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Damon Wayans Jr. & Jenny Mai Host RAID THE CAGE Series on CBS

Actor and comedian Damon Wayans Jr. hosts and executive produces the action-packed new game show where strategy, teamwork and nerve are key to winning big every Friday night. In the series, co-hosted by Emmy winner Jeannie Mai, two teams of two face off to grab-and-go prizes from the “cage” before their time runs out and the doors close.

O-Lan Jone's Overtone Industries Presents Third Opera Theater Development Workshop, Original Vision: Leveling, December 9

Overtone Industries, a genre-bending opera-theater company developing and presenting original stories, hosts Original Vision: Leveling, its third annual presentation of workshops from developing composers and librettists, on December 9 at 6pm at Teatro Frida Kahlo.

Mai House Studio Reveals September Programming

MAI HOUSE STUDIO, a brand new artist-run space, announces its September programming that highlights: up-and-coming AAPI comics and musicians, underground poets, and a new concept album based on the works of Anton Chekov. Learn more about the upcoming programming here!

BECAUSE YOU NEVER ASKED Comes to MAI in April

Based on discussions between composer Roger White and his grandmother, Marianna Clark (née Goldmann), about her experiences fleeing Nazi Germany and arriving in the UK as a refugee, the piece combines texts mined from diaries and letters that Marianna wrote in her late teens and early 20s with the recordings of her speaking in her 90s.

O-Lan Jones and Emmett Tinley's ICELAND, A Re-Creation Myth Comes to La MaMa This Month

Overtone Industries presents the World Premiere of ICELAND, a re-Creation Myth, an original multidisciplinary work of opera theater by O-Lan Jones and Emmett Tinley from March 24-April 2, 2023 at La MaMa.

Review: THE MAI at Irish Classical Theatre

A modern day memory play  of sorts with influences of Greek mythology may be one way to describe THE MAI,  now playing at Irish Classical Theatre. Never a company to shy away from complex topics, the drama that is unfolding challenges the viewer in a myriad of ways.

VIDEO: Babyface & Ella Mai Unveil 'Keeps on Fallin'' Official Video

The new video stars Emmy and GRAMMY® winning actress/comedienne Tiffany Haddish (Girls Trip, Night School, Nobody’s Fool) as the very lively queen mother and Kendrick Sampson (Miss Juneteenth, “Insecure,” “The Vampire Diaries”) as the handsome prince who is courting Ella Mai. Babyface, who plays a duke, joins them for a sumptuous meal.

World Premiere Of Mai Khoi's BAD ACTIVIST Coming To Pittsburgh Playhouse

The International Free Expression Project, in partnership with the Center for Media Innovation at Point Park University, proudly presents Mai Khoi's “Bad Activist” at 7 p.m. Sept. 15 in the Pittsburgh Playhouse's PNC Theatre. This performance is part of the Center's Media Innovator Speaker Series.

Babyface & Ella Mai Team Up on New Single 'Keeps on Fallin''

With her silky, soulful vocals, Ella Mai extols a longtime lover who can still give her butterflies. Babyface weighs in, reminding her that she’s the inspiration for this lasting love. The dreamy jam interpolates “Can We Talk,” Tevin Campbell’s 1993 hit, which Babyface wrote and produced with Daryl Simmons. 

BWW Interview: Amanda Mai of ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE at Old Log Theatre

Escape to Margaritaville is currently playing at the Old Log Theatre now through August 27, 2022. We had a chance to interview Amanda Mai who plays Tammy in the show.

Châu Kim-Sanh Brings BLEU NEON to MAI

In a distant, fictional Vietnam, the echoes of pop music on cassette tape reverberate against the sounds of modern Vietnamese rap. Châu Kim-Sanh inhabits this space, metamorphosing through bodily states generated by the presence of coloured neon lights. Of this evening blue erupts a purpleness: “bầu trời màu tím xẩm” – an uncertain translation. Eyes closed, the neon haze returns her to the sensation of her ancestral land. Saigon, like many cities in South Asia, is flushed with these vivid lights. Here, embodied memory and the imaginary take a ride on a Honda Dream II motorcycle, across a humid sky whose wetness whips the face.

Tickets on Sale for Target Margin Theater's ONE NIGHT

The multi-Obie Award-winning Target Margin Theater has announced that tickets are now on sale for One Night, a nine-hour theatrical event that concludes the company’s five-year exploration of The One Thousand and One Nights, a collection of classic Silk Road stories. 

Siaosi Releases New Single 'Eve Mai'

The new song was recorded during the height of the pandemic. Leveraging this time, L.A. based Siaosi creatively collaborated with the Hawaiian local and Greenstone Group producer DRUMWISE, Calvin Canha. With the help of Facetime and voice memos the duo record music in their respective studios, Calvin in Hawaii and Siaosi in LA. 

Siaosi Releases New Song 'Eva Mai'

Hawaiian Reggae artist Siaosi pays homage to his Tongan roots with his newly released rendition of the Tongan Reggae classic 'Eva Mai.' Siaosi recalls, 'Eva Mai is a Tongan Reggae anthem from the 90's.

Target Margin Theater to Host Nine-Hour Theatrical Event, ONE NIGHT

The multi-Obie Award-winning Target Margin Theater has announced details for One Night, a nine-hour theatrical event that concludes the company’s five-year exploration of The One Thousand and One Nights, a collection of classic Silk Road stories. 

Monaco�® Expands Craft Cocktail Portfolio with Launch of New Ready-To-Drink Classic Mai Tai

Monaco® Cocktails, a leading line of premium ready-to-drink, spirit-based canned cocktails from Atomic Brands, announces the expansion of its Craft Cocktail line with the launch of a new flavor variety – the Monaco® Classic Mai Tai.

Guest Blog: David Lan On A Theatrical Life Richly Lived

During the time I was running a theatre my boyfriend used to say that the difference between Monday to Saturday and then Sunday was that all the days of the week were the same, except that on Sunday there was somebody on the sofa fast asleep. And so it was that after eighteen years and something like 200 shows I decided enough was enough, it was time to go.

VIDEO: Ella Mai Performs 'Not Another Love Song' on THE LATE SHOW

GRAMMY winning R&B/Hip Hop star Ella Mai, whose songs have delivered nearly 6 billion streams since her first single debuted in 2018, treats us to this performance of her brand new tune 'Not Another Love Song.'

MAI Presents ZOM-FAM By Kama La Mackerel

ZOM-FAM (meaning a?oeman-womana?? or a?oetransgendera?? in Mauritian Kreol) narrates the story of a gender-creative child growing up in the 80s and 90s on the plantation island of Mauritius.

Las Vegas Philharmonic Announces Appointment of Tiantian Lan as Assistant Principal Viola

The Las Vegas Philharmonic has announced that Tiantian Lan has been appointed as Assistant Principal Viola. He won the prestigious chair through the orchestra's recent blind auditions. Lan assumes the role with the start of the 2020-21 season.