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The Best Online Staging of Chekhov’s The Seagull Is in The Sims. Really.

 “We were giddy.” By Helen Shaw
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David Byrne and Heidi Schreck, in Conversation

 The creators of American Utopia and What the Constitution Means to Me on the links between their filmed Broadway shows. By Jackson McHenry
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What the Constitution Means to Me Film Unleashes a Boiler Full of Flames

 When everything feels too overwhelming to watch at home, Heidi Schreck’s Broadway show (streaming on Prime Video) hits the right chord of anger. By Helen Shaw and Kathryn VanArendonk
  1. casting call
    With Broadway Shuttered, Mandy Patinkin Joins The Good FightBecause what else is a stage icon to do these days?
    By Justin Curto
  2. rent! rent! rent!
    The Highs and Lows of NYTW’s 25 Years of Rent BenefitA reunion special with extra new stars, as the 1996 musical reaches a milestone birthday.
    By Jackson McHenry, Chris Murphy, and Helen Shaw
  3. the coronavirus
    Smaller New York Performance Spaces Allowed to Open at Limited CapacityVenues would max out at 100 people indoors or 200 outdoors.
    By Jackson McHenry
  4. theater
    Theater Is Closed, But That Hasn’t Stopped the WoostersFor the group, theater is a religion and the process is the point. Its latest: a years-in-the-making adaptation of Brecht’s The Mother.
    By Helen Shaw
  5. the art of ending things
    There Are Only Two Types of Musical Endings That MatterCan you tell we really miss Broadway?
    By Rebecca Alter
  7. streaming theater review
    Performing for Ghosts: Riz Ahmed’s The Long Goodbye“The songs are like stars, supermassive, dense with rhyme and anger.”
    By Helen Shaw
  8. improv
    The Peoples Improv Theater Is Closing Its Main SpaceIt’s another loss for the New York comedy scene.
    By Anne Victoria Clark
  9. in memoriam
    Please, Everyone, Read Christopher Plummer’s AutobiographyThese few bits will get you hooked.
    By Helen Shaw
  10. obits
    Christopher Plummer, Legendary Actor, Dead at 91One of a few to win the “Triple Crown of Acting.”
    By Justin Curto
  11. it’s possible!
    The Brandy-Whitney Cinderella Is Finally Belting Onto Disney+Impossible things are happening on February 12.
    By Jackson McHenry
  12. rip
    Actor Hal Holbrook, Who Embodied Mark Twain for Over 60 Years, Is Dead at 95From playing Deep Throat in All the President’s Men to his one-man stage show as Mark Twain, Holbrook had a substantial career.
    By Zoe Haylock
  13. tony awards
    The Tony Awards Inch Closer to Finally Giving Aaron Tveit That TrophyBallots will go out in March, with a ceremony “in coordination with Broadway’s eventual reopening.”
    By Jackson McHenry
  14. streaming theater review
    Bollywood Kitchen, Where the Script Is Also a RecipeA streaming innovation: Instead of getting better seats when you pay more, you get closer interaction with the star.
    By Helen Shaw
  15. streaming theater review
    Irish Eyes, Unsmiling: Mark O’Rowe’s The Approach Is a Three-Actor ShowcaseStreaming from Dublin.
    By Helen Shaw
  16. inauguration day
    See How Many Broadway Stars You Can Name in the Celebrating America PerformanceThe Broadway community virtually came together to sing “Seasons of Love” and “Let the Sunshine In” at the event.
    By Chris Murphy
  17. theater review
    It’s Theater-Festival Season, in a Year When Everything’s Avant-Garde AnywayThe January of the Weird has arrived.
    By Helen Shaw
  18. broadway
    Broadway’s Mean Girls Musical Will Not Return After the PandemicThe production is still set for a movie adaptation.
    By Jackson McHenry
  19. extremely online
    The Rats Hidden Under All Our Hats Helped Ratatouille Musical Raise Over $1MProceeds from the TikTok musical will go to the Actors Fund.
    By Halle Kiefer
  20. streaming theater
    How Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical Came to Be (and Yes, Disney’s Okay With It)A benefit for the Actors Fund brought everyone together.
    By Helen Shaw
  21. theater
    Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical Cooks Up a Cast of Broadway Heavy-HittersTituss Burgess and Andrew Barth Feldman will star.
    By Justin Curto
  22. improv
    Upright Citizens Brigade Closes Sunset Theater in Los AngelesThe organization says it’s “still working to maintain our Franklin space” as the pandemic drags on.
    By Halle Kiefer
  23. obits
    Rebecca Luker, Three-Time Tony Nominee, Dead at 59She had previously announced an ALS diagnosis in February.
    By Justin Curto
  24. best of 2020
    The 10 Best Theater Moments of 2020Our favorite live, streamed, Zoomed, and Sims’d plays from Joshua William Gelb, Natalie Palamides, Eboni Booth, and more.
    By Helen Shaw
  25. the industry
