Mike Shannon

Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour has forged quite a singular career. His elliptical works have been performed all over the world, including two lengthy runs in New York featuring a virtual Who's Who of stage actors. His play Nassim adheres to an unorthodox format wherein its sole actor, a different one for each performance, does not even see the script until it is unsealed at the beginning of the actual performance. Soleimanpour himself is present onstage with the actor as a sort of silent companion. BroadwayWorld spoke with Soleimanpour from Berlin the evening before he was set to fly to San Francisco for performances at the Magic Theatre. As you can imagine, travelling to the U.S. these days is very complicated for an Iranian citizen. In conversation, Soleimanpour is thoughtful, funny, quick to express gratitude, and surprisingly calm for someone whose life is so peripatetic.

Nassim Soleimanpour is an Iranian playwright whose new play NASSIM is currently being presented by Barrow Street Theatricals at New York City Center Stage II. NASSIM has previously played to sold-out audiences across the globe and features a unique set-up of a new guest actor at each performance who has not read or rehearsed the play. Soleimanpour previously explored this concept in his play WHITE RABBIT RED RABBIT, which ran Off-Broadway for nine months in 2016. So far in its run, NASSIM has been performed by guest actors such as Michael Urie, Tatiana Maslany, Beth Malone, Ethan Slater, Kate Walsh and many more. Nassim Soleimanpour talked to BroadwayWorld about working with these amazing guest artists, how NASSIM differs from WHITE RABBIT RED RABBIT, and the difficult process that almost didn't allowed him to be in the country for the play's American premiere.

UNUM Festival today announces a second wave of artists who will be lining up on the perfect coastline resort of Rana e Hedhun, in the town of Shengjin, Albania from May 31st to June 2nd 2019. World class names like Craig Richards, Leon, Adriatique, Raresh, tINI, Zip, Vera, Ferro and many more will be joining already announced headliners including  Luciano, Ricardo Villalobos, Butch, Petre Inspirescu, Praslea, Sonja Moonear, DeWalta, Dyed Soundorom.

A Red Orchid Theatre presents a special summer engagement of Victims of Duty by Eugene Ionesco and directed by Shira Piven. Victims of Duty runs July 11 - August 5, 2018 at A Red Orchid Theatre, 1531 N Wells in Chicago. Press performances are scheduled for Saturday, July 14 at 3:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

MDRNTY Cruise Completes Line-Up with Dixon, Damian Lazarus, tINI, Bill Patrick, Ripperton, Herodot, Magda, D'Julz, dOP, Enzo Siragusa, Jamie Jones and more.

MDRNTY Cruise has now announced more big names for their first cruise devoted to electronic underground music. Setting off from Genoa for Palma, with stopovers in Ibiza and Barcelona, this autumn musical event will attract up to 3,200 clubbers from 16th-20th September. Starting from €729, all-inclusive packages (cruise, 24hr-party, accommodation, food & drink, alcohol and applicable taxes) are already available at mdrnty-cruise.com.

The echoes come from far, far away as an ethereal sax marks the path towards bubbly promises of a good time. It is, dear friends, the sound of Indigo Raw breaking the silence.

?Due to popular demand, A Red Orchid Theatre has extended its critically-acclaimed production of Tennessee Williams' The Mutilated, directed by Ensemble Member Dado. The Mutilated will now run through March 13, 2016. The Mutilated features Ensemble Members Lance Baker, Jennifer Engstrom, Mierka Girten, Steve Haggard, Shade Murray, Doug Vickers and Natalie West with Ciera Dawn, Jennifer Glasse, Roy Gonzalez, Mario Hernandez, Morgan Maher, Lauren Vogel and Dominque Worsley. A Red Orchid Theatre is located at 1531 N Wells.

Apollonia is gearing up to close out 2015 with an all night set at Stereo Montreal on December 31, before heading back stateside to join in the festivities on New Year's Day at Verboten New York on January 1, 2016.

