About Face Theatre presents TIME IS ON OUR SIDE
by A.A. Cristi - February 05, 2018 Following its sell-out hit Significant Other, About Face Theatre is pleased to continue its 2017-18 season with the Midwest premiere of R. Eric Thomas' gleeful mystery TIME IS ON OUR SIDE, directed by Artistic Director Megan Carney, playing March 1 - April 7, 2018 at Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont Ave...
Photo Coverage: Inside the Book Release of POPPY HAVILAND & THE SECRET OF THE LIVELY WIDOW
by Genevieve Rafter Keddy - March 28, 2019 Lively McCabe Books, a division of Lively McCabe Entertainment, releases its debut publication, POPPY HAVILAND & THE SECRET OF THE LIVELY WIDOW. The tale of twelve-year-old Poppy Haviland, the practically invisible daughter of Broadway and Hollywood Mega-star Holly Haviland, POPPY HAVILAND & THE SEC...
BWW Review: Oratorio Society Gives SANCTUARY to the Underground Railroad at Carnegie Hall
by Richard Sasanow - May 10, 2018 The world premiere performance of SANCTUARY ROAD (subtitled “An Oratorio Based on the Writings of William Still, a Conductor for the Underground Railroad”), by composer Paul Moravec and librettist Mark Campbell, performed by the Oratorio Society of New York under Kent Tritle, burst forth from the st...
UNDERGROUND RAILROAD GAME Comes to Malthouse Theatre
by Stephi Wild - December 09, 2018 Welcome to Hanover Middle School, where a pair of history teachers have an R-rated lesson in store. The subject is race, with a little sex, slavery and power on the side....
Sci-Fi Opera THE BRADBURY TATTOOS To Premiere This July
by A.A. Cristi - June 01, 2018 In the nearly 70 years since late author Ray Bradbury published 'The Illustrated Man,' various short stories in the classic science fiction anthology have been adapted for film, stage and television. Now, four of them serve as the basis for 'The Bradbury Tattoos,' an ambitious new rock opera, schedu...
Cleveland Public Theatre Presents STATION HOPE 2019
by A.A. Cristi - May 02, 2019 Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is proud to announce CPT's sixth annual Station Hope event on Saturday, May 4, from 7:00 - 10:00pm on the grounds of St. John's Episcopal Church, 2600 Church Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio. Station Hope is a jubilant community event celebrating Cleveland's social justice heri...
BWW Review: Utopia Opera Takes on Thea Musgrave's STORY OF HARRIET TUBMAN
by Richard Sasanow - November 15, 2018 Short on financial resources but long on ambition, Utopia Opera started its eighth season last weekend with a New York premiere: Thea Musgrave's THE STORY OF HARRIET TUBMAN. It's a 90-minute chamber version, orchestrated by composer Julian Grant, of Musgrave's full-length, two-act HARRIET, THE WOMAN...
ICA Miami Presents First Solo US Exhibition Of Brazilian Artist Paulo Nazareth This May
by Stephi Wild - March 19, 2019 The Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA Miami) announces the first solo US museum exhibition for Paulo Nazareth (b. 1977), on view this spring. Opening May 16, Melee spans Nazareth's work across mediums, including monumental and ephemeral sculpture, photography, video, and installations. Drawing on h...
On Her Shoulders presents PAULINE HOPKINS, 3/15
by A.A. Cristi - February 19, 2018 On Her Shoulders is pleased to present a staged reading of PECILIAR SAM by Pauline Hopkins, directed by Arminda Thomas on Thursday, March 15, 2018. Doors open at 6:45pm for a prompt start at 7:00pm with The Play in Context Introduction by Celia Braxton, who situates the script in its historical time...
UMS Announces Three Week Festival 'No Safety Net'
by Julie Musbach - January 16, 2018 From January 17 to February 3, 2018, the University Musical Society of the University of Michigan (UMS) presents No Safety Net, a three-week theater festival of four productions that foster timely conversations around slavery, terrorism, transgender identity, and radical wellness and healing. Two of...
BWW Review: UNDERGROUND RAILROAD GAME, Soho Theatre
by Dzifa Benson - September 14, 2018 The boundary razing two-hander created and performed by Jennifer Kidwell and Scott R Sheppard Underground Railroad Game doesn't give too much of its own game away in the pre-show literature. From the first two words of the title, we can surmise that it has something to do with slavery but what does ...
Lightning Rod Special Presents THE APPOINTMENT at Next Door at NYTW
by Julie Musbach - March 18, 2019 Lightning Rod Special (LRS) creator of the Obie-Award winning Underground Railroad Game, announces the New York premiere of their newest theater work, The Appointment....
