Asolo Rep to Explore Love, Career, Family and More in THE HEIDI CHRONICLES, 1/17-3/17
by BWW News Desk
- Jan 16, 2013
Asolo Repertory Theatre challenges its audiences to answer questions both women and men have been asking themselves since the second wave of feminism emerged in the 1960's: is it possible for women to balance a career and a family at the same time? If yes, then does 'having it all' equate fulfillment in life? The Heidi Chronicles, Wendy Wasserstein's 1989 Pulitzer and Tony Award winning play, maps the coming of age of Heidi Holland, a member of the baby boomer generation and a successful art historian, during the 1960's, 1970's, and 1980's.
35 Writers Head to Goodspeed Musicals' First-Ever Musical Theatre Writers Colony, Beg. 1/21
by BWW News Desk
- Jan 14, 2013
A total of 35 established and emerging writers, composers and lyricists will converge on the Goodspeed campus this month to participate in the first-ever Johnny Mercer Writers Colony at Goodspeed Musicals. The writing teams, representing more than twenty new musicals, will populate the campus, creating a truly exciting environment for discovery and inspiration.
Metropolitan Playhouse Presents 8 New Works and More in Founders Festival, Now thru 1/27
by BWW News Desk
- Jan 14, 2013
Metropolitan Playhouse, Obie Award winner for exploring American culture through theater, hosts The Founder's Festival, the theater's eighth annual Living Literature Festival of performances inspired by the lives and works of the individuals who helped to shape America. The Festival is a collection of eight new works by artists and companies from near and far taking their inspiration from the Founding Father's public and private lives. Each new work is presented four times over the festival. (Project descriptions and schedule follow.) Several evenings will be complemented by readings of salient documents.
Out of Joint to Stage Readings Series to Celebrate 25th Anniversary of OUR COUNTRY'S GOOD at St. James Theatre, Feb 2013
by BWW News Desk
- Jan 9, 2013
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Timberlake Wertenbaker's Olivier Award-winning play, Our Country's Good, Out of Joint will present a series of staged readings of Timberlake's work. This will include the acclaimed play Three Birds Alighting on a Field, which will be directed by Max Stafford-Clark, and The Grace of Mary Traverse directed by Blanche McIntyre. Out of Joint will also present the world premiere of Timberlake's new play - Jefferson's Garden.
Montblanc Sets First U.S. Pop-Up Shop for Inaugural Week
by Rachel Stone
- Jan 5, 2013
Montblanc announced it will open its first U.S. pop-up shop during the Presidential Inauguration week in Washington, Jan. 18 to 22. Montblanc is partnering with the St. Regis hotel in Washington D.C., as well as publisher Thornwillow Press, to create an boutique. The in-lobby shop will offer a variety of leather goods, cuff links, signature pens and more. To celebrate President Obama's second inauguration, Montblanc is offering a bound book of Obama's first inaugural address.
Pittsburgh Public Theater's 1776 Will Be Biggest Production in Theater's History, 1/24-2/24
by BWW News Desk
- Jan 4, 2013
Pittsburgh Public Theater's MADE IN AMERICA season reaches its highpoint with 1776, the biggest production in Public Theater history. This Tony-winning Best Musical features book by Peter Stone and music & lyrics by Sherman Edwards. Directed by Ted Pappas, 1776 runs Jan. 24 - Feb. 24, 2013 at the O'Reilly Theater, Pittsburgh Public Theater's home in the heart of Downtown's Cultural District.
Frank Loesser's PLEASURES AND PALACES to Play in Concert at Lyric Stage, 1/24-27
by BWW News Desk
- Jan 2, 2013
Historical hijinks abound in PLEASURES AND PALACES, the unknown masterpiece from the composer of GUYS AND DOLLS. Lyric Stage is proud to present Frank Loesser's PLEASURES AND PALACES in concert January 24-27, 2013. Performances are January 24, 25 & 26 @ 8:00 PM and January 27 @ 2:30 PM in the Irving Arts Center's Carpenter Performance Hall, 3333 N. MacArthur Blvd., Irving, TX.
