Chicago Sinfonietta Presents Program Blending Live Hip-Hop And Orchestral Classics, 9/14-9/15
by Ben Peltz - Aug 13, 2013
The Chicago Sinfonietta opens its 2013-14 season with "eMotion," a concert continuing Music DirectorMei-Ann Chen's award-winning experimental programming style, moving toward the creation of a new breed of collaborative performance experiences. The "eMotion" concert features music inspired by dance, including a World Premiere arrangement commissioned by the Sinfonietta. The Sinfonietta performs "eMotion" twice, once in its downtown Chicago home venue of Symphony Center, 220 S. Michigan Avenue, Saturday, September 14 at 8 pm and again in the western suburbs at Wentz Concert Hall of North Central College, 171 E. Chicago Avenue, Naperville, Sunday, September 15 at 4 pm.
The Chicago Sinfonietta Debuts Season with eMotion, 9/14
by Christina Mancuso - Aug 13, 2013
The Chicago Sinfonietta opens its 2013-14 season with "eMotion," a concert continuing Music DirectorMei-Ann Chen's award-winning experimental programming style, moving toward the creation of a new breed of collaborative performance experiences. The "eMotion" concert features music inspired by dance, including a World Premiere arrangement commissioned by the Sinfonietta. The Sinfonietta performs "eMotion" twice, once in its downtown Chicago home venue of Symphony Center, 220 S. Michigan Avenue, Saturday, September 14 at 8 pm and again in the western suburbs at Wentz Concert Hall of North Central College, 171 E. Chicago Avenue, Naperville, Sunday, September 15 at 4 pm.
Diana Ross, Kristin Chenoweth & More Set for Saenger Theatre After Reopening in September
by Nicole Rosky - Jun 28, 2013
After more than eight years, the historic Saenger Theatre will proudly reopen its doors this fall with a grand opening celebration, featuring a lineup of performances commemorating the city's love for live entertainment of all kinds. In January 2012, the City of New Orleans, Canal Street Development Corporation and ACE Theatrical Group formed a public-private partnership to carry out a $52 million restoration project after the iconic theatre was severely damaged during Hurricane Katrina.
Hyatt Names Brian Kramer of Hyatt Regency Clearwater Beach Resort and Spa as General Manager of the Year
by Robert Diamond - Mar 29, 2013
Hyatt Regency Clearwater Beach Resort and Spa proudly announces that Brian Kramer has been named Hyatt Hotels and Resorts' 2012 General Manager of the Year in North America. Hyatt's most prestigious individual honor was awarded to Kramer at this year's Annual Hyatt General Managers Conference in Orlando, which was attended by Hyatt general managers and leaders from Hyatt hotels and resorts worldwide. As the highest level of distinction for a Hyatt general manager, this much sought-after title is bestowed upon the company's top performers based on a range of criteria, including excellence in customer service, community involvement, employee engagement and financial performance.
OLD GHOSTS, NEW DREAMS Cambodia Program Set for Film Society of Lincoln Center, 4/19-25
by Movies News Desk - Mar 12, 2013
The Film Society of Lincoln Center announced today Old Ghosts, New Dreams: The Emerging Cambodian Cinema (April 19-25). To be presented in conjunction with the citywide Season of Cambodia arts festival, FSLC will team with the great documentarian Rithy Panh to screen a fascinating survey of films from Cambodia.
BEST OF WARNER BROS. 20 FILM COLLECTIONS: MUSICALS Set for Release Today
by BWW News Desk - Feb 12, 2013
Warner Home Video will release two new DVD box sets early in the first quarter as part of their 90th Anniversary initiative running throughout 2013: The Best of Warner Bros. 20 Film Collections: Best Pictures (January 29) and The Best of Warner Bros. 20 Film Collections: Musicals (today, February 12).
