LA Jangle-Pop Band Army Navy Return With First Single In Five Years
by Abigail Charpentier - November 21, 2019 Los Angeles-based indie-pop band Army Navy are back with a brand new single titled “Seismic,” a youthful blast of romantic and wistful indie-pop falling in line with the band's sound found across three full-length albums, numerous EPs & singles and feature films such as Nick and Norah's Infinite Pla...
Kennedy Center Launches COUCH CONCERTS
by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 15, 2020 The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announces a free, live digital performance initiative, Couch Concerts, to help inspire, uplift, heal, and bring the performing arts from the homes of artists into homes across the country and around the world during these difficult times....
Audra McDonald, Joshua Henry, Kelli O'Hara & More to Take Part in Kennedy Center's 50th Anniversary Celebration Concert
by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 25, 2021 The Kennedy Center’s 50th Anniversary Celebration Concert, to be held on September 14 in the Concert Hall, will now be broadcast across the nation on October 1 at 9 p.m. ET as THE KENNEDY CENTER at 50 on PBS....
Kennedy Center Unveils 50th Anniversary Season Including a Fall Reopening
by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 06, 2021 The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts today announced plans for its 50th Anniversary season, slated to begin in September 2021 with a grand reopening of its stages and campus and culminate in September 2022 with a fresh interpretation of the seminal work that opened the Center in 1971, ...
Complete Cast and Creative Team Announced for the World Premiere of BEASTGIRL
by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 22, 2022 The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has announced the full cast and creative team for Beastgirl, a Kennedy Center-commissioned world premiere for young adults based on the book Beastgirl and Other Origin Myths by New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Acevedo....
Kennedy Center Employee Files Lawsuit For $1 Million Over Signed HAMILTON Poster
by Stephi Wild - June 26, 2019 According to The Hill, an employee sued the Kennedy Center for $1 million over a signed Hamilton poster....
Photo Coverage: Sasson Gabay, Chilina Kennedy & More Get Ready to Launch THE BAND'S VISIT National Tour!
by Monroe George - June 11, 2019 The award-winning Israeli film actor Sasson Gabay will reprise the role of 'Tewfiq' in the upcoming North American tour of the 10-time Tony Award-winning Best Musical, THE BAND'S VISIT, the role he created in the 2007 film of the same name and most recently played on Broadway.Joining him for the tou...
Kennedy Center Cancels All Performances Through May 10
by A.A. Cristi - March 17, 2020 Kennedy Center will cancel all public performances due to the ongoing Covid-19 crisis....
Kennedy Center IATSE Local 22 Members Vote To Potentially Strike
by BWW Staff - October 07, 2021 After 16 months of negotiations, stagehands at Washington's John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts unanimously voted to strike today, in response to plans by the performing arts center's management to slash wages 40 percent, eliminate jobs along other related cuts and changes to working cond...
Kennedy Center Will Stop Paying National Symphony Orchestra Members With Just a Week's Notice
by Stephi Wild - March 29, 2020 The National Symphony Orchestra has laid off nearly 100 members with only a week's notice, according to The Washington Free Beacon....
Kennedy Center and Washington National Opera Announce Rescheduled Performances and Cancellations
by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 24, 2020 Kennedy Center performances of Once on This Island, Soundtrack '63, and Washington National Opera's Porgy and Bess have been canceled, due to COVID-19....
HARMAN Professional Solutions Celebrates The Grand Opening Of The REACH At The Kennedy Center
by A.A. Cristi - September 06, 2019 HARMAN Professional Solutions, the global leader in audio, video, lighting and control systems, is proud to celebrate the grand opening of The REACH at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. ...
Kentucky Performing Arts Spotlighted in Kennedy Center Couch Concert Series
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 04, 2020 Kentucky Performing Arts has announced it is partnering with the world-renowned Kennedy Center to present Spotlight On Louisville-Peace + Love + Justice, an upcoming episode of the Kennedy Center Couch Concert: National Spotlight series....
