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Victory Gardens has a new artistic director, part of a new group of Black artistic leaders taking positions in the city, including at Second City and Hubbard Street Dance Company.
TheaterWorks has added American Sign Language interpretation to its latest online show, James Anthony Tyler's “Talkin’ to This Chick Sippin’ Magic Potion," and will offer the service for at least two other upcoming shows this season.
When is this title piece used in the play? Paul Englishby: This track begins with a soft, chordal pattern, which is first heard as Walterâs house (a major character in the play) is revealed. Itâs a place of refuge, heartbreak, memory, and love. This is followed by a sequence which underscores a devastating roll call of victims of the HIV virus, described in music by tendrils of counterpoint signifying the terrifying, exponentially rising death count. The track ends with a benign, beautiful haunting, as Eric Glass returns to Walterâs house to be met by the ghosts of the young me...
Mark Kennedy February 26, 2021 - 9:26 AM NEW YORK - Most playwrights who dip their toes into musical theatre for the first time go small. Not Katori Hall: Her first assignment was to capture the life of a musical giant â Tina Turner. âIâm not really scared of much, which is probably why I felt like âOh yeah, Iâll try this. Iâll take Tina Turner, one of the biggest icons in the world, and attempt to retell her story in this musical form,ââ Hall says, laughing. âI had no qualms whatsoever." That fearlessness has led to Hal...
As part of Manhattan Theater Club’s online spring season, the original cast of Three Days of Rain will reunite for a revival of Richard Greenberg’s Pulitzer Prize-nominated play. Patricia Clarkson, John Slattery and Bradley Whitford try to solve and divide the legacy of their late fathers, uncovering family dramas. When Three Days of Rain transferred to Broadway, Julia Roberts, Bradley Cooper and Paul Rudd starred in the play. But, if you’re looking for a show that stays to its original roots, you’ll want to check out this revival. Love Letter to Liza Liza Minnelli is more than ju...