Yo-Yo Ma to Co-Lead 2017 Kennedy Center Arts Summit; Lineup Announced!
by BWW News Desk - April 10, 2017 The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, in collaboration with the Aspen Institute Arts Program, Citizen University, and the Annenberg Foundation and The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, presents the 2017 Kennedy Center Arts Summit: Activating Citizen Artists. Exploring JF...
Discovery to Present Documentary Special ABOVE AND BEYOND: NASA'S JOURNEY TO TOMORROW
by Caryn Robbins - January 15, 2018 Directed, produced, and narrated by Academy Award(R)-nominated and Emmy(R)-winning Rory Kennedy ('Last Days of Vietnam,') ABOVE AND BEYOND: NASA'S JOURNEY TO TOMORROW examines the extraordinary ways NASA has changed not only our vision of the universe, but also our planet, and ourselves. The documen...
FROM THE MOUTHS OF MONSTERS Premiere to Put Teenage Twist on Frankenstein at Kennedy Center
by BWW News Desk - March 10, 2017 The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts presents From the Mouths of Monsters, a contemporary, highly theatrical world premiere commission that plunges audiences headfirst into the complex world of adolescence, where speaking out can have astounding consequences....
Kennedy Single for Country-Electro 'Bareback' Set for Release Today
by Caryn Robbins - March 17, 2017 Producer/Writer/Performer Kennedy (www.kennedykarate.com?) announced today that his new video single his country- electro track “Bareback” co-starring Nashville singer A.J. Hobbs, is set for release today, Friday March 10, 2017 via all digital and streaming music services....
The Kennedy Center to Welcome Roberta Flack Next Spring
by BWW News Desk - March 10, 2017 The Kennedy Center presents four-time Grammy Award-winning singer Roberta Flack today, March 10, 2017 at 8 p.m. in the Concert Hall....
WATCH: Cast of ON YOUR FEET Pay Tribute to Gloria Estefan On Kennedy Center Honors
by Tori Hartshorn - December 27, 2017 WATCH: Cast of ON YOUR FEET Pay Tribute to Gloria Estefan On Kennedy Center Honors...
Photo Flash: Ali Kennedy Scott's JUST NOT THAT WOMAN Debuts in Vancouver
by BWW News Desk - September 26, 2017 Making its world premiere at the 2017 Vancouver Fringe, JUST NOT THAT WOMAN, an insightful and thought-provoking play written and performed by award-winning Australian artist Ali Kennedy Scott, takes a revelatory look behind the 2016 election. BroadwayWorld has a first look at Scott onstage below!...
Photo Flash: MR. BAILEY'S MINDER Opens at Melville Theater
by A.A. Cristi - March 26, 2018 A PLAY from the pen of Offspring creator and head writer Debra Oswald comes to Melville Theatre this autumn, focusing on friendship, ego and the secret longing for a better life....
The Paley Center for Media Adds New Events to Spring 2018 Season
by Tori Hartshorn - April 11, 2018 The Paley Center for Media announced today the latest selections for its PaleyLive Spring 2018 season: Amazon's The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and The Unseen Robert F. Kennedy. Both programs will take place at the Paley Center's New York location....
The Kennedy Center Announces Partnership with The Second City
by Julie Musbach - March 13, 2018 The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts today announced a new partnership with The Second City, the famed Chicago-based sketch comedy company. The partnership draws on the respective strengths of each organization to extend the creative capacity, reach, and impact of both brands, and will...
Photo Throwback: JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR Takes Bows at the Neil Simon Theatre in 2012
by Walter McBride - March 31, 2018 We're taking you deep into the archives of BroadwayWorld photographer Walter McBride for exclusive flashbacks to Broadway past. Today, check out these shots of now Broadway favorites Paul Alexander Nolan, Josh Young and Chilina Kennedy as they make their Broadway debuts in the 2012 revival of Jesus ...
Photo Flash: Meet the Cast of GREY GARDENS at The Barn Players
by BWW News Desk - August 22, 2017 The Barn Players will present the award-winning musical 'Grey Gardens,' Friday, September 15th through Sunday, October 1st. Based on the true life story of Big Edie and Little Edie Bouvier Beale, this bold musical follows them on their hilarious and heartbreaking 30-year journey from high society to...
