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Virginia Children's Theatre Adds Intimacy Choreography Workshops


Virginia Children’s Theatre (VCT) has added a new workshop to the vast array of programming offered in VCT’s Theatre Academy: Intimacy Choreography.

HEATHERS THE MUSICAL: Teen Edition to Open At Live Arts in July


The Live Arts Teen Summer Musical returns with a darkly funny and slyly subversive musical for summer 2023! HEATHERS THE MUSICAL: Teen Edition is written and composed by Kevin Murphy and Laurence O'Keefe, based on the 1980s cult classic film.

Lynn Nottage's CRUMBS FROM THE TABLE OF JOY To Open At Live Arts in March


The Live Arts 2022/23 Transformations Season will continue with Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage's poignant memory play, CRUMBS FROM THE TABLE OF JOY, directed by Live Arts Education Director Ti Ames.

Live Arts Announces Dominique Morisseau's Powerful Drama PIPELINE Opens January 14


The 2021/22 reIGNITE Live Arts Season continues with Dominique Morisseau's searingly emotional family drama, PIPELINE. PIPELINE will have 12 performances, January 14 through January 30, 2022, at Live Arts Theater, 123 E. Water Street, in Charlottesville.

Actors' Equity Association Responds to Demands for Transparency with Diversity Report


As BroadwayWorld previously reported, theatre makers are taking to the streets on Thursday, April 22, to demand change in the industry. Of the demands outlined by the group is is a full list of organizations that AEA is working with to help Black, Indigenous, and POC feel safer, in addition to a full report of how the 2020 Equity dues were spent and what percentage is being spent to help conversations around diversity. Now Equity has responded with a statement.

NPTC and Banana Boat Productions Reprise THE RITUAL For 40th Anniversary


NPTC and Banana Boat Productions are reprising their powerful production of The Ritual by noted Trinidadian playwright Zeno Obi Constance at New Perspectives Studio, 458 West 37th Street (@10th Avenue.) This limited-run production celebrates the 40th Anniversary of Constance's ground-breaking play which caused a stir in 1979 when it was aired live on Trinidadian television-and then blacked out in the middle of the broadcast because it was perceived to be too shocking. Performances are June 19 - 30, 2019 , Weds - Sat @7:30pm, Sundays @4pm..

The Kennedy Center Announces 50th KCACTF National Festival


The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts hosts more than 120 outstanding theater students from colleges and universities across the nation as part of the 50th annual Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF), which runs April 16-20, 2019 in multiple locations throughout the Center. The Center also announced the national awardees for the KCACTF. Selected awardees and representatives will be brought to Washington, D.C. for an expense-paid trip to participate in the National Festival. These student artists from across the United States have been recognized for their outstanding work from the eight regional festivals that were held January 8 through February 28, 2019.

The South Florida Theatre League Presents Theatrical Intimacy Education Workshop


Theatrical Intimacy Education imparts directors, performers, production designers/crew/management and teaching artists/educators with the knowledge and tools for approaching sensitive material (for stage, film, and television) safely and ethically. In this workshop, participants will learn best practices for discussing and staging intimate content in class, rehearsal, and coaching without sacrificing creative vision and maintaining the joy of the creative process.

BOBRAUSCHENBERGAMERICA Opens Tonight at SFA


Unusual production elements will be evident when 'bobrauschenbergamerica' opens at 7:30 tonight in W.M. Turner Auditorium on the Stephen F. Austin State University campus.

Firehouse Theatre Project's CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF Closes Tonight, 10/8


Firehouse Theatre Project's CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF Closes Tonight, 10/8

Firehouse Theatre Project Presents CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF 9/15-10/8


The Firehouse Theatre Project has announced Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, the timeless and rich family portrait by Tennessee Williams, running September 15 - October 8, 2011 at the Firehouse Theatre.

Firehouse Theatre Project Presents CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF 9/15-10/8


The Firehouse Theatre Project has announced Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, the timeless and rich family portrait by Tennessee Williams, running September 15 - October 8, 2011 at the Firehouse Theatre.

Photo Coverage: Hamptons Shakespeare Festival Presents 'Food of Love'


The Hamptons Shakespeare Festival (HSF) is excited to announce it is working with Spitfire Theatre Company to present 'Food of Love', an original production combining Shakespeare's most romantic scenes and songs.

'Food of Love' Opens on Long Island July 11


This July, two Long Island wineries will serve up FOOD OF LOVE, a light-hearted look at love with words by William Shakespeare and wine by the glass.

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