Thomas Jefferson News

Internationally renowned actor, Golden Globe Winner, and multiple Emmy Nominee Matthew Modine, OBIE, Drama Desk, Outer Critics, and Lucille Lortel Award Winner & TONY-Award Nominee Kathleen Chalfant, and Tony-Award Nominee and Broadway Star Melissa Errico star in a unique dramatic presentation drawn from the passionate letters of Thomas Jefferson and painter/composer/musician Maria Cosway, and intertwined with the performance of music mentioned in their correspondence, including works by Sacchini, Hewitt, and rarely performed compositions by Cosway herself, all set against the dramatic backdrop of the French Revolution.

The GRAMMY Foundation today announced that 125 schools nationwide have been selected as GRAMMY® Signature Schools semifinalists for 2012.

TONY Award-Nominee Kathleen Chalfant has been announced to join Matthew Modine and Melissa Errico in the cast of MORE BETWEEN HEAVEN AND EARTH.

Sundance Institute announced today the films selected to screen in the out-of-competition Premieres and Documentary Premieres sections of the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. Included in this year's line-up is Price Check, featuring Cheyenne Jackson, Parker Posey, and Annie Parisse.The Festival will be held January 19 through 29 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah. The complete list of films is available at www.sundance.org/festival.

Stone Junction presents The Shallow End by Doug Lucie. The show is directed by Sebastien Blanc, and designed by Kev Rice.

Internationally renowned actor, Golden Globe Winner, and multiple Emmy Nominee Matthew Modine and TONY-Award Nominee and Broadway Star Melissa Errico star in a unique dramatic presentation drawn from the passionate letters of Thomas Jefferson and painter/composer/musician Maria Cosway, intertwined with the performance of music mentioned in their correspondance, including works by Sacchini, Hewitt, and rarely performed compositions by Cosway herself.

The Public Theater (Oskar Eustis, Artistic Director; Joey Parnes Interim Executive Director) has announced the complete line-up for the third Public Forum event of the season, 'Does Culture Make Us Who We Are?'

Lincoln Center's upcoming White Light Festival (October 20-November 19, 2011), in its second season, will include two outstanding theater productions among the range of works of music, film, dance, art and discussion to be presented.

The Public Theater (Oskar Eustis, Artistic Director; Joey Parnes Interim Executive Director) has just announced the complete line-up for the third Public Forum event of the season, 'Does Culture Make Us Who We Are?' This dynamic evening, hosted by Anne Hathaway and in association with the Aspen Institute Arts Program, will feature noted author and New York Times columnist David Brooks; Dr. Mary Schmidt Campbell, the Dean of the Tisch School of the Arts and the Vice-Chair of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities; Bill Irwin, acclaimed actor currently playing The Fool in The Public's production of King Lear; and Damian Woetzel, former principal dancer at New York City Ballet and the new Director of the Aspen Institute Arts Program. The evening will also feature remarks by Public Theater Artistic Director Oskar Eustis on the arts and our democracy. Tickets, priced at $25, are on sale now.

Plan-B Theatre Company (Salt Lake City, UT) is thrilled to announce it has received an 'Art Works' grant from the National Endowment for the Arts for the upcoming world premiere of Debora Threedy's THE THIRD CROSSING.

Actors and Directors Living in Brooklyn (Adlib) has announced a talkback with Leonard Jacobs of the NYC Dept. of Cultural Affiars, and former editor, The Clyde Fitch Report.

Actors and Directors Living in Brooklyn (Adlib) has announced a talkback with Leonard Jacobs of the NYC Dept. of Cultural Affiars, and former editor, The Clyde Fitch Report.

The sins of the father are visited upon the son once again in Sam Shepard's primal family drama Curse of the Starving Class, which will be presented starting October 27th at The Bridge Theatre in Manhattan by a new company, Actors and Directors Living in Brooklyn (AdLib).

Plan-B Theatre Company - whose mission is to develop and produce unique and socially conscious theatre - is the only theatre company in Utah fully devoted to the development of new work by Utah playwrights.

Hennepin Theatre Trust today announced that a record 53 schools will participate in the 2011-12 SpotLight Musical Theatre Program, including 11 new schools and nine from greater Minnesota.

The Public Theaterhas just announced the final line-up for its two upcoming fall Public Forum events. The 2011-2012 Public Forum season will continue on October 23 with 'The Legacy of Steve Jobs,' a provocative discussion with Mike Daisey, the creator and performer of The Agony and The Ecstasy of Steve Jobs; Robert Krulwich, the science correspondent of NPR and co-host of Radiolab; and Dan Lyons, the technology editor at Newsweek Daily Beast and creator of 'Fake Steve Jobs,' the persona behind the notorious tech blog The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs. Single tickets, priced at $25, are on sale now.

On Mon. Oct. 17, 2011 Musicians from 'The President's Own' United States Marine Band will conduct a Masterclass with Riverview High School's band students in conjunction with their Florida tour, and concert at the Van Wezel.

Lincoln Center's upcoming White Light Festival (October 20-November 19, 2011), in its second season, will include two outstanding theater productions among the range of works of music, film, dance, art and discussion to be presented.

On Mon. Oct. 17, 2011 Musicians from 'The President's Own' United States Marine Band will conduct a Masterclass with Riverview High School's band students in conjunction with their Florida tour, and concert at the Van Wezel.

The Public Theater (Oskar Eustis, Artistic Director; Joey Parnes Interim Executive Director) will continue the 2011-2012 Public Forum season in October with 'Users or Used?,' a provocative discussion with Mike Daisey, the creator and performer of The Agony and The Ecstasy of Steve Jobs, and Dan Lyons, the technology editor at Newsweek Daily Beast and creator of the 'Fake Steve Jobs,' the persona behind the notorious tech blog The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs. Single tickets, priced at $25, go on sale Thursday, September 29 for 'Users or Used?'