Deb Miller

National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene presents a virtual celebration of Sukkos

Launched in March, following the closure of arts venues necessitated by the coronavirus pandemic, Folksbiene! LIVE offers an online celebration of Yiddish culture, featuring livestreamed presentations...

Short plays by Lauren Yee, BD Wong, and more in ‘Days of Re-Creation’ streaming this week

As part of this month’s rolling world premiere, Philadelphia Theatre Company will stream its debut of Days of Re-Creation: A Virtual Play on Wednesday, September 30, at 7 pm. Conceived by Devenand...

Jaime Lozano and ‘¡VIVA Broadway!’ celebrate Latinx Heritage Month

The celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month (as inaugurated by LBJ in 1968) continues in October with two more big events: a new album release by musician/composer Jaime Lozano; and a virtual all-star...

Tony-winner John Lloyd Young of ‘Jersey Boys’ livestreams the songs of Broadway from Las Vegas

UPDATE: Following the success of his October livestream concert discussed below, it was just announced that John Lloyd Young will return to The Space, Las Vegas with John Lloyd Young’s Vegas Holiday...

A virtual exhibition of Al Hirschfeld’s presidential-themed works

In a new online exhibition apropos to this year’s spectacle of presidential campaigning – “one of the few shows playing around the country at the moment” – The Al Hirschfeld Foundation presents West...

Vinny DePonto’s ‘Mental Amusements’ astonishes audiences with virtual mind-reading

Award-winning Brooklyn-based mentalist Vinny DePonto can’t go to Coney Island this year because of the coronavirus pandemic, so he’s bringing his new interactive mind-reading magic show Mental...

Broadway sends out an SOS for emergency arts funding

Representatives from The Broadway League and the theater industry joined Senate Minority Leader and long-time arts advocate Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) in Duffy Square yesterday in support of the...

September album releases from Broadway shows and stars

This month has seen the arrival of three must-have albums from the hit shows and top stars of Broadway. From a special new edition of an original cast album, to the second volume of a concept album...

Recipients of the 2020 Doris Duke Artist Awards

In a virtual press event held on Thursday, September 17, at 11 am ET, the recipients of the 2020 Doris Duke Artist Awards were revealed in the fields of contemporary dance, jazz, and theater. Although...

Broadway directors West Hyler and Shelley Butler deliver their ‘Artistic Stamp’ via the USPS

If you’re Zoomed out and desperately missing an organic connection to the theater, Shelley Butler and West Hyler – a husband-and-wife duo of Broadway directors, each with more than 20 years of...

Interactive and immersive experiences happening Off-Off-Broadway

While social distancing, masks, and frequent sanitizing continue to be necessary safety precautions to combat the spread of COVID-19, some experimental Off-Off-Broadway theater companies are offering...

Ballet Hispánico launches new programming for Hispanic Heritage Month

First established as Hispanic Heritage Week in 1968, the national recognition of the influence and achievements of Latinx people to the history and culture of the US was expanded in 1988, to encompass...

Apple Family Productions’ ‘Incidental Moments of the Day’ concludes the Zoom trilogy

Since 2010, audiences have been following the dinnertime conversations of the fictional Apples, an ordinary white middle-class family in upstate New York. The live on-stage performances were a running...

A classic, a concert, and a call-out streaming this week from NYC

Whether you’re in the mood for a timely adaptation of a sardonic classic, the blockbuster vocals of a Broadway phenomenon, or a wry exposé of the flagrant sexism that permeates our popular music, you...

The annual ‘Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction’ goes virtual for 2020

For the first time in its history (beginning in Shubert Alley in 1987), the annual Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction, produced by and benefitting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, goes virtual...

Healing with the ‘Table of Silence Project 9/11’ from Buglisi Dance Theatre and Lincoln Center

This year marks the nineteenth anniversary of the tragedy of 9/11. To continue their dedication to the difficult healing process, Buglisi Dance Theatre and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, in...

