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Orlando Shakes’ high-profile production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at Lake Eola Park is more than the theater’s first in-person show in over a year: It’s the first Orlando-area play to be approved by Actors’ Equity Association, or AEA, the New York-based union for professional performers and stage managers. That puts Orlando Shakes at the forefront of bringing professional actors back to work.

Dont miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   BENNINGTON — Oldcastle Theatre Company, which like many other performing arts groups across the country was forced to cancel its season last year because of the coronavirus pandemic, will produce a three-show summer season, the organization announced. "Were just super excited," artistic director Nathan Stith said in a phone interview on Monday. The first performance is slated for July 9, according to the announcement, which said the comp...

Shooting during lockdown: The directors’ perspective Since the lockdown started from April 5, the woes of the entertainment industry have become more apparent, especially with Eid Ul Fitr just around the corner. We spoke to noted directors and leaders of Directors’ Guild and Actors’ Equity Bangladesh to learn about their views on fighting this crisis. Illustration: Oishik Jawad Directors Guild Bangladesh is allowing shoots from 6 am to 6 pm during this lockdown. "Around 5,000 individual...

April 7, 2021 BY NANCY SASSO JANIS | REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN STORRS –The Connecticut Repertory Theatre, in conjunction with the Human Rights Institute/Dodd Impact, is presenting a virtual performance of Sophocles’ “Antigone.” CONTRIBUTED This unique production was both adapted and directed by Gary M. English. The Greek tragedy offers a heart-wrenching portrait of a young woman and her refusal to sacrifice her principles when she is ordered to meet questionable but legal demands of a state i...

  On Thursday, the WTFs artistic director met with the towns Board of Health to discuss the summer season that the festival officially unveiled on Wednesday night.   Greenfield, who told the board that she always presumes "were on the brink of disaster," said she committed to the idea of an outdoor 2021 season way back in August.   "At that time, I got some pushback from people saying, By next summer, well be ready to be back indoors, " Greenfield said. "I thought, Maybe, but maybe we ...

Heres how Capital Region venues plan to reopen for live entertainment FacebookTwitterEmail 1of24 Robinson & Rohe perform on reopening night — April 2, 2021 — at Caffe Lena in Saratoga Springs. For the foreseeable future at the venerable coffeehouse, audiences will be limited to 34 or less for concerts, which will last about 75 minutes, no intermission. No food or drink is available, allowing all patrons to stay masked throughout. (Katie Dobies Photography.)Katie Dobies PhotographyShow MoreS...

PITTSFIELD — This summer, Barrington Stage Company is moving theater back indoors. Taking advantage of Gov. Charlie Baker’s COVID-19 safety guidelines permitting the reopening of theaters and performance venues in Massachusetts, Barrington Stage Company will be the first — and, as of this date, only — Berkshires-area theater to produce indoors this summer. Four of the seven productions scheduled by BSC for its 2021 season will be staged at the theater’s Boyd-Quinson Sta...

City Springs Theatre Names Jalise Wilson Company Manager Wilson is a cum laude graduate of the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor where she earned her BFA in musical theatre with a minor in community action and social change.by BWW News Desk City Springs Theatre Company Executive/Artistic Director Brandt Blocker has announced Ms. Jalise Wilson as company manager for the Sandy Springs-based nonprofit arts organization. Ms. Wilson is a proud New Orleans native who relocated to Atlanta in the after...

Featuring new performers with every show, the weekly Piano Bar Live! will stream tonight, Tuesday, March 16 at 7:15 pm ET, with host Scott Barbarino and guests Whitney Gentile, Kenney Green, Murechimso Kalu, Gretchen Reinhagen and JD Smurthwaite, plus Mystery Guests and MORE! PBL! is proud to continue the long-established tradition of the piano bar-that special place where we can gather, entertain, support and create, as we connect with live music. Best of all, PBL! is the the unique chance to ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — One year ago tomorrow, March 12, 2020, New York State shut down all theaters. Eight days later all non-essential businesses were also closed. All edicts were issued on a temporary month-to-month basis, that kept getting extended. Though many businesses have opened, albeit with restrictions, theaters and other entertainment venues have remained closed. There were a few outdoor productions last summer and fall. Barrington Stage Company and Berkshire Theatre Group mad...