David Hill News

Heartbeat Opera is a new company intent upon re-imagining opera in intimate spaces for a new generation. Employing a minimalism that allows the emotional integrity of the music to shine through, the company's work focuses on the body of the singer and the visceral power of the music. Co-Artistic Directors Louisa Proske andEthan Heard, who trained together in the Directing program at the Yale School of Drama, are committed to nurturing the actor in every singer they work with. The company creates productions of classics and new pieces that are daring and visceral—productions that manifest the emotional grandeur and theatrical power of opera with minimal means. Heartbeat's one-act festival presentation of György Kurtág's Kafka-Fragments, directed by Heard, and the New York premiere of Jacques Offenbach's Daphnis & Chloé, in a new English translation directed by Proske, marks this young company's debut. Heartbeat Opera's resident music ensemble Cantata Profana, described by The New York Times as “a stylish early music ensemble,” will provide musical accompaniment.

The Yale Schola Cantorum and Orchestra of period instruments will perform George Frideric Handel's oratorio 'Judas Maccabeus' on Sunday, January 25 at 7 pm. David Hill will conduct the concert.

Scott Borchetta, President and CEO of the Big Machine Label Group and one of the most successful forces in the music industry today, has joined AMERICAN IDOL XIV as mentor to help shape the career of the competition's winner. Borchetta's relationship with the next AMERICAN IDOL will extend past the show's finale; Borchetta's Big Machine Records will partner with 19 Entertainment and Universal Music Group to oversee the launch of his/her recording career. The winner will join Borchetta's record label roster of superstar talent, including global pop star Taylor Swift, whom he discovered at the age of 14, as well as Tim McGraw, Reba, Rascal Flatts, Florida Georgia Line and The Band Perry.

Fourteen of the most talented PROJECT RUNWAY designers return to compete in the biggest and most competitive PROJECT RUNWAY All Stars season ever! In this cutthroat season, former standout designers come back to New York to compete for runway gold in the fourth season of Lifetime's PROJECT RUNWAY All Stars (#PRAllStars), premiering tonight, October 30, at 9pm ET/PT.

13 has proved to be the lucky number for Sean Kelly, the newly-named winner of Lifetime's Emmy(R)-nominated series Project Runway (#ProjectRunway).

From the producers of Project Runway, skilled teen and tween fashion designers will showcase their gift for style in the new competition series Project Runway: Threads on Lifetime, premiering tonight, October 23, at 10:30pm ET/PT.

Fourteen of the most talented Project Runway designers return to compete in the biggest and most competitive Project Runway All Stars season ever! In this cutthroat season, former standout designers come back to New York to compete for runway gold in the fourth season of Lifetime®'s Project Runway All Stars

From the producers of Project Runway, skilled teen and tween fashion designers will showcase their gift for style in the new competition series Project Runway: Threads on Lifetime®, premiering Thursday, October 23, at 10:30pm ET/PT.

The heat is on! Season 13 of Lifetime's Emmy(R)-nominated Project Runway (#ProjectRunway) returns tonight, July 24, at 9pm ET/PT with an all new group of aspiring designers.

FOX has announced that Jennifer Lopez, Keith Urban and Broadway's own Harry Connick, Jr. will return as judges and Ryan Seacrest will host American Idolfor its 14th season.

Jennifer Lopez, Keith Urban and Harry Connick, Jr. will return as judges and Ryan Seacrest will host AMERICAN IDOL for its 14th season.

Jennifer Lopez, Keith Urban and Harry Connick, Jr. will return as judges and Ryan Seacrest will host American Idol for its 14th season.

The heat is on! Season 13 of Lifetime's Emmy(R)-nominated Project Runway (#ProjectRunway) returns on Thursday, July 24, at 9pm ET/PT with an all new group of aspiring designers.

The winner of Surfside's fourteenth annual Playwriting Contest is John Lineberger, a resident of Brevard County for the past five decades, and a long-time actor and director with Surfside Players. In his play, I Wanted Wings, John, Katherine, and Mark struggle to come to terms with the death of their father, and to try to make sense of a kind, selfless man choosing to destroy himself with alcohol… until a surprise phone call sheds new light on his experiences on a B-17 'Flying Fortress' bomber in World War II, and how war changed him and ultimately the lives of the families of all of the crewmen he flew with.

The winner of Surfside's fourteenth annual Playwriting Contest is John Lineberger, a resident of Brevard County for the past five decades, and a long-time actor and director with Surfside Players. In his play, I Wanted Wings, John, Katherine, and Mark struggle to come to terms with the death of their father, and to try to make sense of a kind, selfless man choosing to destroy himself with alcohol… until a surprise phone call sheds new light on his experiences on a B-17 "Flying Fortress" bomber in World War II, and how war changed him and ultimately the lives of the families of all of the crewmen he flew with.

On this week's episode of PROJECT RUNWAY ALL STARS on Lifetime, the final four go head-to-head in the last episode before the season three finale. Two guest judges -- Broadway's Kristin Chenoweth and actor/singer Nick Cannon -- will help determine the fates of the designers tonight, January 2, at 9 p.m. Check out a teaser for the episode below!

Lifetime's Project Runway and Tide Pods are joining forces in the two part season 12 finale for a multi-platform sponsorship including in-show integration, a custom washable challenge, custom content and a robust digital sponsorship.

DC Moore Gallery has announced its summer group exhibition, Woods, Lovely, Dark and Deep, curated by John Zinsser, on view from June 20 - August 15 with an opening reception tonight, June 20 from 6 - 8 pm.

News Corp's David Hill will now oversee AMERICAN IDOL and THE X FACTOR for FOX, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

For the remainder of this season of Lifetime's Emmy(R) Award-nominated Project Runway, viewers and fashionistas will get their fill with three straight weeks of extended two-hour episodes, starting Thursday, April 11th, from 9:00pm- 11:00pm ET/PT, when guest judge multiple Grammy winner John Legend lends his hand to decide which designers get to go to Fashion Week as the remaining designers travel to Paris, Barcelona, Berlin and London seeking inspiration for their final challenge.