Tag: Performing arts
An ‘optimistic’ Verona Arena announces summer opera lineup
MILAN — Riccardo Muti and Plácido Domingo will headline the 2021 Verona Arena Opera Festival, essentially last year's canceled season revived as a sign...
Protesters say out with Cyprus’ ‘Satanic’ Eurovision entry
NICOSIA, Cyprus —
Dozens of Orthodox Christian faithful held up...
Berlin film festival’s Golden Bear goes to ‘Loony Porn’
BERLIN — Judges at the Berlin Film Festival announced Friday that the satirical movie ‘Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn’ by Romanian director Radu...
Tonywatch: Elizabeth Stanley seeks ‘healing and connection’
NEW YORK — A short time after Broadway shut down last year, Elizabeth Stanley went on a tiny rescue mission.
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Scholarship created to honor choreographer Ann Reinking
NEW YORK — Long before she became a Tony Award-winning choreographer, Ann Reinking waited tables to save up enough money to move to New...
Famed Madrid flamenco venue closes amid virus restrictions
MADRID — Artists at one of Madrid’s best-known flamenco bars put on a final outdoor show Thursday, marking its closure after 140 years because...
Tonywatch: Aaron Tveit rides a roller coaster of a year
NEW YORK — Even in a crazy year with so many ups and downs, consider the last 12 months of Aaron Tveit.
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Tonywatch: Dede Ayite’s costumes always ‘build up layers’
NEW YORK — One of the most intriguing parts of the costumes at the Broadway play “A Soldier's Story” was something the audience likely...
Tonywatch: Clint Ramos on designing a better Broadway
NEW YORK — The audience watching the searing and provocative “Slave Play” on Broadway often caught a glimpse of themselves onstage — in more...
Tonywatch: Playwright Katori Hall ‘reaching for humanity’
NEW YORK — Most playwrights who dip their toes into musical theater for the first time go small. Not Katori Hall: Her first assignment...