Dee Dee Bridgewater, Dianne Reeves, Esperanza Spalding and More Set for Abbey Lincoln Tribute at Kennedy Center
by BWW News Desk - April 07, 2017 The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, under the leadership of Kennedy Center Artistic Director for Jazz Jason Moran, continues to celebrate the legacy of jazz artist Mary Lou Williams with the annual Mary Lou Williams Jazz Festival, May 4, 2017 at 8 p.m. in the Eisenhower Theater....
Photo Flash: Playwrights Horizons Celebrates Opening Night of THIS FLAT EARTH
by Danielle Gutierrez - April 10, 2018 Happy opening! THIS FLAT EARTH, directed by Tony Award winner Rebecca Taichman, held its Opening Night at Playwrights Horizons last night! The performance marked the play's World Premiere. Other members of the theatre community, including Lois Smith and Jamie Brewer, joined the cast and crew for las...
The John F. Kennedy Center For The Performing Arts Announces A New Partnership With The Second City
by Stephi Wild - March 13, 2018 The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts today announced a new partnership with The Second City, the famed Chicago-based sketch comedy company. The partnership draws on the respective strengths of each organization to extend the creative capacity, reach, and impact of both brands, and will...
Lineup Announced for 2018 Kennedy Center Arts Summit
by Julie Musbach - March 01, 2018 The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, in collaboration with the Annenberg Foundation, the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, the Aspen Institute Arts Program, and Citizen University, presents the 2018 Kennedy Center Arts Summit: The Future States of America: Using the Art...
Photo Flash: Tony Winner Rebecca Taichman Directs THIS FLAT EARTH At Playwrights Horizons
by A.A. Cristi - March 23, 2018 Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) presents the world premiere production of THIS FLAT EARTH, a new play by Lindsey Ferrentino (Ugly Lies the Bone, the current Amy and the Orphans). Directed by Tony Award winner Rebecca Taichman (Familiar, Stage K...
Acclaimed Avant Garde Theatre Practitioner Patrick Kennedy Launches The Phenomenological Theatre
by Stephi Wild - January 14, 2018 Patrick Kennedy today launches The Phenomenological Theatre Company and a 50th anniversary production of Richard Foreman and Stanley Silverman's opera Elephant Steps....
Decades to Premiere RFK ASSASSINATION: 50 YEARS LATER TV Special June 4th, 2018
by Macon Prickett - May 23, 2018 DECADES Network, the multicast TV network from Weigel Broadcasting Co. and CBS Television Stations, recalls the heroism and tragedy of Robert F. Kennedy in the 6th installment of “Decades Presents: 1968” which premieres nationwide onMonday, June 4th at 9P ET/6P PT. This hour-long look at the poignan...
VIDEO: Check Out the Official Trailer for Upcoming Netflix Documentary BOBBY KENNEDY FOR PRESIDENT
by Macon Prickett - April 11, 2018 On March 16, 1968, Robert F. Kennedy declared his candidacy for President of the United States in the U.S. Senate Caucus Room, the exact location where his late brother John F. Kennedy had proclaimed his candidacy in 1960. Today, which marks 50 years to that day, Netflix announced that acclaimed dir...
Photo Flash: Chilina Kennedy Celebrates BEAUTIFUL Sing for Hope Piano at Carole King's Alma Mater
by BWW News Desk - November 21, 2017 Chilina Kennedy, who stars as Carole King in the hit Broadway Musical Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, was the special guest at the presentation of the Sing for Hope Piano at James Madison High School in Brooklyn, which is Carole King's alma mater. BroadwayWorld has photos from the appearance bel...
The Kennedy Center Announces Arts Across America
by Julie Musbach - April 17, 2018 The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announces Arts Across America, a campaign that leverages the resources of the nation's cultural center to recognize thriving arts communities across the country. Through community outreach and one-day events, Arts Across America will spotlight every...
Kathleen Kennedy Townsend Speaks On 'Strength Of Service' At Elizabethtown College 4/24
by A.A. Cristi - March 26, 2018 Former Maryland lieutenant governor Kathleen Kennedy Townsend speaks at Elizabethtown College at 11 a.m. Tuesday, April 24, as the keynote for the College's Scholarship and Creative Arts Days....
Padraic M. Kennedy to Serve as Honorary Chair of 20th Annual Celebration of the Arts in Howard County
by A.A. Cristi - February 27, 2017 The Howard County Arts Council (HCAC) is pleased to announce that Padraic M. Kennedy will serve as Honorary Chair of the 20th Annual Celebration of the Arts in Howard County. The Celebration gala will be held on Saturday, March 25, 2017 from 6:00 - 10:00 p.m. at the Peter and Elizabeth Horowitz Vis... |