Travel Channel's MYSTERIES AT THE MUSEUM Specials Return 12/28
by Emily Bruno - December 01, 2017 History enthusiast and explorer Don Wildman will venture back into the field to unravel the mysteries of 13 iconic and fascinating tales in new single-topic episodes of 'Mysteries at the Museum.' The first of the specials, 'Race to the Antarctic: Mysteries at the Museum,' premieres on Thursday, Dece...
Traverse Theatre Announce Traverse 1 Festival 2018
by Julie Musbach - March 21, 2018 The Traverse Theatre is excited to announce the full programme for Traverse 1 during Traverse Festival 2018. A collection of five vibrant, compelling and deeply human works, taking in a teenage girl's coming-of-age tale from schoolgirl to indie rock star (What Girls Are Made Of); a childhood remembe...
Steve Hackett Releases Second Single Off of Upcoming Album
by Kaitlin Milligan - December 21, 2018 Following the tremendous success of 2017's The Night Siren (charted at #22 in Germany, #28 in the UK), legendary former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett releases his new studio album At The Edge Of Light on the 25th January 2019. The album which features ten songs, sees Steve unite a vast amount of s...
Upcoming Equity Auditions Sunday, Nov. 12
by Audition Roundup - November 12, 2017 Updated this week! Check out upcoming Equity Auditions from Sunday, November 12, 2017 for both productions in your area and around the country including what/when/where and how to audition! ...
Angela Bassett Joins UNDERGROUND RAILROAD - A SPIRITUAL JOURNEY
by Julie Musbach - March 14, 2018 Academy Award-nominee, Angela Bassett will join Kathleen Battle as a guest narrator in Battle's program Underground Railroad: A Spiritual Journey accompanied by pianist Joel Martin and the LA-based choir, The Albert McNeil Jubilee Singers at the Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing A...
Joel Edgerton Joins Amazon Series UNDERGROUND RAILROAD From Barry Jenkins
by Tori Hartshorn - April 18, 2019 According to Variety, actor Joel Edgerton has joined the cast of Amazon's forthcoming series from Barry Jenkins, titled UNDERGROUND RAILROAD. Set to write and direct is Oscar winner Barry Jenkins (Moonlight), with the series slated to be executive produced by Pastel (Moonlight) and Brad Pitt's Plan...
Upcoming Equity Auditions Sunday, Nov. 12
by Audition Roundup - November 12, 2017 Updated this week! Check out upcoming Equity Auditions from Sunday, November 12, 2017 for both productions in your area and around the country including what/when/where and how to audition! ...
The Little OPERA Theatre Of NY Presents The New York Premiere Of THIS LITTLE LIGHT Of MINE
by Stephi Wild - May 14, 2018 The little OPERA theatre of ny(LOTNY) presents the New York Premiere of Adrienne Danrich's one-woman show, THIS LITTLE LIGHT of MINE: The Stories of Marian Anderson and Leontyne Price as part of the 3rd Annual New York OperaFest on Wednesday June 6, 2018 at 7:30pm at Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman M...
Cleveland Public Theatre presents STATION HOPE 2018
by A.A. Cristi - March 13, 2018 Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is proud to announce CPT's fifth annual Station Hope event on Saturday, May 5, beginning at 6:30pm on the grounds of St. John's Episcopal Church, 2600 Church Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio. Station Hope is a jubilant community event inspired by the Underground Railroad and Cl...
Lightning Rod Special Adds Extra Performance To THE APPOINTMENT At Next Door At NYTW
by Stephi Wild - April 29, 2019 Due to popular demand, Lightning Rod Special (LRS) creator of the Obie-Award winning Underground Railroad Game, will add one additional performance to the sold-out run of their newest critically-acclaimed work, The Appointment. The additional performance will take place on Sunday, May 4, 2019 at 3pm...
Children's Theatre of Cincinnati Sales Manager Appointed to OAPN Board
by Julie Musbach - June 13, 2018 Violet Rae Webster, Sales Manager for The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati has been appointed to the Board of the Ohio Arts Professional Network (OAPN)....
Emmy Award Winning Director Nick Nanton to Co-Produce Operation Underground Railroad Documentary
by Macon Prickett - March 08, 2018 Nick Nanton partners with Serial Entrepreneur Russell Brunson, co-founder of ClickFunnels, to co-produce the upcoming short film, tentatively titled 'O.U.R.: Operation Underground Railroadand the Fight to End Modern Day Slavery,' where they'll reveal the story of Operation Underground Railroad (O.U.... |