Paper Mill Playhouse Announces Rising Star Award WinnersJune 16, 2009Paper Mill Playhouse (Mark S. Hoebee-Artistic Director, Mark W. Jones-Executive Director) The Rising Star Awards are modeled after the Tony® Awards and Paper Mill?s program serves the entire state of New Jersey with 100 entered productions from high schools. The 2009 Rising Star Award ceremony was held at Paper Mill Playhouse on Tuesday, June 16th in which the nominees performed and the award recipients were presented with a crystal award from Rising Star Award
partner Tiffany?s & Co. Investors Savings Bank Foundation is the title sponsor of the 2009 Rising Star Awards.
A Noise Within's Summer With Shakespeare Runs 7/6-8/8June 16, 2009A Noise Within, the highly regarded repertory theatre company and a leading force in arts education, presents Summer With Shakespeare, an intensive summer program for ages 10 to 18 on acting, improvisation, voice, speech, movement technique, mask technique, textual analysis, and stage combat. 'Summer With Shakespeare' culminates in a presentation of scenes from the plays of William Shakespeare. The five-week, Mon-Wed-Fri sessions led by professional faculty run from
July 6 to August 8, 2009. 'Sorcerers, Spectres and the Supernatural' is this year's theme, and the selections focus on the wide range of Shakespeare's otherworldly characters -- ghosts, witches, sorcerers, sprites and supernatural forms.
Los Angeles' The Airborne Toxic Event Announces World Tour Starting 6/28 At Summerfest June 16, 2009Los Angeles? The Airborne Toxic Event announces a world tour starting June 28 at Summerfest in Milwaukee, WI. The band will bring the music from their eponymous debut throughout the world, playing in 11 countries and on 4 continents. The album, which features the Top 5 single ?Sometime Around Midnight,? was released August of 2008 on an indie label, and after a slow yet steady ascension has topped Billboard?s Heatseekers chart the last two weeks, bringing the total number of times the album has been #1 on this chart to three. The band also passed the 100k threshold in albums sold.
Full Cast Announced For HAUNTED HOUSE, Performances Begin 7/9June 16, 2009Audax Theatre Group today announced that Jordan Charney, Jason Blaine, Meghan Miller, Jason Altman, and Diana Cherkas would comprise the cast of their new production, Haunted House, a new play by Daniel Roberts, directed by Brian Ziv. Performances will begin July 9th at the Irish Arts Center (553 West 51st Street, between 10th and 11th Avenues), for a limited engagement though August 8th only.
Gold Strike Festival Set To Take Place In Olde Town Arvada 6/20-21June 16, 2009The Gold Strike Festival on Saturday, June 20 (11 AM - 8 PM) and Sunday, June 21 (11 AM - 6 PM) brings a great community celebration to the streets of Historic Olde Town Arvada. 159 years ago Lewis Ralston made the first documented discovery of Gold in Colorado. While the real ?rush? for gold happened more than seven years later, Arvada puts on a great event to celebrate that first discovery.
Stone Soup Theatre Set To Present Summer Stage 2009June 16, 2009Sign up for a week long drama camps for children ages 5-20 including The Hobbit, The Enormous Crocodile, Shakespeare Selections, Musicals, and 3 teen programs (including a two week camp The Secret Garden).
3 Blonde Moms To Appear At Washingtonian Center 6/17June 15, 20093 Blonde Moms is the hysterical National hit starring some really desperate housewives! From Television, Stage and Screen, three completely different moms from the cul de sac present the pleasures and disasters of motherhood in a brutally funny 90 minutes flat.
The Arvada Center For The Arts And Humanities To Hold Auditions For HONK 7/16June 15, 2009The Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities will hold auditions for 'Honk!' on Thursday, July 16, 2009 at the Arvada Center. This children's theater production will be directed by Billie McBride.
Auditions will be held on July 16 from 10:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Auditions are by appointment only and can be scheduled by calling (720) 898-7200.
Terra Foundation For American Art Presents Free Two-Day, Two-City Symposium 6/19-20June 15, 2009To many, modern art means post-1940s abstraction. Yet American modernism got its start decades earlier and took several forms. The Terra Foundation for American Art, Milwaukee Art Museum and the American Decorative Art 1900 Foundation are convening a free two-day, two-city symposium, ?What?s Modern about American Art, 1900 ?1930?? on June 19 (Chicago) and June 20 (Milwaukee). The symposium explores modernism as expressed in American painting and design from 1900 to 1930. Free registration is required, and includes free round-trip transportation between Chicago and Milwaukee for the June 20 programming. For more information and to register, visit www.terraamericanart.org/modernism-symposium or call (312) 654-2278.
Photo Flash: JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT Runs At MCCC 6/10-19June 15, 2009Jealousy over a spectacular coat is the touchstone for conflict when the hit musical, ?Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,? comes to Mercer County Community College?s Kelsey Theatre. Presented by The Yardley Players, show times and performances are Fridays, July 10 and 17 at 8 p.m., Saturdays, July 11 and 18 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., and Sundays, July 12 and 19 at 2 p.m. Kelsey Theatre is located on the college's West Windsor campus at 1200 Old Trenton Road. A reception with the cast and crew follows the opening night performance on July 10.
Ars Nova To Offer Live Online Video Broadcast Of SAX & DIXON: WE THEE WED 6/18June 15, 2009Ars Nova (Jason Eagan, Artistic Director; Jon Steingart and Jenny Wiener Steingart, Executive Producers) announces that it will offer a live online video stream of their current production, Sax & Dixon: We Thee Wed this Thursday, June 18 at 7:55 PM. This breakthrough event will allow viewers to watch the show in its entirety at http://www.arsnovanyc.com for free.
Scott Nevins: One Night Stands Comes To New World Stages 6/27June 15, 2009Adam Blanshay and New World Sages are set to present a special one-night-only Gay Pride performance 'Scott Nevins: One Night Stand'. This event takes place on June 27 at 8:00 pm. Whether he's cracking jokes every Thursday night on TruTV's hit show 'The Smoking Gun Presents' or Hosting the red carpet at Hollywood events, Award Winning TV/Radio Personality Scott Nevins has taken showbiz by storm and now he returns home to NYC for a special one-night-only performance at New World Stages. One Night Stand is a scandalous comedy romp complete with never-before-heard material including outrageous tales of Scott's favorite Stars, his family, his experience attending this year's Oscars, his stint as a judge for the Miss Kentucky Pageant and of course his infamous vocal impressions! Critics have called him 'a young, sexy, gay-er Kathy Griffin' and with his leading man good looks and razor sharp wit, Nevins' show promises to be the ultimate Gay Pride happening! Tickets are $30 (includes one free drink!) and VIP tickets are $60 (includes one free drink and a Private Post-show Reception with Scott). Buy tickets at www.Telecharge.com or at the New World Stages Box Office: 340 W 50th st. For more information, visit www.ScottNevins.com.