, or Change.” Currently enjoying a successful revival at Roundabout’s Studio 54, the Kushner/Tesori musical focuses on Caroline’s long days in the Louisiana “under water” basement of the Gellman family. “Sixteen…

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Holiday Streaming Preview: “The Nutcracker” at Wethersfield Streams Free from December 23 through December 26

December 9, 2020 | Best Bet, Dance, dance nation, days of, News, pass over, Previews, this land is made, water for > | "The Nutcracker", Annie McNamara, Annie Sundberg, Ashley Laracey, BalletCollective, Dr. Lipi Roy, Oscar de la Renta, Taylor Stanley, Tchaikovsky, Troy Schumacher, Tyler Angle, Wethersfield, Wethersfield Estate

The Nutcracker at Wethersfield, a Covid-19 compliant “Nutcracker,” choreographed and directed by Troy Schumacher, runs this holiday season through December 26 at the glorious Wethersfield Estate in Amenia, NY (a two-hour drive north of Times Square), this watershed live production provides a guided immersive experience in a historical site. The Nutcracker at Wethersfield will then be streamed on demand, free…

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Broadway News: Theatre Reviews Limited’s Favorite Holiday Gifts of 2020

We can’t go to Broadway this holiday season, but there are many ways to celebrate theatre with friends and family. Check out our favorite holiday gifts of 2020! FOR THOSE LOOKING TO GET INTO THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT FROM THE COMFORT OF HOME: Get tickets to see Andrew Lincoln (AMC’s “The Walking Dead”) as Ebenezer Scrooge in this year’s Old Vic:…

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Tickets Now Available to the Public for National Alliance for Musical Theatre “Festival of New Musicals”

November 17, 2020 | Broadway, dance nation, hamilton, little shop of horrors, News, NY Musical Theatre, pass over, Previews, public, skeleton crew > | Broadway on Demand, Festival of New Musicals, NAMT, National Alliance for Musical Theatre

The National Alliance for Musical Theatre (Betsy King Militello, Executive Director) is thrilled to announce that the public can attend NAMT’s 32nd Annual FESTIVAL OF NEW MUSICALS by making a donation to NAMT ($30 donation for one day / $50 donation for both days). Passes are available after making a free account on Broadway on Demand. NAMT’s FESTIVAL OF NEW…

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Theatre News: New Theatre Journal “The Flashpaper: Theatre’s Thoughts on Right Now” on Sale Now

Arts journalist and editor Mark Blankenship is pleased to announce the debut of The Flashpaper: Theatre’s Thoughts on Right Now, a new journal dedicated to the urgent ideas of contemporary theater artists. Each issue of this print-only publication features original content created in response to a timely prompt from a diverse group of artists working in a variety of forms….

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Broadway Review: “West Side Story” at the Broadway Theatre

It is a beneficial and rewarding venture to rework a classic piece of theatre that has withstood the test of time because it was revolutionary in the development of the genre and made an important commentary on the socio-economic status of the time. If the vision and purpose is to update the storyline to reflect the present situation with the…

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Off-Broadway Review: “The Michaels” at The Public’s LuEsther Hall

Once again playwright Richard Nelson has gathered another family around the colloquial table to observe their trials and tribulations as they conquer another day of survival in Rhinebeck, New York. This time around it is “The Michaels” who are the subjects of this intimate study of human behavior. The revelations evolve almost in real time as friends and family convene…

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New Jersey News: Jimmy Webb, Black Violin, Taylor 2 Dance Company, and Voctave Join Kean Stage’s 2020 Season

November 18, 2019 | awards, black no, Dance, dance nation, New Jersey, News, Previews, voctave > | Black Violin, Jimmy Webb, Kean Stage, Kean University, Taylor 2 Dance Company, Voctave

Kean University continues to offer exciting and eclectic performances to the public, adding four new shows to its lineup for spring 2020 in Wilkins Theatre and the intimate Enlow Recital Hall. Taylor 2 Dance Company will perform at Wilkins Theatre at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 21. Renowned choreographer Paul Taylor has been hailed as one of the creators of…

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Off-Broadway Review: “Soft Power” at the Public’s Newman Theater

“Soft Power” – the culture-bending, plot-twisting musical within a play currently running at The Public’s Newman Theater – challenges the notion that the only effective parameters of power are money, race, and sex. These constructs of “hard” power are the hallmarks of greed, systemic racism, and misogyny and, from Xue Xing’s (a sensitive and alluring Conrad Ricamora) point of view,…

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Opera Review: “Stonewall” at the Rose Theater in Jazz at Lincoln Center

To celebrate its third year of presenting an LGBTQ+ opera in the month of June – and the 50th Anniversary of the Riots at Greenwich Village’s Stonewall Inn – the New York City Opera commissioned the opera “Stonewall” currently running at The Rose Theater in Jazz at Lincoln Center for five performances through Friday June 28, 2019. The one act…

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