Jennifer Holliday Comes To Saugatuck Center For the Arts 5/8
by Gabrielle Sierra - April 05, 2010 Two-time Grammy awardee and Tony winner Jennifer Holliday brings her dynamic talent to the Saugatuck Center For the Arts (400 Culver Street, Saugatuck, Michigan) on May 8th at 7:00 p.m. The event is a fundraiser to help retain Allegan Counties District Court Judge William Baillargeon....
Mary McCallum's FLY, GIRL! Opens at Darkhorse Theatre, 2/19
by BWW News Desk - February 19, 2010 In celebration of Black History Month, SistaStyle Productions presents the world premiere of Mary McCallum's Fly, Girl!, a fictionalized look at the life of aviatrix Bessie Coleman. The play, directed by noted Nashville actor/director/educator Barry Scott, opens at Darkhorse Theatre on Friday, Febru...
Stockard Channing Re-Awakens Odets' Classic
by Robert Gould - September 21, 2007 The awakening of members of a Jewish family in 1930s New York serves to represent the awakening of the American nation to a world of social change in Clifford Odets' ground-breaking drama, 'Awake and Sing'. Michael Attenborough's revival at the Almeida theatre recreates the atmosphere of this classi...
BWW Reviews: FLY, GIRL! from Nashville's SistaStyle Productions
by Jeffrey Ellis - February 21, 2010 Actress-playwright-producer Mary McCallum gives an extraordinarily strong and vibrant performance as aviatrix Bessie Coleman in her self-written new historical drama, Fly, Girl!, now in its premiere production at Darkhorse Theatre, courtesy of SistaStyle Productions. With an outstanding supporting e...
Jasmine Guy Announced as True Colors Theatre Co's Producing Director
by Gabrielle Sierra - August 16, 2010 Kenny Leon and True Colors Theatre Company are proud to announce the addition of award winning actress Jasmine Guy as a full time member of the True Colors team....
Kinky & Sweet Love Songs: A Jazz Age Valentine Starring Waldo's Gotham City Jazz Masters Plays La MaMa, 2/14
by BWW News Desk - February 14, 2010 La MaMa E.T.C. presents a very special Valentine show with Terry Waldo's group of legendary jazz and theater performers. The show will play its final performance on February 14....
Kinky & Sweet Love Songs: A Jazz Age Valentine Starring Waldo's Gotham City Jazz Masters Plays La MaMa, 2/12-2/14
by BWW News Desk - February 12, 2010 La MaMa E.T.C. presents a very special Valentine show with Terry Waldo's group of legendary jazz and theater performers. The show will play from February 12 to 14....
Marigny Theatre Presents SOME TIMES AT THE ALL WAYS 1/28-31
by Gabrielle Sierra - January 25, 2010 Some Times at the All Ways Site-Specific Dances and Situations by Scotty Heron Thursday Jan 28 9pm, Friday Jan 29 9pm, Sunday Jan 31 7pm $10...
Faye Driscoll Performs Premiere of 'There is So Much Made in Me' at Bessie Schonberg Theater, 4/2
by BWW News Desk - April 01, 2010 Faye Driscoll will perform her show THERE IS SO MUCH MAD IN ME at the Bessie Schonberg Theater on April 2 at 7:30PM. ...
Jennifer Holliday Lends Talent to 'Grace in Winter Silverball'
by BWW News Desk - January 02, 2010 Jennifer Holliday will lend her talents to perform at the sixth annual Grace in Winter Silver Ball on February 8 at the Plaza Hotel. The ball is a benefit for the dance company, Evidence....
Baha'i Center Presents ANTOINETTE MONTAGUE With MIKE LONGO 3/23
by Mary Hanrahan - March 23, 2010 On Tuesday, March 23, Antoinette Montague will be performing at the John Birks Gillespie Auditorium at the Baha'i Center, with Mike Longo, Payton Crossley, Paul West, and Harry Allen on sax....
Michael Tilson Thomas Brings The Lower East Side To The Berkshires With His Original Music, The Thomashefskys 8/19-20
by BWW News Desk - August 20, 2009 San Francisco Symphony music director Michael Tilson Thomas will take the stage at Tanglewood on Wednesday, August 19 and Thursday, August 20, to conduct the Boston Symphony Orchestra for a production of his original musical, The Thomashefskys. Inspired by his grandparents, Boris and Bessie, The Th...
Marigny Theatre Closes SOME TIMES AT THE ALL WAYS 1/31
by BWW News Desk - January 31, 2010 Some Times at the All Ways Site-Specific Dances and Situations by Scotty Heron will close Sunday, January 31....
