Helen Sung and All-Star Quartet Come to the Hammer Theatre, San Jose
by Stephi Wild - February 15, 2022 Acclaimed pianist/composer Helen Sung comes to downtown San Jose with an all-star quartet and special guest vocalist to present a program of original compositions and arrangements by landmark women composers, as part of the Black Cab Jazz series presented by Hammer Theatre Center and San José State ...
New York City's THE RIDE to Close This Month After 12 Years and 30,414 Performances
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 10, 2022 New York’s unique traveling theater The Ride will close on October 16 after 12 years and 30,414 performances....
Casting Announced For Weeks Four and Five of The Blank Theatre's 30th Annual Young Playwrights Festival
by Stephi Wild - July 25, 2022 Casting has been announced for weeks four and five of The Blank Theatre's 30th Annual Young Playwrights Festival. Being presented as digital shorts, the final three of 12 winning plays by young playwrights aged 15–19 will be available to stream on Vimeo July 22– August 11....
Special Offer: MAN OF LA MANCHA at Algonquin Arts Theatre
by BWW Special Offer - October 10, 2022 Special Offer: Man of La Mancha, A Christmas Story: the Musical and more......
Bilingual World Premiere of LIFE LESSONS / LECCIONES DE VIDA Announced At Thalia Spanish Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - June 15, 2022 Thalia Spanish Theatre presents the bilingual world premiere of LIFE LESSONS / LECCIONES DE VIDA, a dramedy by the prestigious playwright from Mardid, Eduardo Galan, starring in English Kathy Tejada & Bill Blechingberg and in Spanish Soledad Lopez y William Saquicela....
SCULPTING SOUND: Twelve Musicians Encounter Bertoia At Nasher Sculpture Center
by A.A. Cristi - February 07, 2022 The Nasher Sculpture Center announces 'SCULPTING SOUND: Twelve Musicians Encounter Bertoia', a series of six historic concerts, from February 22–27, 2022, bringing together twelve master musicians to explore the expressive range of Harry Bertoia's sounding sculptures, in complement to the exhibition...
Ana Villafañe to Play Daughter of Fidel Castro, Alina Fernandez, in Upcoming Biopic
by Michael Major - March 21, 2022 Ana Villafaña will play Alina Fernandez in Alina of Cuba: La Hija Rebelde. The film follows the Cuban American immigrant and human rights advocate who was born to Fidel Castro and Natalia “Naty” Revuelta as the result of an affair. Fernandez eventually became one of Castro's most outspoken critics a...
New York City's THE RIDE to Close This Month After 12 Years and 30,414 Performances
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 10, 2022 New York’s unique traveling theater The Ride will close on October 16 after 12 years and 30,414 performances....
Nashville Opera Productions Nominated For 7 Midsouth Emmys
by A.A. Cristi - December 01, 2021 Nashville Opera, in partnership with Sunnyside Entertainment, has received 7 nominations in the 36th MIDSOUTH EMMY AWARDS for three productions from the 2020.21 season. ...
Vocalist Judy Niemack's New Songbook WHAT'S LOVE Out Now Via Sunnyside Records
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 28, 2022 Jazz vocalist Judy Niemack presents a collection of rhapsodic romantic songs on her album release, What's Love, out now on Sunnyside Records. Following Niemack's lauded 2018 release New York Stories with pianist Jim McNeely and Danish Radio Big Band, What's Love represents a vulnerable side of the l...
VIDEO: Hangin' on 49th Street with CHICAGO Star, Ana Villafañe
by Nicole Rosky - October 16, 2021 It's all razzle dazzle again at the Ambassador Theatre, where after a hiatus of a year and a half, the longest-running American musical in Broadway history has officially resumed performances. A new Roxie Hart struts the stage at Chicago this time around- Ana Villafañe, who is returning to Broadway ...
Shakespeare Comes to NYC, Long Island, and NJ Parks with Hip to Hip Theatre Company
by Chloe Rabinowitz - July 20, 2023 Hip to Hip Theatre Company's summer tour of Free Shakespeare in the Parks includes performances of The Tragedy of Richard II and The Comedy of Errors in ten parks throughout Queens, Staten Island, Long Island, and New Jersey. Enjoy Shakespeare under the stars and don't miss the interactive 'Kids & t...
Algonquin Arts Theatre Performers From MAN OF LA MANCHA Visits Sunnyside Manor For a Presentation
by Stephi Wild - October 25, 2022 Live music and theater is back at Sunnyside Manor with a visit from the performers from Algonquin Arts Theatre's latest production, Man of La Mancha. This week, select cast members visited the stage at Sunnyside for a one-night presentation of classic songs and stories from Broadway....
