Teddy Abrams, Music Director Of The Louisville Orchestra, Named Musical America's Conductor Of The Year 2022
by A.A. Cristi - October 12, 2021 Musical America announced today that Teddy Abrams—the galvanizing conductor now in his eighth season as Music Director of the Louisville Orchestra—has been named Conductor of the Year for 2022. ... 
A Conversation With Dr. Khalilah Ali Comes To Kalamazoo's Miller Auditorium
by Stephi Wild - February 23, 2023 Dr. Khalilah Camacho Ali is an actor, martial artist, author, motivational speaker, aviator, and film producer. She is also known for being the former wife of boxer Muhammad Ali.... 
Leslie Odom Jr. Earns Palm Springs International Film Awards' Spotlight Award for ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI
by Nicole Rosky - February 01, 2021 The Palm Springs International Film Awards today announced that Leslie Odom, Jr. is the recipient of the Spotlight Award, Actor for One Night in Miami. ... 
The Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts and The Kennedy Center Theater for Young Audiences on Tour Presents ACOUSTIC ROOSTER'S BARNYARD BOOGIE: Starring Indigo Blume
by A.A. Cristi - March 31, 2023 The Kennedy Center Theater for Young Audiences on Tour comes to Pepperdine with Acoustic Rooster's Barnyard Boogie Starring Indigo Blume on Saturday, April 15 at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. ... 
Captain Planet Drops New Single 'Pambele'
by Michael Major - April 04, 2023 In his latest musical offering, Captain Planet collaborates with Colombian singer Jimena Angel to create a scorching slice of classic Afro Latin funk. The song began during a recent tour in South America where Captain Planet was playing some gigs around Santa Marta & Cartagena. ... 
Live Arts Presents Shamel Pitts I TRIBE's TOUCH OF RED
by A.A. Cristi - March 03, 2023 New York Live Arts (Live Arts) presents the New York premiere of Touch of RED, a new work by the award-winning movement artist Shamel Pitts, co-created and performed by his Brooklyn-based arts collective TRIBE. Drawing inspiration from two distinct arts requiring rapid-fire footwork – boxing and the... 
Grammy Winner Christian McBride Launches JAZZ AT NAZ At The Soraya
by A.A. Cristi - January 11, 2023 The Soraya, a new epicenter for jazz in L.A., launches its second annual Jazz at Naz Festival with five nights of the best of Jazz performances kicking off on Thu, Feb 2 with Christian McBride's “The Movement Revisited: a Musical Portrait of Four Icons.”... 
New Muhammad Ali Musical ALI Will Have its World Premiere In Louisville in Fall 2024
by Stephi Wild - April 18, 2023 The World Premiere of ALI will be presented in Ali's hometown of Louisville, at the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts, in Fall 2024. Learn more about the show here!... 
Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe Closes Season With Pair Of One-Act Plays
by Stephi Wild - April 12, 2022 Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe will close its 2021-2022 season with two world-premiere one-act plays, under the auspices of its New Playwrights Series. These plays, “From Birmingham To Broadway” and “Float Like A Butterfly,” will be presented together May 4-29.... 
Feature: APPROACHING ALI showcases the friendship between the Greatest and a fan at Horn Theatre.
by Debbie Hall - March 16, 2023 Boxing legend Muhammad Ali was known as the Greatest in many ways, including his wit. He was also a very warm and giving person known to talk to fans, especially children. The legend is celebrated with the West Coast Premiere of Approaching Ali, a new one-act opera by composer D.J. Sparr, and libret...
Teddy Abrams, Music Director Of The Louisville Orchestra, Named Musical America's Conductor Of The Year 2022
by A.A. Cristi - October 12, 2021 Musical America announced today that Teddy Abrams—the galvanizing conductor now in his eighth season as Music Director of the Louisville Orchestra—has been named Conductor of the Year for 2022. ... 
Benefit Re-Broadcast of THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING Starring Kathleen Chalfant to be Presented by Keen Company
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 07, 2021 Keen Company will continue the 2020-’21 Season with the benefit re-broadcast of The Year of Magical Thinking adapted from Joan Didion’s best-selling memoir and starring Kathleen Chalfant in a one-woman tour de force performance. ... 
VIDEO: Leslie Odom Jr. Celebrates His Wife's Pregnancy on THE KELLY CLARKSON SHOW
by Sarah Leiber - February 02, 2021 There's a baby on the way! Leslie Odom, Jr. celebrates his wife's pregnancy (their baby boy is due in March!), and Kelly pitches him a potential baby name. Plus, Leslie shares his excitement over playing Sam Cooke in the Amazon Prime film 'One Night in Miami.'... 
