Pride Films and Plays, a new not-for-profit, is proud to announce its inaugural activities as an organization. The first two events scheduled are Five Decades of Great Gay Theater, May 9 - June 13, a series of staged reading of great gay plays, Theatre Building Chicago, 1225 West Belmont*, and the Great Gay Screenplay Contest, held in conjunction with Chicago Filmmakers. The contest seeks new screenplays dealing with gay history, characters or themes and relevant to the world. The semi-finalists will be read this fall during Reeling: The Chicago Lesbian and Gay International Film Festival.
Parsons Dance presents two short evenings as part of the company's 10th annual Summer Intensive Workshop for professional and pre-professional dancers. The performances are produced in collaboration with the company's education partners, Marymount Manhattan College and Manhattan Movement and Arts Center, and will feature performances of the acclaimed works: Wolfgang (2005), Hand Dance (2003), Caught (1981), Swing Shift (2003) and Ebben, an excerpt from the dance/rock opera Remember Me (2009).
Parsons Dance presents two short evenings as part of the company's 10th annual Summer Intensive Workshop for professional and pre-professional dancers. The performances are produced in collaboration with the company's education partners, Marymount Manhattan College and Manhattan Movement and Arts Center, and will feature performances of the acclaimed works: Wolfgang (2005), Hand Dance (2003), Caught (1981), Swing Shift (2003) and Ebben, an excerpt from the dance/rock opera Remember Me (2009).
The Milk Can Theatre Company presents its seventh season production of two new works in which eccentric behavior and mental illness are often separated by little more than a razor's edge. Presented in repertory, ML Kinney's full-length comedy Life Among the Natives, a story of coming out and coming to terms with one's roots - and The Disorder Plays, an evening of six short works both somber and satirical, about psychiatric disorders and mental illness - will be presented at The Theatre at 30th Street, located at 259 West 30th Street, beginning May 14th through May 30th.
Eccentric behavior and mental illness are often separated by little more than a razor's edge. The Milk Can Theatre Company looks at both sides of the equation with ML Kinney's full-length comedy Life Among the Natives, a story of coming out and coming to terms with one's roots; and The Disorder Plays, six short works both somber and satirical, about psychiatric disorders and mental illness, presented in one performance.
Following four seasons of sold-out concerts, KEYS TO THE FUTURE celebrates its fifth anniversary at a brand new venue and with an even deeper mix of styles and talent. This unique piano festival takes place Tuesday through Thursday, May 25, 26, and 27, at Le Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker Street between Sullivan and Thompson St. Each hour-long concert begins at 7:30pm; doors open at 6:30pm.
The National Jazz Museum's June line-up includes discussions with musical artists Paquito D'Rivera and Craig Harris for Harlem Speaks; a talk with a living literary legend, Peter Straub, at Jazz for Curious Readers; and our adult education series, Jazz for Curious Listeners, features instrumentalists Jeremy Pelt, Nicholas Payton and Orrin Evans taking the reins of discourse on jazz in the 21st century. For more information visit http://jazzmuseuminharlem.org/
Following four seasons of sold-out concerts, KEYS TO THE FUTURE celebrates its fifth anniversary at a brand new venue and with an even deeper mix of styles and talent. This unique piano festival takes place Tuesday through Thursday, May 25, 26, and 27, at Le Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker Street between Sullivan and Thompson St. Each hour-long concert begins at 7:30pm; doors open at 6:30pm.
Eccentric behavior and mental illness are often separated by little more than a razor's edge. The Milk Can Theatre Company looks at both sides of the equation with ML Kinney's full-length comedy Life Among the Natives, a story of coming out and coming to terms with one's roots; and The Disorder Plays, six short works both somber and satirical, about psychiatric disorders and mental illness, presented in one performance. Both shows will be performed in repertory at Urban Stages, located at 259 West 30th Street, beginning May 7th.
Second Stage Theatre (Carole Rothman, Artistic Director) has announced the two plays which will be presented as part of the company's eighth annual Second Stage Theatre Uptown Series this summer: the New York premiere of Michael Golamco's Year Zero, directed by Will Frears, and the world premiere of Leslye Headland's Bachelorette, directed by Trip Cullman.
Pride Films and Plays, a new not-for-profit, is proud to announce its inaugural activities as an organization. The first two events scheduled are Five Decades of Great Gay Theater, May 9 - June 13, a series of staged reading of great gay plays, Theatre Building Chicago, 1225 West Belmont*, and the Great Gay Screenplay Contest, held in conjunction with Chicago Filmmakers. The contest seeks new screenplays dealing with gay history, characters or themes and relevant to the world. The semi-finalists will be read this fall during Reeling: The Chicago Lesbian and Gay International Film Festival.
Eccentric behavior and mental illness are often separated by little more than a razor's edge. The Milk Can Theatre Company looks at both sides of the equation with ML Kinney's full-length comedy Life Among the Natives, a story of coming out and coming to terms with one's roots; and The Disorder Plays, six short works both somber and satirical, about psychiatric disorders and mental illness, presented in one performance.
The Milk Can Theatre Company presents its seventh season production of two new works in which eccentric behavior and mental illness are often separated by little more than a razor's edge. Presented in repertory, ML Kinney's full-length comedy Life Among the Natives, a story of coming out and coming to terms with one's roots - and The Disorder Plays, an evening of six short works both somber and satirical, about psychiatric disorders and mental illness - will be presented at The Theatre at 30th Street, located at 259 West 30th Street, beginning May 14th through May 30th.
