2010 Tony Award Nominees: 'Best Revival of a Play'May 4, 2010Nominations in 26 competitive categories for the American Theatre Wing's 64th Annual Antoinette Perry 'Tony' Awards were announced May 4, 2010 by Broadway Star Lea Michele and Tony Award Nominee Jeff Daniels.
2010 Tony Award Nominees: 'Best Play'May 4, 2010Nominations in 26 competitive categories for the American Theatre Wing's 64th Annual Antoinette Perry 'Tony' Awards were announced May 4, 2010 by Broadway Star Lea Michele and Tony Award Nominee Jeff Daniels.
2010 Tony Award Nominees: By ShowMay 4, 2010Nominations in 26 competitive categories for the American Theatre Wing's 64th Annual Antoinette Perry 'Tony' Awards were announced May 4, 2010 by Broadway Star Lea Michele and Tony Award Nominee Jeff Daniels.
Willows Theatre Produces Regional Premiere Of AVENUE Q 6/21-8/1May 4, 2010The Willows Theatre Company is proud to present the wild and wildly popular Tony-winning musical, Avenue Q. The 'adult Sesame Street' romp features both puppets and live actors and is known for its high-energy, naughty fun. Avenue Q will be staged June 21 through August 1 at the Campbell Theatre, 626 Ward Street in Martinez as part of The Willows' 'NextFest' series and a season 'extra.'
Mike Daisey's THE LAST CARGO CULT Opens 5/5May 3, 2010Groundbreaking monologist Mike Daisey returns with the story of his journey to a remote South Pacific island whose people worship America and its cargo. This narrative is woven against a searing examination of the international financial crisis that gripped the globe at the same moment. Confronting the financial system that dominates our world, Daisey wrestles with the largest questions of what the collapse means, and what it can tell us about our deepest values. Part adventure story and part memoir, he explores each culture to unearth a human truth between the seemingly primitive and achingly modern.
The Invisible Dog Exhibits 'If You See Nothing Say Something' 5/22-7/24May 3, 2010The Invisible Dog Art Center presents the first curatorial program PLUS ONE curated by artist Kiya Kim (Korean, b. 1977), which features artists Adam Smith Parker, Young Paik, Chong Gon Byun, Carolyn Salas, Eun Jung Hwang, Woolga Choi, Hong Seon Jang, Hee Jung Cho, Jason Peters, Julie Evanoff, Kiya Kim, Megan Prince, Noah Klersfeld, Richard Jochum, Sea Chang Chun & Thomas McKean
A Noise Within Offers Unique Mother's Day Gift IdeaMay 3, 2010A Noise Within (ANW), the critically acclaimed classical repertory theatre company, offers the opportunity to immortalize your mother (or sister, daughter or friend) on Mother's Day with a gift that lasts a lifetime - and includes flowers!: Name A Seat in the company's new Pasadena, California theatre in honor of a special person, and A Noise Within includes a beautiful bouquet of flowers sent to the recipient with special notification of the giver's thoughtful Mother's Day gift.
'Music Makes a City' Makes World Premier At The Brown Theatre 5/20 May 3, 2010On Thursday, May 20 the city of Louisville will be inspired by a moment of its own history with the world premiere of Owsley Brown III's documentary film, Music Makes a City. The timely tale follows two visionaries, Mayor Charles Farnsley and Louisville Orchestra's first Music Director, Robert Whitney as they faced the odds making Louisville, Kentucky and its orchestra world renowned for new music.
Crash Test Dummies Play Boulder Theater 5/8May 3, 2010On Sunday June 13, 8:00pm 97.3 KBCO presents CRASH TEST DUMMIES. With their clever, smug lyrics and cloying folk-tinged melodies, the Crash Test Dummies were a perfect rock band for affluent '90s college students and yuppies.
Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival & Touchstone Theatre Awarded NEA grantsMay 3, 2010That two Lehigh Valley theatres were awarded separate grants from the National Endowment for the Arts signature program, 'Shakespeare in American Communities/ Shakespeare for a New Generation' is unprecedented. Outside major metropolitan areas around the country, no other community the size of the Lehigh Valley has received two grants in one year. Forty non-profit theatre companies across the U.S. won the $25,000 awards.
Imago Theatre Revives FROGZ Through 5/16May 3, 2010Imago Theatre revives its most well known production, FROGZ, from April 15 to May 16. FROGZ opened at the New Victory Theater on Broadway in New York, in April of 2000 and returned to the New Victory in May 2002. FROGZ also performed a smash hit month-ling run at the award-winning American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge, Massachusets in the summer of 2005.
National Design Museum Displays "Why Design Now? Exhibit Beginning 5/14May 3, 2010Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum will present the fourth exhibition in the National Design Triennial series in spring 2010. 'Why Design Now?' will be on view from May 14, 2010, through Jan. 9, 2011, and will explore the work of designers addressing human and environmental problems across many fields of design from architecture and product design to fashion, graphics, new media and landscape design. Organized by Cooper-Hewitt curators Ellen Lupton, Cara McCarty, Matilda McQuaid and Cynthia Smith, the Triennial will be global in reach for the first time, reflecting the connectedness of design practices and the need for international cooperation to solve the world's problems.