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Playhouse Stage bringing theater back to Cohoes Music Hall FacebookTwitterEmail 1of14 The Cohoes Music Hall. (Photo by T.R. Laz for Playhouse Stage Company.)T.R. Laz for Playhouse StageShow MoreShow Less 2of14 Owen Smith, producing artistic director of  Playhouse Stage Company, talks during a news conference at the Cohoes Music Hall. (File photo.)Steve Barnes/Times UnionShow MoreShow Less 3of14 4of14 The Cohoes Music Hall. (Photo by T.R. Laz for Playhouse Stage Company.)T.R. Laz for Playhouse ...

Live Performing Arts Are Returning to N.Y.C., but Not All at Once Starting on Friday, theaters, comedy clubs and other arts venues can open at 33-percent capacity. The formula doesn’t work for everyone. Conrad Tao performing Gershwin’s  “Rhapsody in Blue” for a dance by Caleb Teicher as part of the Works and Process bubble performances on Tuesday at the Guggenheim Museum.Credit...Krista Schlueter for The New York Times Published April 1, 2021Updated April 2, 2021 This is the weekend N...

Irish Arts Center Receives Department of Buildings Clearance to Move into Permanent New Home IAC expects the building to be certified for public assembly by late summer so that the new Center will be able to welcome audiences by autumn 2021.by BWW News Desk Irish Arts Center is marking a momentous milestone this St. Patricks Day: the NYC Department of Buildings has granted the organization a Temporary Certificate of Occupancy for its state-of-the-art new facility at 726 11th Avenue. The certif...

Theater to Stream: Lincoln Center Theater Joins the Fray Presentations include a star-studded reading of “The Thanksgiving Play,” musicals crossing the Atlantic and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. From left, David Hyde Pierce, Genevieve Angelson and Sigourney Weaver in “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike,” which will be streamed through Lincoln Center Private Reels series.Credit...Sara Krulwich/The New York Times Published March 17, 2021Updated March 19, 2021 Theater has faced many ba...

The best of Broadway is available to you this year through BroadwayWorlds Stage Door. Book your favorite stars from around the theater community from Broadway, West End, National Tours, Viral Stars, and more for video shout-outs, classes, and more. Who is new to the Stage Door family this week? Asmeret Ghebremichael was last seen in Londons West End production of Dreamgirls as Lorrell Robinson (IARA Award nomination). She also played Nabulungi in The Book of Mormon. Her Broadway credits include...

Its been nearly two weeks since WandaVision finished up its run on Disney+, but not to worry, theres already a new Marvel TV show on the way. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier debuts on Disney+ on Friday, March 19th, and the marketing campaign for the new series has been seriously ramped up in [...]

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Final Trailer Brings Explosive Marvel Action to Disney+ The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Final Trailer Brings Explosive Marvel Action to Disney+ The Falcon and The Winter Soldier struggle to live up to Captain Americas legacy in final trailer. It is not long now before we get to see the continuing adventures of Marvel heroes The Falcon and the Winter Soldier play out on Disney+, with a newly released final trailer pushing hype levels to an almost unbearable e...

Hard hit by pandemic, New York City looks to make a comeback 2 minutes read By Jorge Fuentelsaz New York, Mar 12 (efe-epa).- New York City lowered the curtain on its world-famous entertainment, dining and arts scene on March 13 of last year in an effort to protect the population from the coronavirus. That metropolis – once the global epicenter of the pandemic – is still struggling to regain its former shine 12 months later, although the quick pace of the United States’ Covid-19 vaccine ...

Rescuing an Off Off Broadway Theater With a Storied Past Preservationists hope to save the 13th Street Repertory Company building, with a little help from the Underground Railroad. New research shows that the 1840s rowhouse at 50 West 13th Street was owned by Jacob Day, an abolitionist businessman, who was one of the wealthiest Black residents of 19th-century New York City.Credit...Katherine Marks for The New York Times March 12, 2021 When Edith O’Hara, the mother hen and indefatigable leade...

Hendra’s window, Carla Meisner, confirmed his death to the New York Times. The actor had been battling ALS - also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease - since being diagnosed in 2019. Hendra began his venture into comedy writing and performing while attending Cambridge University. It was there he joined the Footlights theater group, working alongside future Monty Python members John Cleese and Graham Chapman. Hendra brought his talents to America in the mid-’60s, performing stand-up comedy, wh...