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Wednesday, April 01, 2026
South Africa's Market Theatre hits 50
NPR: When it first started in the 1970s, South Africa's Market Theatre staged plays considered to be so subversive that it became a regular target of the apartheid government's zealous censors.
Even the fact that its audiences were made up of Black and white South Africans mingling together was unheard of in a city where the law separated areas and people by race.
Here's What You Can Expect With the Burning Man Temple 2026
mymodernmet.com: The legendary Burning Man is a temporary city that is reconstructed, in differing forms, year after year. Artists and architects build structures with the intention of removing them. How can they impart meaning to something that will soon be dismantled? For 2026, designer James Gwertzman approaches this challenge with the Temple of the Moon, a project that combines parametric design, environmental responsiveness, and ritual space. The forthcoming structure will be at the heart of this year’s event.
To speak out or not to speak out?: Claudio Tolcachir directs “Mejor no decirlo/You Shouldn’t Have Said So” at Barcelona’s Teatre Goya
The Theatre Times: What does it mean to be honest with your partner? This is the premise that governs Salomé Lelouch’s entertaining two-hander, Mejor no decirlo/You Shouldn’t Have Said So which presents a couple in their sixties (or possibly early seventies), played by María Barranco and Imanol Arias; it is his second marriage, less is known about her past, but both have a tacit understanding of when to keep quiet and when to speak out.
The Oscar Wilde Awards
The Knockturnal: The US-Ireland Alliance celebrated its 20th Oscar Wilde Awards honoring Domhnall Gleeson, Maura Tierney, and Lee Cronin last night in Hollywood.
Painting the town green and white, guests gathered at the Ebell of Los Angeles. Academy Awards 2026 nominees, industry executives, musicians, and stars of film and TV gathered to celebrate the myriad contributions of the Irish to film.
Are Chicago’s theater awards broken? The Jeffs face growing backlash
WBEZ Chicago: A week after “boos” rained down in a ceremony honoring some of Chicago’s top storefront theater companies, the Joseph Jefferson Awards — known conversationally as “the Jeffs” and akin to the local Tonys — are facing backlash.
In Jesa, Jeena Yi Wrote the Asian American Family Drama She Always Wanted to Be In
Playbill: Who doesn’t love an American family drama? A family, sitting in their living room, fighting and rediscovering each other is the bread and butter of the American theatre. Actor Jeena Yi has long loved classics like Death of a Salesman and Long Day’s Journey Into Night, even as she knew she would never be cast in those plays.
In Conversation With Hanna Puley, The Costume Designer Behind 'Heated Rivalry'
elle.in/fashion: If you haven’t stumbled upon the HeatedRivalry frenzy over the past few months, you must be living under a rock, or, at the very least, offline. Ever since the series first aired earlier last year, it has spiralled into a full-blown obsession. And now, with the show officially streaming in India on Lionsgate Play, a whole new audience is catching up, and catching feelings.
Smooth Operations: Successful Transitions Are The Key To Effective Worship Services
ProSoundWeb: There’s a moment every Sunday (sometimes several) where the entire experience hinges on what happens between the “big” elements. Not the sermon. Not the opener. Not the worship anthem. I’m talking about the parts we almost never rehearse, rarely script, and too often ignore until something goes wrong.
I’m talking about transitions.
Drama Desk Awards names Tom Schumacher as 2026 Harold S. Prince Award honoree
www.broadwaynews.com: The 2026 Drama Desk Awards will honor former Disney Theatrical Group president Tom Schumacher with the Harold S. Prince Award. Schumacher, who worked in various divisions of the Walt Disney Company for nearly 40 years
Asia’s biggest indoor transparent LED screen boosts mall
AV Magazine: Asia’s largest indoor transparent LED screen is now operating at the CentralWorld mega-mall in central Bangkok, Thailand.
The 10mm pixel pitch installation, built from Unilumin’s UVF series, covers 2,400 sq metres of transparent LED surface.
Michael Arden and Douglas Lyons to Develop Happy Feet Stage Musical
Playbill: Put on your best penguin outfit because Happy Feet is headed to the stage. Warner Bros. has announced that its 2006 animated musical about a tap-dancing penguin will be adapted into a live jukebox musical, with the hopes of eventually coming to Broadway.
The Unpredictable Issue Facing Universal After ‘Harry Potter’ Reboot
disneytips.com: Universal has spent years gradually expanding its Wizarding World. But with a full-scale Harry Potter reboot now in motion, questions are rising about whether those details can – or should – stay frozen in time.
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