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An Eclectic Mix of Arts Without Walls Arts http://ift.tt/2ioFA6D Theater, Festivals October 21, 2017 at 05:00AM Author --- SUE DING, JEAN YVES CHAINON and TIM CHAFFEE Source> -- The New York Times Keywords -- Theater, Festivals La Jolla Playhouse’s Without Walls festival takes to San Diego’s streets and public buildings for the first time with a diverse offering of immersive performances.

Governor Cuomo Outlaws Use of Elephants for Entertainment Arts http://ift.tt/2l3OZ4s Elephants, Theater October 20, 2017 at 05:00AM Author --- REGGIE UGWU Source> -- The New York Times Keywords -- Elephants, Theater The New York governor signed a bill that is the latest salvo in a growing movement to preserve the animals.

Danielle Darrieux, French Film Star, Is Dead at 100 Obituaries http://ift.tt/2zBtbjM Deaths (Obituaries), Actors and Actresses, Movies, Theater October 19, 2017 at 05:00AM Author --- ANITA GATES Source> -- The New York Times Keywords -- Deaths (Obituaries), Actors and Actresses, Movies, Theater Ms. Darrieux’s career of sophisticated roles spanned eight decades and indelible incarnations as ingénue, coquette, femme fatale and grande dame.

Upright Citizens Brigade to Leave Chelsea Theater and Move Uptown Arts http://ift.tt/2gm9x39 Theater, Comedy and Humor October 19, 2017 at 05:00AM Author --- SOPAN DEB Source> -- The New York Times Keywords -- Theater, Comedy and Humor The Upright Citizens Brigade will be leaving its famed space in Chelsea and moving to a location on West 42nd Street by early December.

Scalpel, Sponge, Magic Beans: When Doctors Moonlight as Actors Theater http://ift.tt/2zya7TG Theater October 18, 2017 at 05:00AM Author --- SUZY EVANS Source> -- The New York Times Keywords -- Theater The Bard Hall Players, a theater company made up of Columbia University medical students, is marking its 50th season with a production of “Into the Woods.”

10 Famous People on Stephen Sondheim T Magazine http://ift.tt/2gOHz0l Theater, Music October 18, 2017 at 05:00AM Author --- BENNETT MARCUS Source> -- The New York Times Keywords -- Theater, Music The legendary composer and lyricist of musical theater is one of seven cover stars of T’s Greats issue. In honor of the occasion, T asked 10 friends, collaborators and admirers to reflect.

New Flight for a New ‘Butterfly’ Theater http://ift.tt/2gM0rgE Theater October 17, 2017 at 05:00AM Author --- LAURA COLLINS-HUGHES Source> -- The New York Times Keywords -- Theater David Henry Hwang has reworked his gender-blurring, career-launching Tony-winning play to assure that it feels “resonant with the culture today.”

5 Artists on How ‘M. Butterfly’ Changed Their Lives Theater http://ift.tt/2xMVjTZ Theater October 17, 2017 at 05:00AM Author --- Unknown Author Source> -- The New York Times Keywords -- Theater Actors and playwrights describe how David Henry Hwang’s 1988 play inspired their work.

Bodies in Pain, Protest and Resistance Theater http://ift.tt/2zgnWoS Theater October 17, 2017 at 05:00AM Author --- BEN BRANTLEY Source> -- The New York Times Keywords -- Theater Works from the Belarus Free Theater and the Freedom Theater explore the drama of confronting authority.

Stephen Sondheim, Theater’s Greatest Lyricist T Magazine http://ift.tt/2gfE4PP Theater, Music October 16, 2017 at 05:00AM Author --- LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA Source> -- The New York Times Keywords -- Theater, Music Lin-Manuel Miranda speaks to the man who has consistently remade the American musical over his 60-year career — and who is trying to surprise us one more time.

Roy Dotrice, Veteran Actor and Tony Winner, Dies at 94 Obituaries http://ift.tt/2yssawf Actors and Actresses, Theater October 16, 2017 at 05:00AM Author --- ROBERT D. McFADDEN Source> -- The New York Times Keywords -- Actors and Actresses, Theater Mr. Dotrice, who began acting in a P.O.W. camp, had a long career in movies, on TV and onstage, winning his Tony in “A Moon for the Misbegotten.”

Making Shakespeare Their Own, Serious and Silly Theater http://ift.tt/2gnv2E6 Theater October 16, 2017 at 05:00AM Author --- ALEXIS SOLOSKI Source> -- The New York Times Keywords -- Theater Two productions that draw on the Bard: an “As You Like It” with echoes of the refugee crisis and a goofy musical based on “Measure for Measure.” In this case, fun wins.

In a Bygone New York, John Epperson Invited Charles Busch to a Show Arts http://ift.tt/2ge762v Theater October 16, 2017 at 05:00AM Author --- ADAM SANK Source> -- The New York Times Keywords -- Theater The two old friends — and one-time frenemies — both became famous wearing women’s clothing. But don’t call them “drag queens.”

Waiting for Bruce Style http://ift.tt/2ym2b80 Theater October 14, 2017 at 05:00AM Author --- STUART EMMRICH Source> -- The New York Times Keywords -- Theater Bruce Springsteen has a triumphant night for his Broadway debut, but leaves his fans at the Hard Rock Cafe to party on their own.

Review: A Richard III Who Steps Straight Out of the Land of Id Theater http://ift.tt/2hF3SFk Theater October 12, 2017 at 05:00AM Author --- BEN BRANTLEY Source> -- The New York Times Keywords -- Theater An astonishing Lars Eidinger is a hunchback to remember in Thomas Ostermeier’s Halloween treat of a production at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

‘Brilliant,’ 41 and Lost to AIDS: The Theater World Asks Why Theater http://ift.tt/2wMJzwb Theater, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome October 11, 2017 at 05:00AM Author --- MICHAEL PAULSON Source> -- The New York Times Keywords -- Theater, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome The death of Michael Friedman, a much-admired composer and lyricist, has left friends and fellow artists asking if they could have done more to help him amid signs of trouble.