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Company One Theatre Ushers Audiences Toward 'A Better Future' with Season 22
Company One Theatre's Season 22 digs deep and doubles down, recommitting to C1's vision of a Boston defined by justice, equity, and artistic innovation.
Broadway Stars and Drag Queens to Unite for Voter Drive Show
Broadway and the world of drag will combine later this month for a streaming variety show to promote voter participation that promises plenty of show tunes and a lot of fierce lipstick.
Actors in Drag March to Highlight Virus Threat to UK Theater
As much of Britain's economy emerged from the coronavirus lockdown, its theaters stayed dark, with performers and staff unwillingly idled.
Watch: Sneak Peek of New Musical 'Shooting Star' Where Porn Meets Broadway
Tomorrow a video including songs from the new musical "Shooting Star" premieres. As conceived by adult star Hans Berlin (Florian Klein), the musical follows a man's journey through the adult male industry.
'Angels in America' Virtual Performance Streams Oct. 8
Seven pivotal scenes from the epic Tony and Pulitzer-winning two-part AIDS drama 'Angels in America' will stream online on October 8 as a benefit for amfAR's Fund to Fight Covid-19. Much more than a Zoom reading, look for some unusual changes.
Dance Films, Classes Move On(line)
In these unprecedented times, artists still create. Dancers, choreographers, and teachers are no exception. While the in-person physicality of a dance performance can't be fully recreated, some companies are doing their best.
Juanita MORE!'s Charity Event Gets Groovy
What? You missed San Francisco drag icon and DJ Juanita MORE! and her lip-synch DJ event fundraiser? Never fear. It's still here, online, of course.
The Noël Coward Foundation's 'Marvellous Party'
In an online fundraiser for two nonprofits, dozens of acclaimed actors and musicians perform intimate excerpts from the gay playwright/composer/author's plays, songs, poems and essays.
Rhode Island Theater Improvises for the Fall Season
Rhode Island theaters will remain mostly non-operational for the remainder of the year, but some are improvising with plans for fall productions.
Marga Gomez Keeps Us Laughing: 'Spanking Machine' to Play Online
In her live-streaming queer Cuban comedy-drama 'Spanking Machine,' Marga Gomez shares the story of the first boy she ever kissed and how it made them both gay forever.
Improvising this Summer, Varla Jean Merman Spreads Laughter Poolside
Varla Jean Merman is improvising this summer, taking her show across Commercial Street to another Ptown venue & performing it poolside. EDGE spoke with Jeffrey Roberson (Varla's alter-ego) about the show & Ptown during the pandemic.
Catch 'Moulin Rouge' Star Karen Olivo with Seth Rudetsky this Holiday Weekend
Tony winner Karen Olivo joins Seth Rudetsky this Sunday for a livestream concert.
Boston Theater Company Embraces 'The Gay Agenda' with Upcoming Virtual Preview
Boston Theater Company, the organization that produced "Finish Line: A Documentary Play About the 2013 Boston Marathon," is excited to announce a one-time, virtual preview performance of its newest work "The Gay Agenda."
7 LGBTQ Theater Makers to Pay Attention to Right Now
From playwrights to performance artists, from Broadway to beyond, these seven artists represent the legacy of queer representation in the arts, and no virus is going to stop them.
How Does a Major Theatrical Venue Reopen? PPAC Offers Answers
When large-scaled performing venues reopen, what will it be like? The Providence Performing Arts Center offers some answers.
Tony Awards for Shortened Broadway Season Will Go Digital
Despite being interrupted by the coronavirus pandemic, the shortened Broadway season will nonetheless have a Tony Awards.
Review: Wilbury Theatre Group's 'Decameron Providence' Offers Stories for Our Time
Bravo to the Wilbury Theatre Group for creating such an innovative and fluid theater experience in a time when theater companies are scrambling to return to safe performance spaces
New Conservatory Theatre Center's New Podcast, 'In Good Company'
New Conservatory Theatre Center announced the release of a new podcast, In Good Company, available for streaming and download starting August 26.
Andrew Lloyd Webber Receives COVID-19 Trial Vaccine
The legendary musical theater composer participated in a University of Oxford trial, receiving an experimental coronavirus vaccine.
Set for Ptown Award, Charles Busch Looks Back and Forward
Speaking with Charles Busch it is difficult not to get a case of the giggles. EDGE spoke to the theater legend as he prepares to virtually accept an award this weekend from the Provincetown Theater.
Review: Virtual One-Man Show, 'The Present,' Gleefully Diabolical
In this "gleefully diabolical" one-man show Helder Guimaraes whimsically discusses his own experiences growing up with a somewhat guarded grandfather as he navigated his desire to be a magician.
'The Perplexed' Was Aptly Named
Aptly named, Richard Greenberg's new play "The Perplexed" is a multi-family drama that takes place on the chaotic day of a wedding.
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