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The Missoula Children's Theatre's Performing Arts Camp To Present WORKING, August 10-12
by A.A. Cristi - August 02, 2023 The Missoula Children's Theatre's Performing Arts Camp (PAC) welcomes 100 talented teenagers from 15 states and Canadian provinces for a 90-minute musical journey of Working, Thursday, August 10-Saturday, August 12th at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts.... 
BREAKING THE FRAME: TWO SOLO SHOWS ON ART AND IDENTITY Arrives at The Democracy Center
by Emmy Rice - August 10, 2025 The Daniel K. Inouye National Center for the Preservation of Democracy (Democracy Center) at the Japanese National Museum (JANM) will present Breaking the Frame: Two Solo Shows on Art and Identity.... 
TheatreWorks AD Makes Directorial Debut With GEM OF THE OCEAN in April
by Stephi Wild - February 04, 2022 TheatreWorks Silicon Valley will present Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner August Wilson's sweeping drama Gem of the Ocean. This seminal classic will be directed by Artistic Director Tim Bond, a close friend of the late playwright and a leading interpreter of his work, making his TheatreWorks dir... 
Free Reading Of FROCI By Frank J. Avella to be Presented at The Tank
by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 11, 2024 A semi-staged reading of Frank J. Avella's FROCI, a play about growing up queer and Italian-American in the 1980s, will be presented at The Tank. ... 
Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre Announces 2021 Fall Concert Series
by A.A. Cristi - September 22, 2021 Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre has announced a season of performance that will engage audiences in magnetic human stories at once new & deeply familiar. ... 
VIDEO: HBO Releases Documentary A CHOICE OF WEAPONS: INSPIRED BY GORDON PARKS Trailer
by Michael Major - November 03, 2021 A Choice Of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks explores the enduring legacy of photographer, writer, composer, activist and filmmaker, Gordon Parks, and spotlights his visionary work and its impact on the next generation of artists.... 
Fisk Jubilee Singers Celebrate the Release of 'Heritage & Honor: 150 Year Story of The Fisk Jubilee Singers'
by A.A. Cristi - June 30, 2022 Nashville's earliest music ambassadors, the Fisk Jubilee Singers, celebrated the release a limited-edition commemorative book, Heritage & Honor: 150 Year Story of the Fisk Jubilee Singers, with an unveiling ceremony at Fisk University on Wednesday.... 
Santa Rosa Symphony to Present AMERICAN RHAPSODY
by Stephi Wild - February 09, 2022 The Green Music Center will return to live performances on February 18 with the Santa Rosa Symphony in American Rhapsody. The concert will feature Aram Demirjian, guest conductor as well as Michelle Cann, piano.... 
BLACK AND JEWISH AMERICA: AN INTERWOVEN HISTORY Series Coming to PBS
by Josh Sharpe - December 04, 2025 PBS and WETA will release Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History, a new four-part docuseries that explores the complex relationship between Black Americans and Jewish Americans from Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Notable participants include actor Billy Crystal, playwright Tony Kushner, and more.... 
POISONED GROUND: THE TRAGEDY AT LOVE CANAL Premieres On PBS In April
by Michael Major - March 13, 2024 Catch the premiere of POISONED GROUND: THE TRAGEDY AT LOVE CANAL on PBS. Learn about the heartbreaking environmental disaster in an insightful documentary. In the 1970s, residents of Love Canal, a working-class neighborhood in Niagara Falls, New York, discovered that their homes, schools and playgro... 
Hippodrome Theatre's New Works Festival 2022 Celebrates Florida Playwrights
by Stephi Wild - June 10, 2022 The Hippodrome Theatre has announced open submissions for its Third Annual New Works Festival. Floridian playwrights are invited to submit their scripts by August 1, 2022. A panel of theater professionals will choose three plays to develop and showcase in staged readings open to the public November ... 
RESONANCE Explores the Asian American Experience At We Are Here Brooklyn
by A.A. Cristi - August 27, 2024 Resonance, debuting November 2nd at We Are Here Brooklyn, explores the Asian American experience through dance and interactive cultural experiences.... 
