Norfolk State University Theatre and the Virginia Stage Company are partnering for a special virtual presentation of The Parchman Hour: Songs and Stories of the ’61 Freedom Riders. First performed as part of VSC’s Season 39, this virtual production will include a mixture of zoom performances from the original cast as well as recorded musical … Continue reading
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“The Amen Corner” captured audiences just before spring break
by Sarah Campos Norfolk State University is home to Virginia’s most nationally recognized collegiate theatre program. Also, America’s most nationally recognized HBCU Theatre program in the last five years, NSU has struck again with a stellar program. From March 5-8, 2020 NSU’s theatre company presented James Baldwin’s The Amen Corner. A three-act play, James Baldwin’s … Continue reading
Chinese Theatre marks 90 years as Hollywood glamour hotspot
LOS ANGELES (AP) — “King Kong” made his cinematic debut there in 1933.There was a yellow “brick” carpet when the “Wizard of Oz” premiered in 1939. George Lucas brought R2-D2 and C-3PO along for the premiere of “Star Wars” in 1977, and the two droids left their marks in the cement out front. A glamorous … Continue reading
“No Child” to be performed by NSU Theatre Company, Sept. 15-18
Phillipa Soo of ‘Hamilton’ to star in ‘Amelie’ musical
MARK KENNEDY, AP Drama Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Tony Award-nominee and “Hamilton” star Phillipa Soo has a new whimsical gig lined up — she’ll lead a musical stage version of the film “Amelie” that hopes to land on Broadway in 2017. Soo, who plays Eliza Schuyler in “Hamilton,” will take over the part in … Continue reading
Where everybody knows your name: ‘Cheers’ coming to stage
BOSTON (AP) — The bar where everybody knows your name is coming to the stage. “Cheers Live on Stage” is a comedy based on some of the most memorable moments of the celebrated TV show’s first season. It will feature retired Red Sox pitcher and shameless lothario Sam Malone, pretentious waitress Diane Chambers, rotund barfly … Continue reading
New Mexico joining effort to rehabilitate historic theaters
RATON, N.M. (AP) — For years, the Shuler Theater in this once-booming New Mexico mining town sat empty in a desolate downtown. It had long passed its heyday as a hot spot for Italian immigrants and Hispanic workers who visited to take in a traveling show or a newly released movie. But today the 101-year-old … Continue reading
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Dig at theater where Shakespeare worked uncovers a surprise
LONDON (AP) — London’s relentless building boom has dug up another chunk of the city’s history — one with a surprise for scholars of Shakespearean theater. Archaeologists are excavating the remains of the Curtain, a 16th-century playhouse where some of the Bard’s plays were first staged, before a new apartment tower sprouts on the site. … Continue reading
New play explores life, legacy of slain teen Trayvon Martin
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Trayvon Martin has often been in the thoughts of playwright and activist Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj in the four years since the 17-year-old unarmed black boy was shot and killed after a confrontation with neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman. He has wondered about Martin’s dreams, his life and the moments before he died. Maharaj … Continue reading
Ballerina Misty Copeland calls Broadway debut ‘incredible’
NEW YORK (AP) — The stage lights have been hard to get used to and she worried about limited rehearsal time, but ballerina Misty Copeland has put aside her nervousness and is finding her feet on Broadway. “It’s an incredible feeling,” she said this week after making her debut in the dance-heavy musical “On the … Continue reading
Bethesda kicks off E3 with ‘Doom,’ ‘Fallout 4’
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bethesda jump started the Electronic Entertainment Expo by showing off the latest installments of “Fallout” and “Doom.” The video game publisher launched this year’s annual video game extravaganza Sunday night with its first-ever E3 press conference at the Dolby Theatre. Bethesda Softworks spent most of its 90-minute briefing showcasing scenes from … Continue reading
‘Newsies’ cast holds dance workshop for DC-area students
WASHINGTON (AP) — The cast of Disney’s “Newsies” musical is hosting a dance workshop with Washington-area students at the Newseum. The workshop Friday will include 200 students from Manassas Park Middle School in northern Virginia. It is part of Disney’s initiative to promote healthier lifestyles through the arts. The Tony Award-winning “Newsies” will be at … Continue reading
Off-Broadway play ‘The Fantasticks’ offered a lifeline
NEW YORK (AP) — The off-Broadway phenomenon “The Fantasticks” won’t be closing next month after all — thanks to a pair of fantastic fans. Two donors have stepped up and pledged to keep the stalwart, low-tech show open, producer Catherine Russell said Saturday. Plans had been made for the show to close after some … Continue reading
Review: Ambitious ‘Hand to God’ mixes violence and puppets
NEW YORK (AP) — There’s one character who doesn’t get any bio in the Playbill at “Hand to God” but probably should. That would be Tyrone. Sure, a good reason for that is that Tyrone is a sock puppet, but he’s so expertly controlled by actor Steven Boyer that he seems like a sixth … Continue reading
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