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FORTITUDE IS A PLACE LIKE NOWHERE ELSE. SURROUNDED BY THE SAVAGE BEAUTY OF THE FROZEN LANDSCAPE, THE SMALL TOWN IN THE ARCTIC CIRCLE IS ONE OF THE SAFEST TOWNS ON EARTH. THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A VIOLENT CRIME HERE. UNTIL NOW.

IN THIS CLOSE-KNIT COMMUNITY, A MURDER TOUCHES EVERYONE, AND THE UNSETTLING HORROR OF THE CRIME THREATENS THE FUTURE OF THE TOWN ITSELF.

IN FORTITUDE, IT

The New Jersey City University Center ­for the Arts Presents Spring 2023 Events Photo The New Jersey City University Center ­for the Arts Presents Spring 2023 Events
by A.A. Cristi - March 01, 2023

This spring, New Jersey City University (NJCU) and the NJCU Center for the Arts is offering top-quality performances in a wide variety of genres and styles, from literary talks to musical theatre. All events are held at the Margaret Williams Theatre on NJCU's campus and ticket prices range from free...


Kate Baldwin & Aaron Lazar, Linda Eder, and More to Play 54 Below This Month Photo Kate Baldwin & Aaron Lazar, Linda Eder, and More to Play 54 Below This Month
by Blair Ingenthron - April 01, 2023

Next month, 54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club & Private Event Destination, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond. A recipient of the 2022 Tony Awards Honor for Excellence in the Theatre, 54 Below celebrates Broadway musicals and writers of the past and present,...


National Women's Theatre Festival Announces Lineup For WTFringe23 Photo National Women's Theatre Festival Announces Lineup For WTFringe23
by Blair Ingenthron - April 28, 2023

The National Women's Theatre Festival (WTF), the nation's largest symposium on gender and theatre, has announced the full schedule of WTFringe23 which will be presented June 22-July 1 as part of their 8th annual festival....


Morgan Evans Adds Third & Final Newcastle Show to 'Life Upside Down Tour' This August Photo Morgan Evans Adds Third & Final Newcastle Show to 'Life Upside Down Tour' This August & September
by Michael Major - August 02, 2023

Evans will now play back-to-back hometown shows at Newcastle Civic Theatre on Monday 4 September (just announced) and Tuesday 5 September (sold out), along with a third and final night on Saturday 9 September. The tour now tallies a mammoth fourteen antipodean shows, with multiple sold out dates acr...


Review: NEXT TO NORMAL At Ridgefield Theater Barn Photo Review: NEXT TO NORMAL At Ridgefield Theater Barn
by Bruce Apar - June 13, 2023

For this production, tables and chairs have been pushed to the perimeter, lining the parallel side walls that face each other. That leaves the middle of the room and the fore and aft walls for the performers to move about, and move they do, in constantly fluid motion, under the sure-handed and sure-...


Randy Johnson's Return To Theatre With Adaptation Of Tim Green's Memoir ANOTHER HILL Photo Randy Johnson's Return To Theatre With Adaptation Of Tim Green's Memoir ANOTHER HILL AND SOMETIMES A MOUNTAIN.
by A.A. Cristi - October 24, 2023

Randy Johnson (A Night with Janis Joplin - Broadway) has been commissioned by producer Raymond Thompson to adapt for the stage Tim Green's memoir ANOTHER HILL AND SOMETIMES A MOUNTAIN. ...


COLORED SILK: A Civil War Odyssey To Open At The Players Theatre In November Photo COLORED SILK: A Civil War Odyssey To Open At The Players Theatre In November
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 25, 2023

Colored Silk: A Civil War Odyssey tells the story of Elizabeth Keckley, America's first black fashion designer. Witness her triumph over adversity in this limited engagement play at the Players Theatre in NYC....