Preview performances are set for Today, June 10 and Thursday, June 11 at 8 p.m. Opening night is Friday, June 12 at 8 p.m. and the show closes on Sunday, June 28 at 6 p.m. Performances are scheduled for Todays, Thursdays and Fridays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 6 p.m. Running time is one hour and 40 minutes with one 15 minute intermission. The theatre is located at 549 W. 52nd Street, 3rd Floor, near 11th Ave., subway C/E 50th St.

Medicine Show Theatre Ensemble, one of New York's longest-running experimental theatres, will open Ubu in Chains by Alfred Jarry in June, using an original translation by Obie-winning Medicine Show artistic director Barbara Vann.

Preview performances are set for Wednesday, June 10 and Thursday, June 11 at 8 p.m. Opening night is Friday, June 12 at 8 p.m. and the show closes on Sunday, June 28 at 6 p.m. Performances are scheduled for Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 6 p.m. Running time is one hour and 40 minutes with one 15 minute intermission. The theatre is located at 549 W. 52nd Street, 3rd Floor, near 11th Ave., subway C/E 50th St.

Summer Game Books is announcing the trade paperback release of 'WHOLE LOT OF BAR-B-Q,' Mike Shannon's collection of wild and imaginative short stories on March 25, 2015. 'WHOLE LOT OF BAR-B-Q' features nine great baseball stories by the well-known author of 18 baseball books and editor of Spitball Magazine. A lonely Cubs fan reads a woman's notes in the margins of a used book and thinks he has found his soul mate. Jackie Robinson bowls over an opposing pitcher and accidentally kills him. A man receives a lottery windfall and sets out to buy a major league team. Kostya Kennedy, the New York Times best-selling author and Assistant Managing Editor of Sports Illustrated endorses Shannon's collection. 'A charming, inventive collection, soaked with the nuances of the game and rendered with the passion of a baseball lifer.' 'A WHOLE LOT OF BAR-B-Q' is currently available as a digital pre-release, with trade publication set for March 26, 2015. Mike Shannon is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine, which sponsors the CASEY Award for Best Baseball Book of the Year. He also edits Helmar Magazine and Minor Trips and writes a monthly column on baseball collectibles for Reds Report.

When the Def Leppard summer tour kicked off Monday in West Valley City, Utah, Def Leppard fans in attendance were among some of the first to see the brand new Jackson 'X-STROYER' guitar, custom built for Def Leppard lead guitarist, Phil Collen. Collen decided to showcase the new guitar during the band's 2014 summer co-headlining tour with KISS.

A Comanche war party raids settlements and steals horses. A young warrior named Buffalo Caller kills a young couple, then abducts their red-haired little boy. The boy is rescued by a volunteer defender of the white settlers named Mike Shannon, who raises the boy as his own and calls him Rusty.

Omni Hotels & Resorts and KSL Capital Partners, LLC, a leading private equity firm, today announced the closing of the purchase and sale of five distinguished resort properties. The five iconic resorts have been reflagged under the Omni brand, representing a significant expansion of Omni's already-robust Resort Collection.

Last night, October 8, the Broadway at Birdland concert series featured Robert Cuccioli, who celebrated the release of his debut solo album, “The Look Of Love.' BroadwayWorld was there for the concert, titled 'A Standard Love,' and we bring you full photo coverage below!

Sundance Institute announced today the lineup of films selected to screen in the U.S. and World Cinema Dramatic and Documentary Competitions for the 25th Sundance Film Festival. In addition to the four Competition categories, the Festival presents films in five out-of-competition sections to be announced tomorrow. The 2009 Sundance Film Festival runs January 15-25 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden, and Sundance, Utah.

Sundance Institute announced today the lineup of films selected to screen in the U.S. and World Cinema Dramatic and Documentary Competitions for the 25th Sundance Film Festival. In addition to the four Competition categories, the Festival presents films in five out-of-competition sections to be announced tomorrow. The 2009 Sundance Film Festival runs January 15-25 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden, and Sundance, Utah.