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Audible plays bring Williamstown Theatre Festivals lost season to your ears Alan Rosenberg Replay Video UP NEXT Like the rest of the theater world, the Williamstown Theatre Festival has spent a year shut down. But that gave it the chance to put a season’s worth of adapted-for-audio productions online with Audible Originals, where you can reach them without a three-hour drive to northwestern Massachusetts. © Frank Gerardi illustration/The Providence Journal, file The Willia...

Like the rest of the theater world, the Williamstown Theatre Festival has spent a year shut down. But that gave it the chance to put a season’s worth of adapted-for-audio productions online with Audible Originals, where you can reach them without a three-hour drive to northwestern Massachusetts. As with any theater season, some plays are better than others, though all feature first-rate casts (some of them with big names), as well as top-notch sound effects and interesting post-show interview...

Trinity Rep returns with in-person shows for the 2021-2022 season Theater-goers can see “A Christmas Carol” live on stage this year, along with other shows when the season launches in November By Alexa Gagosz Globe Staff,Updated May 12, 2021, 5:43 p.m. Email to a Friend Artistic director Curt Columbus. PROVIDENCE — The historical vaudeville performance house that was once known as the Emery Majestic Theater on Washington Street will finally raise the curtain for in-person shows ...

34 Things to Do, Hear and Watch in May View a majestic full-moon ritual, take a hike with friendly goats, create a fairy garden and more fun happenings this month. (And no, theyre not all on Zoom — huzzah!) April 30, 2021 Our Top Picks  Juried Hybrid Show Why: It’s been a transformative year, to say the least, and the Pawtucket Arts Collaborative’s latest show features work that depicts transformation in its varied forms. See how local artists in a range of mediums take on the illuminati...

Fiction about “the power that comes to us when we uncloset ourselves”

New York Stage and Film Commits $100,000 to Support Artists with NEXUS Initiative New York Stage and Film, considered “one of the preeminent incubators for theater in the country,” has committed $100,000 to their new NEXUS Initiative that brings together 20 multi-hyphenate artists to explore the question “where does story exist at the intersection of stage and film?” Through this inaugural program, NYSAF will offer direct support to these artists – each participant receives $5,000 and...

Playwrights Realm Announces Winners of International Theatermakers Award Recipients include lighting designer Alexandra Vásquez Dheming, director Danilo Gambini, lighting designer Omar Madkour and more.by BWW News Desk Applying for an O-1 visa can cost thousands of dollars-and be a draining and uncertain experience. In a moment where most theatermakers are struggling to maintain their livelihoods, immigrant artists are having to work under the added pressures of these costly applications, int...

As one of those actors you’ve seen everywhere but probably know little about, Peter Gerety is a welcome addition to any project he joins. A veteran theater actor who only began acting for the camera at 40, he landed serious support roles in “Homicide: Life on the Street,” “The Wire” and “Ray Donovan.” Now, at 80, he’s recently starred in “Working Man” as a blue-collar worker mourning the loss of his son and sidelined by a factory closing who refuses to give in. The Envelope...

The pandemic turned everything upside down in 2020, including some of the things we usually rely on to help us through dark times — like the arts. When it became clear that the novel coronavirus was going to stick around for a while, arts leaders from Westerly to Mystic to Providence and in between began to look anew at the programs they had planned to present in 2020, most of which were canceled when pandemic protocols forced limits on large indoor gatherings. Groups like the Chorus of...

What’s happening in the arts world Updated December 31, 2020, 11:43 a.m. Email to a Friend MUSIC Rock & Pop GRANT-LEE PHILLIPS The Grant Lee Buffalo frontman and “Gilmore Girls” town troubadour streams a set live from Nashville. Jan. 3, 10 p.m. Jan 8. 9 p.m. Classical BERKSHIRE HIGH PEAKS FESTIVAL This classical music festival typically takes place in the summer, but this special winter edition promises to bring in the new year with masterclasses, lectures, panels, and concerts...