Max Schwager - Page 12

Since 2005, New Orleans, has seen a new birth of social action-centered performance. This month's Pillow Talk will explore the methods by which artists and citizens come together to use theater as social tool: to process, to expose and to call to action.

One of the national leaders in theatre for young audiences, the Children's Theatre - located uptown at ImaginOn - has announced a season full of colorful characters, Broadway-style productions featuring professional actors, a diverse lineup of "spotlight" guest performers and lots of ways for families to save on tickets.

Four of the most successful performers in gospel music history, Kirk Franklin, Marvin Sapp, Donnie McClurkin and Israel Houghton, will share the same stage for the very first time when they embark on "The King's Men" concert tour this fall. The historic U.S. tour will hit Detroit's Fox Theatre on Friday, October 12 at 8 p.m.

The Yale School of Art presents an exhibition of new work by Brazilian conceptualist and sculptor Jac Leirner, one of the leading figures in the generation of Latin American artists that emerged in the 1990s. Titled Hardware Seda - Hardware Silk, the exhibition comprises an ensemble of hanging, freestanding, and wall-mounted sculptures, as well as a group of polychrome wooden floor-pieces and a series of watercolors related to them.

The Academy Theatre presents The Game is Afoot: A Sherlock Holmes Puppet Parody. In the show. audiences follow the adventures of Grippon Meyer and his sidekick Dr. Basil Parsley Sage Rosemary Thyme as they fight evil, gravity, and those who would do in the modern Victorian Steampunk England.

Artists in Partnership (AIP), a non-profit cultural arts organization, will host its 10th Annual Cabaret Festival May 16-20 at the Long Beach Public Library, 111 West Park Avenue, Long Beach, NY. All performances are free to the public. The festival will be a celebration of the cabaret genre honoring the Great American Songbook with performances by renowned local and New York City-based artists.

This June, three British talents bring one of the world's most beloved duos to Hollywood. Renowned Brit actors John Mawson and Mario Vernazza, team up with the directing talents of one of London's most beloved theatre practitioners, Amir Korangy, head of acting at the prestigious Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in London for 14 years.

The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, along with the City of New York and the United States Navy, celebrates the 25th annual Fleet Week, to be held from May 23 - May 28, 2012. Fleet Week is America's premier tribute and "thank you" to the men and women who serve in the armed forces.

FUSION Theatre Company, New Mexico's professional theatre company, has announced that playwright Eric Eberwein is one of the seven winners of FUSION's seventh annual short works festival, "The Seven". Huntington Beach resident Eberwein's work, "The Return Engagement", was chosen from a submission pool of 748 scripts from 43 states and nine countries. FUSION will produce the world-premiere of Mr. Eberwein's play June 7th-10th at The Cell Theatre in Albuquerque, NM. "The Seven" is the theatrical tentpole event of the Savor Albuquerque Arts Festival.

The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra has announced Concertmaster David Coucheron is the new recipient of The Mabel Dorn Reeder Honorary Chair. The chair, which was first announced in January 2011, was established with a $1.85 million endowment gift from the Mabel Dorn Reeder Foundation. Mr. Coucheron was awarded The Mabel Dorn Reeder Honorary Chair at the Orchestra's annual meeting on Monday, May 14, 2012.

Pacific Symphony ends its season with Beethoven's crowning achievement, the Symphony No. 9, "Choral," featuring "Ode to Joy." The concert, led by Music Director Carl St.Clair, features a fusion of orchestra and voices that includes Pacific Chorale and four world-class opera singers; plus, two timely works by Frank Ticheli: "Rest" (world premiere version for strings) and "Radiant Voices" provide a stunning prelude.

Generous Company's WordBRIDGE Playwrights Laboratory celebrates its 16th birthday at CENTERSTAGE in June 2012, and will welcome six playwrights to the 2012 Lab.

The CM Performing Arts Center presents THE MARVELOUS WONDERETTES from June 1st through 17th. THE MARVELOUS WONDERETTES is a 'cotton candy colored nonstop musical blast featuring songs from the 50's and 60's.'

This June, Shady Shakespeare Theatre Company presents The Lion in Winter, James Goldman's compelling drama about a king's search for a successor within his feuding family.

As part of The Australian Ballet's 50th anniversary, the company is bringing together eight of the country's most exciting dance companies under the one roof. Let's Dance opens for a special Melbourne-only season on 7 June for 11 performances.

Actor and comedian David Brenner brings his hilarious take on news of the day to the Suncoast Showroom, June 9 and 10.

Following in the footsteps of its two predecessors (The MOMologues and MOMologues 2: Off to School) creators Lisa Rafferty, Stefanie Cloutier and Sheila Eppolito have scheduled a benefit staged reading of MOMologues 3: The Final Push on Wednesday, May 16, 7:30 pm, at The Company Theatre Centre for the Arts, 30 Accord Park Drive, Norwell.

Long Wharf Theatre honored two longtime staffers, a former chair of the Board of Trustees, and a local business with the theatre's Founder's Award.

The Keegan Theatre will present a special engagement of Spring Awakening, opening June 2, 2012 at the Church Street Theater in Washington, DC. Winner of 8 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Spring Awakening is based on the play by Frank Wedekind, and features a book and lyrics by Steven Sater and music by Duncan Sheik.

Lionel Richie will join Jimmy Buffett and The Coral Reefer Band at Comerica Park on Saturday, July 28 at 7:30 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m.