Francis King

 BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc.) today announced that Sandye Taylor is joining the company as Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer.  She will report to BMI President & CEO Mike O’Neill and will be a member of the company’s Executive Leadership Team.  Taylor’s first day at BMI will be March 8th. 

Community College of Baltimore County presents There is a Road: Scenes for Concert Band, an original composition by composer and attorney Derrick Wang, creator of the opera Scalia/Ginsburg, as the first commissioned work for the Baltimore Symphonic Band. There is a Road will be performed at 2 p.m. on Feb. 3,

Madison, WI

Everyman Theatre has announced its new officers and the appointment of four new members to its Board of Directors. These additions and appointments to the board ensure Everyman will continue to benefit from a diversity of experience and opinions.

Stage and screen star Helen Mirren has joined the cast of the upcoming thriller 'Red', Variety reports. Already announced for the cast are Morgan Freeman and Bruce Willis. Produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Gregory Noveck, and Mark Vahradian, 'Red' is written by Erich and Joe Hoeber and directed by Robert Schwentke. Shooting is set to begin January 2010 with an expected release date of November 19th, 2010.

TheatreFIRST today announces it will present Harold Pinter's gripping and mysterious 'Old Times', featuring one of the Bay Area's foremost actors, L. Peter Callender as Deeley, at the Gaia Arts Center in Berkeley in April.

TheatreFIRST today announces it will present Harold Pinter's gripping and mysterious 'Old Times', featuring one of the Bay Area's foremost actors, L. Peter Callender as Deeley, at the Gaia Arts Center in Berkeley in April.