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....
Special Olympics Founder Eunice Kennedy Shriver to be Posthumously Honored with Arthur Ashe Courage Award
by Caryn Robbins - June 06, 2017 To honor her work and her creation of Special Olympics, Eunice Kennedy Shriver will be posthumously honored with the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at The 25th ESPYS Presented by Capital One on Wednesday, July 12....
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...
3 of 5 Kennedy Center Honorees Refusing to Attend White House Ceremony
by Caryn Robbins - August 18, 2017 Three of the five inductees are refusing to attend the White House for the official dinner and ceremony which takes place the night before the CBS show is taped...
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...
Nominate Your Favorite Educator for Kennedy Center's 2018 Stephen Sondheim Inspirational Teacher Awards
by BWW News Desk - October 30, 2017 The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is seeking nominations for the 2018 Kennedy Center/Stephen Sondheim Inspirational Teacher Awards, a series of annual grants that recognize inspiring teachers in any field of education across the United States....
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...
History Honors the Life and Legacy of Robert F. Kennedy in 'RFK: The Kennedy Family Remembers' Premiering 6/4 at 10PM
by Tori Hartshorn - May 15, 2018 History Honors the Life and Legacy of Robert F. Kennedy in 'RFK: The Kennedy Family Remembers'...
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...
American Experience to Stream RFK In Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of Robert F. Kennedy's Assassination
by Macon Prickett - May 29, 2018 To mark the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy, American Experience will stream its acclaimed 2004 portrait, RFK from June 5 through Labor Day on its site. Written and directed by David Grubin and produced by Grubin and Sarah Colt, the acclaimed two-hour film traces RFK's ris...
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....
Nominate Your Favorite Educator for Kennedy Center's 2018 Stephen Sondheim Inspirational Teacher Awards
by BWW News Desk - October 30, 2017 The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is seeking nominations for the 2018 Kennedy Center/Stephen Sondheim Inspirational Teacher Awards, a series of annual grants that recognize inspiring teachers in any field of education across the United States.... |