NATIONAL TREASURE: KIRI, FAMOUS IN LOVE, THE CROSSING, & More New To Hulu This Month
by Macon Prickett - April 03, 2018 Check out what's new to Hulu!...
Downtown Urban Arts Festival Announces Finalists For 2019 Season
by Stephi Wild - November 30, 2018 In Spring 2019, the Downtown Urban Arts Festival (DUAF) will return for its much-anticipated 17th annual season. Reg E. Gaines, Tony-nominated for Bring in da Noise Bring in da Funk, is back as the Artistic Director of the festival. After his evaluation of scripts that were received from across the...
Photo Flash: Corrib Theatre presents the Northwest Premiere of LIFEBOAT
by A.A. Cristi - January 12, 2018 With a bracing true story of determination and hope, Corrib Theatre and Northwest Children's Theater present Nicola McCartney's Lifeboat. Directed by Avital Shira and starring Kayla Lian and Britt Harris, this riveting play by an award-winning Irish playwright runs for four weeks, January 12 throug...
Love Is Celebrated In Times Square On Valentine's Day
by A.A. Cristi - February 11, 2019 The Times Square Alliance will be hosting a full day celebration of love and romance on Valentine's Day. Love birds will flock to the Crossroads of the World and share fairy tale moments from weddings to surprise proposals, and finally culminating in a large vow renewal ceremony on February 14th on ...
Adelheid Roosen and Nazmiye Oral's NO LONGER WITHOUT YOU Set for FIAF's Crossing the Line Festival Tonight
by BWW News Desk - October 12, 2017 The French Institute Alliance Fran aise (FIAF), New York's premiere French cultural center, will conclude the 2017 edition of its celebrated Crossing the Line Festival with the US Premiere of No Longer Without You, from Dutch theater-maker Adelheid Roosen and journalist and performer Nazmiye Oral, t...
BWW Review: RIGOLETTO at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
by Maria Nockin - May 13, 2018 On May 12, 2018, Los Angeles Opera presented a searing rendition of RIGOLETTO, Giuseppe Verdi's dark tale of curses and murder. Recently, General Director Placido Domingo said of this work, 'I can think of no opera that better demonstrates the power of deeply emotional music melded with incredibly g...
ABC's AMERICAN IDOL Grows on Monday and Ranks as the Most Social Show
by Tori Hartshorn - April 10, 2018 ABC Monday Prime (8:00-11:00 p.m. - 6.6 million and 1.3/5 in AD18-49): With 'American Idol' and 'The Crossing,' ABC finished a competitive 2nd on Monday in Adults 18-49 (1.3/5) to 'The Voice'-led NBC, holding a 38% advantage over CBS' all-original lineup (0.8/3). ABC and NBC tied for No. 1 on Monda...
The Crossing Performs World Premiere Of Thomas Lloyd's IN THE LIGHT
by Julie Musbach - February 26, 2019 On Saturday, March 30, 2019 at 8:00 p.m. and Sunday, March 31, 2019 at 5:00 p.m. at The Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral, The Crossing and conductor Donald Nally present the world premiere of Thomas Lloyd's In the Light, a choral-theater work for 20 voices, clarinet, cello, and piano....
KEVIN (PROBABLY) SAVES THE WORLD Star Jason Ritter Achieves World Record
by TV News Desk - October 09, 2017 At 11:48 a.m. EDT, live, on ABC's The View, it was declared by an official adjudicator that Jason Ritter, star of ABC's Kevin (Probably) Saves the World, achieved the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS title for Most hugs given in one minute by an individual....
BWW Review: Nurturing the Next Generation through Ailey's CHOREOGRAPHY UNLOCKED FESTIVAL
by Caryn Cooper - October 15, 2018 Friday, October 12, 2018 kicked off the first of two weekends of Ailey's Choreography Unlocked Festival featuring an array of panel discussions, conversations, master classes and performances. All programs and events will take place at Ailey's home at The Joan Weill Center for Dance in New York City...
wild Up / of Ascension Celebrates the Legendary Album by Jazz Great John Coltrane
by A.A. Cristi - October 31, 2018 LA-based music collective, wild Up, returns to the Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts with of Ascension, the first Jazz Club performances for the 2018/19 season on November 8 & 10, 2018. of Ascension, co-commissioned by The Soraya, is a musical journey inspired by John Coltra...
BWW Review: Countertenor JAKUB JOZEF ORLINSKI Goes for Baroque at Carnegie's Weill Recital Hall Debut
by Richard Sasanow - February 04, 2019 It wasn't so long ago that countertenors were still considered an oddity; today, you can't turn around without tripping over one, or more. Last year, for instance, when the English Concert did Handel's RINALDO at Carnegie Hall there were, indeed, three countertenors. One of them was the young Polish...