Video: Baby Tate & Saweetie Turn Up in Dazzling Hey, Mickey! Remix Visual Photo Video: Baby Tate & Saweetie Turn Up in Dazzling Hey, Mickey! Remix Visual
by Michael Major - May 10, 2023

In the new video, fans are ushered into Tate’s miniature world. The emerging artist, flanked by backup dancers, serves sexy moves on top of a matchbox car. The whole production naturally devolves into one hell of a party, with Tate and Saweetie turnt up—and why not? With their talent and success, th...


South Coast Repertory Presents World Premiere of AVAAZ Photo South Coast Repertory Presents World Premiere of AVAAZ
by Stephi Wild - April 14, 2023

South Coast Repertory (Artistic Director David Ivers and Managing Director Paula Tomei) brings you the story of the American journey through an Iranian American lens with the world premiere of avaaz by queer Iranian American playwright Michael Shayan. Directed by Tony Award-nominee Moritz von Stuelp...


Yoke Lore Releases Debut Album Toward 'A Never Ending New Beginning' Photo Yoke Lore Releases Debut Album Toward 'A Never Ending New Beginning'
by Michael Major - September 22, 2023

Last month, Yoke Lore embarked on the 23-date ‘Holy Havoc’ World Tour, which has seen the artist selling out numerous dates coast-to-coast including Irving Plaza in New York City and Metro in Chicago. The first leg of the tour concludes tomorrow in Vancouver, BC. It will continue in October, with th...


THE COLOR PURPLE: THE MUSICAL Begins Performances at Ivoryton Playhouse Photo THE COLOR PURPLE: THE MUSICAL Begins Performances at Ivoryton Playhouse
by Blair Ingenthron - September 29, 2023

Ivoryton Playhouse presents 'THE COLOR PURPLE: The Musical' in Ivoryton, CT. Based on Alice Walker's novel and the film, this critically acclaimed production is set to captivate audiences for the next three weeks. Get event and ticket information here!...


Cavalier Gallery Presents 'Never Grow Up: Paintings By Adam Umbach' Photo Cavalier Gallery Presents 'Never Grow Up: Paintings By Adam Umbach'
by Stephi Wild - April 05, 2023

Cavalier Galleries has announced Never Grow Up—a solo exhibition of new mixed media paintings by Brooklyn-based artist Adam Umbach. Umbach's paintings combine realism, expressionist gestures, layers of pattern, bold color fields, and intuitive mark-making in works that offer viewers a range of aesth...


Oliver Tree Reveals 'Fairweather Friends' From Forthcoming Album 'Alone in a Crowd' Photo Oliver Tree Reveals 'Fairweather Friends' From Forthcoming Album 'Alone in a Crowd'
by Michael Major - September 18, 2023

The semi-autobiographical single comes with an official music video and directed by the multi-talented Oliver Tree himself. Earlier this summer, Oliver Tree headlined a SOLD-OUT show at Denver’s iconic Red Rocks Amphitheatre and will be embarking on major world tour – his biggest headline run thus f...


Audrey Heffernan Meyer to Present BACK IN THE NICK OF TIME at 54 Below in April Photo Audrey Heffernan Meyer to Present BACK IN THE NICK OF TIME at 54 Below in April
by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 30, 2023

54 BELOW, Broadway’s Supper Club, will present Audrey Heffernan Meyer in Back in the Nick of Time on April 28, 2023....


All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) Mourns Mohbad, Calls For Institutionalization Of Mus Photo All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) Mourns Mohbad, Calls For Institutionalization Of Music Industry In Africa
by Blair Ingenthron - September 24, 2023

All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA, has emphasized the importance of regulating and institutionalizing the music entertainment industry as it joins millions of African youths and music fans to express grief over the demise of Nigeria's singer, Mohbad, (real name Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba)....


