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Westport Country Playhouse’s New Works Initiative begins its 2021 season with a virtual workshop of ““The Immaculate Perfection of F---ing and Bleeding in the Gender Neutral Bathroom of an Upper-Middle Class High School,” written by Daniel Halpern and directed by Margot Bordelon, on Wednesday and Thursday, May 26 and 27.

1.9k Views Universal Pictures has popped over the first trailer for “Respect”, a musically-infused offering starring the always stupendous Jennifer Hudson as legendary musician Aretha Franklin! Here’s a bit about it : Director Liesl Tommy makes her feature film debut with Respect. Tommy is the first Black woman ever nominated for a Tony Award® for Best Direction of a Play in 2016 for Eclipsed, and is an Associate Artist at the Berkeley Rep and an Artist Trustee with the Sundance Instit...

TheatreWorks Silicon Valley will stream an advance look at tomorrow's hits in New Works Festival Online. Transforming the Tony Award-winning company's hit

Guests Ellen Chen and Sanjeev Datar take a selfie in their seats before the San Francisco Symphony’s first live, indoor performance at Davies Symphony Hall on…

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Aint Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations. (© Matthew Murphy) The Broadway run of Aint Too Proud — The Life and Times of the Temptations will resume at the Imperial Theatre on Saturday, October 16. Producers describe the night as a "gala performance heralding the return of Broadway." Directed by Tony winner Des McAnuff, the musical features a book by Dominique Morisseau, Tony-winning choreography by Sergio Trujillo, and a score culled from Motown hits like "My Girl," "Just My...

Review: Berkeley Rep’s ‘The Waves in Quarantine’ should stay in lockdown Being meta isnt the same thing as spending 94 minutes searching for something to be meta about. Lily Janiak April 30, 2021Updated: April 30, 2021, 6:22 pm Clockwise from top left: Carmen Cusack, Manu Narayan, Raúl Esparza, Darius de Haas, Nikki Renée Daniels and Alice Ripley in Berkeley Rep’s “The Waves in Quarantine.” Photo: Berkeley Repertory Theatre A critic of pandemic-era digital theater ought to...

Berkeley Rep Debuts The Waves in Quarantine, a Musical Film Adaptation of a Virginia Woolf Classic Among the innovative things that local theater companies have come up with as stay-at-home entertainments, most have been radio plays or stage works recorded on video. But on Thursday night Berkeley Rep is premiering an original film piece shot in performers own homes, featuring some serious Broadway talent. The Waves in Quarantine is a new spin on a musical adaptation of Virginia Woolfs The Wave...

Thu, 04/29/2021 LAWRENCE — Through a series of 20 short scenes and songs, "Changemakers" shares stories inspired by community leaders, activists and front line workers who have fought for change. This collaborative work, written by commissioned playwrights working alongside students, makes its world premiere Thursday, April 29, as the University Theatre’s season finale. "Changemakers" showtimes are 7:30 p.m. April 29-30 and 2:30 p.m. May 2 online and for a limited, in-person audience. "Cha...