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See Billy Porter Join Stephen Stills to Perform 'For What It's Worth' at the Democratic National Convention

Source: Broadway.com | Posted: August 18 2020 @ 10:38 am

Billy Porter has always got our vote! The Tony and Emmy winner closed out the first night of the Democratic National Convention on August 17. He joined singer-songwriter Stephen Stills to perform "For What It's Worth," a song Stills penned and released as a member of Buffalo Springfield in 1966. The song became a protest anthem in the '60s, and its power has now spanned generations looking to create change. Enjoy their collaboration below! 

Stand-Up Comedy Outdoors Just Doesn’t Work The Same Way

Source: ArtsJournal.com | Posted: August 18 2020 @ 10:35 am

Several outfits in New York are trying it, and Jesse David Fox checked one out. “Comedy clubs are agreed-upon spaces where we allow comedians to say whatever they want. But now we have, as [Sean] Patton called it, ‘filthy hoo-ha talk’ floating into the air for anyone to hear. … Also, you don’t think about […]

Watch Bette Midler, Sarah Paulson & More in the Trailer for Coastal Elites

Source: Broadway.com | Posted: August 18 2020 @ 10:06 am

With less than a month until the premiere of the previously announced pandemic satire Coastal Elites, a trailer has arrived. Slated to premiere on HBO on September 12 at 8PM ET, Paul Rudnick and Jay Roach's comedy centers on five characters from New York to Los Angeles played by Bette Midler, Sarah Paulson, Issa Rae, Dan Levy and Kaitlyn Dever. The trailer for the quarantine-produced special showcases Midler as Miriam Nessler, a longtime New York City public school teacher who finds herself in police custody, and Paulson as YouTube personality Clarissa Montgomery, who is taping the 28th episode of her soothing series Mindful Meditations. Take a deep, healing breath, and watch the full trailer below.

5 Questions with Krystina Alabado of Mean Girls

Source: BroadwayDirect.com | Posted: August 18 2020 @ 12:58 am

Krystina Alabado is so fetch! You may know her from Mean Girls on Broadway, where she stars as Gretchen Weiners at the August Wilson Theatre. More recently, she has joined the production of A Killer Party: A Murder Mystery Musical, streaming now. She plays Lily Wright in this killer new digital musical. Krystina tells Broadway…

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Broadway Songs to Get You Ready for School

Source: BroadwayDirect.com | Posted: August 18 2020 @ 12:35 am

It’s almost the end of summer, and we all know what that means. Getting ready for school may or may not be an exciting time of year for those still getting their education. Especially with these uncertain times during the pandemic, students may not be as excited or going back to the school settings they…

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