Amy Smith News

The Grace Theatre Workshop, Inc. presents 'Busco Amigo' by Lucio Fernandez from Wednesday, June 26 to Sunday, June 30, 2013 at The Producers' Club, 358 West 44th Street (corner of 9th Avenue & 44th Street) in New York City. The bilingual play is directed by Lucio Fernandez and Peter DuBo, with choreography by Megan Fernandez who also serves as Assistant Director. It stars Lucio Fernandez, Megan Fernandez, Fernando Contreras, and Amy Smith.

MeLu Communications Group announces the release of 'American Mambo'... the exciting new CD by Lucio Fernandez a.k.a. 'The Cuban Kid'. A feel good production... from dance tracks, to boleros, to hard driving ballads... this is 'American Mambo'.

Philadelphia-based Headlong Dance Theater brings a new performance work to New York City that considers the performer's body over a lifetime of performing, and the idea of an ordinary life. Avalanche will be performed June 6-8, 2013, 8 p.m., at Danspace Project, St. Mark's Church-in-the-Bowery. (Tickets are $18 and available at 212-674-8112 or danspaceproject.org.) "If you keep performing," the work posits, "you find something new - something bigger and wilder, and more ordinary. You find your actual body."

Continuing to seek out new and emerging talent in the field of live performance, FringeArts (formerly the Philadelphia Live Arts Festival and Philly Fringe) presents the second annual Jumpstart (May 13-14 at the Painted Bride Arts Center), a showcase of six artists performing original, completed works. As part of the organization's expanding year-round programming, the series provides artists at earlier stages in their career the opportunity to show their work with the support of FringeArts' audiences and staff.

Photo-based artist Deana Lawson will visit Lafayette College from Feb. 27 through March 4 as an artist-in-residence working on the creation of her own work. She will meet with advanced art students, art classes and give an artist talk at 4:10 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 28 in the Williams Center for the Arts, room 108.

The British singer/songwriter Jon Allen has yet another one of his songs appearing on the soundtrack of a US movie. The upcoming film, 'Safe Haven,' starring Julianne Hough and Josh Duhamel, is set to hit theaters across North America on Valentine's Day, February 14th and will feature Jon Allen's song 'Joanna' on its soundtrack.

On the heels of winning a Barrymore for Best New Play and the prestigious Brown Martin Award for their hit Slip/Shot, Flashpoint Theatre Company has announced its 2012-2013 season. Their season begins this December with their annual Holiday Repertory Show and then it continues with two World Premieres in the New Year. Tickets and more information are available at www.flashpointheatre.org.

On the heels of winning a Barrymore for Best New Play and the prestigious Brown Martin Award for their hit Slip/Shot, Flashpoint Theatre Company has announced its 2012-2013 season. Their season begins this December with their annual Holiday Repertory Show and then it continues with two World Premieres in the New Year. Tickets and more information are available at www.flashpointheatre.org.

This September, the residents of four Philadelphia households will open their homes to audiences and perform in the premiere of Headlong Dance Theater's This Town Is A Mystery. Headlong has selected a diverse group of households, chosen from over forty applications in a citywide open call for participants, for this unprecedented performance project that will transform each home into a theater and its residents into performers. The pieces will be presented from September 7 through 22 as part of the 16th annual Philadelphia Live Arts Festival.

Celebrate the end of Theatre Exile's 2011-2012 season with all of the people who have made it possible, a night full of all the rambunctious humor and virtuosic performances that audiences have come to expect from Exile over the years. Theatre Exile presents their annual fundraising Cabaret of the Exiled, an evening of performances starring the actors and artists who have graced Exile stages over the last 15 years, with a few special guest stars and surprise acts, all in support of Theatre Exile's work. Tonight, June 7th, at Christ Church Neighborhood House, Exile will start the summer off right, with live music, stand up comedy and silent auction packages.

Celebrate the end of Theatre Exile's 2011-2012 season with all of the people who have made it possible, a night full of all the rambunctious humor and virtuosic performances that audiences have come to expect from Exile over the years. Theatre Exile presents their annual fundraising Cabaret of the Exiled, an evening of performances starring the actors and artists who have graced Exile stages over the last 15 years, with a few special guest stars and surprise acts, all in support of Theatre Exile's work. On Thursday, June 7th, at Christ Church Neighborhood House, Exile will start the summer off right, with live music, stand up comedy and silent auction packages.

Headlong Dance Theater is seeking four Philadelphia households to participate in This Town Is A Mystery, a groundbreaking new performance project that will premiere during the 2012 Philadelphia Live Arts Festival.

Lucio Fernandez, 2008 MAC Award nominee and winner of the ITRA Award, Star Award, and Premio ARTE Award, will be performing his new show 'Lucio...Less Cuban Than Ever' opening on October 15, 2011 at The Laurie Beechman Theatre in the heart of New York City on 42nd Street.

Lucio Fernandez, 2008 MAC Award nominee and winner of the ITRA Award, Star Award, and Premio ARTE Award, will be performing his new show 'Lucio...Less Cuban Than Ever' opening October 15, 2011 at The Laurie Beechman Theatre in the heart of New York City on 42nd Street.

Lucio Fernandez, 2008 MAC Award nominee and winner of the ITRA Award, Star Award, and Premio ARTE Award, will be performing his new show 'Lucio...Less Cuban Than Ever' opening October 15, 2011 at The Laurie Beechman Theatre in the heart of New York City on 42nd Street.

Lucio Fernandez, 2008 MAC Award nominee and winner of the ITRA Award, Star Award, and Premio ARTE Award, will be performing his new show 'Lucio...Less Cuban Than Ever' opening on October 15, 2011 at The Laurie Beechman Theatre in the heart of New York City on 42nd Street.

Theatre Exile presents the Philadelphia premiere of That Pretty Pretty; or, The Rape Play by Sheila Callaghan. Directed by Joe Canuso, Exile's producing artistic director, That Pretty Pretty runs November 11th through December 5th at the newly renovated Christ Church Neighborhood House, with the press opening Wednesday, November 17th at 8pm.

Theatre Exile presents the Philadelphia premiere of That Pretty Pretty; or, The Rape Play by Sheila Callaghan. Directed by Joe Canuso, Exile's producing artistic director, That Pretty Pretty runs November 11th through December 5th at the newly renovated Christ Church Neighborhood House, with the press opening Wednesday, November 17th at 8pm.

Theatre Exile presents the Philadelphia premiere of That Pretty Pretty; or, The Rape Play by Sheila Callaghan. Directed by Joe Canuso, Exile's producing artistic director, That Pretty Pretty runs November 11th through December 5th at the newly renovated Christ Church Neighborhood House, with the press opening Wednesday, November 17th at 8pm.