ACE to Honor Editors Richard Marks, Larry Silk with Lifetime Achievement Awards
by Tyler Peterson - Feb 8, 2013
American Cinema Editors (ACE) will honor veteran editors Richard Marks, A.C.E. and Larry Silk, A.C.E. with the organization's prestigious Lifetime Career Achievement Award at the 63rd Annual ACE Eddie Awards on February 16, 2013 in the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
BEST OF WARNER BROS. 20 FILM COLLECTIONS: MUSICALS Set for Release Feb 12
by BWW News Desk - Jan 25, 2013
Warner Home Video will release two new DVD box sets early in the first quarter as part of their 90th Anniversary initiative running throughout 2013: The Best of Warner Bros. 20 Film Collections: Best Pictures (January 29) and The Best of Warner Bros. 20 Film Collections: Musicals (February 12).
Ron Howard, Al Michaels, and More to Be Inducted Into TV Academy Hall Of Fame
by Nicole Rosky - Jan 23, 2013
The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame Committee has selected a distinguished group of television innovators and icons to be inducted into the 22nd Hall of Fame. Additionally, for the first time ever, this year's Hall of Fame ceremony will benefit the Television Academy Foundation's Archive of American Television.
Photos: In Remembrance - 2012 Passages
by Walter McBride - Dec 30, 2012
2012 is coming to a close, and BroadwayWorld's senior photographer Walter McBride takes a moment to look back at some of the many influential people we've lost this year. 2012 saw the death of some of the most beloved actors, musicians, comedians, writers and true heros.
Victoria Regan to Lead TheatreZone's GRAND HOTEL
by Kelsey Denette - Dec 24, 2012
Ballroom dance champion and Broadway actress Victoria Regan, who has been cast in the leading role of the famous aging Russian ballerina Grushinkskaya in Grand Hotel at TheatreZone next month, still dances on her tiptoes.
TheatreZone Presents GRAND HOTEL in January
by Kelsey Denette - Dec 10, 2012
Set in 1928 in pre-Nazi Germany and inspired by a novel and the Oscar-winning film, Grand Hotel - The Musical, rings in the New Year at TheatreZone, serving as a metaphor for a society that is frayed at the edges and soon to unravel.
STAGE TUBE: On This Day 11/12- GRAND HOTEL
by Nicole Rosky - Nov 12, 2012
Today in 1989, Grand Hotel opened at the Martin Beck Theatre (now the Al Hirschfeld Theatre) where it ran for 1017 performances. Grand Hotel is a musical with a book by Luther Davis and music and lyrics by Robert Wright and George Forrest, with additional lyrics and music by Maury Yeston. Based on the 1929 Vicki Baum novel and play, Menschen im Hotel (People in a Hotel), and the subsequent 1932 MGM feature film, the musical focuses on events taking place over the course of a weekend in an elegant hotel in 1928 Berlin and the intersecting stories of the eccentric guests of the hotel, including a fading prima ballerina; a fatally ill Jewish bookkeeper, who wants to spend his final days living in luxury; a young, handsome, but destitute Baron; a cynical doctor; and a typist dreaming of Hollywood success.
Warner Bros. to Release Restored 3D Edition of THE WIZARD OF OZ
by Caryn Robbins - Oct 4, 2012
Warner Bros. announced today that the 1939 classic The Wizard of Oz will be fully restored and converted into 3D, as a part of the studio's 90th Anniversary celebration next year. The film is currently being restored and will be released on Blu-ray 3D in either September or October of next year.
UK Tour of LITTLE VOICE Launches in Guildford, 31 Aug - Starring Corrie's Beverley Callard
by BWW News Desk - Aug 31, 2012
Written and directed by Jim Cartwright, the Olivier Award-winning THE RISE AND FALL OF LITTLE VOICE will begin a national tour at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre tonight, 31 August, with opening night on Tuesday 4 September. The show stars Beverley Callard as 'Mari Hoff', Ray Quinn as 'Billy', Joe McGann as 'Ray Say', Duggie Brown as 'Mr Boo' and Jess Robinson as 'Little Voice'.
STAGE TUBE: Promo Video of LEGENDS IN CONCERT
by Stage Tube - Aug 30, 2012
With international acclaim and its storied history, Legends In Concert, owned and operated by On Stage Entertainment, is known as the pioneer of live tribute shows and possesses the greatest collection of live tribute artists and celebrity look-alikes in the industry.
Check out the promo video below.