Brunhilde Pomsel's life spanned the twentieth century. She struggled to make ends meet as a secretary in Berlin during the 1930s, her many employers including a Jewish insurance broker, the German Broadcasting Corporation and, eventually, Joseph Goebbels.
Christopher Hampton's play is drawn from the testimony Pomsel gave when she finally broke her silence shortly before she died to a group of Austrian filmmakers, and from their documentary A German Life (Christian Krönes, Olaf Müller, Roland Schrotthofer and Florian Weigensamer, produced by Blackbox Film & Media Productions).
Westport Country Playhouse will add to its 2021 Season lineup the HD video production from its archives, “Of Mice and Men,” by Nobel Prize and Pulitzer Prize-winning author John Steinbeck, streaming on demand, Monday, September 13 through Sunday, September 26.
What Will the Neighbors Say? has announced that two of their pieces currently in development have been curated to be presented as digital readings at the BorderLight Festival in July. New plays by WWTNS? Co-Artistic Directors James Clements and Ana Cristina DaSilva will be presented as part of a dynamic selection of digital arts projects.
Following the success of the live Q&A in November 2020 which raised over £300,000 for Acting for Others, Lockdown Theatre today announces they will be rescreening For One Knight Only in aid of the Royal Theatrical Fund and partner organisation, the Fleabag Support Fund.
The Southbank Centre today announces a four-month reopening programme, Summer Reunion - providing opportunities for people to reconnect, reunite and enjoy a colourful, joyful celebration of art, culture and entertainment.
La Chapelle Scènes Contemporaines has announced two A User's Guide To Authenticity Is a Feeling's performances May 17 and 18, 2021.
Cloud 21 PR International and Kultura PR International will present the inaugural installment of its latest franchise 'Global Content Creators Showcase 2021' a special event that will be held virtually during MIP-TV 2021.
STAGE ENTERTAINMENT and GHOSTLIGHT RECORDS have announced that Tina – The Tina Turner Musical: Original Cast Recording is available on vinyl today Friday, March 26. Featuring Tony Award-nominee Adrienne Warren and the original London cast, the album was released for download, streaming and CD formats in 2019.
The men of Broadway’s TINA – THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL recently reunited (safely) for a photo shoot with photographer Andrew Werner, which was spearheaded by company member Sheldon Henry. This marked the first time that they've gathered since Broadway shuttered in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Australia's leading theatre producer John Frost today announced an Australian tour of the powerful hit of this year's Adelaide Festival, A German Life.
In honor of Women's History Month, we're taking a look at some iconic real-life women who have been portrayed on stage in musicals!
The Boston Symphony Orchestra brings its first-ever all-online season—with near weekly concert streams distributed through its new streaming platform BSO NOW, November 2020-April 2021—to an end with four programs led by BSO Music Director Andris Nelsons, released each Thursday at noon, March 25–April 29, at www.bso.org/now.
In April, 2019, Pacific Opera Project performed Puccini’s Madama Butterfly 蝶々夫人 in Japanese and English at the Aratani Theatre, part of the Japanese-American Cultural Center of Los Angeles’s “Little Tokyo. With a new libretto by Josh Shaw and Eiki Isomura. See the film in which ll Japanese roles were sung in Japanese, English roles in English.
The Cathedral of St. John the Divine continues its 2020-2021 season of Great Music in a Great Space with a concert by Artist in Residence David Briggs, who will present a streamed concert of organ transcriptions that encompass the opulent peak of the German Romantic era on Tuesday, February 23, 2021 at 7 pm on the Cathedral’s YouTube channel.
This week's Theater Stories features the Longacre Theatre! Learn about the shows to have graced the theater's stage including A Bronx Tale, The Prom, and The Lightning Thief, the next show that is set to open at the theater, Diana, and much more!
Need something new to read, watch, or listen to? Check out this week's list of new and upcoming releases! This week's list includes a new album from Marisha Wallace, the original Broadway cast recording of Hair on vinyl, and more!
With the holidays well underway, we bet you’re looking for ways to escape into wintery fantasy. And you’re in luck! BroadwayWorld put together a list of where you can stream all of your favorite holiday films.
Eager to bid adieu, farewell, and even good riddance to 2020, Opera San José has announced it will present The Parting Glass, an online celebration for music-lovers on New Year's Eve.
The 2021 Adelaide Festival program, prepared over this past turbulent year under ever-changing circumstances, may just turn out to be one of the most necessary – and memorable.
Dame Maggie Smith will star in the upcoming film adaptation of 'A German Life,' a one-woman play from 'Dangerous Liaisons' and 'Atonement' screenwriter/playwright Christopher Hampton.
Washington Performing Art today announced new program details, streaming dates, and subscription plans with on-sale dates for Home Delivery Plus, its forthcoming all-online series of paid-admission performances and companion experiences. A major expansion of Washington Performing Arts’s Home Delivery online programming—which began in spring 2020—the Home Delivery Plus series offers more than a dozen week-long packages of pre-recorded performances in high-quality audio/video with complementary components like artist interviews, panel discussions, and behind-the-scenes artist footage—all custom-created for this new series.
On November 10, 2020 at 11 a.m. PST, Cloud 21 International and Kultura PR International presented the third installment of 'Production Without Borders,' a special event held during the annual film market.
Cloud 21 International and Kultura PRwill present the third annual 'Production Without Borders' special event that will be held during the 2020 virtual American Film Market on November 10, 2020 at 11 a.m PST.
Fake Friends, a new theater and media collective led by Michael Breslin and Patrick Foley, has announced that Circle Jerk, a queer comedy about white gay supremacy, will have an extended run at circlejerk.live from October 18–November 7, 2020.
Voters' Broadcast is a broadly participatory musical performance for an unlimited number of voices and instruments made up of choral and instrumental ensembles.
Fake Friends, a new theater and media collective led by Michael Breslin and Patrick Foley, is set to premiere Circle Jerk, a queer comedy about white gay supremacy, at circlejerk.live.
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