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James Ijames and Lloyd Suh to be Honored With 2022 Steinberg Playwright Awards
by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 14, 2022 The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust has announced the names of the two outstanding early-to-mid-career playwrights who will be celebrated with 2022 Steinberg Playwright Awards in the amount of $100,000 each. This year’s recipients of the “Mimi” Awards are James Ijames and Lloyd Suh. ...
Cast Announced For WAM's For Spring Production Of WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME
by Stephi Wild - March 03, 2023 WAM Theatre and Berkshire Theatre Group have announced casting for their Spring Main Stage production of What The Constitution Means To Me by Heidi Schreck, directed by WAM's Producing Artistic Director Kristen van Ginhoven. ...
Meet the Cast of BIRTHDAY CANDLES
by Stephi Wild - March 18, 2022 Birthday Candles begins previews tonight, March 18, ahead of its official opening on April 10 at the American Airlines Theatre on Broadway (227 West 42nd Street). Meet the cast bringing this show to the stage!...
Mosaic Theater Honors Civil Rights Icon In THE TILL TRILOGY
by Stephi Wild - September 07, 2022 Mosaic Theater Company commences its first season helmed by Artistic Director Reginald L. Douglas with Ifa Bayeza's highly anticipated theatrical anthology The Till Trilogy, on stage October 4 - November 20, 2022. ...
BARD AT THE GATE Season 3 Announced Featuring 4 Plays by Women, Including US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo
by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 26, 2022 Four plays by women – including a solo work written and performed by U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo – will be featured in the third season of BARD AT THE GATE, the digital theater streaming series created by Paula Vogel in 2020....
Photos: James Barbour Celebrates The Holidays At Birdland Jazz
by A.A. Cristi - December 20, 2023 On Monday, December 18, James Barbour returned to Birdland with his annual Holiday Concert. The audience was entertained with holiday classics, incredible music and the warmth of the season. With Rachel A. Kaufman at the piano, James and his guests Lori Zapata, Elizabeth Ward Land, Jessica Ferguson,...
Television Academy Foundation's College Awards Announce Nominees for Industry's Highest Student Honor
by Michael Major - December 07, 2023 The Television Academy Foundation announced nominees for the 43rd College Television Awards, which recognizes and rewards excellence in student-produced programs from colleges nationwide, and revealed the recipient of the $10,000 Loreen Arbus Focus on Disability Scholarship. ...
HYBRID Unveil Dazzling Sci-Fi Mini-Film For New Single 'FLASHPOINT'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - March 31, 2021 “’'Flashpoint' is the first track from our sixth album and our first single and video to set the tone and story of where this latest album will take you” explains vocalist/songwriter Charlotte Truman....
Cast Set for World Premiere of Harry McDonald's FOAM at Finborough Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 29, 2024 The cast has been set for the world première of Harry McDonald's Foam at Finborough Theatre. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets....
Photos: James Barbour Celebrates The Holidays At Birdland Jazz
by A.A. Cristi - December 20, 2023 On Monday, December 18, James Barbour returned to Birdland with his annual Holiday Concert. The audience was entertained with holiday classics, incredible music and the warmth of the season. With Rachel A. Kaufman at the piano, James and his guests Lori Zapata, Elizabeth Ward Land, Jessica Ferguson,...
Carole J. Bufford to Present NYC Debut of VINTAGE POP! at Birdland Theater in December
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 07, 2022 BIRDLAND THEATER will present acclaimed vocalist Carole J. Bufford in the New York debut of her concert “Vintage Pop!” for a special six-show run from Friday, December 9 through Sunday, December 11, with performances each night at 7:00 PM and 9:30 PM....
Concord Theatricals Acquires Licensing Rights for James Ijames' FAT HAM
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 09, 2023 Concord Theatricals has secured exclusive worldwide English-speaking stage licensing rights to James Ijames’ 2022 Pulitzer Prize-winning and 2023 Tony Award-nominated Best Play Fat Ham for its Samuel French imprint....
Steppenwolf Announces 2022/23 Season Featuring 4 World Premieres & More
by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 19, 2022 Steppenwolf Theatre Company has announced the 2022/23 Season today. With six Steppenwolf Membership Series productions and two SYA productions, the 47th season is the storied company’s first full season in its expanded home—welcoming audiences back to experience the next chapter of Steppenwolf’s bol...
