#THESOCIALMEDIAPLAY to be Presented at La Mirada Theatre for One Day Only
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 5, 2023
Phantom Projects Theatre Group will celebrate the World Premiere of its newest play, #TheSocialMediaPlay, inspired by real-life tragedy wrought upon young adults, and detailing the tumultuous relationship between cause and effect of social media usage in today's unfiltered world.
Popejoy Hall and UNM Announce Debut of BROADWAY FOR TEENS
by Blair Ingenthron - Apr 27, 2023
Popejoy Hall, the premier performing arts center located on the University of New Mexico campus, and UNM have announced the launch of the 'Broadway for Teens' initiative. The program will bring youth in New Mexico's high schools to experience top-tier Broadway shows at Popejoy Hall.
New Jersey Theatre Alliance's Statewide Stages Festival Is Back This Spring
by Stephi Wild - Mar 2, 2023
New Jersey Theatre Alliance is back with the Stages Festival, a state-wide spring festival of free and low-cost theatre events for all ages including performances, classes, workshops, and play readings. From readings of new plays to touring children's shows, participatory workshops to community discussions, the Stages Festival offers something for everyone.
Review: THIS IS OUR YOUTH at The Off-Central Players
by Drew Eberhard - Feb 12, 2023
This is Our Youth, is a play written by Playwright Kenneth Lonergan (The Waverly Gallery) and Screenwriter (Manchester by the Sea). Youth premiered off-Broadway in 1996, and since its premiere has seen productions all over the world on Broadway, in Sydney and Toronto. The most recent Broadway revival featured Michael Cera in the role of Warren and Kieran Culkin in the role of Dennis, featuring Tavi Gevinson as Jessica.
South Coast Repertory Presents VOICES OF AMERICA This Month
by Stephi Wild - Jan 3, 2023
The centerpiece of SCR's 2022-23 season, 'Voices of America,' runs Jan. 28-Feb. 26 on the Segerstrom Stage. It encompasses both plays. Each play will take the stage four times a week, alternating performances. On Saturdays and Sundays, both plays will run-one in the afternoon, the other in the evening. That means theatregoers can see both in the same day. Tickets are available at scr.org.
Golden Thread Productions Commissions New Work Based On
Life Of Alaa Abd El-Fattah
by Stephi Wild - Nov 15, 2022
Golden Thread Productions, the first American theatre company devoted to the Middle East, commissions playwright Adam Ashraf Elsayigh and dramaturg Salma Zohdi to write ALAA, a new play based on the life of British-Egyptian blogger and high profile political prisoner, Alaa Abd El-Fattah, one of the Egyptian Revolution's leading youth voices, thanks to the generous support of Gerbode Foundation's Special Awards in the Arts.
TCG Announces RECOGNIZE Grantees for THRIVE! Uplifting Theatres of Color Program
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 20, 2022
Theatre Communications Grouphas announced the recipients of RECOGNIZE grants as part of the THRIVE! Uplifting Theatres of Color program. With $1,635,000 in support from Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, TCG is working in partnership with an Advisory Circle of BIPOC* to provide unrestricted funds for BITOC based in the U.S.
Public Art in Downtown Brooklyn Memorializes Victims of Police Brutality
by Stephi Wild - Oct 4, 2022
Downtown Brooklyn Partnership (DBP) and Dumbo Improvement District (Dumbo) today announced that Witnessing (2022), a new public art installation created by artist Bradley McCallum and presented by Conjunction Arts, the Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Art (MoCADA), and the Burchfield Penney Art Center is now open.
MUSE/IQUE to Present LA COMPOSED: A FESTIVAL OF LOS ANGELES MUSIC This Week
by Blair Ingenthron - Oct 2, 2022
MUSE/IQUE continues its adventurous yearlong concert series, L.A. Composed: A Festival of Los Angeles Music, with Grand Avenue led by Artistic Director Rachael Worby and featuring the returns of Savion Glover, named by Dance Spirit magazine as one of the 13 Best Tap Dancers in History, and Charles Yang, recipient of the 2018 Leonard Bernstein Award and described by The Boston Globe as one who 'plays classical violin with the charisma of a rock star.'
Roundabout Youth Ensemble to Present World Premiere of I SCREAM, YOU SCREAM This Month
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 11, 2022
Roundabout Youth Ensemble, an after-school and summer program for NYC public high schools, will present the world premiere of the new play I Scream, You Scream by Lia Spahn directed by Christopher Etienne at Black Box Theatre in the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre on Saturday, August 13th (2 pm & 7pm) and Sunday, 14th (2 pm).