Rhythmix Cultural Works Presents BLUES IS A WOMAN in Concert
Blues is a Woman made its theatrical debut in San Francisco in 2017, with a month long, sold out run and fantastic reviews. ...
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Queen Latifah stars as legendary blues singer Bessie Smith in this HBO Films presentation, directed by acclaimed filmmaker Dee Rees from a screenplay by Dee Rees and Christopher Cleveland & Bettina Gilois. With a story by Dee Rees and Horton Foote, the film focuses on Smith
Molly Lieber And Eleanor Smith Present New Work At New York Live Arts
New York Live Arts (Live Arts) to present the world premiere of Molly Lieber and Eleanor Smith's Body Comes Apart, March 6-9, 2019, having commissioned the work as part of the Live Feed Residency Program. The duo, Bessie Award nominees in choreography and Lieber recipient in outstanding performance,...
Martha Graham Dance Company Presents NEW@Graham
The Martha Graham Dance Company's NEW@Graham series offers a look inside the creative process of new works commissioned by the Company. On February 5 and 6, the Company will present a work-in-progress showing of a new dance by acclaimed choreographer Pam Tanowitz. Tanowitz will join Graham Artistic ...
BWW Review: HAVING OUR SAY at Primal Forces
Primal Forces' Having Our Say brings two talented South Florida actresses together in a beautifully-staged production. Audiences will resonate with the play's themes of optimism, the value of family, and what it truly means to fight for justice....
Cheryl Albright Stars in Multi-Media Musical Celebration of Aretha Franklin
Cheryl Albright, a renown singer and actress in the Rhode Island community, has been sharing her stunning gifts here for many years at community events, along with concert and stage performances....
TV: First Look at BroadwayHD's Teaser for A NIGHT WITH JANIS JOPLIN Before its Release on 1/19
BroadwayHD is about to rock 'n' roll! This new year will bring the 48th anniversary of Janis Joplin's untimely death and 50th anniversary celebration for Woodstock, so BroadwayHD is opening the new year by releasing A NIGHT WITH Janis Joplin starring the show's Tony-nominated star Mary Bridget Davie...
Avon Players To Present MARVIN'S ROOM
Unexpected developments lead to an unlikely reconciliation for one family in Avon Players' production of Marvin's Room running January 18-February 2....
The Kentucky Center Presents Dorrance Dance
The Kentucky Center presents Dorrance Dance - ETM: Double Down Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019 at 8 p.m. at Brown Theatre, 315 W Broadway....
The Bessies To Honor Yoko Shioya With 2019 Presenter Award For Outstanding Curating
The NY Dance and Performance Awards, The Bessies, announced today that Yoko Shioya, Artistic Director of the Japan Society, is the recipient of the 2019 Bessies Presenter Award for Outstanding Curating. Ms. Shioya will receive the award at the Bessies Presenters Gathering on Sunday, January 6, 2019 ...
ALL MY SONS at the Old Vic Will Have National Theatre Live Broadcast, Plus Further Casting Announced!
The Old Vic and Headlong Theatre's production of All My Sons, directed by Jeremy Herrin and starring Sally Field and Bill Pullman with Jenna Coleman and Colin Morgan will be broadcast live from The Old Vic to cinemas around the UK and internationally* on Tuesday 14 May 2019 as part of National Theat...
Avery Sommers Concert Opens Primal Forces Season At Sol Theatre In Boca Raton
Primal Forces, in association with Nancy Flinn, is proud to host powerhouse Broadway veteran and South Florida favorite Avery Sommers at the Sol Theatre in Boca Raton....
World Premiere or Luciana Achugar's BRUJX Comes to NYU Skirball, Today
NYU Skirball will present the world premiere of choreographer luciana achugar's Brujx, today, October 19 and Saturday, October 20 at 7:30 pm, as part of On Your Marx, NYU Skirball's FREE, two-week celebration of philosopher Karl Marx. Brujx ritualizes the labor of the dancers, exposing and trans...
World Premiere or Luciana Achugar's BRUJX Comes to NYU Skirball, 10/19
NYU Skirball will present the world premiere of choreographer luciana achugar's Brujx, on Friday, October 19 and Saturday, October 20 at 7:30 pm, as part of On Your Marx, NYU Skirball's FREE, two-week celebration of philosopher Karl Marx. Brujx ritualizes the labor of the dancers, exposing and t...