Three Bone Theatre Responds to this Moment with HANDS UP
by Perry Tannenbaum - November 22, 2020 As relevant and compelling as it was back in 2014 in responding to Michael Brown, HANDS UP is a perfect way for Three Bone Theatre to return to the Charlotte scene, more activist and more woke....
Grammy-Winning Producer Ricky Reed's Debut Album 'The Room' Out Now
by A.A. Cristi - August 28, 2020 The Room, the debut album from Grammy-winning, multiplatinum producer and songwriter Ricky Reed, is available now via his own Nice Life Recording Company. Listen/share HERE. ...
Karen Mason to Present Holiday Concert CHRISTMAS! CHRISTMAS! CHRISTMAS! at Birdland in December
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 30, 2022 BIRDLAND JAZZ CLUB will present the return of Karen Mason with her concert “Christmas! Christmas! Christmas!” on Monday, December 19 at 7:00 PM. Mason’s legendary holiday show features unique interpretations of old and new seasonal classics....
Hollywood Fringe Festival Production Of COCK Adds Four Performances Next Week
by Stephi Wild - July 01, 2022 Cock, a 2022 Hollywood Fringe Festival Community Award nominee for Best Drama, has added four Encore! Producers' Award performances on Friday, July 8, at 8pm; Saturday, July 9, at 2pm and 8pm; and Sunday, July 10, at 2pm. ...
NEW YORK LGBTQ FILM FESTIVAL Announces Full 2020 Lineup
by Sarah Jae Leiber - September 23, 2020 NewFest, New York’s leading LGBTQ film and media organization and one of the world's most respected LGBTQ film festivals, has announced its full line-up for The New York LGBTQ Film Festival’s 32nd year....
FIRE SHUT UP IN MY BONES, Yo-Yo Ma & More Set for Washington Performing Arts 2023/24 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 30, 2023 Washington Performing Arts has announce its 2023/24 Season with the theme of Together in Art and Community, running from September 2023 through June 2024 in nine venues across the Washington, D.C., region....
Felicia Curry, Ora Jones and Billie Krishawn Star in UNTIL THE FLOOD at Studio Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 02, 2021 In his directorial debut at Studio Theatre, Associate Artistic Director Reginald L. Douglas has reimagined Pulitzer Prize finalist Dael Orlandersmith’s Until the Flood as an ensemble piece for a multigenerational cast of Black women that captures how tragedy in one community became a flashpoint for ...
Experience The Music Of The Climate Crisis With Tanya Kalmanovitch's TAR SANDS SONGBOOK Digital Residency
by Stephi Wild - November 07, 2020 Experience the music of the climate crisis. This illuminating work of documentary theater weaves together community storytelling, original research, field recordings, photography, and an improvised score to explore what it means to be human during the reign of fossil fuels....
Photos: James Barbour Celebrates The Season At Birdland
by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 14, 2022 See photos from James Barbour's annual holiday concert at Birdland on Monday, December 12. The audience was entertained with holiday classics, incredible music and the warmth of the season....
Carl Clemons-Hopkins & More to Star in THE MOST SPECTACULARLY LAMENTABLE TRIAL OF MIZ MARTHA WASHINGTON
by Chloe Rabinowitz - July 19, 2022 Steppenwolf Theatre Company will open its 47th season with the Chicago premiere of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright James Ijames’ fantastical play The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington, playing September 1 – October 9, 2022....
DC Films & Series Available to Stream on HBO Max This Month
by A.A. Cristi - August 20, 2020 Whether you prefer Christian Bale or George Clooney as Batman, or Margot Robbie or Kaley Cuoco as Harley Quinn, HBO Max has you covered with a huge selection of DC titles from the 1970s to now, all available to help you get ready for DC FanDome on August 22. ...
2023-2024 Dentons Cohen & Grigsby Trust Hosts Winter & Spring Events
by Stephi Wild - October 23, 2023 The entertainment continues! The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust has announced the expansion of the Dentons Cohen & Grigsby Trust Presents series, with brand new shows throughout winter and spring. ... |