The Great Jack O'Lantern Blaze Returns, Now In Two Locations
by A.A. Cristi - August 17, 2021 Fall in New York is better than ever, with two locations of The Great Jack O'Lantern Blaze and special Legend of Sleepy Hollow-themed experiences ready to launch in the Hudson Valley. ...
Competitors Taste Their Way to Victory in New High-Stakes Food Network Series MONEY HUNGRY
by Sarah Jae Leiber - June 15, 2021 n the five-episode series hosted by Kal Penn, competitors showcase their impressive palates in a series of increasingly complex tasting challenges that push their senses and culinary knowledge to the limits. ...
Hip To Hip Theatre Company Reopens With Free Shakespeare In The Parks
by A.A. Cristi - August 04, 2021 Hip to Hip Theatre Company got the green light from Actors' Equity to relaunch its flagship program of Free Shakespeare in the Parks and on July 28 it officially set sail in Flushing Meadows....
Michael Leonhart Orchestra To Release THE NORMYN SUITES
by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 24, 2022 Sunnyside Records has announced the March 25, 2022 release of The Normyn Suites by the Michael Leonhart Orchestra. The Normyn Suites is both a requiem and celebration, inspired by the life and death of the bandleader's 15-year-old dog, a female mini dachshund named Normyn....
Deidre Rodman Struck Joins MOMS' NIGHT OUT At 54 Below
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 02, 2023 Join Deidre Rodman Struck as she takes the stage at 54 Below for Moms' Night Out: The Concert Series. Don't miss this captivating performance on October 14th, 9:30pm....
VIDEO: Trailer Released for Apple TV+ Comedy, 'Loot,' Starring Maya Rudolph
by Marissa Tomeo - June 04, 2022 Apple TV+ today unveiled the star-studded trailer for its new workplace comedy “Loot,” starring and executive produced by Emmy Award winner Maya Rudolph ('Saturday Night Live,” “Bridesmaids'). From Emmy Award-winning creators Alan Yang (“Little America,” “Master of None”) and Matt Hubbard (“30 Rock,...
Tonya Pinkins Releases 'Strange Fruit, Revisited' Today to Honor George Floyd's Memory
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 14, 2021 Broadway and TV Star, Tonya Pinkins, sings a new jazz ballad that was released today, Thursday, 10-14, on George Floyd’s birthday, to honor his memory. The song is called “Strange Fruit, Revisited”. It is inspired by both the current racial inequities and the Billie Holiday classic. ...
FIRE ISLAND to Receive Ensemble Tribute at 32nd Annual Gotham Awards
by Michael Major - September 20, 2022 Written by Joel Kim Booster, FIRE ISLAND features an ensemble cast of Booster, Bowen Yang, Conrad Ricamora, James Scully, Matt Rogers, Tomás Matos, Torian Miller, Nick Adams, Zane Phillips, and Margaret Cho. Nominations for the Gotham Awards will be announced live on Tuesday, October 25, 2022....
Puppeteers For Fears Brings CTHULHU: THE MUSICAL on Tour
by Stephi Wild - June 06, 2023 Puppeteers for Fears, Oregon's only dedicated puppet musical horror troupe, will bring its original show, Cthulhu: the Musical!, on the road to cities throughout the NW for performances on the company’s 'Back From the Dead,' 2023 summer tour....
Ana Villafañe to Play Daughter of Fidel Castro, Alina Fernandez, in Upcoming Biopic
by Michael Major - March 21, 2022 Ana Villafaña will play Alina Fernandez in Alina of Cuba: La Hija Rebelde. The film follows the Cuban American immigrant and human rights advocate who was born to Fidel Castro and Natalia “Naty” Revuelta as the result of an affair. Fernandez eventually became one of Castro's most outspoken critics a...
Juliann Lavallee to Present New Play UNDER WOODSIDE
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 30, 2021 Under Woodside puts a contemporary twist on Dylan Thomas' poetic prose style to breathe life into the story of the Sunnyside/Woodside neighborhood of Queens. Though the action of the play is confined to a single day and a few city blocks, it captures the city's flavor in a way that resonates with na...
BWW Review: BOB MERRILL AND SUNNYSIDE SWING Play the Kravis Center
by Stephen Sorokoff - February 27, 2022 As the old joke goes “he has a face for radio”….Well, Bob Merrill, Legends Radio host and interviewer, also has the face, demeanor, and musicianship to be a vocalist/bandleader. He brought the group Sunnnyside Swing to the Persson Hall at The Kravis Center last night for an evening of hits from The ... |