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A Critics’ List: Books To Read About Theatre

Source: ArtsJournal.com | Posted: October 19 2020 @ 5:01 pm

For now, if we can’t be inside the theatre, at least we can be all about it in our reading and our thinking. – Aisle Say

The Broadway Fix for October 16, 2020 Featuring Jacquelene Acevedo, Chris Giarmo & Angie Swan of American Utopia

Source: Broadway.com | Posted: October 19 2020 @ 3:31 pm

We chat with Jacquelene Acevedo, Chris Giarmo & Angie Swan of David Byrne's American Utopia, plus a Broadway Home School lesson on playwright Eugene O'Neill and more. 

What To Do (Without Broadway!): A Day-to-Day Schedule

Source: Broadway.com | Posted: October 19 2020 @ 3:00 pm

Even with Broadway on hold, there's plenty to do. Trust the Broadway.com editors to get you in on the best online events, theater-centric films, TV shows and more!

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20
New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players Virtual Gala @ 7PM ET
Raise a glass from the comfort of home with NYGASP as the company toasts the best of Gilbert & Sullivan at their first-ever virtual gala. Expect exclusive performances by Broadway stars and honorary Board members, Victoria Clark and Robert Cuccioli, as well as appearances by NYGASP’s roster of artists.
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20
Thinking Shakespeare Live: Sonnets! @ 9:30PM ET
San Diego's Old Globe offers this virtual event showcasing some of the nation’s greatest Shakespeareans, including Kate Burton, Bill Irwin, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Blair Underwood and more, performing sonnets.
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20
FORWARD. TOGETHER. @ 8PM ET
The new virtual event to support the Public Theater celebrates honorees Audrey & Zygi Wilf and artistic honoree Sam Waterston. With direction by Kenny Leon and music by Ted Sperling, the free event features Laura Benanti, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Nikki M. James, Alicia Keys, Audra McDonald, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Meryl Streep and more. Plus, Jelani Alladin performs a new song …

Six's Anna Uzele on Why the Shutdown Is Like a Breakup and Her Unusual Tip for Stress Relief

Source: Broadway.com | Posted: October 19 2020 @ 2:55 pm

Living near the theater district during the Broadway shutdown, photographer and performer Matthew Stocke has been haunted walking past the empty palaces sitting in repose, waiting for the lights and stars to return. In this new Broadway.com photo feature, he reunites members of the theater community with their Broadway home #AwayFromHome.

ANNA UZELE
SIX

Hours before Anna Uzele was set to take the stage as Catherine Parr for the opening night of Six on March 12, the company found out their starry night had been canceled. Uzele has been with Six since its North American premiere at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater in May 2019, and she made her Broadway debut in the Tony-winning revival of Once on the Island. Here, the performer talks about how her life has changed in the past seven months, the important questions she's asking, and why life is a little easier to handle when upside down.

"It was the opening night of Six when everything shut down. My brain was like, ‘OK, your show is not happening. You don't know when it's going to happen. You shouldn't dwell on Broadway.’ I don't focus on those things because they're just going to bring up sad memories. …

INXS Musical in Development and Aiming for Broadway and the West End

Source: Broadway.com | Posted: October 19 2020 @ 12:51 pm

Australian rock band INXS is getting the musical treatment. The group's long-term manager Chris Murphy and music groups Universal and Warner Chappell have signed on for the development of a stage production, according to The Sydney Morning Herald. The show will  feature the Grammy-nominated band's music catalogue, which includes hits like "Never Tear Us Apart," "Suicide Blonde,""Need You Tonight" and more.

With an aim for Broadway and the West End, Murphy has partnered with Sydney producer Michael Cassel, who is responsible for bringing Harry Potter and the Cursed Child to Melbourne’s Princess Theatre and Hamilton to the Sydney Lyric Theatre. Although no creative team has been announced, Cassel said they're working with a "top international writer" to come up with a story inspired by the music.

Originally formed as The Farriss Brothers in 1977, INXS had their first number-one hit in 1984 with "Original Sin." The band found international success in the mid-to-late 1980s and early 1990s with the hit albums Listen Like Thieves, Kick, and X. After frontman Michael Hutchence's death in 1997, INXS continued to tour and record with several guest singers. During a concert on November 11, 2012, they announced the performance would be their last. …