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UK’s National Theatre appoints first female artistic director
Indhu Rubasingham will replace Britain’s National Theatre’s current artistic director Rufus Norris when he stands down in 2025. ADVERTISEMENT Indhu Rubasingham has been appointed as the new Director of the UK’s National Theatre. She will succeed current Director and Chief Executive Rufus Norris in 2025, who has served two terms in the role, starting in…
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Nestruck on Theatre: Tight times in Canadian theatre as 2023 comes to a close
Open this photo in gallery: Jessica B. Hill and Eric Blais in The Dark Lady at Shakespeare in the Ruins in Winnipeg. The theatre company’s artistic director Rodrigo Beilfuss wrote this week that the company was “in a precarious financial position.”Handout I heard from a few readers who thought I was a bit of a…
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Why ‘Public Obscenities’ is not too long: A Q&A with Shayok Misha Chowdhury
While Public Obscenities was chosen as a New York Times Critic’s Pick when it played at Soho Rep earlier this year, many reviewers in DC have found the three-hour length of the play (now at Woolly Mammoth through December 23) to be problematic. A reviewer of Bengali heritage recommended it highly for other Bengalis, as…
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‘Black Nativity’ Is Back at Intiman Theatre
A Christmas tradition returns after a 10-year hiatus. by Jas Keimig On a rainy, brooding, Thursday evening, a group of actors, musicians, and singers shuffled into the studio beneath Intiman Theatre, chatting with one another and tuning their instruments. “Good evening everyone,” Black Nativity music director Sam Townsend told the group as they settled down,…
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BBA Performing Arts Winter Showcase Dance, Drama and Film – The Vermont Journal & The Shopper
MANCHESTER, Vt. – This year’s Winter Showcase of Dance, Drama, and Film is on Dec. 14, at 6:30 p.m. in the Riley Center. The performance of this semester’s dance, acting, and film classes include classical, contemporary, original written scenes and film projects from the Cinema Class, and various dance pieces including musical theater favorite “Crunchy…
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Children’s Christmas musical comes to DPAC
This past semester, the Dadeville Performing Arts Center has been offering free after school classes. × This page requires Javascript. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings. Get Exclusive Members Only Newsletters Members Only Newsletters Sign up for our Free Newsletters
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Alex Edelman is bringing his comedy back home to Boston
Much of Alex Edelman’s comedy springs from his Jewish upbringing. He takes on Jewish identity, bigotry and ignorance in his performances — but there’s no malice in his material. Instead, the Brookline native uses humor to process and even dismantle the complexities and the hate that plague our world. His recent Broadway hit, “Just for…
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Alum’s training in art and technology shines in theaters across the
See Daniel Brodie’s magic in the pre-Broadway tour of ‘The Wiz’ at ASU Gammage December 12, 2023 In the creative hub of Arizona State University, where imagination meets learning, the university takes pride in fostering talents that go beyond traditional limits. One standout among its accomplished alumni is Daniel Brodie. Graduating in 2006 with a…
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New Theater Hosts its First Play
Club 1273, the inaugural theater venue in the South Lafourche area, recently premiered its first production, “Carol and the Belles.” The realization of a performing arts studio for children along the bayou has finally materialized, a dream fulfilled for directors Dwayne Rebstock and Lauren Melone. Expressing their pride, Rebstock and Melone commended the dedication of…
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SF’s Circus Bella enters ‘different era’ with new downtown show
Daisy Rose Coby/Circus Bella Bay Area circus troupe Circus Bella is performing a new show, “Kaleidoscope 2023,” at a big (heated) tented in downtown San Francisco. Homegrown circuses are a San Francisco tradition. Going back to the Pickle Family Circus in the 1970s, various circus troupes such as Make*A*Circus or Sweet Can Productions could be…