ABC Releases The Pilot Episode of Its Upcoming New Drama THE CROSSING
by Macon Prickett - March 19, 2018 The pilot episode of ABC's much anticipated new drama, “The Crossing,” is available now for all viewers on abc.com and the ABC app, for subscribers on Hulu and electronic sell-through platforms, as well as on demand across MVPD and digital MVPD providers. This exclusive opportunity is available Marc...
The Toronto International Film Festival Announces 2018 Award Winners
by Kaitlin Milligan - September 17, 2018 The Toronto International Film Festival ® announced its award winners at the closing ceremony at TIFF Bell Lightbox today, hosted by Piers Handling, CEO and Director of TIFF, and Cameron Bailey, Artistic Director of TIFF. The 43rd Festival wraps up this evening....
The Crossing Adds Performance to Sold Out Run of arms and the man at Park Avenue Armory
by Julie Musbach - August 30, 2018 Winner of the 2018 Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance, The Crossing, led by conductor Donald Nally, performs of arms and the man on Wednesday, September 19, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. and Thursday, September 20, 2018 at 5:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at New York's Park Avenue Armory. The evenings feature the ...
New York Youth Symphony Orchestra Music Director Michael Repper And Jiji To Premiere Guitar Concerto At Carnegie Hall
by A.A. Cristi - November 05, 2018 Music Director Michael Repper and the New York Youth Symphony Orchestra will open their 56th season on Sunday, December 2, 2018, 2:00 pm at Carnegie Hall. The program features guitarist Jiji performing the world premiere of light, beloved, a landmark electric and classical guitar concerto composed b...
Netflix Adds Three New Series Including THE I-LAND, OCTOBER FACTION and WARRIOR NUN
by Kaitlin Milligan - September 28, 2018 Netflix, the world's leading internet entertainment service, announced three new sci-fi series The I-Land, October Faction and Warrior Nun. These new series join Netflix's growing sci-fi slate which includes recent announcements The Order, Wu Assassins, Locke & Key, V Wars, and Another Life....
Peak Performances Presents THE NATIONAL ANTHEMS, Performed By The Crossing
by A.A. Cristi - August 13, 2018 Peak Performances Presents the national anthems (New York Area Premiere). The Crossing (Donald Nally, Conductor) With the Strings of International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) Music by David Lang, Caroline Shaw, and Ted Hearne...
PHOTO: Ryan Seacrest & AMERICAN IDOL Judges Visit 2018 Winter Press Tour
by Caryn Robbins - January 09, 2018 Emmy Award-winning host and producer Ryan Seacrest joined super star judges Luke Bryan, Katy Perry and Lionel Richie, and executive producers Trish Kinane, Megan Michaels Wolflick and Jen Mullin to talk AMERICAN IDOL, on Monday, January 8, as part of Disney ABC Television's 2018 Winter Press Tour a...
wild Up / of Ascension Celebrates the Legendary Album by Jazz Great John Coltrane
by A.A. Cristi - October 31, 2018 LA-based music collective, wild Up, returns to the Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts with of Ascension, the first Jazz Club performances for the 2018/19 season on November 8 & 10, 2018. of Ascension, co-commissioned by The Soraya, is a musical journey inspired by John Coltra...
The Crossing Wins Second Consecutive Grammy for Best Choral Performance
by Julie Musbach - February 11, 2019 The Crossing and Donald Nally have won the 2019 Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance for their recording of Lansing McLoskey's Zealot Canticles. The award was presented yesterday, February 10, 2019, at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. This marks the Philadelphia new-music choir's second consecu...
LIFEBOAT Comes to Jack Studio Theatre
by Stephi Wild - July 31, 2018 On Friday 13 September 1940, a ship, The City of Benares, set sail from Liverpool for Canada. On board were 90 evacuees escaping the bombing and dangers of war torn Britain. Four days into the crossing, the ship was torpedoed in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean and sank. Only eleven of the evacuees ...
BWW Review: THE MOUNTAINTOP, Nuffield Southampton Theatres
by Jo Fisher - October 03, 2018 Katori Hall's The Mountaintop invites us to step into the private life of Martin Luther King for one night; one that hangs suspended in time, between his achievements and his final breath....
The New York Philharmonic Announces New Additions For NEW YORK STORIES: THREADS OF OUR CITY
by A.A. Cristi - December 19, 2018 The New York Philharmonic announces updates to the ancillary activities presented as part of New York Stories: Threads of Our City, January 14-27, 2019, two weeks of concerts and events examining New York City's roots as a city of immigrants. The centerpiece is the World Premiere of Julia Wolfe's Fi...
BWW Review: THE QUEEN OF THE TEARLING by Erika Johansen
by Bonnie Lynn Wagner - August 24, 2018 What's different about THE QUEEN OF THE TEARLING is that Kelsea Glynn has always known her destiny. She's not a hidden princess plucked from her ordinary existence as a peasant and thrust into royalty. Instead, she's studied and built the role up in her mind. She's made her mother into something she... |