The Underground Railroad, a vast network of people who helped fugitive slaves escape to the North and to Canada, was not run by any single organization or person. Rather, it consisted of many individuals -- many whites but predominently black -- who knew only of the local efforts to aid fugitives and not of the overall operation. Still, it effectively moved hundreds of slaves northward each year -- according to one estimate, the South lost 100,000 slaves between 1810 and 1850.
Mendelssohn Choir Of Pittsburgh Presents 'Let My People Go!'
by Stephi Wild - December 11, 2018
In February 2019, the Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh (MCP) invites audiences to celebrate Black History Month with the Pittsburgh premiere of American composer Donald McCullough's "Let My People Go! A Spiritual Journey Along the Underground Railroad." This concert of African American spirituals is ...
UNDERGROUND RAILROAD GAME Comes to Malthouse Theatre
by Stephi Wild - December 09, 2018
Welcome to Hanover Middle School, where a pair of history teachers have an R-rated lesson in store. The subject is race, with a little sex, slavery and power on the side....
BWW Review: Utopia Opera Takes on Thea Musgrave's STORY OF HARRIET TUBMAN
by Richard Sasanow - November 15, 2018
Short on financial resources but long on ambition, Utopia Opera started its eighth season last weekend with a New York premiere: Thea Musgrave's THE STORY OF HARRIET TUBMAN. It's a 90-minute chamber version, orchestrated by composer Julian Grant, of Musgrave's full-length, two-act HARRIET, THE WOMAN...
Barry Jenkins Signs First-Look Deal with Amazon
by Kaitlin Milligan - November 01, 2018
Barry Jenkins' PASTEL production banner set a first-look television deal at Amazon, according to Variety. Under the deal, he will exclusively develop television series for Amazon Studios....
BWW Review: UNDERGROUND RAILROAD GAME, Soho Theatre
by Dzifa Benson - September 14, 2018
The boundary razing two-hander created and performed by Jennifer Kidwell and Scott R Sheppard Underground Railroad Game doesn't give too much of its own game away in the pre-show literature. From the first two words of the title, we can surmise that it has something to do with slavery but what does ...
New Stage Theatre Announces Education Touring Program
by A.A. Cristi - August 10, 2018
In the 2017-2018 school year, New Stage Theatre, a professional theatre located in Jackson, Mississippi, partnered with Entergy Mississippi to provide over 2,890 students with touring performances and over 200 students with Power Play Workshops, as part of the Arts-in-Education statewide touring pro...
BIZARRE FOODS WITH ANDREW ZIMMERN Returns 7/3 To Travel Channel
by BWW News Desk - July 03, 2018
Andrew Zimmern continues his epicurean exploration of the food that celebrates cultures and connects communities around the world in the new season of Travel Channel's “Bizarre Foods” with Andrew Zimmern, premiering on Today, July 3 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. The seven-episode season brings bold new ad...
AT&T Performing Arts Center Presents KATHLEEN BATTLE: UNDERGROUND RAILROAD – A SPIRITUAL JOURNEY
by BWW News Desk - June 28, 2018
The nonprofit AT&T Performing Arts Center announced today that tickets for Kathleen Battle: Underground Railroad - A Spiritual Journey will go on sale Sunday, April 8 at 10 a.m. The legendary opera star and five-time Grammy Award-winner will perform for one night only at 7:30 p.m. Today, June 28...
The Travel Channel Programming Highlights July 2 - 15
Children's Theatre of Cincinnati Sales Manager Appointed to OAPN Board
by Julie Musbach - June 13, 2018
Violet Rae Webster, Sales Manager for The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati has been appointed to the Board of the Ohio Arts Professional Network (OAPN)....
BIZARRE FOODS WITH ANDREW ZIMMERN Returns 7/3 To Travel Channel
by Tori Hartshorn - June 05, 2018
Andrew Zimmern continues his epicurean exploration of the food that celebrates cultures and connects communities around the world in the new season of Travel Channel's “Bizarre Foods” with Andrew Zimmern, premiering on Tuesday, July 3 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. The seven-episode season brings bold new ...
Sci-Fi Opera THE BRADBURY TATTOOS To Premiere This July
by A.A. Cristi - June 01, 2018
In the nearly 70 years since late author Ray Bradbury published 'The Illustrated Man,' various short stories in the classic science fiction anthology have been adapted for film, stage and television. Now, four of them serve as the basis for 'The Bradbury Tattoos,' an ambitious new rock opera, schedu...
The Little OPERA Theatre Of NY Presents The New York Premiere Of THIS LITTLE LIGHT Of MINE
by Stephi Wild - May 14, 2018
The little OPERA theatre of ny(LOTNY) presents the New York Premiere of Adrienne Danrich's one-woman show, THIS LITTLE LIGHT of MINE: The Stories of Marian Anderson and Leontyne Price as part of the 3rd Annual New York OperaFest on Wednesday June 6, 2018 at 7:30pm at Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman M...
