Performing Arts Headlines

Would you go to a play by yourself? Theaters are hoping so
Wed Mar 04 5:00 am
As solo leisure booms globally, theater operator ATG Entertainment is launching "Solo Seats" events to destigmatize going to the theater alone.
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Lesley Manville says her stage and screen careers 'feed each other'
Mon Mar 02 5:00 am
The decorated British actress discusses her new film Midwinter Break, her role in Oedipus on Broadway and how she balances stage and screen.
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Internal memo details cosmetic changes and facility repairs to Kennedy Center
Thu Feb 19 4:16 pm
Trump announced his plans to close the Kennedy Center entirely for two years "for Construction, Revitalization, and Complete Rebuilding." The announcement came after many prominent artists canceled existing scheduled appearances.
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Part comedy, part masochism: This stand-up show includes a public roast of each comic
Mon Feb 16 5:51 pm
Every Sunday in Austin, there's a comedy show called Banana Phone. Comedians do one minute of stand up material, then the crowd heckles and roasts them until they run out of insults.
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With virtual characters in real life, 'An Ark' experiments with mixed-reality performance
Sat Feb 14 8:02 am
A new play, "An Ark", is one of the first to be created and produced for mixed reality. It recently opened in New York, but does the play herald the future of theater?
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The auteur of 'Strange Loop' tackles an opera like no other
Wed Feb 04 4:47 pm
The Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winner is trying something new — instead of a musical for Broadway, he's written an opera, now playing in Philadelphia.
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You have lots of questions about Trump's Kennedy Center renovation. We do, too
Mon Feb 02 2:34 pm
President Trump announced a "Complete Rebuilding" of the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. You asked: Who's going to pay for it? What will it turn into? And doesn't Congress have to approve?
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At a clown school near Paris, failure is the lesson
Sun Feb 01 6:00 am
For decades, students at the Ecole Philippe Gaulier have been paying to bomb onstage. The goal isn't laughs — it's learning how to take the humiliation and keep going.
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More staff shakeups at the Kennedy Center
Thu Jan 29 2:55 pm
The departures include Kevin Couch, who was announced as the Kennedy Center's senior vice president of artistic planning less than two weeks ago.
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Here's who's canceled their Kennedy Center performances since Trump took over
Tue Jan 20 12:44 pm
The San Francisco Ballet, composer Philip Glass, the Martha Graham Dance Company and more have pulled out of Kennedy Center performances. Here's a running list of cancellations.
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