Shakespeare & Company to Present BREAKING DAWN: THE AMERICAN MYTH
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 04, 2021 Shakespeare & Company will present the virtual performance Breaking Dawn: The American Myth, a film and accompanying audiocasts by The NET, through Saturday, Nov. 21.... 
FEAR OF HEIGHTS Comes to Odyssey Theatre in April
by Stephi Wild - February 29, 2024 Following a critically acclaimed, crowd-pleasing run last fall, Odyssey Theatre Ensemble brings back Kevin Flynn’s heartwarming and hilarious Fear of Heights, the story of an Irish American kid's phobias, family life and the meaning of success.... 
'Jimmy Carter' AMERICAN EXPERIENCE to Air on PBS Tonight
by Josh Sharpe - December 30, 2024 In remembrance of the life of the 39th President, the AMERICAN EXPERIENCE documentary Jimmy Carter will have an encore broadcast on Monday, December 30, 2024, 8:00-10:00 p.m. ET on PBS, PBS.org and the PBS App. ... 
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: CITIZEN HEARST to Premiere on PBS
by Michael Major - September 08, 2021 The documentary follows William Randolph Hearst, who controlled the largest media empire in the country in the 1930s: 28 newspapers, a movie studio, a syndicated wire service, radio stations, and 13 magazines. He used his communications stronghold to achieve political power unprecedented in the indu... 
Zarna Garg's SARI NOT SORRY Comes To New Jersey
by A.A. Cristi - August 04, 2021 Comedian Zarna Garg today announced that her hit Broadway show SARI, NOT SORRY will play a date in New Jersey. ... 
World Premiere Play GOD WILL DO THE REST to be Presented at Latino Theater Company
by Chloe Rabinowitz - July 10, 2024 Latino Theater Company will present God Will Do the Rest. Learn more about the play and see how to purchase tickets....
Fisk Jubilee Singers Celebrate the Release of 'Heritage & Honor: 150 Year Story of The Fisk Jubilee Singers'
by A.A. Cristi - June 30, 2022 Nashville's earliest music ambassadors, the Fisk Jubilee Singers, celebrated the release a limited-edition commemorative book, Heritage & Honor: 150 Year Story of the Fisk Jubilee Singers, with an unveiling ceremony at Fisk University on Wednesday.... 
VIDEO: PBS Shares THE AMERICAN DIPLOMAT Documentary Trailer
by Michael Major - January 13, 2022 Through rare footage, oral histories, and interviews, The American Diplomat explores the lives and legacies of three African-American ambassadors — Edward R. Dudley, Terence Todman and Carl Rowan — who pushed past historical and institutional racial barriers to reach high-ranking appointments in the... 
Photos: Kevin Flynn's FEAR OF HEIGHTS Opens This Weekend At The Odyssey
by A.A. Cristi - October 11, 2023 ‘Fear of Heights’, actor-comedian Kevin Flynn’s heartwarming and often hilarious solo show about an Irish American kid's phobias, family life and the meaning of success, gets its West Coast premiere this weekend at the Odyssey Theatre.... 
The Classic Theatre Of San Antonio To Present August Wilson's FENCES
by A.A. Cristi - January 23, 2023 The Classic Theatre of San Antonio will present Fences at the Carver Community Cultural Center from February 9 - 26 during Black History Month. ... 
SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR: THE FIRST Airs on PBS Monday, September 13
by Sarah Jae Leiber - August 11, 2021 Based on First: Sandra Day O’Connor by Evan Thomas, this biographical portrait recounts the life of a pioneering woman who both reflected and shaped an era.... 
LITERARY IN THE LOUNGE Presents J. Dennis Robinson Discussing His New Book 1623
by A.A. Cristi - March 27, 2024 Join author and history professor Emerson Baker and J. Dennis Robinson for an insightful discussion about his new book 1623....
CFCARts Presents RAGTIME Juneteenth Weekend
by Stephi Wild - February 25, 2022 Central Florida Community Arts announced today they will present Ragtime on Juneteenth Weekend, Saturday, June 18 - Sunday, June 19, 2022, at Dr. Phillips Center. Prior to opening night, several free educational programs sponsored by Florida Theatrical Association (FTA) will be offered to the public... |
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