BWW Review: Oratorio Society Gives SANCTUARY to the Underground Railroad at Carnegie Hall
by Richard Sasanow - May 10, 2018
The world premiere performance of SANCTUARY ROAD (subtitled “An Oratorio Based on the Writings of William Still, a Conductor for the Underground Railroad”), by composer Paul Moravec and librettist Mark Campbell, performed by the Oratorio Society of New York under Kent Tritle, burst forth from th...
Cleveland Public Theatre Presents STATION HOPE 2018- A Celebration of Hope, A Dialogue for Change
by A.A. Cristi - May 03, 2018
Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is proud to announce CPT's fifth annual Station Hope event on Saturday, May 5, from 6:30 - 10:00pm on the grounds of St. John's Episcopal Church, 2600 Church Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio. Station Hope is a jubilant community event celebrating Cleveland's social justice heri...
Oratorio Society Of New York Presents Two World Premieres, 5/7
by A.A. Cristi - April 23, 2018
World premieres of an oratorio about the Underground Railroad that sets narratives of slaves running for freedom and their lives, and a work that sets poems calling for peace in Farsi, Spanish, Hebrew, Arabic, and English: Sanctuary Road, music by Paul Moravec and text by Mark Campbell based upon th...
Workshop & Book Signing Announced for THE TREE
by Julie Musbach - April 16, 2018
Author / historian / researcher Minnette Coleman leads a workshop designed to help attendees explore their connections to historical figures, family heritage, places in US or globally, religious organizations, and more at Sister's Uptown Bookstore and Cultural Center (1942 Amsterdam Avenue) on S...
5th Annual Station Hope Celebration Features 250 Artists Performing Social Justice-inspired Works
by A.A. Cristi - April 13, 2018
Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is proud to announce CPT's fifth annual Station Hope event on Saturday, May 5, from 6:30 - 10:00pm on the grounds of St. John's Episcopal Church, 2600 Church Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio. Station Hope is a jubilant community event celebrating Cleveland's social justice heri...
Lily Tomlin, Amy Schumer & Original SNL Cast Members to Headline National Comedy Center Grand Opening
by Macon Prickett - April 11, 2018
The National Comedy Center will celebrate its grand opening with appearances by Amy Schumer, Lily Tomlin, Saturday Night Live original cast alumni including Dan Aykroyd and more, coinciding with the annual Lucille Ball Comedy Festival, August 1st -5th in Jamestown, New York....
BWW Review: UNDERGROUND RAILROAD GAME is Searing and Sensational at Woolly Mammoth
by Barbara Johnson - April 08, 2018
It can be unsettling to reflect on the experience of learning about slavery in middle school: was the content accurate and appropriate, or harmful to our perceptions of history and the present day? Jennifer Kidwell and Scott R. Sheppard explore this - and much more - in their creative, fearless prod...
AT&T Performing Arts Center Presents KATHLEEN BATTLE: UNDERGROUND RAILROAD – A SPIRITUAL JOURNEY
by A.A. Cristi - April 02, 2018
The nonprofit AT&T Performing Arts Center announced today that tickets for Kathleen Battle: Underground Railroad - A Spiritual Journey will go on sale Sunday, April 8 at 10 a.m. The legendary opera star and five-time Grammy Award-winner will perform for one night only at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June...
Legendary Soprano Kathleen Battle To Sing Spirituals With Local Choirs
by A.A. Cristi - March 26, 2018
American soprano Kathleen Battle's luminous voice has been called '…without qualification, one of the very few most beautiful in the world' (The Washington Post ). Yet beyond the glory of her singing, in a career filled with countless accolades, honors and major milestones, what has perhaps disti...
Traverse Theatre Announce Traverse 1 Festival 2018
by Julie Musbach - March 21, 2018
The Traverse Theatre is excited to announce the full programme for Traverse 1 during Traverse Festival 2018. A collection of five vibrant, compelling and deeply human works, taking in a teenage girl's coming-of-age tale from schoolgirl to indie rock star (What Girls Are Made Of); a childhood remembe...
Angela Bassett Joins UNDERGROUND RAILROAD - A SPIRITUAL JOURNEY
by Julie Musbach - March 14, 2018
Academy Award-nominee, Angela Bassett will join Kathleen Battle as a guest narrator in Battle's program Underground Railroad: A Spiritual Journey accompanied by pianist Joel Martin and the LA-based choir, The Albert McNeil Jubilee Singers at the Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing...
Cleveland Public Theatre presents STATION HOPE 2018
by A.A. Cristi - March 13, 2018
Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is proud to announce CPT's fifth annual Station Hope event on Saturday, May 5, beginning at 6:30pm on the grounds of St. John's Episcopal Church, 2600 Church Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio. Station Hope is a jubilant community event inspired by the Underground Railroad and Cl...
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