Parsons Dance presents two short evenings as part of the company's 10th annual Summer Intensive Workshop for professional and pre-professional dancers. The performances are produced in collaboration with the company's education partners, Marymount Manhattan College and Manhattan Movement and Arts Center, and will feature performances of the acclaimed works: Wolfgang (2005), Hand Dance (2003), Caught (1981), Swing Shift (2003) and Ebben, an excerpt from the dance/rock opera Remember Me (2009).
Pride Films and Plays, a new not-for-profit, is proud to announce its inaugural activities as an organization. The first two events scheduled are Five Decades of Great Gay Theater, May 9 - June 13, a series of staged reading of great gay plays, Theatre Building Chicago, 1225 West Belmont*, and the Great Gay Screenplay Contest, held in conjunction with Chicago Filmmakers. The contest seeks new screenplays dealing with gay history, characters or themes and relevant to the world. The semi-finalists will be read this fall during Reeling: The Chicago Lesbian and Gay International Film Festival.
Eccentric behavior and mental illness are often separated by little more than a razor's edge. The Milk Can Theatre Company looks at both sides of the equation with ML Kinney's full-length comedy Life Among the Natives, a story of coming out and coming to terms with one's roots; and The Disorder Plays, six short works both somber and satirical, about psychiatric disorders and mental illness, presented in one performance. Both shows will be performed in repertory at Urban Stages, located at 259 West 30th Street, beginning May 7th.
Eccentric behavior and mental illness are often separated by little more than a razor's edge. The Milk Can Theatre Company looks at both sides of the equation with ML Kinney's full-length comedy Life Among the Natives, a story of coming out and coming to terms with one's roots; and The Disorder Plays, six short works both somber and satirical, about psychiatric disorders and mental illness, presented in one performance. Both shows will be performed in repertory at Urban Stages, located at 259 West 30th Street, beginning May 7th.
Pride Films and Plays, a new not-for-profit, is proud to announce its inaugural activities as an organization. The first two events scheduled are Five Decades of Great Gay Theater, May 9 - June 13, a series of staged reading of great gay plays, Theatre Building Chicago, 1225 West Belmont*, and the Great Gay Screenplay Contest, held in conjunction with Chicago Filmmakers. The contest seeks new screenplays dealing with gay history, characters or themes and relevant to the world. The semi-finalists will be read this fall during Reeling: The Chicago Lesbian and Gay International Film Festival.
Eccentric behavior and mental illness are often separated by little more than a razor's edge. The Milk Can Theatre Company looks at both sides of the equation with ML Kinney's full-length comedy Life Among the Natives, a story of coming out and coming to terms with one's roots; and The Disorder Plays, six short works both somber and satirical, about psychiatric disorders and mental illness, presented in one performance.
Eccentric behavior and mental illness are often separated by little more than a razor's edge. The Milk Can Theatre Company looks at both sides of the equation with ML Kinney's full-length comedy Life Among the Natives, a story of coming out and coming to terms with one's roots; and The Disorder Plays, six short works both somber and satirical, about psychiatric disorders and mental illness, presented in one performance. Both shows will be performed in repertory at Urban Stages, located at 259 West 30th Street, beginning May 7th.
Pride Films and Plays, a new not-for-profit, is proud to announce its inaugural activities as an organization. The first two events scheduled are Five Decades of Great Gay Theater, May 9 - June 13, a series of staged reading of great gay plays, Theatre Building Chicago, 1225 West Belmont*, and the Great Gay Screenplay Contest, held in conjunction with Chicago Filmmakers. The contest seeks new screenplays dealing with gay history, characters or themes and relevant to the world. The semi-finalists will be read this fall during Reeling: The Chicago Lesbian and Gay International Film Festival.
Following four seasons of sold-out concerts, KEYS TO THE FUTURE celebrates its fifth anniversary at a brand new venue and with an even deeper mix of styles and talent. This unique piano festival takes place Tuesday through Thursday, May 25, 26, and 27, at Le Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker Street between Sullivan and Thompson St. Each hour-long concert begins at 7:30pm; doors open at 6:30pm.
HAIRSPRAY, Broadway's musical comedy phenomenon that inspired a major motion picture will end its run at the Orange County Performing Arts Center April 11 in Segerstrom Hall. This fantastically fun musical, winner of eight 2003 Tony® Awards including Best Musical, enjoyed an incredible six-year run on Broadway. The 2007 West End production of HAIRSPRAY was nominated for a record-breaking 11 Olivier Awards and nabbed four, including the top category Best New Musical, and also won Best New Musical in all of Britain's other top awards programs, including the Evening Standard, Critic's Circle and Whatsonstage Awards
Like many boys and girls bit by the performing bug (just watch that giddy TV phenomenon Glee and you'll understand), Teanna Berry is living her dream. She currently stars as 'Peaches' in the latest national tour cycle of the multiple-Tony Award-winning musical HAIRSPRAY, which returns to the Orange County Performing Arts Center for a brief engagement from April 6 - 11. For Berry, HAIRSPRAY's week-long stop in Costa Mesa is expected to be an exciting homecoming.
It's time to let your hair down and dance the night away! HAIRSPRAY, Broadway's musical comedy phenomenon that inspired a major motion picture is coming to the Orange County Performing Arts Center April 6 - 11 in Segerstrom Hall. This fantastically fun musical, winner of eight 2003 Tony® Awards including Best Musical, enjoyed an incredible six-year run on Broadway. The 2007 West End production of HAIRSPRAY was nominated for a record-breaking 11 Olivier Awards and nabbed four, including the top category Best New Musical, and also won Best New Musical in all of Britain's other top awards programs, including the Evening Standard, Critic's Circle and Whatsonstage Awards
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