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The highest honor given for a career in film, the AFI Life Achievement Award was established by the AFI Board of Trustees on February 26, 1973. It is presented to a single honoree each year based on the following criteria as mandated through a resolution passed by the AFI Board of Trustees:

"The recipient should be one whose talent has in a fundamental way advanced the film art; whose accomplishment has been acknowledged by scholars, critics, professional peers and the general public; and whose work has stood the test of time."

Joshua Jackson-Led CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD, Helmed by Kenny Leon, Opens Tonight at BTG
by BWW News Desk - June 24, 2017

Berkshire Theatre Group announces the final production of its upcoming 2017 Summer Season will be Mark Medoff's Tony, Outer Critics Circle and Drama Desk Award-winning play, Children of a Lesser God, which began performances on Thursday, June 22 at The Fitzpatrick Main Stage. Opening night is set fo...
OPERA America Announces Recipients of its 2016 National Opera Trustee Recognition Awards
by Sally Henry Fuller - January 26, 2016

OPERA America, the national service organization for opera, is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2016 National Opera Trustee Recognition Awards. Now in its ninth year, these awards honor outstanding trustees of U.S. opera companies for their exemplary leadership, generosity and audience-buil...
Lunar New Year Concert To Include U.S. Premiere By Andy Akiho Photo Lunar New Year Concert To Include U.S. Premiere By Andy Akiho
by A.A. Cristi - January 25, 2018

The New York Philharmonic announces program updates for its Lunar New Year Concert and Gala, led by Long Yu, on Tuesday, February 20, 2018, at 7:30 p.m. The program will feature Andy Akiho's Ricochet, Concerto for Ping Pong, Violin, Percussion, and Orchestra, featuring Philharmonic violinist Elizabe...
Shirley MacLaine to Receive 2015 ROLEX Dance Award
by Tyler Peterson - April 23, 2015

ROLEX presents Career Transition For Dancers' 30TH ANNIVERSARY PEARL JUBILEE: A STAR-STUDDED RETROSPECTIVE on Monday, September 28, at 7:00 pm at New York City Center, 131 West 55 Street (btwn. 6  & 7  Aves) NYC followed by "Supper With The Stars" at The Grand Ballroom at The Hilton New York. The 20...
The 86th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade Will Air As Two-Hour Primetime Special Photo The 86th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade Will Air As Two-Hour Primetime Special
by Stephi Wild - December 12, 2017

The 86th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade Featuring Marine Toys for Tots, produced by Associated Television International and presented in associations with The City of Los Angeles, will be televised as a Two-Hour Primetime Special airing on The CW Network on Friday, December 15, 2017 at 8:00 p.m. ...
RPO 95th Season Opens with Itzhak Perlman
by A.A. Cristi - February 07, 2017

The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) announced its 2017/18 season to a packed house in Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre earlier this evening. The Orchestra's third annual, free Season Preview Concert once again featured the entire orchestra onstage performing selected excerpts, with emcee Music D...
Crested Butte Music Festival Announces 2017 Summer Season
by Molly Tracy - April 02, 2017

The Crested Butte Music Festival (CBMF) has announced its 2017 summer season, the first programmed under the new co-Artistic Directors, Dr. Emily Ondracek-Peterson and Dr. Erik Christian Peterson. The seven-week season will take place June 23-August 5, 2017 in the Mt. Crested Butte Mirror Palace, an...
Pasadena Symphony Announces 2018/19 Symphony Classics Season Photo Pasadena Symphony Announces 2018/19 Symphony Classics Season
by A.A. Cristi - February 21, 2018

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Kravis Center Kicks Off February 2017 with BEAUTIFUL: THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL and 28 Days of Major Concerts & Shows
by BWW News Desk - January 03, 2017

The Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts continues its star-packed 25th anniversary season in February 2017 with 30 amazing productions and events, including one of the biggest hits now running on Broadway, three international orchestras, a couple of impressive symphonies, two legendary ...
Philadelphia Youth Orchestra Announces 78th Annual Festival Concert With Presentation Photo Philadelphia Youth Orchestra Announces 78th Annual Festival Concert With Presentation Of Ovation Award
by A.A. Cristi - May 23, 2018

The Philadelphia Youth Orchestra's 2017-18 season has brought an exhilarating year of music education and performances to over 120 talented musicians, ages 14 to 21, marking the organization's 78th Anniversary. The Philadelphia Youth Orchestra 78th Annual Festival Concert will feature the World Prem...
NJSO Presents Spring into Music Gala with Performance by Jason Alexander Photo NJSO Presents Spring into Music Gala with Performance by Jason Alexander
by Julie Musbach - March 28, 2018

The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra hosts its 2018 Spring into Music Gala on Saturday, April 14, at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark. Tony Award-winning Broadway, film and television star Jason Alexander-world renowned as the iconic George Costanza on "Seinfeld"-headlines a performance ...
The Public & The Shakespeare Society's New Initiative to Explore the Bard Photo The Public & The Shakespeare Society's New Initiative to Explore the Bard
by BWW News Desk - September 19, 2017

