Social Selects News Today

Boomerang), and Christina Sajous ( Joaquina Kalukango Joseph Marzullo/WENN Home serves as the launch of Roundabout Theatre Companys Refocus Project, announced last month. A planned reading of Angelina Weld Grimkés Rachel that was originally to serve as the series launch April 23 was postponed to May 4. Virtual readings of I Gotta Home by Shirley Graham Du Bois, Spunk by Zora Neale Hurston, and Wine in the Wilderness by Alice Childress are scheduled to ...

\n" + " \n"+ " \n"+ "\n"; if (articleCat.includes("Video") || articleCat.includes("No Video Ad")) { document.getElementById(article-top-ad-reserved).innerHTML = regAdDiv; googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display(div-gpt-ad-14052319-TOPNEWS); }); } else { var srcUrl = "https://cdn.jwplayer.com/libraries/6vI1ZjZ1.js"; if (articleCat.includes("Back to School")) { srcUrl = "https://cdn.jwplayer.com/libraries/5tfjdJIA.js"; }...

Motown the Musical), Nia Holloway ( Douglas Lyons Dominick Totino Photography During fall 2020, co-executive producers John Sloan III and David Carroll put out a call for new work. Over 200 writers, composers, and lyricists submitted work with six plays selected for in-person performances that were filmed for audiences to enjoy at home. The plays are 20/20 by Carollette Phillips and Edmund Alyn Jones, Makin Bond by Louis Johnson, Metaphor In 3 Acts by Mar...

By Dan Meyer Apr 24, 2021 Constantine Maroulis in Broadways Rock of Ages Joan Marcus Get ready to mosh and jam (virtually) in the one-night only Rock of Ages: All-Star Reunion Concert live stream event April 24 at 8 PM ET on Stellar. Among the stars slated for the concert are original Broadway cast members Constantine Maroulis, Wesley Taylor, and Mitchell Jarvis. The lineup also includes Tony nominees Laura Bell Bundy and Kerry Butler; stars from the Hollyw...

Elliott Gould and Kathleen Chalfant Oscar nominee and Broadway alum Elliott Gould has joined the cast of We Have to Hurry, set to premiere May 1 on Broadway on Demand. As previously announced, the live stream performance of Dorothy Lyman’s play also stars Kathleen Chalfant and Jeanne Lauren Smith. Patricia Vanstone directs the play, which follows a pair of mature people forced to commune from across a balcony due to new isolation protocols. When Gil notices the secret lov...

Amy Hill and Midori Francis An all–Asian American cast will star in NAATCO’s benefit reading of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town, including Amy Hill as the Stage Manager, Midori Francis Iwama as Emily Webb, and Yumi Iwama as Mrs. Webb. The digital presentation will stream May 19 at 8 PM ET. Rounding out the cast are Cindy Cheung, Kassandra Cordova, Autumn Domingo, Connor Domingo, Ron Domingo, John D. Haggerty, Paul Juhn, Peter Kim, Glenn Kubota, Clara Haru Mulligan, O...

The musical, about two New Yorkers who fall in and out of love over the course of five years, features Cathy telling her story backwards, while Jamie tells his story chronologically; the two characters only interact once—at their wedding—in the middle of the show. The creative team includes Tony winner Jason Michael Webb, who directs and musically directs the production, with costume design by Siene Zoë Allen, production design by Adam Honoré, makeup by Tina Scariano, associate...

By Talaura Harms, Dan Meyer Apr 13, 2021 Candis C. Jones and Erika Dickerson-Despenza Joseph Marzullo/WENN The Public Theater presents the world premiere of Erika Dickerson-Despenzas audio play Shadow/land April 13 as part of its spring digital theatre season. The play is available for free, on-demand streaming at Public Play Now as well as on all podcast platforms. Playwright Erika Dickerson-Despenza is the Publics 2019-2020 Tow Foundation playwright-in-re...

Ephraim Birney and Maggie Bofill in The Sound Inside Pedro Bermudez Broadway may be closed, but virtual theatregoers are about to get as close as possible to seeing a current Tony-nominated play. TheatreWorks Hartford will present an on-demand streaming production of The Sound Inside April 11–30, starring Maggie Bofill and Ephraim Birney. Written by Adam Rapp, The Sound Inside follows Yale creative writing professor Bella Baird and her brilliant-but-g...

Michael Breslin and Patrick Foley Michael Breslin and Patrick Foley are returning to the world of live internet theatre with their deep dive into the world of reality TV—and America’s obsession with them. This American Wife, first seen at New York Theatre Workshop’s Next Door series in 2018, will stream May 20–June 6. Presented by FourthWall Theatrical, in association with Fake Friends and Jeremy O. Harris, the latest iteration is a multi-camera, live-stream...