Rare 1975 interview with Hal Prince and Stephen Sondheim to stream via NYPL for first time.
Since 1970, the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive (TOFT) has preserved live theatrical productions and documented the creative contributions …
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Streaming soon: A performance supporting Ukrainians coming from NYCs Metropolitan Opera.
[UPDATE] On March 14, the Metropolitan Opera presented a benefit performance to support Ukraine and its brave citizens, with all …
From the Paley Center: A conversation for International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
“Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.”— Elie Wiesel On November 1, 20005, the United Nations General Assembly designated January …
Get ready for the 28th Screen Actors Guild Awards. Download your printable ballot and play along.
I’m really happy when awards season begins. I’m really, really happy this year. The COVID pandemic has created a lot …
My first thought was, “What’s this recommendation based on? You say you know me?”
I received an email from Netflix today. It offered just one show they thought I might enjoy: Word Party Presents …
Our neighborhood is getting a new park—the largest created in Baltimore in over a century.
The news of this extraordinary park finally becoming a reality is one of the best Christmas gifts ever. On Falls …
I turned 13. Instead of lighting birthday candles, we watched the nation light an eternal flame.
Our family was glued to our black and white Admiral TV from Friday, November 22nd through Monday, November 25th, 1963. …
It’s Tony Awards time! Audra McDonald and Leslie Odom, Jr are hosting. Here’s your printable ballot.
Last week CBS and the Tony Awards announced the hosts for the 74th Annual Tony Awards® and The Tony Awards® …
I received an email invitation last week. It was so intriguing, I had to read it and watch.
I received the invite last Wednesday, logged on to Sotheby’s Thursday morning, and watched. And for an art-lover, the announcement …
“You’ve got spunk. [CUT TO MARY FOR REACTION SHOT] I hate spunk.” Remembering Ed Asner.
I was extremely sad when I learned, last Sunday, that Ed Asner had died. Ed was so much more than …
73rd EMMY® Awards presentation is September 19, 2021 on CBS. Here’s your printable ballot.
CBS Presents the 73RD EMMY® AWARDS on Sunday, Sept. 19 (8:00-11:00 PM, live ET/5:00-8:00 PM, live PT) on the CBS …
Happy days are here again! Macy’s July 4th Fireworks celebration returns to NYC for 2021.
Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks first burst over the New York City skyline with a special U.S. bicentennial show in 1976. …
Domestic racial terrorism: Learning about and researching the 1921 Tulsa Massacre.
During the Tulsa Race Massacre, white mobs killed hundreds of Black residents and destroyed businesses in the city’s Greenwood district—a …
Marilyn Maye. Streaming a new concert from Feinstein’s/54 Below. Meet her; get your tickets.
Long before sunrise on a Sunday morning 50-some years ago, I walked into the music library at KARD FM in …
Academy Awards: Here’s your printable ballot for this year’s Oscars presentation.
The 93rd Oscars will be held on Sunday, April 25, 2021, at Union Station Los Angeles and the Dolby Theatre …
Awards season comes to life with the 27th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards. Here’s your printable ballot.
The 27th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® will be simulcast on TNT and TBS on Sunday, April 4, 2021, at …
A good tune makes our days in isolation more bearable. Tonight, I’m remembering Harry Nilsson.
I love working from home, and I have a great WFH space. Yet oddly, from time to time over the …
Merry Christmas! I’m sending you a tune to brighten your holiday. Thanks for reading BrockelPress.
In many ways, 2020 has been the year from hell, hasn’t it? I’ve been working from home since March 13 …
You can’t go to Radio City’s Christmas Spectacular this year. (Psst. The show can come to you.)
The news.While Radio City Music Hall’s annual Christmas Spectacular won’t have live audiences this year, NBC will air a taped view of …
Isolation’s tough. For 11 months and counting, virtual arts programs have kept me going.
2020 has been a real piece of work. Before COVID-19 arrived on the scene, some of my greatest joy came …
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