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What A Time For Belarus Free Theatre To Be Starting A New Season

Source: ArtsJournal.com | Posted: September 1 2020 @ 1:04 pm

As protests against the latest rigged election of Alexander Lukashenko continue to rock the former Soviet state, “will the theatre, which has won increasing acclaim on tours abroad but puts on plays in a garage when in Minsk, finally be performing in a new, democratic Belarus? Or will Lukashenko launch a fresh crackdown that makes […]

How Paris’s Châtelet Theatre Fired Its Artistic Director (Rudely)

Source: ArtsJournal.com | Posted: September 1 2020 @ 10:02 am

“[Ruth] Mackenzie was sitting in her office when she learned to her astonishment that she had been sacked for ‘bullying’. She was even more shocked, when [general director Thomas] Lauriot dit Prévost, with whom she shared an office, insisted she leave immediately.” – The Guardian

A Look Behind the Scenes of Broadway National Tours

Source: BroadwayDirect.com | Posted: September 1 2020 @ 12:44 am

The theater community is facing an unprecedented obstacle this year in the form of COVID-19, the virus that shuttered Broadway last March and has proven equally devastating for the touring industry. “Theater is this 100-mile-per-hour train,” says Jeff Loeb, general manager of Los Angeles’s Hollywood Pantages Theatre and Broadway in Hollywood. “And it’s as if…

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Broadway Songs to Celebrate 11 O’Clock Numbers

Source: BroadwayDirect.com | Posted: September 1 2020 @ 12:40 am

The 11 o’clock number is the theatre term for that big, show-stopping song that happens late in Act 2, usually sung by a major character that comes to a realization. They have this name because the song would often occur around 11 o’clock. These songs often are some of the most well-known songs from a…

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Behind the Scenes of the Tony Awards Video Roundup

Source: BroadwayDirect.com | Posted: September 1 2020 @ 12:26 am

Leading up to the digital Tony Awards this year, we’re taking this chance to take a look back at Tony Awards from years past. In this video roundup, we’ve dug through the internet to find a list of fun, quirky backstage videos you can watch to get yourself excited. Dive into this rabbit hole of…

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