BWW Review: Artistry's Beautifully Tragic AWAKE AND SING! will Break Your Heart in the Best Way
I love sad plays. I love stories of miserable families who love each other but don't know how to express it in healthy ways. AWAKE AND SING!, now playing at Artistry's black box theater, is one such tragically beautiful and beautifully tragic play, like Tennessee Williams set in the Bronx. Or rather...
Two Groundbreakers Tapped To Receive The Bessies' Highest Honors
Two groundbreakers, Brooklyn Arts Exchange founder/director Marya Warshaw and avant-garde choreographer and dancer Simone Forti, have been tapped to receive The Bessies' highest honors. Warshaw, who will receive the 2018 NY Dance and Performance Award for Service to the Field of Dance and Forti, sel...
Garth Fagan Dance To Present Joyce Theater Season
Internationally acclaimed Garth Fagan Dance returns to The Joyce Theater with two vibrant world premieres and three stirring revivals from the company's rich archive. For close to half a century, Garth Fagan - the Tony, Olivier and Bessie award-winning choreographer of The Lion King - has creat...
Harris Center Presents A NIGHT WITH JANIS JOPLIN
Anyone who has heard Janis Joplin knows her immediately - the give-all intensity, the great songs, and that rawly emotive voice. A Night With Janis Joplin presents an imagined concert, held a week before her untimely death, with the legendary performer joined by some of her most significant influenc...
Nominees Announced for 2018 Bessie Awards
Glasses clinked and cheers crowded the air as this year's 43 Bessie nominees were announced and celebrated today, July 11, at a cocktail party/press conference at Gibney 280, along with the winners of 2018 Juried Bessie Award and the 2018 NY Dance and Performance Award for Outstanding "Breakout" Cho...
Queen Latifah to Partner with Electus for Female Comedian Travel Series
According to Variety, Queen Latifah and Electus are teaming up to develop a travel documentary series....
Stage Door Theatre Presents FROM DOOR TO DOOR
Stage Door Theatre will open James Sherman's gentle comedy From Door to Door in the venue's intimate Theatre 2 on May 25th. The production will run through July 1st. A heartfelt tribute to American women of three generations, From Door to Door explores the influence culture and religion have in ...
Photo Flash: First Look at FROM DOOR TO DOOR at Stage Door Theatre
Stage Door Theatre will open James Sherman's gentle comedy From Door to Door in the venue's intimate Theatre 2 on May 25th. The production will run through July 1st. A heartfelt tribute to American women of three generations, From Door to Door explores the influence culture and religion have in sh...
Internationally-Acclaimed Jazz & Blues Singer Kim Nalley Returns to Feinstein's at the Nikko
Internationally-acclaimed jazz and blues singer, Kim Nalley, returns to Feinstein's at the Nikko for a limited two-week engagementAugust 2-12, 2018. Joined by her band-Tammy Hall (piano), Michael Zisman(bass) and Kent Bryston (drums)-plus special guest, legendary jazz tenor saxophonist H...
BWW Review: HAVING OUR SAY at Goodman Theatre
Goodman Theatre's revival of HAVING OUR SAY: THE DELANY SISTERS' FIRST 100 YEARS feels less like an evening in the theater than time whiled away in the company of two delightful women. Based on the 1993 New York Times bestselling memoir of the same title, this play shares the oral history of Sadie a...
Stage Door Theatre Presents FROM DOOR TO DOOR
Stage Door Theatre will open James Sherman's gentle comedy From Door to Door in the venue's intimate Theatre 2 on May 25th. The production will run through July 1st. A heartfelt tribute to American women of three generations, From Door to Door explores the influence culture and religion have in ...
Sara Krulwich, Bessie Nelson and Ernest Winzer Cleaners to Receive The 2018 Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre
The Tony Awards Administration Committee has announced that they will present the 2018 Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre to three outstanding contributors to the Broadway industry - New York Times' culture photographer Sara Krulwich, costume beader, Bessie Nelson, and the Ernest Winzer Clean...
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