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The existing committee members of Bangladesh Cholochitro Shilpi Samity, Actors' Equity Bangladesh and other artiste organisations met the Minister in the meeting room of the Information Ministry at the Secretariat yesterday. The meeting intended to shed light on the new rule passed by the ministry, that is, anyone willing to hire foreign artistes for advertisement has to pay

Sections With ‘In the Heights,’ Anthony Ramos Finds Stardom on His Own Terms Teachers urged him to cultivate a more ethnically ambiguous image. He refused, and now he’s having a breakout moment. Anthony Ramos in Bushwick. Spike Lee said of the actor: “He was not handed this artistic life. He had to put the work in.”Credit...Camila Falquez for The New York Times June 3, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ET The Bee Gees’ “Stayin’ Alive,” that classic dance-floor ode to doing ...

Mary McColl, the first female executive director of the Actors’ Equity Association, is stepping down. McColl announced her decision not to seek renewal of her contract, which expires in January 2022, on Tuesday. She will continue in the position until the start of 2022. The national council of Actors Equity, which represents live theater actors […]

Improved COVID-19 numbers means a bigger audience at Ewing Theater than previously allowed for this year’s Illinois Shakespeare Festival.

He movie version is one of Joel Ferrell’s earliest memories. As local stages heat up post-COVID, he finally gets to helm a production of the 1957 Broadway...

streamed version for $25. More details to be announced soon. This production will be  100% compliant with health and safety guidelines from both the State of Connecticut and Actors’ Equity Association. Even though we will be outside,  you may be required to wear a mask. This is going to be a very different experience than what you’re used to in the theatre, and we will do our best to keep you informed and safe. If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out. PS: Did you miss ...

Molière in the Park garnered praise for Zoom productions of “Tartuffe” and other plays. Putting on an outdoor show in Brooklyn has been another matter.

Close This file photo shows a detail of a portrait of William Shakespeare, presented by the Shakespeare Birthplace trust, in central London in 2009, soon after its discovery. The portrait, believed to be almost the only authentic image of the writer made from life, has belonged to one family for centuries but was not recognized as a portrait of Shakespeare until the 2000s. There are very few likenesses of Shakespeare, who died in 1616.  AP File Photo/LEFTERIS PITARAKIS

“When are you going to open?” they asked Gutiérrez, general manager and producer. Gutiérrez finally has an answer. On June 19, the long-running dinner theater on Stagecoach Trail will reopen with “9 to 5.” It’s the same musical that the theater closed down abruptly on March 19, 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic stopped live entertainment worldwide. “This is the most people we have had in here since then,” an excited Gutiérrez said as he and Director Mi...

Adjust Share It doesn’t take a Leonardo-level intellect to figure out that the pandemic has been devastating for the arts economy. Live events were the first things to stop, and they will be the last to return. That means musicians, actors, and dancers, plus all the people who enable them to take the stage—playwrights and choreographers, directors and conductors, lighting designers and makeup artists, roadies, ushers, ticket takers, theater managers—have no way to ...