Red Mountain Theatre Company Closes BARNSTORMER 1/31
by BWW News Desk - January 31, 2010 Before Amelia Earhart, there was Bessie Coleman. Celebrate the remarkable life of this pioneering pilot as Red Mountain Theatre Company presents BARNSTORMER January 28-31, 2010, at the RMTC Cabaret Theatre (301 19th Street North)....
Photo Flash: NYMF's River's End
by BWW News Desk - September 15, 2006 The New York Musical Theater Festival will present River's End, a new musical with book and lyrics by Cheryl Coons and music by Chuck Larkin, from September 21st through October 1st....
Julia Breanetta Simpson Presents 'Harlem on My Mind' in Concert,' 2/8
by Jeff Dennhardt - February 01, 2010 In celebration of Black History Month, Actors Equity Association's Equal Employment Opportunity Committee (EEO) will present a free solo performance by popular Cabaret chanteuse Julia Breanetta Simpson. HARLEM ON MY MIND will be presented on Monday, February 8, 2010 at New World Stages, 340 West 50t...
FLY, GIRL! Closes at Darkhorse Theatre, 2/27
by Jeffrey Ellis - February 27, 2010 In celebration of Black History Month, SistaStyle Productions presents the world premiere of Mary McCallum's Fly, Girl!, a fictionalized look at the life of aviatrix Bessie Coleman. The play, directed by noted Nashville actor/director/educator Barry Scott, opened at Darkhorse Theatre on Friday, Febr...
Mary McCallum's FLY, GIRL! Opens at Darkhorse Theatre, 2/19
by Jeffrey Ellis - February 08, 2010 In celebration of Black History Month, SistaStyle Productions presents the world premiere of Mary McCallum's Fly, Girl!, a fictionalized look at the life of aviatrix Bessie Coleman. The play, directed by noted Nashville actor/director/educator Barry Scott, opens at Darkhorse Theatre on Friday, Febru...
Julia Breanetta Simpson Presents 'Harlem on My Mind' in Concert,' 2/8
by BWW News Desk - February 08, 2010 In celebration of Black History Month, Actors Equity Association's Equal Employment Opportunity Committee (EEO) will present a free solo performance by popular Cabaret chanteuse Julia Breanetta Simpson. HARLEM ON MY MIND will be presented on Monday, February 8, 2010 at New World Stages, 340 West 50t...
PENT UP: A REVENGE DANCE Comes To PS122 On 2/10-22
by Gabrielle Sierra - January 27, 2009 Bessie Award-winner and beloved downtown performer Okwui Okpokwasili spins a modern folktale. A daughter attempts to construct a coherent past out of her mother's cryptic signals and signifiers. Interweaving legacy and the loss of old tongues, rituals and original songs, and a good old attempt to ge...
PENT UP: A REVENGE DANCE Comes To PS122 On 2/10-22
by Gabrielle Sierra - January 27, 2009 Bessie Award-winner and beloved downtown performer Okwui Okpokwasili spins a modern folktale. A daughter attempts to construct a coherent past out of her mother's cryptic signals and signifiers. Interweaving legacy and the loss of old tongues, rituals and original songs, and a good old attempt to ge...
'THE DEVIL'S MUSIC' Opens at New Brunswick Playhouse 3/3
by Reynard Loki - October 23, 2008 Angelo Parra's The Devil's Music: The Life and Blues of Bessie Smith will be performed at the New Brunswick Playhouse, running March 3?29. Miche Braden, who portrayed Bessie Smith in the previous productions of the play, will recreate the title role once more....
The Marigny Theatre and Theater Offensive Queer Theater Festival Boston Closes SOME TIMES AT THE ALL WAYS 1/17
by BWW News Desk - January 17, 2010 The Marigny Theatre and Theater Offensive Queer Theater Festival Boston Present Some Times at the All Ways...
Kinky & Sweet Love Songs: A Jazz Age Valentine Starring Waldo's Gotham City Jazz Masters Plays La MaMa, 2/12-2/14
by BWW News Desk - February 12, 2010 La MaMa E.T.C. presents a very special Valentine show with Terry Waldo's group of legendary jazz and theater performers. The show will play from February 12 to 14....
PENT UP: A REVENGE DANCE Comes To PS122 On 2/10-22
by BWW News Desk - February 10, 2009 Bessie Award-winner and beloved downtown performer Okwui Okpokwasili spins a modern folktale. A daughter attempts to construct a coherent past out of her mother's cryptic signals and signifiers. Interweaving legacy and the loss of old tongues, rituals and original songs, and a good old attempt to ge... |