Video: Jungle Performs 'Back On 74' on 'Late Night With Seth Meyers' Photo Video: Jungle Performs 'Back On 74' on 'Late Night With Seth Meyers'
by Michael Major - October 05, 2023

British songwriting and production duo Jungle performed their hit song “Back On 74” on “Late Night With Seth Meyers” last night. The track, which is currently Top 50 in the U.K. and continues to rack up millions of streams, is taken from Jungle’s new album Volcano, out now to critical acclaim via Ca...


Review: STRIKE!, Southwark Playhouse Borough Photo Review: STRIKE!, Southwark Playhouse Borough
by Gary Naylor - April 18, 2023

Striking Irish shopworkers become unlikely (and problematic) heroes in a crowd-pleasing dramedy...


Free Throw Release New Single 'Thanks For Asking' Photo Free Throw Release New Single 'Thanks For Asking'
by Michael Major - September 20, 2023

Free Throw has released a new single out now called “Thanks For Asking”, taken from their upcoming album ‘Lessons That We Swear to Keep’, via Wax Bodega. The band announced the album last month and released the lead single and music video for “Spacer’s Choice”....


Review: RETROGRADE, Kiln Theatre Photo Review: RETROGRADE, Kiln Theatre
by Gary Naylor - April 27, 2023

Ryan Calais Cameron follows up the runaway success of For Black Boys... with a very different play that goes to the weighing of principles and pragmatism in a dysfunctional society...


Pianist Ursula Oppens To Honor Late Composer Frederic Rzewski In Kaufman Music Center Photo Pianist Ursula Oppens To Honor Late Composer Frederic Rzewski In Kaufman Music Center's Marathon Concert Series, May 6
by A.A. Cristi - April 19, 2023

The internationally acclaimed American pianist Ursula Oppens will participate in Kaufman Music Center's marathon concert series The Pianists United: Rzewski in New York, on Saturday afternoon, May 6, 2023, at Merkin Concert Hall, at 3:00 p.m. EDT. ...


Fault Line Theatre Reveals Complete Casts for (plays) In Previews Workshop Series Photo Fault Line Theatre Reveals Complete Casts for (plays) In Previews Workshop Series
by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 27, 2023

Fault Line Theatre has revealed the casts for (plays) In Previews., their new play development program. Learn more about the program and see how to purchase tickets!...


Emily Drennan Releases New Single 'I Know Your Name' Photo Emily Drennan Releases New Single 'I Know Your Name'
by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 19, 2023

Emily Drennan, a versatile singer-songwriter-producer who has performed on and off Broadway and with symphonies across the country, has released her new single 'I Know Your Name'. The song is a heartfelt tribute to her father, James S. Drennan, who was tragically killed exactly one year ago....


Corinne Bailey Rae Debuts New Single 'Peach Velvet Sky' Photo Corinne Bailey Rae Debuts New Single 'Peach Velvet Sky'
by Michael Major - August 15, 2023

Grammy-winning singer/songwriter Corinne Bailey Rae premieres her new single, “Peach Velvet Sky” with an accompanying video directed by Gregory Berg. The video features UK dancer /choreographer Mayowa Ogunnaike as well as Bailey Rae....


GENESIS OWUSU Shares New Single 'Tied Up!' Photo GENESIS OWUSU Shares New Single 'Tied Up!'
by Michael Major - July 12, 2023

Produced by Sol Was (Beyoncé’s Renaissance) and Henry Was (Justin Jay, Thumpasaurus), the track lends nods to fan favorites like “Good Times” and “Wit Da Team” rounded out by a pounding, yet meditative, outro. He is also set to bring his live show to North America, following his arena tour this spri...


Cast Set For BURNT AT THE STAKE at Shakespeare's Globe Photo Cast Set For BURNT AT THE STAKE at Shakespeare's Globe
by Stephi Wild - October 04, 2023

Shakespeare’s Globe has announced the casting of Burnt at the Stake, or the Whole of the Truth, a celebration of bold new writing in the Globe Theatre on 13 October. Learn more about who is starring in the show here!...






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