The Public Theater and The Shakespeare Society have announced that they will join forces to form the new PUBLIC SHAKESPEARE INITIATIVE, under the leadership of long-time Shakespeare Society Artistic Director, Michael Sexton. The Public Theater and The Shakespeare Society have long shared the passion...
Ann Marie DeAngelo and Kathleen Fitzgerald Number to Open Career Transition for Dancers' Starry 2015 PEARL JUBILEE
by BWW News Desk - August 19, 2015

ROLEX presents Career Transition For Dancers' 30TH ANNIVERSARY PEARL JUBILEE: A STAR-STUDDED RETROSPECTIVE on Monday, September 28, at 7:00 pm in association with the Lloyd E. Rigler - Lawrence E. Deutsch Foundation, at New York City Center, 131 West 55 Street (btwn. 6  & 7  Aves) NYC followed by "S...
KARTEMQUIN AT 50 to Celebrate Docs Exploring Social Justice at Moving Image
by TV News Desk - July 29, 2016

Museum of the Moving Image will present Kartemquin at 50, a major retrospective devoted to the not-for-profit documentary collective Kartemquin Films, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year....
Lynn University's Conservatory of Music Announces 2017-18 Classical Concert Season Photo Lynn University's Conservatory of Music Announces 2017-18 Classical Concert Season
by BWW News Desk - July 24, 2017

Jon Robertson, dean of Lynn University Conservatory of Music and Philharmonia Guest Conductor, today announced the 2017-18 concert season....
Paulo Szot, Joyce DiDonato To Join the New York Philharmonic in New Year's Eve Concert, 12/31
by Molly Tracy - December 08, 2016

Tony Award winner and Metropolitan Opera baritone Paulo Szot will join Music Director Alan Gilbert, mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, and the New York Philharmonic for the Orchestra's New Year's Eve celebration, Saturday, December 31, 2016, at 8:00 p.m., an evening of American classics including music b...
Major Musical Tours and More Highlight Harris Center's 2016-17 Season
by BWW News Desk - July 12, 2016

Bringing artists from around the world, and from most every genre, the Harris Center for the Arts at Folsom Lake College will offer upwards of four hundred performances in its 2016/2017 Season....
Judy Kuhn, James Monroe Iglehart & More Set for NJPAC's 2016-17 Season
by Tyler Peterson - May 16, 2016

Recognized the world over not only by their bold-face names, but especially by their superb talents, the artists headlining New Jersey Performing Arts Center's 2016-17 season validate the Arts Center as the state's most diverse and artistically excellent presenter....
Philadelphia Youth Orchestra Announces 78th Annual Festival Concert With Presentation Photo Philadelphia Youth Orchestra Announces 78th Annual Festival Concert With Presentation Of Ovation Award
by A.A. Cristi - May 23, 2018

The Philadelphia Youth Orchestra's 2017-18 season has brought an exhilarating year of music education and performances to over 120 talented musicians, ages 14 to 21, marking the organization's 78th Anniversary. The Philadelphia Youth Orchestra 78th Annual Festival Concert will feature the World Prem...
Paris Hilton And Nicky Hilton Rothschild To Present At 30th Annual Colleagues Spring Photo Paris Hilton And Nicky Hilton Rothschild To Present At 30th Annual Colleagues Spring Luncheon
by A.A. Cristi - April 04, 2018

The 30TH Annual Colleagues Spring Luncheon will honor Jane Seymour with The Colleagues Champion of Children Award and Oscar de la Renta's (ODLR) Co-Creative Directors Laura Kim and Fernando Garcia for their contribution to American design. Actor Joe Lando will be presenting Seymour with her award wh...
California Symphony Releases Schedule of Upcoming 2015-2016 Season
by Matt Smith - April 22, 2015

WALNUT CREEK, CA (April 21, 2015) – The California Symphony, entering its third season with Music Director Donato Cabrera, is expanding its regional profile in Northern California, performing concerts in three new venues beginning in June. The orchestra, based in Walnut Creek, will perform three con...
Paula Vogel Will Be Honored for Lifetime Achievement at 2017 Obie Awards
by BWW News Desk - April 27, 2017

The American Theatre Wing (Heather Hitchens, President) and The Village Voice (Peter Barbey, CEO) have announced that Pulitzer Prize-wining playwright Paula Vogel will receive a special Obie Award for Lifetime Achievement at the 62nd Annual Obie Awards....
Utah Symphony Announces 2017-2018
by Molly Tracy - February 17, 2017

Music Director Thierry Fischer and President & CEO Paul Meecham today announced the Utah Symphony's 2017-18 season, which includes a Saint-Saens symphony cycle recorded live for the Hyperion label, marking the first recording of the composer's complete symphonies by an American orchestra....
Major Musical Tours and More Highlight Harris Center's 2016-17 Season
by BWW News Desk - July 12, 2016

Bringing artists from around the world, and from most every genre, the Harris Center for the Arts at Folsom Lake College will offer upwards of four hundred performances in its 2016/2017 Season....
Chris Pena, Rodney Whitaker Quartet, Carmela y Mas and More Set for The Nash This Month
by BWW News Desk - January 02, 2015

January brings a full roster of live jazz to downtown Phoenix. Highlights include a free concert, Hot Dogs and Jazz, to kick off our new Family Series, several Latin Jazz performances to heat up the new year and the incredible Rodney Whitaker Quartet. Sunday Jam Sessions continue each Sunday evening...




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