Make Theatre More Diverse by Improving Accessibility

“Conversations with my theater community during the pandemic have overwhelmingly revolved around the hope that theater will return; more importantly, the hope that it returns differently. The truth is that the Broadway theater model was not working for most of the artists in New York for a myriad of reasons, from cost to accessibility to content being too safe or commercial. Throughout the last few years, the complaint about theater by theater artists themselves was that it was catered too much to tourists and not to the community.”

BroadwayOnStage Blog StaffJuly 30, 2020Niki Hatzidis

5 Disasters That Theatre Survived Before Covid-19

4. Moose Murders: The Worst Show Ever...

On February 22nd, 1983, Arthur Bicknell’s mystery farce Moose Murders opened at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre. It ran for one night and went down in history as the worst Broadway play ever made.

Broadway, FeaturesOnStage Blog StaffApril 24, 2020broadway, Theater, Disasters, Covid-19

The Show Must Go On: Virtual Platforms For The Performing Arts

For the performing arts, an industry built on the gathering of bodies and the ephemerality of the moment, this has been a difficult, if not career-questioning process. I spoke to several New York City-based performing artists, from comedy & drag to theatre & dance, who have made the leap to virtual live events.

Features, BroadwayOnStage Blog StaffApril 21, 2020broadway, Off-Broadway, Theater, digital

There Must Be Happy Endings: A New Book By Director Megan Sandberg-Zakian

How can we rectify this urge to tie everything in a neat little bow with the complex and grim realities of being human, especially now, in a time of tremendous uncertainty and grief and loss? Megan Sandberg a theater director who has written a series of ten essays all about our collective need for happy endings, and how we can reconcile that need with a not so perfect and happy world.

Features, BroadwayOnStage Blog StaffApril 9, 2020Book, Happy Endings, Theater

Going Dark: The Delay of Broadway Performances and Marina Pires’ Broadway Debut

With a contract that details her three-month run in Aladdin on Broadway, Pires admits that she can only hope that she will be able to perform for three full months whenever Broadway shows resume. If the shutdown lasts more than 3 months from her intended March debut date, is her time in the show up?

Features, New York, BroadwayOnStage Blog StaffApril 4, 2020broadway, Broadway Show, Debut, Coronavirus, Covid-19

What The Madison Square Garden "To Kill A Mockingbird" Performance Means To Me

The Madison Square Garden performance certainly had the desired effect on this oft-overlooked demographic, and if their interest in theatre holds, we may be able to further introduce them to a world previously inaccessible to these children.

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