Hennepin Theatre Trust Announces Fall 2012 SpotLight Musical Theatre Program Honors
by Kelsey Denette
- Dec 20, 2012
Hennepin Theatre Trust today announced the new fall 2012 honorees from Minnesota high schools recognizing theatre accomplishments by school and category for the 2012-13 SpotLight Musical Theatre Program. Now in its eighth successful year, SpotLight is Hennepin Theatre Trust's flagship educational initiative which honors, supports and advocates for Minnesota high school musical theatre students and programs. This year, 56 schools, including nine from greater Minnesota, are presenting musicals made possible by the collaboration of almost 5,000 students and annually seen by an estimated 105,000 audience members.
Top 10 Reads: THE HOBBIT Rises to 2nd Place Following Movie Release; Week Ending 12/16/2012
by Tyler Peterson
- Dec 16, 2012
Amazon.com has just released their list of top selling books for the online marketplace this week: J.R.R. Tolkien's THE HOBBIT made a push for the top spot following the release of its film adaptation, but finished in second place. Once again, the seventh book in the DIARY OF A WIMPY KID series continues its reign on the best seller list. Check out the full list below!
Metropolitan Playhouse Presents 8 New Works and More in Founders Festival, 1/14-27
by BWW News Desk
- Dec 16, 2012
Metropolitan Playhouse, Obie Award winner for exploring American culture through theater, hosts The Founder's Festival, the theater's eighth annual Living Literature Festival of performances inspired by the lives and works of the individuals who helped to shape America. The Festival is a collection of eight new works by artists and companies from near and far taking their inspiration from the Founding Father's public and private lives. Each new work is presented four times over the festival. (Project descriptions and schedule follow.) Several evenings will be complemented by readings of salient documents.
Top 10 Reads: DIARY OF A WIMPY KID, Once Again, Takes Top Spot; Week Ending 12/9/12
by Tyler Peterson
- Dec 9, 2012
Amazon.com has just released their list of top selling books for the online marketplace this week: a push of political novels and nonfiction pieces have taken some of the top spots on the list, with the seventh book in the DIARY OF A WIMPY KID series continuing its reign on the best seller list. Check out the list below!
GRAMMY Signature Schools Semifinalists Announced
by Kelsey Denette
- Dec 6, 2012
The GRAMMY Foundation® (www.grammyfoundation.org) today announced that 129 schools nationwide have been selected as GRAMMY® Signature Schools semifinalists (www.grammyintheschools.com) for 2013. Created in 1998, the GRAMMY Signature Schools program recognizes top U.S. public high schools that are making an outstanding commitment to music education during an academic school year.
Top 10 Reads: DIARY OF A WIMPY KID Continues its Reign; Week Ending 12/2/12
by Tyler Peterson
- Dec 2, 2012
Amazon.com has just released their list of top selling books for the online marketplace this week: a push of political novels and nonfiction pieces have taken some of the top spots on the list, with the seventh book in the DIARY OF A WIMPY KID series continuing its reign on the best seller list. Check out the list below!
Castillo Theatre's SALLY AND TOM Wins 5 AUDELCO Awards
by Kelsey Denette
- Nov 30, 2012
On Monday, November 19, the membership of the Audience Development Corporation honored the Castillo Theatre with wins in all five of the categories in which it was nominated for the Vivian Robinson AUDELCO Recognition Awards for Excellence in Black Theatre (aka the Viv Awards) for its production of Sally and Tom (The American Way) by Fred Newman and Annie Roboff, directed by Gabrielle L. Kurlander. The musical looks at the relationship between Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings, his slave and mistress for 30 years, exploring the tragic contradiction at the heart of American history and culture.
Carl Levin Visits NBC's MEET THE PRESS WITH DAVID GREGORY
by Caryn Robbins
- Nov 26, 2012
Yesterday's MEET THE PRESS WITH DAVID GREGORY featured interviews with Senate Armed Services Committee chairman Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI), House Homeland Security Committee chairman Rep. Peter King (R-NY), Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY), and Honeywell CEO David Cote; and a roundtable conversation with MSNBC's Rev. Al Sharpton, National Republican Senatorial Committee vice chair Carly Fiorina, New York Times columnist David Brooks, documentary filmmaker and historian Ken Burns, and NBC News chief foreign affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell.
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