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Watch Now: Girl From the North Country‘s “Tight Connection to My Heart”

Source: BroadwayDirect.com | Posted: August 19 2020 @ 1:04 pm

The cast and crew of Girl From the North Country are thrilled to be participating in Harlem Week 2020. To commemorate, Kimber Elayne Sprawl and the team behind the musical created a music video in and around Harlem.

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Watch This Powerful Performance from Girl From the North Country's Kimber Elayne Sprawl

Source: Broadway.com | Posted: August 19 2020 @ 11:03 am

Kimber Elayne Sprawl has previously discussed why Girl From the North Country, the last Broadway show to open before the COVID-19 pandemic shut down theaters, is more relevant than ever. "I think our show is going to hit so hard when we return. It really puts things in a new perspective," she said on #LiveatFive: Home Edition. "It literally is about the Great Depression." In a new music video, the performer shows the relevance of the musical's Bob Dylan score in a powerful way. As part of Harlem Week’s Virtual Music Festival, she performs “Tight Connection To My Heart” while exploring New York City's uptown streets. The video also features Tony nominee Denée Benton as well as Broadway alums Nick Rashad Burroughs and Alysha Deslorieux. Watch below!

At Least One London Theatre Has Kept Busy Throughout The Pandemic

Source: ArtsJournal.com | Posted: August 19 2020 @ 11:02 am

“The Bush Theatre in London [has] produced a series of timely Monday Monologues online, curated The Protest series of digital pieces inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement and posted a number of Master Classes. It even became one of the first theatres in London to reopen its building — not for regular theatre performances, […]

The Old Vic's Three Kings, Starring Andrew Scott, Announces New Dates

Source: Broadway.com | Posted: August 19 2020 @ 10:38 am

There are officially new dates for the Old Vic's production of Stephen Beresford's new play Three Kings. Olivier winner and Fleabag favorite Andrew Scott, who is set to star in the production, had been recovering from a minor surgery. Originally set to begin on July 29 and then on August 7, performances will now run from September 3 through September 5.

Directed by Matthew Warchus, The Three Kings stars Scott as Patrick. When he is eight-years-old, his absent father returns unexpectedly and in a brief but memorable encounter, sets him to the challenge of "The Three Kings." Years later—recalling that meeting, and the revelations that followed—Patrick traces the events of his father’s life—and takes the audience on a journey of grandiose plans, aching disappointments and audacious self delusion.

This is the latest installment of the new artistic initiative called Old Vic: In Camera. The Crown's Claire Foy and Matt Smith starred in a socially distant production of Lungs earlier this summer. For tickets and more information, head here.

Julie Taymor & Sarah Ruhl's Gloria Steinem Biopic to Premiere on Amazon Prime

Source: Broadway.com | Posted: August 19 2020 @ 10:16 am

In the wake of the coronavirus crisis, this new biopic is taking a page out of Hamilton and Mulan's book. The Glorias, a film directed by Tony winner Julie Taymor and co-written by Tony nominee Sarah Ruhl and Taymor, follows the life of journalist and activist Gloria Steinem. Variety reports that the movie, originally scheduled to open in theaters on September 25, will instead premiere on Amazon Prime on September 30.

As previously announced, Oscar winner and Broadway alum Julianne Moore plays Steinem in the film, which is based on her bestselling memoir My Life on the Road. Oscar winner Alicia Vikander plays Steinem as a journalist in the 1960s, while Moore portrays her as a key figure in the women’s liberation movement during the 1970s and beyond. As previously reported, Tony winner Bette Midler takes on the role of New York-based attorney Bella Abzug, who took part in the antiwar group Women Strike for Peace and later went on to serve as a U.S. representative.

The Glorias cast also includes Janelle Monáe as Dorothy Pitman Hughes, Timothy Hutton as Leo Steinem and Lorraine Toussaint as Florynce Kennedy. The film debuted at the Sundance Film …