Labor Day demonstration of ‘Arts Workers Unite’ in Times Square

On Monday’s “Labor Day of Action,” Be An #ArtsHero organized a nationwide movement of Arts Workers Unite, with theater professionals urging all US Senators to legislate a proportionate relief package...

15 Questions in 15 Minutes with Broadway’s Laura Benanti

After taking Broadway by storm at the age of eighteen as Maria in The Sound of Music, the super-talented multi-nominated multiple award-winning star Laura Benanti has appeared in such notable Broadway...

Arts Workers Unite on Labor Day to call for emergency relief

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, 62% of arts workers report that they are fully unemployed, 94% have reported an income loss, 41% of arts and culture institutions are not confident that they will...

A rich and expansive look at ‘All the Sonnets of Shakespeare’ from Cambridge University Press

Two prolific scholars and writers on Shakespeare, and colleagues at Stratford-upon-Avon’s Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Paul Edmondson (Head of Research and Knowledge and Director of the...

Latest info on the 2020 Tony Awards

After the postponement of this year’s 74th annual Tony Awards from its traditional date in early June, it has been announced that the show will go on, virtually, in the Fall. Presented by The Broadway...

Derrick Cobey and Telly Leung star in the ‘Broadway Summer Spectacular’ at Bristol Riverside Theatre

While Broadway itself is still dark, Bristol Riverside Theatre, in Bucks County, PA, brings Broadway into your home for this year’s virtual Broadway Summer Spectacular. The all-new pre-recorded online...

A sneak peek at ‘Escape from Camp Eerie’ by ‘Broadway Whodunit?’ with Andrew Barth Feldman and Will Roland

The second installment of Broadway Whodunit?, Escape from Camp Eerie makes its livestream debut on Sunday, August 30, at 6 pm ET. So get out your notepad and pencil, sharpen your sleuthing skills, and...

Listen to this! New releases and livestreams from The Boy Band Project, Broadway Buskers, and Playbill

Though the coronavirus pandemic has brought a temporary halt to large public gatherings, it hasn’t stopped artists and organizations from celebrating big events while entertaining audiences and...

Archived performances from The Cabaret released today for free streaming

Starting today, a selection of more than 200 videos, culled from eleven years of live acts by a roster of top Broadway stars and acclaimed global artists at The Cabaret, will go digital on the...

A conversation with Tony Award-winning producer Ron Simons

With over 20 years of experience and a running count of five nominations and four Tony Awards to his credit – more than any other Black Broadway producer in history – Ron Simons, CEO and President of...

New album releases of ‘The Michael Friedman Collection’ and ‘In the Heights’ from Ghostlight Records

Ghostlight Records, an independent leader in original cast recordings of Broadway musicals and solo albums by its stars, has announced two new releases in the world-premiere series of The Michael...

Enjoy a wild night (or two) with Club Cumming

On Thursday, August 13, Club Cumming – the hot queer intimate cabaret space in the East Village, co-founded by the multi-award-winning Scottish-born actor and LGBTQIA+ activist Alan Cumming – launches...

New York celebrates the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment

August 26, 2020, marks the centennial of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution, giving women the right to vote. To commemorate the momentous anniversary, special events and...

Irish Repertory Theatre’s ‘Love, Noël’ pays tribute to ‘The Master’ Noël Coward

After the sold-out run of the Irish Repertory Theatre’s world-premiere Off-Broadway production of Love, Noël in the summer of 2019, the show has returned in a re-imagined digital reprise for the final...

New musical offerings to watch this week

Among this week’s top livestreams from New York are three different genres of new musical offerings – a short musical narrative, a thematic song cycle, and a cabaret-style concert – that make their...

15 Questions in 15 Minutes with ‘A Strange Loop’ star James Jackson, Jr.

The one and “onliest” James Jackson, Jr. is a New York City-based actor, performance artist, Kabarettist, vocal coach, producer, and everything else a fabulous entertainer should be. From the downtown...

Off-Broadway top picks: Feminist hits ‘Gloria: A Life’ and ‘Bella Bella’ in accessible at-home formats

If you missed seeing them live at the theater, Gloria: A Life and Bella Bella, two popular Off-Broadway shows from the 2018 and 2019 seasons, are now available to everyone at home, in the respective...