Slash Ft Myles Kennedy And The Conspirators Debut 'Shadow Life' Off Forthcoming 'Living The Dream Tour,' Live Concert Due Out September 20
by Sarah Jae Leiber - August 19, 2019 SLASH FEATURING MYLES KENNEDY AND THE CONSPIRATORS have released the new performance clip for “Shadow Life” off their forthcoming live concert album and DVD titled the LIVING THE DREAM TOUR. Watch the group perform “Shadow Life” off LIVING THE DREAM TOUR which will be released worldwide on September...
Kennedy Center Reaches Agreement With IATSE Local 22 Stagehands
by Stephi Wild - October 09, 2021 The Kennedy Center announces it has reached a three-year agreement with its stage crew, members of International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) Local 22. Resolution was reached today with the stagehands after mutual agreement on wages, benefits, work rules and a clarification of juri...
The Second Annual BLACK GIRLS ROCK! Festival Will Take Place International Women's Day Weekend
by Sarah Jae Leiber - February 14, 2020 The Kennedy Center, BONDVISION Media, and BLACK GIRLS ROCK! collaborate to co-produce the second annual BLACK GIRLS ROCK! Festival (BGR!FEST), an immersive multi-day live experience curated to celebrate the cultural contributions of Black women artists, thought leaders, and creatives. The festival, ...
Kennedy Center Suspends Performances, Closes To Public Through March 31
by A.A. Cristi - March 12, 2020 The John. F. Kennedy Center For The Performing Arts has closed to the public and announced a cancellation of events amid the coronavirus outbreak:...
Kennedy Center IATSE Local 22 Members Vote To Potentially Strike
by BWW Staff - October 07, 2021 After 16 months of negotiations, stagehands at Washington's John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts unanimously voted to strike today, in response to plans by the performing arts center's management to slash wages 40 percent, eliminate jobs along other related cuts and changes to working cond...
Kennedy Center Performances by Scottish Ballet and The Bolshoi Ballet and More Canceled Due to the Health Crisis
by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 31, 2020 The Kennedy Center announced additional performance and event cancelations due to COVID-19, including upcoming engagements of Scottish Ballet and The Bolshoi Ballet, as well as this year's iteration of Betty Carter's Jazz Ahead....
VIDEO: See a Preview of the 42nd Annual Kennedy Center Honors!
by Sarah Leiber - December 13, 2019 In a star-studded celebration on the Kennedy Center Opera House stage on Dec. 8, the 2019, this year's Kennedy Center Honorees, R&B collective Earth, Wind & Fire, actress Sally Field, singer Linda Ronstadt, children's television program 'Sesame Street' and conductor and musical visionary Michael Til...
Kennedy Center Launches COUCH CONCERTS
by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 15, 2020 The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announces a free, live digital performance initiative, Couch Concerts, to help inspire, uplift, heal, and bring the performing arts from the homes of artists into homes across the country and around the world during these difficult times....
Singer-Songwriter Liz Kennedy Releases New Single
Attention' Ahead Of Upcoming Summer Performances
by Julie Musbach - August 08, 2019 On the third single from her critically acclaimed full album 'Hike Up Your Socks,' Liz Kennedy presents a light-hearted jazzy track in the vein of Leonard Cohen and Tom Waits....
BWW Flashback: JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR Takes Bows at the Neil Simon Theatre in 2012
by Walter McBride - April 10, 2020 Below, we're counting down to the Jesus-filled weekend by taking you deep into the archives of BroadwayWorld photographer Walter McBride. 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 Jes...
National Symphony Orchestra to Present Three Classical Programs
by Marissa Tomeo - March 03, 2022 The National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) continues its Classical series with three subscription concert programs this April and May, including the D.C. premieres of NSO co-commissioned works by Mason Bates and Joan Tower, and a return to The Anthem venue in the Southwest Waterfront. NSO subscriptions a...
Photo Flash: Take a Look at Production Photos From RAGTIME at PlayMakers Repertory Company
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 21, 2019 PlayMakers Repertory Company presents Zi Alikhan's innovative staging of Ragtime, the musical by Terrance McNally, Stephen Flaherty, and Lynn Ahrens. Ragtime stars Hamilton's Fergie L. Philippe and Theatre Raleigh's Lauren Kennedy and began previews last night (Nov 20). With press opening on Saturd... |