GableStage seeks to engage through multi-media

GableStage seeks to engage through multi-media

  By AARON KRAUSE While GableStage has decided to cancel the remainder of its 2019-20 season of live theater due to COVID-19, the company’s current endeavor might offer snapshots of what theater could, at least partially, look like in a post-pandemic world. Specifically, to replace the remainder of the 2019-20 season,...

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Ohio teens performing ‘The Crucible’ safely and in person

Ohio teens performing ‘The Crucible’ safely and in person

Photo courtesy of Toledo Repertoire Theatre Two cast members from Toledo Repertoire Theatre’s Young Rep group rehearse a scene in person and with social distancing in mind.   By AARON KRAUSE Several Toledo teenage thespians who are performing in person Arthur Miller’s classic, The Crucible, are viewing masks and social...

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Broadway will not re-open in 2020

Broadway will not re-open in 2020

  Theater fans will have to wait until at least sometime next year to resume attending live Broadway performances. The Broadway League announced on Monday that they have suspended performances in New York City through the remainder of 2020 due to COVID-19. As a result, Broadway theaters are offering refunds...

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Artist and advocate during the AIDS crisis dies at 84

Artist and advocate during the AIDS crisis dies at 84

Larry Kramer Photo by David Shankbone via Wikimedia Commons   Larry Kramer, a fiercely passionate playwright, screenwriter, and advocate whom many credited with jump-starting the response to the HIV/AIDS crisis in America, has died in Manhattan. He was 84 and less than a month from his 85th birthday. His husband,...

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This theatrical experience allows you to safely ‘travel’ around the world.

This theatrical experience allows you to safely ‘travel’ around the world.

  Photo by PopUp Theatrics June Romero awaits you in Miami.   By AARON KRAUSE In a matter of hours, you can laugh in Miami, sing “Happy Birthday” in Paris, and kick some butt in Singapore. To zoom from one destination to another, you don’t need a passport, a suitcase...

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Theater is continuing through the pandemic

Theater is continuing through the pandemic

While theaters are opening back up, there are still ample opportunities to watch plays and musicals virtually. Here is a list of such opportunities, as well as live, in-person productions with COVID safety measures in place. The Irish Repertory Theatre in New York City will virtually present George M. Cohan...

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Creating scenes of intimacy safely, seamlessly and convincingly on stage

Creating scenes of intimacy safely, seamlessly and convincingly on stage

  Photo by Kiaa Janell Spencer Landis as Usnavi and Lauren Horgan as Vanessa appear in a scene from Measure for Measure’s production of In the Heights. Obviously, the scene required a moment of intimacy, which Intimacy Choreographer Nicole Perry staged.   By AARON KRAUSE Even before the current strain...

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Fund allows folks to support South Florida’s theater community

Fund allows folks to support South Florida’s theater community

    By AARON KRAUSE If you wish to support unemployed local theater artists and others left jobless due to COVID-19, the South Florida Theatre League can help you help them. The league established The South Florida Theatre League Relief Fund. It will allow theater companies to compensate artists and...

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