Coming to you online this week!

A conversation with New York’s most lauded playwright of the past season and an all-star digital world-premiere musical are among the offerings streaming early this week, so be sure to reserve your...

Celebrating the 2020 awards of the Dramatists Guild Foundation, Dramatists Guild, and The Lillys

Last night, the Dramatists Guild Foundation (DGF – a national charity that supports playwrights, composers, lyricists, and book writers at all stages of their careers, sponsors educational programs,...

The New Group and #WhileWeBreathe present must-see shows to watch this week

Two compelling mid-week offerings with weighty themes take different approaches – one profoundly dramatic, one bitingly comic – to deliver their timely messages of the need for socio-political change...

Alt-cabaret artist and actor Kim David Smith talks about his new live album and his musical inspirations

Cabaret sensation Kim David Smith just released his first concert album Live at Joe’s Pub earlier this month, recorded during one of his recurrent sold-out performance at the iconic downtown nightclub...

Andrew Goren discusses the growing value of ‘Harmony Helper’ in light of the coronavirus pandemic

In 2017, when Andrew Goren, CEO and Founder of Harmony Helper, developed the new digital app to help vocalists with singing, rehearsing, and perfecting their harmonizing skills from the comfort of...

Top picks for a streaming hot Saturday

It’s not just the weather that’s steaming; there are some sizzling shows streaming this Saturday to keep you entertained and engaged, with a choreographed concert of pop favorites from the ‘90s, a...

15 Questions in 15 Minutes with Broadway’s Jennifer Sánchez

Actress, singer/songwriter, and Albuquerque, New Mexico native Jennifer Sánchez made her Broadway debut in the 2009 revival West Side Story, singing the iconic “America” by Leonard Bernstein and...

Irish Repertory Theatre revisits ‘The Weir’ in a haunting new digital presentation

For the second installment of its online 2020 summer season, Off-Broadway’s Irish Repertory Theatre is presenting an all-new third-time revival of Dublin-born playwright Conor McPherson’s...

Weekend update: New releases of songs and stories

This weekend’s top online offerings include a new album release of a cabaret concert from a favorite downtown nightclub, a virtual variety show featuring a roster of luminaries from the New York...

A telling and powerful serial podcast of ‘Richard II’ by The Public Theater

Although COVID-19 has caused the cancellation of this year’s outdoor summer performances of free Shakespeare in the Park, it hasn’t stopped The Public Theater from offering another installment of its...

Recipients of the 65th annual Obie Awards

Following two postponements of its annual presentation, in May and June, in light of the coronavirus crisis and in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, the 65th annual Obie Awards for the...

Three spectacular special events streaming this week

With the extension of the shutdown of live theater through at least January 3, 2021, the ever-creative New York theater community is continuing to go digital with an increasing number of online shows...

Big events streaming tonight

Despite the coronavirus shutdown of Broadway, theater-lovers can still enjoy new works and stellar performances by favorites from The Great White Way via the upswing in offerings on digital media....

A grassroots call for government assistance for the arts

Be An #ArtsHero – an intersectional grassroots social media campaign organized to mobilize a movement in support of emergency arts relief from the government – calls on the 5.1 million Americans...

Digital reissues of Broadway legend Carol Channing’s last two albums from Time Life

Musical theater icon Carol Channing (1921-2019) made her Broadway debut in 1941, then went on to become one of its biggest stars, after her famed appearance in the 1949 hit Gentlemen Prefer Blondes....

The Public Theater’s ‘The Line’ relays true pandemic stories from New York’s first-responders

As the coronavirus wreaks havoc on the world, and on live theater on and off Broadway, The Public Theater has responded with a virtual world premiere of The Line – an original Zoom docudrama with a...

Recent music releases by Ghostlight Records to help get through quarantine

Ghostlight Records, an independent leader in original Broadway cast albums and music by luminaries from the New York stage, continues to release new recordings during this extended pandemic shutdown...