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Listen to Your Favorite Covers on This Week's Elaine Paige on Sunday

Source: Broadway.com | Posted: September 27 2020 @ 10:00 am

Broadway curtains may still be down, but Elaine Paige on Sunday isn't! Olivier-winning actress Elaine Paige is giving Broadway.com listeners a chance to hear her popular BBC Radio 2 show. This week's episode is all about celebrating fan-favorite covers of popular songs by Broadway stars and performances by those who replaced a show's original star. Want to hear from those who originated a new role? Listen to last week's episode to celebrate actors who originated well-known characters. Be sure to catch the full episode of quirky covers and more by clicking the link below!

Hybrid Theatre – Virtual And In Person

Source: ArtsJournal.com | Posted: September 25 2020 @ 5:31 pm

“The Institute for Counterfeit Memory” cannily employs the devices it provides to bring you back to the feeling of being in a room with other spectators, even as it reminds you that you are alone. Its ministrations so impressed me that when I turned over the final cue card instructing me to applaud, I actually […]

It’s A Horrible Time For British Theatre, But It Could Be Great For Circuses

Source: ArtsJournal.com | Posted: September 25 2020 @ 12:04 pm

“With many circuses sustained by performers and backstage crew from outside the UK, Brexit is a cause for concern. But as the UK’s leading circus directors tell Douglas McPherson, it is also a chance for them to make their mark.” Why? “Circuses thrive in a recession.” – The Stage

Broadway.com #LiveatFive with Ryan Shaw

Source: Broadway.com | Posted: September 25 2020 @ 12:02 pm

Motown alum and three-time Grammy nominee Ryan Shaw stops by to talk about his new album Imagining Marvin and more.

The Great Work Begins! All-Star Cast Set for Benefit Performance of Tony Kushner's Angels in America

Source: Broadway.com | Posted: September 25 2020 @ 10:45 am

The great work continues! A benefit reading of scenes from Tony Kushner's Pulitzer Prize-winning epic Angels in America will take place on October 8 at 8:30PM ET to benefit amfAR's Fund to Fight COVID-19. The 60-minute livestream The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America will be exclusively available on Broadway.com's YouTube channel.

Playwright Kushner and director Ellie Heyman have assembled an all-star cast for the event, including Glenn Close, Paul Dano, Linda Emond, Jeremy O. Harris, Brian Tyree Henry, Nikki M. James, Laura Linney, Vella Lovell, Patti LuPone, S. Epatha Merkerson, Larry Owens, Andrew Rannells, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Lois Smith and Brandon Uranowitz. There will also be interstitial appearances from Alan Cumming, Whoopi Goldberg and Jake Gyllenhaal. Visit TheGreatWorkBegins.org for more info on the cast and creative team.

“I’m touched and honored that amfAR and the remarkable Ellie Heyman decided to build this evening around Angels," said Kushner in a statement. “For over 30 years, amfAR has been steadfastly determined to find a cure for AIDS. Like everyone else on the planet (except maybe some people), I’m praying that the novel coronavirus will prove easier to …