Debbie Allen to Direct FETCH CLAY, MAKE MAN at Center Theatre Group
by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 25, 2023 Center Theatre Group will work alongside The SpringHill Company’s Emmy Award-winning studio team to bring Will Power’s “Fetch Clay, Make Man” to the Kirk Douglas Theatre in June. Learn how to purchase tickets!... 
Drew Gehling and Julia Mattison Announce Engagement
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 19, 2022 Drew Gehling and Julia Mattison have announced their engagement on Instagram! ... 
The Robey Theatre Company Presents LAST NIGHT AT MIKELL'S On February 26
by A.A. Cristi - February 17, 2023 Los Angeles Theatre Center to presents a reading of the new play, LAST NIGHT AT MIKELL'S, written by Larry Muhammad. directed by Ben Guillory. Presented by The Robey Theatre Company, Sunday, February 26, 2023 at 3:00 p.m....
Sydney James Harcourt and James Ginty Will Appear in the Interlochen Shakespeare Festival
by Stephi Wild - July 06, 2023 Sydney James Harcourt, a Grammy Award-winning Broadway performer and film and television star, and James Ginty, a movie and television star, will appear in Julius Caesar at the 2023 Interlochen Shakespeare Festival. Performances are June 30 and July 1, 2, & 3 at 8 p.m. in the Upton-Morley Pavilion a... 
Rematch to Recreate RUMBLE IN THE JUNGLE as an Immersive Experience
by Aliya Al-Hassan - August 10, 2022 Rematch, the sporting time machine, is to recreate Rumble In The Jungle as an immersive experience, coming in 2023.... 
Review: ALICE IN DERBYLAND at Drag Daddy Productions
by Taylor Clemons - April 19, 2023 What did our critic think of ALICE IN DERBYLAND at Drag Daddy Productions? In years past, Thunder Over Louisville would signify the start of the Derby festivities, but now in its third year, Drag Daddy Productions' Alice in Derbyland is becoming a bonafide tradition to kick off springtime and Kentuc... 
Interview: Playwright Will Power Reveals the Inner Workings of FETCH CLAY, MAKE MAN
by Gil Kaan - June 15, 2023 Will Power’s Fetch Clay, Make Man (a co-production of Center Theatre Group and The SpringHill Company) will open June 18, 2023, at the Kirk Douglas Theatre. Debbie Allen, in her CTG directorial debut, directs this account of the unlikely (but real life) friendship between the great Cassius Clay and ... 
Cast Announced For STARS: An Afrofuturist Space Odyssey
by Stephi Wild - March 16, 2023 Tamasha and ICA have announced the cast for Mojisola Adebayo's STARS: an Afrofuturist Space Odyssey. Performances are 13 April – 4 May 2023.... 
THE FORBIDDEN CITY Up Next in the LCT SPOTLIGHT SERIES Featuring Derrick Baskin, John Benjamin Hickey & More
by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 26, 2021 The LCT SPOTLIGHT SERIES, Lincoln Center Theater’s free program of digital events, will continue on Thursday, April 29 with an audio performance of Bill Gunn’s 1989 play, THE FORBIDDEN CITY. Directed by Seret Scott, THE FORBIDDEN CITY’s cast of 11 will feature James T. Alfred, Spencer Scott Barros,... 
ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI... Is The Focus Of The Next ICG 'Deep Dive' Free Virtual Series
by A.A. Cristi - February 11, 2021 The International Cinematographers Guild (ICG, IATSE Local 600) and ICG Magazine will hold their fifth “Deep Dive” virtual conversation on February 21 at 4:00PM PST. ... 
Review: FETCH CLAY, MAKE MAN at Kirk Douglas Theatre
by Evan Henerson - July 04, 2023 In FETCH CLAY, MAKE MAN, Will Power investigates the friendship as a fascinating dual study in individual character and cultural identity. Under Debbie Allen’s rocking direction at the Douglas, the play is as exciting as it is thoughtful. THE BEAR’s Edwin Lee Gibson and Ray Fisher act the daylights... 
CAP UCLA's 23-24 Season Kicks Off With Opening Weekend Performances
by Stephi Wild - August 30, 2023 UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance (CAP UCLA) opens its 2023-2024 season with a weekend of virtuosic stars and genre-blending collaborations including celebrated jazz legends Dee Dee Bridgewater and Bill Charlap at Royce Hall, followed by the inaugural performance at the new UCLA Nimoy Theate... |
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