Last week we mentioned Ethel Waters singing "Heat Wave" from the 1933 AS THOUSANDS CHEER by Irving Berlin as well as "Suppertime" (not "Summertime" by Gershwin) about a wife's reaction to news of her husband's lynching. Read Anthony's "op-ed" on wishful thinking in theatertalkbuffalo.com. With Covid cautions, Torn Space Theater is opening SILENCE, an outdoor production starting July 31st.
From their website: "Every August Torn Space Theater enacts an early harvest ritual on the grounds of Silo City, a vast campus of grain elevators stretching along the Buffalo River... 2020 has shown us in vivid detail a world that is out of balance. Wildfires, a global pandemic and Black Lives Matter have coalesced, providing a stark portrait of a society in need of change... Torn Space Theater’s production of SILENCE is implementing the guidelines of social distancing and PPE use. This new outdoor performance runs July 31-August 2, August 7-9 and 14-16, 2020 at Silo City, 85 Silo City Row, Buffalo, NY 14203. For more information about safety measures, click here.
For tickets, visit their website or click here.
ARTIE AWARDS The 2019-2020 Artie Award nominations will be rolled out soon. Will there be Arties in 2021? Only if live theater (not Zoom, not videotaped) returns.
Keep visiting playbill.com for other updates on Broadway and Off-Broadway including the following:
PROJECT SING OUT
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the shift in education across the country, Tony Award nominee and Executive Producer Hailey Kilgore presents PROJECT SING OUT!, a one-night-only livestreamed event to raise funds for the Educational Theatre Foundation (ETF) to support arts education, specifically in low-income communities and communities of color.
The livestreamed event http://www.projectsingout.org/ will take place on Monday, July 20at 7pm to 9pm (EST) in partnership with Playbill.com and can be viewed exclusively on Playbill.com’s YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5tk0yqJx8EIBUIG5KWRDOw and Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/events/298676218168580.
Project Sing Out! will feature musical performances, spoken word and special appearances from a variety of Broadway and TV’s biggest names including Broadway legend Chita Rivera, Academy Award nominee Don Cheadle (“House of Lies,” Topdog/Underdog), Tony Award nominee Vanessa Williams (“Ugly Betty,” Into the Woods), Tony Award winner Audra McDonald (“Private Practice,” “The Good Fight,” Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill), Tony Award winner LaChanze (The Color Purple, Once On This Island), and many, many more.
VIRTUAL SUMMER CAMPS FOR KIDS
https://playbill.com/article/18-virtual-theatre-summer-camps-for-kids-and-teens-in-times-of-social-distancing
RECORD YOURSELF AND ENTER THE SEARCH FOR A STAR CONTEST
https://playbill.com/article/announcing-playbills-search-for-a-star-contest
EFORE YOU RECORD, CHECK OUT THIS HOW-TO GUIDE
https://playbill.com/article/how-to-create-your-best-self-tape-audition
