Russell Smith

Exploring the vulnerability, chaos and humour of what it means to be a patient, Karen Egan's engaging new show Warrior, loosely based on her own experience with breast cancer, will receive its stage world premiere at Smock Alley Theatre, 2-7 October 2023 as part of Dublin Theatre Festival.

It has been confirmed that Kyle Birch will take over as Usher in A Strange Loop in London! Also joining the cast as the Usher understudy is Christopher Michael Richardson. The casting was confirmed in a post on the show's social media accounts.

​​​​​​​ The New York Youth Symphony (NYYS) is pleased to announce the appointment of Andrew Jinhong Kim as Music Director of the Orchestra beginning in the 2023/2024 season. The position is currently held by Michael Repper, who completing his tenure at the end of this season after six years. Mr. Kim is joining an illustrious roster of prior NYYS Music Directors, including Leonard Slatkin, David Alan Miller, Samuel Wong, and Miguel-Bedoya.

Katy Lipson for Aria Entertainment has announced the casting for the world premiere of Claus The Musical which will run at The Lowry from 14 December 2022 – 8 January. The cast includes Georgie Buckland who will play Necile, Junior Delius (AK), Chris Draper (Will Knook), Jazz Evans (Awgwa), and more.

The world premiere of CAMP ALBION – a new play about environmental activism and the 1996 ‘Battle of Newbury’ - by Danielle Pearson, directed by Georgie Staight, and designed by Isobel Nicolson Camp Albion will play at The Watermill from Wednesday 6 July until Saturday 16 July. Check out photos here!

Full casting and creative team have been announced for the world premiere of CAMP ALBION, a new play by Danielle Pearson, directed by Georgie Staight, and designed by Isobel Nicolson.

Due to the global pandemic, the Quad City Symphony Orchestraa??s (QCSO) annual Signature Soirée fundraising event has moved online for 2020.  

Cheyenne Symphony Orchestra has announced the lineup for its upcoming 2020-21 season. Dates and programs are subject to change.

Bell Shakespeare starts off the 2019 season with Justin Fleming's hysterical new adaptation of Moliere's THE MISER.

Programming for American Ballet Theatre's 2018 Fall season, October 17-28 at the David H. Koch Theater, was announced today by Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie. The season will feature World Premieres by Michelle Dorrance and Jessica Lang, as well as centennial tribute performances of Jerome Robbins's and Leonard Bernstein's Fancy Free. Check out a video preview of the season below!

To commemorate Leonard Bernstein's 100th birthday this year, Northrop presents KEIGWIN + COMPANY Celebrates Bernstein featuring The University Symphony Orchestra on Sat, Apr 14, at 7:30 pm. KEIGWIN dancers blend Broadway and club styles on stage with a theatrical flair while musicians with the University's Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Mark Russell Smith, perform many Bernstein classics.

Bell Shakespeare will present Julius Caesar as the 2018 national touring production, directed by Associate Director James Evans.

 Northrop announces its 2017//2018 dance season featuring nine great dance companies, with three ballet presentations, four performances with live music, and vibrant contemporary dance. In addition to two story ballets, there are new Family and seasonal series packages and a family dance special.

American Ballet Theatre's 2017 Spring season at the Metropolitan Opera House, May 15-July 8, will feature the New York Premiere of Alexei Ratmansky's Whipped Cream and the Company Premiere of Ratmansky's Souvenir d'un lieu cher. Tickets for ABT's Spring Season at the Metropolitan Opera House go on sale at the box office on Sunday, March 26 at 12 Noon.

Nik Rabinowitz has just turned 40 and is on the verge of a midlife crisis. While he is figuring it all out, he has decided that instead of buying a Ferrari and abandoning his family, he's going to put on another solo show, FORTYFIED.

An unresolved past clashes with an unstable future in Donald Owen's Wilderness of Divine Precedent, a paranormal thriller from Creative Dynamics Multimedia Publishing that goes on sale Nov. 28 at Amazon.com. The novel follows retired businessman Henry Yamaguchi, the patriarch of a Japanese American family in present-day Granada Hills, California. Yamaguchi is obsessed by the tale of an 18th-century woodland girl described as 'beyond understanding' in a journal written by a British army physician during Edward Braddock's expedition to Fort Duquesne in 1755. Claiming a 'deity of the forest' intervened repeatedly during that British military campaign in North America, physician Shimazu Masahiro also reveals in his journal that a young aide-de-camp from Virginia named George Washington died when Braddock's army encountered a force of French and Indians near the Monongahela River. And what begins as a hobby to satisfy Yamaguchi's curiosity instead turns into a life-changing crusade. Yamaguchi's obsession ignites a complex search that ends with a stunning revelation that is terrifying yet strangely familiar. 'This story combines historical fiction from colonial America with present-day elements of the paranormal, and it produces a mystery with several twists,' said Owen, a native of Newport, Ky. 'But this story isn't a rewind to the past, and it has nothing to do with time travel. What actually happened in 1755 during Braddock's expedition to Fort Duquesne only sets up this story. Those events from the past lead to a number of complex situations in the present, and Henry Yamaguchi eventually discovers the circumstances are much more than coincidence.' Yamaguchi's pursuit of the truth leads to the diary of a colonial scout (Luther Smith) who also encountered the woodland girl during Braddock's expedition. Smith's diary includes an entry confirming George Washington's death in the forest near the Monongahela River. In addition, Yamaguchi discovers a peculiar old book-Kiky?ki-a document written entirely in Japanese by Shimazu Masahiro's wife in the eighteenth century and later given to the scout as a gift. The translation of Kiky?ki produces an equally disturbing revelation, setting in motion a stirring sequence of events for both Yamaguchi and Dr. Russell Smith-a descendant of the scout and a history professor who is haunted by bizarre nightmares of Indian torture. These discoveries confound Dr. Lisa Okamoto, a professor of Japanese language and history who helps translate Kiky?ki and later finds her life-and beliefs-forever changed by a series of astonishing events linked to the book.

On the heels of RAY DONOVAN scoring five Emmy nominations for its third season, SHOWTIME has ordered a fifth season of its hit drama series.

Today, SHOWTIME was recognized with 22 Emmy nominations across multiple categories and genres including five nominations for the hit summer series RAY DONOVAN and four nominations for the network's flagship series HOMELAND.

In celebration of the tenth anniversary of the initial printing of the Forum Retreat Planning Guide, Ellie Byrd and ForumSherpa are pleased to release the updated third edition. Just like its predecessors, this edition is packed with all the same Forum wisdom as before, refreshed with a host of new ideas, and enhanced with a myriad of both new and updated exercises.

Based on one of the most popular and best-loved Christmas films of all time, classic musical MIRACLE ON 34th STREET will play at the King's Theatre Glasgow from Thursday 19 to Saturday 21 November as part of a UK Tour this Christmas. On sale now.