    Here’s How the New Stimulus Package Will Affect the Entertainment IndustryBreaking down the aid for venues, higher piracy punishments, and new Smithsonian museums.
    By Justin Curto
  26. theater review
    The Holidays Are a Drag: Taylor Mac and Joshua William Gelb Dress for ItReviews of Taylor Mac’s Holiday Sauce: Pandemic!, and Joshua William Gelb in Heather Christian’s I Am Sending You the Sacred Face.
    By Helen Shaw
  27. obits
    Ann Reinking, Chicago Star and Tony-Winning Choreographer, Is Dead at 71The late actress and dancer played Roxie Hart in both the original Broadway production, and its long-running revival.
    By Halle Kiefer
  28. unruly heart
    The Prom Isn’t the Gift to Queer Teens It Thinks It IsThe Netflix version is a straight person’s imagining of a gay love story for a straight audience … made by a gay person? Make it make sense.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  29. institutions
    The Artists vs. the Flea: ‘We Will Burn It All Down’The downtown theater company is in crisis.
    By Helen Shaw
  30. live tv
    Is It Still Broadway If It’s Hosted by Tina Fey and Aired on NBC?Let’s discuss that Best of Broadway special.
    By Chris Murphy and Helen Shaw
  31. looking respectfully
    Anthony Ramos Gives Twitter the Gift of His Self Tape for CatsOh, what could have been.
    By Charu Sinha
  32. zazz?
    Nicole Kidman Seen Recklessly Giving It Some Zazz in The PromShe’s dreamed a little dream of a Fosse number.
    By Jackson McHenry
  33. how-to
    Circle Jerk’s Recipe for a Viral Theater Hit“If it gets screwed up, that’s part of the energy.”
    By Helen Shaw
  34. what?
    Well, Here’s Meryl Streep Rapping on a New Song From The Prom“If somebody starts in with new drama, just go high like Michelle Obama.”
    By Jackson McHenry
  35. dance
    Ballet Dancers Get Their Nutcracker Fix UpstateBalletCollective to put on an immersive performance in a mansion.
    By Wendy Goodman
  36. theater review
    The Best Online Staging of Chekhov’s The Seagull Is in The Sims. Really.“We were giddy.”
    By Helen Shaw
  37. broadway
    The Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade Will Have Some Broadway Performances After AllIn pretaped, socially distanced form.
    By Jackson McHenry
  38. q&a
    Jeremy O. Harris Is Spending HBO’s Money on Producing PlaysOn streaming productions like ‘Circle Jerk’: “Look, this is doable … We don’t actually have to sit around watching Zoom for the rest of our lives.”
    By Helen Shaw
  39. australia
    Nicole Kidman Loves Television So Much She’s Making Another ShowThings I Know to Be True is based on a stage play of the same name.
    By Rebecca Alter
  40. chat room
    Marielle Heller on What the Constitution Means to Me and The Queen’s GambitThe actor-writer-director has two very different new projects in very different media.
    By Jackson McHenry
  41. theater
    David Byrne and Heidi Schreck, in ConversationThe creators of American Utopia and What the Constitution Means to Me on the links between their filmed Broadway shows.
    By Jackson McHenry
  42. trailer mix
    The Prom Trailer: Meryl Brings Tolerance and Tonys to a Small Town by ForcePremiering on Netflix December 11.
    By Jackson McHenry
  43. theater review
    Circle Jerk’s Theatrical Erudition Includes a Dose of The O.C.A streaming production that doesn’t feel stripped-down.
    By Helen Shaw
  44. regional theater
    Diane Warren Wrote a Musical Around Stories of Sexual Harassment in HollywoodLouisette Geiss, a Weinstein accuser, co-wrote the book of The Right Girl.
    By Jackson McHenry
  45. movie review
    What the Constitution Means to Me Film Unleashes a Boiler Full of FlamesWhen everything feels too overwhelming to watch at home, Heidi Schreck’s Broadway show (streaming on Prime Video) hits the right chord of anger.
    By Helen Shaw and Kathryn VanArendonk
  46. tony awards
    6 Takeaways From the Erratic 2020 Tony Award NominationsCongrats to Jagged Little Pill! Sorry to The Lightning Thief.
    By Jackson McHenry
  47. broadway
    Here Are the Nominees for the Ever-Mysterious 2020 Tony AwardsJagged Little Pill and Slave Play lead the races.
    By Jackson McHenry
  48. streaming theater
    Transcript Turned Script: A Preview of Why Would I Dare’s Courtroom DramaThe Crystal Mason voting-rights case comes to the stage in a streaming production by the Commissary.
    By Helen Shaw
  49. broadway
    Broadway Shutdown Extended Through May 2021 Due to COVID-19The Music Man and MJ have already announced new dates.
    By Jackson McHenry
  50. tony awards
    Tony Awards to Announce Nominations Next Week and Hold Ceremony Who Knows WhenA date for the digital ceremony has still not been announced.
    By Jackson McHenry
  51. theater
    Broadway Stars and Their Face Shields Hold Surprise Performance in Times SquareFace shield or not, you can’t hide Bernadette’s hair.
    By Jackson McHenry
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