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A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION Heads to NYC's Town Hall This December
by BWW News Desk - Dec 3, 2016

Chris Thile will be loading up the bus and heading east to the city that doesn't sleep, for back-to-back broadcasts of A Prairie Home Companion live from The Town Hall in New York City on December 3 and 10.

A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION Heads to NYC's Town Hall This December
by BWW News Desk - Nov 3, 2016

Chris Thile will be loading up the bus and heading east to the city that doesn't sleep, for back-to-back broadcasts of A Prairie Home Companion live from The Town Hall in New York City on December 3 and 10.

Woodie King, Jr.'s New Federal Theatre Moves to All Stars Project Performing Arts Center
by BWW News Desk - Nov 1, 2016

The Castillo Theatre and the non-profit All Stars Project (ASP), announce this week that the New Federal Theatre (NFT), founded by Woodie King, Jr., will now make its home at the All Stars performing arts and development center at 543 West 42nd Street.

Newman & Oltman Guitar Duo and Sergio Assad to Perform at New York Guitar Seminar, 7/10
by Tyler Peterson - Jun 23, 2016

The celebrated Newman & Oltman Guitar Duo will perform at the 16th New York Guitar Seminar at Mannes on Sunday, July 10. Brazilian composer and guitarist Sergio Assad and his daughter, pianist and vocalist Clarice Assad will join the Duo in works by the Assads, Milton Nascimento, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Celso Machado, Alfonso Montes & Irina Kircher, Carlos Lyra, and Gilberto Gil. The concert will be held at 7:30pm at Tishman Auditorium at University Center, 63 Fifth Ave., corner of 13th St.  Michael Newman and Laura Oltman are the founders and artistic directors of the seminar (www.mannesguitar.com) which takes place July 6 - July 11, 2016.  Concert tickets are $25.00; $15.00 for students/seniors.

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra to Perform THE MUSIC OF JOHN WILLIAMS, 1/23-26
by Tyler Peterson - Jan 9, 2014

Darth Vader stalking through the Death Star...Harry Potter and Indiana Jones dodging danger at every turn...E.T. finally going home. Composer John Williams has orchestrated some of Hollywood's most iconic and indelible movie scores and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra celebrates his musical accomplishments with the fourth PNC Pops concert, 'The Music of John Williams,' on Jan. 23-26, 2014.

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Presents Fourth PNC Pops Concert, THE MUSIC OF JOHN WILLIAMS, 1/23-26
by BWW News Desk - Jan 10, 2014

Darth Vader stalking through the Death Star…Harry Potter and Indiana Jones dodging danger at every turn…E.T. finally going home. Composer John Williams has orchestrated some of Hollywood's most iconic and indelible movie scores and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra celebrates his musical accomplishments with the fourth PNC Pops concert, "The Music of John Williams," on Jan. 23-26, 2014.

Kathleen Chalfant & Timothy Simonson to Star in New Federal Theatre's DR. DU BOIS AND MISS OVINGTON, Begin. 1/16
by Tyler Peterson - Dec 20, 2013

Woodie King Jr's New Federal Theatre continues its 44th season with Dr. Du Bois and Miss Ovington starring Kathleen Chalfant and Timothy Simonson. Gabrielle L. Kurlander directs. Performances begin January 16h, with opening night scheduled for January 30th.

Debra Monk Set For A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION, 12/7
by Pat Cerasaro - Dec 5, 2013

Broadway headliner and popular TV personality Debra Monk brings her characteristic charm and way with a melody to long-running radio staple A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION this week.

A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION to Broadcast Live from Orpheum Theatre, 10/26
by Tyler Peterson - Sep 26, 2013

Garrison Keillor will once again be winding his way down the Mississippi River with his St. Paul-based radio program to Memphis, TN for a live broadcast of A Prairie Home Companion on Saturday Oct 26th, from the Orpheum Theatre.

Castillo and New Yiddish Rep Stage WAITING FOR GODOT in First-Ever Yiddish-Language Production, Now thru 10/13
by BWW News Desk - Sep 20, 2013

The Castillo Theatre and the New Yiddish Rep join forces for an unusual cultural 'mash up': Samuel Beckett's Waiting For Godot will be performed for the first time in Yiddish.

Castillo and New Yiddish Rep to Stage WAITING FOR GODOT in First-Ever Yiddish-Language Production, 9/20-10/13
by BWW News Desk - Sep 12, 2013

The Castillo Theatre and the New Yiddish Rep join forces for an unusual cultural 'mash up': Samuel Beckett's Waiting For Godot will be performed for the first time in Yiddish.

Lincoln Center Film Society Presents 20th Century Fox Films, Beg. Tonight
by Movies News Desk - Aug 9, 2013

The Film Society of Lincoln Center announced Fasten Your Seatbelts (Part 2): 20th Century Fox (today, August 9-15), a summertime big screen showcase of some of the movie studio's most beloved and unforgettable films. Presented via DCP restorations and beautiful studio library 35mm prints, with a focus on a single artist and their creative contribution to each film, Fasten Your Seatbelts is sure to be a truly rare movie-going event. In the summer of 2010, FSLC presented the first Fasten Your Seatbelts series to coincide with and celebrate 20th Century Fox's 75th Anniversary. The popularity of that series, including screenings of classics like ALL ABOUT EVE, M*A*S*H and ALIEN all but demanded that Film Society and the studio present a 'sequel' at some point.

BACK TO THE FUTURE, MRS. DOUBTFIRE, THE STING, THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA, WAITRESS, TOOTSIE & More Coming to Broadway?
by Nicole Rosky - Aug 1, 2013

As BroadwayWorld previously reported, 20th Century Fox recently formed a joint venture with top Broadway producer and Tony Award winner Kevin McCollum (Motown, Rent, Avenue Q, In the Heights), prolific film producer John Davis (Predator, The Firm, Grumpy Old Men, I Robot, Chronicle) and leading industry executive Tom McGrath, to develop live stage productions based upon the studio's vast library of films. Now according to the New York Times, Fox won't be the only major film studio with movie-based musicals in the woks in the coming years.

Lincoln Center Film Society to Present 20th Century Fox Films, Beg. 8/9
by Caryn Robbins - Jun 28, 2013

The Film Society of Lincoln Center announced today Fasten Your Seatbelts (Part 2): 20th Century Fox (August 9-15), a summertime big screen showcase of some of the movie studio's most beloved and unforgettable films.

Garrison Keillor's A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION Tour to Play Iroquois Amphitheater, 7/20
by Tyler Peterson - Jun 18, 2013

Garrison Keillor's A Prairie Home Companion Radio Romance Tour 2013 kicks off a coast-to-coast tour that will bring the popular radio host and his pals to Louisville's Iroquois Amphitheater on Saturday, July 20 at 8 p.m. Tickets go on sale Monday, April 29 at 10:00 a.m. atiroquoisamphitheater.com or by calling (502) 368-5865. Presale tickets will be available to members of Louisville Public Media and the Kentucky Center.

Castillo Theatre Extends Run of CARMEN'S PLACE (A FANTASY) Until 6/16
by Kristin Salaky - May 21, 2013

The Castillo Theatre production of Carmen's Place (A Fantasy), called "an aria to behold" by critics in this opera-within-a musical running through June 16. Carmen's Place features an original pop score by Annie Roboff and Fred Newman, and in its show-within-the-show, some of the best-known and best-loved operatic numbers ever performed. Director Gabrielle L. Kurlander received the AUDELCO "Viv" Recognition Award for Excellence in Black Theatre as Best Director of a Musical Production in 2012 for Newman-Roboff's Sally and Tom (The American Way).

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