Raul Esparza to Guest Star on A GIFTED MANAugust 21, 2011Raul Esparza, Tom Nelis, Jenna Stern and Brian Curlan are among the initial wave of guest stars set for A GIFTED MAN this season, according to Futon Critic. Co-star Patrick Wilson revealed the news during the show's panel at the TCA Summer Press Tour.
Surfside Players Announce Auditions for DEAD MAN'S CELL PHONE, 8/28-29August 21, 2011An incessantly ringing cell phone in a quiet café. A stranger at the next table who has had enough. And a dead man-with a lot of loose ends. So begins Dead Man's Cell Phone, a wildly imaginative new comedy by Sarah Ruhl, author of The Clean House and Eurydice. A work about how we memorialize the dead-and how that remembering changes us-it is the odyssey of a woman forced to confront her own assumptions about... morality, redemption, and the need to connect in a technologically obsessed world. Presented by special arrangement with Samuel French.
Ars Electronica Presents HOT ON THE TRAIL OF QUANTAantaAugust 21, 2011The quantum computer of the future will need considerably fewer calculating steps to solve problems than a conventional computer does. What will make this possible are quantum mechanical phenomena such as contingency, superposition and entanglement that can be used to pave the way to a completely new information technology. And quantum physics also opens up another fascinating new field: quantum cryptography.
ROUGH CROSSING, LEAR, CACTUS CHRISTMAS et al. Set for Beowulf 2011-2012 SeasonAugust 21, 2011Beowulf Alley Theatre, 11 South 6th Avenue in Downtown Tucson, presents a collection of activities for the 2011-2012 Fall Season of Performances. Offering various programs and activities suitable for a wide range of ages, Beowulf Alley Theatre is committed to reaching out to our community and encouraging participation as audience, performer and volunteer support. For more information about our programs, please explore our website at www.beowulfalley.org or call (520) 882-0555.
ZOMBIE to be Screened at NYC International Film Festival, 8/22August 21, 2011The short film ZOMBIE will be screened on Monday, August 22 at the New York City International Film Festival. The program of shorts is at 11:35 am - 1 pm at the Abingdon Theater, 312 West 36th Street, 2nd floor. ZOMBIE is the last film on that morning's program. Tickets are $5.
Second Saturday Reading Series Continues with MASHA, 9/10August 21, 2011With funding from the Station North Arts and Entertainment District Second Saturdays, the Strand Theater Company presents our first annual Second Saturday Reading Series. The Reading Series will give one new playwright each month, a chance to have their work produced for an audience. The series will be FREE to the public, and audience members will be asked to provide feedback to the playwright.
Photo Flash: TRANSLUNAR PARADISE Plays the Edinburgh Fringe FestivalAugust 21, 2011Theatre Ad Infinitum presents 'Translunar Paradise' at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. After his wife passes away, William escapes to a paradise of fantasy and past memories, a place far from the reality of his grief. Returning from beyond the grave, Rose revisits her widowed companion to perform one last act of love, to help him let her go.
Boulevard Theatre Presents CIRCLE MIRROR TRANSFORMATION Thru 9/4August 21, 2011The Boulevard Theatre, 2252 South Kinnickinnic, opens its 26th season with the Wisconsin premiere of playwright Annie Baker's charming, quirky comedy ' CIRCLE MIRROR TRANSFORMATION' (running Wednesday, August 17 through Sunday, September 4, 2011).
2011 FOLLIES to Receive New Double Album Cast RecordingAugust 21, 2011According to a tweet from Terri White, the Broadway transfer of the Kennedy Center's production of FOLLIES will receive a cast recording. Other online reports from cast members note that the recording will appear on the PS Classics label and will be a double album.
UP WITH PEOPLE SET FOR Woodbury Community Theatre August 20, 2011Arts Connection and Woodbury Community Theatre will partner with the international organization Up with People and their upcoming visit to Woodbury! The performance proceeds will benefit the new Merrill Community Arts Center - Rivertown Campus which serves as Woodbury Community Theatre's new 'backstage' home for auditions, rehearsals, set, props and costume making and storage.
Pilar Macchione to Show Latest Collection at Couture Fashion Week New York, 9/17August 20, 2011California-based fashion designer Pilar Macchione will show her latest collection at Couture Fashion Week New York at 8:00 p.m. on Saturday September 17, 2011. The fashion show will be held in the famed Grand Ballroom of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, and will be followed by the showing of the latest collection by designer/producer Andres Aquino.