Cynthia Bastidas

20 Theater Books for Your Summer 2022 Reading (and Listening) List

Summer is here at last and there is no better time to have fun in the sun with a new read! You're in luck, because this year, Broadway's best have put pen to paper to turn out theatre page-turners of every kind.

Voyage Theater Company Presents the World Premiere of DON'T LOOK BACK

Voyage Theater Company announced today it will present the world premiere production of DON’T LOOK BACK, a new play written by Adam Kraar and directed by VTC’s Founding Artistic Director, Wayne Maugans.

Play On Shakespeare Announces Actors And Directors For PLAY ON!

Play On Shakespeare today announces an expansive list of compelling actors and dynamic directors confirmed to participate in the Play on! Festival, presented in association with Classic Stage Company (CSC) and Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF). Play on! features 39 readings of new, work-in-progress translations of Shakespeare's plays into contemporary modern English by some of today's most exciting playwrights-May 29-June 30 at the Lynn F. Angelson Theater at CSC (136 E. 13th Street). In 2015, Oregon Shakespeare Festival launched an ambitious 39-play, three-year commissioning project, Play on!, tasking 36 playwrights-more than half of whom were women and playwrights of color, each paired with a dramaturg-to translate Shakespeare's canon in celebration of the enduring impact of the Bard's work. Supported by a generous grant from the Hitz Foundation and inspired by long-time patron Dave Hitz's passion for Shakespeare, the project was and continues to be led by Lue Morgan Douthit. For more information, visit playonfestival.org.

BWW Review: ORIGINAL SOUND Reverberates Realness at Cherry Lane Theatre

The turntables spin gold in 'Original Sound,' a fresh and frenetic take on the promise and perils of guarding intellectual content in the music industry. Sebastian Chacon kills as Danny Solis, a talented amateur Nuyorican beat maker whose primary instruments are his computer, his confidence, and his affable charm.

Photo Flash: Cherry Lane Theatre's ORIGINAL SOUND Opens Tonight

Cherry Lane Theatre concludes their season with the World Premiere of ORIGINAL SOUND, by Adam Seidel, directed by Elena Araoz with music direction by Daniel Ocanto. ORIGINAL SOUND will begin performances on Tuesday, April 30 run through June 8, 2019, and will celebrate its opening night tonight, May 9, 2019

Casting Announced for Cherry Lane's World Premiere of ORIGINAL SOUND

Cherry Lane Theatre will conclude their season with the World Premiere of ORIGINAL SOUND, by Adam Seidel, directed by Elena Araoz with music direction by Daniel Ocanto. ORIGINAL SOUND will begin performances on Tuesday, April 30 run through June 8, 2019, and will celebrate its opening night on May 9, 2019, at Cherry Lane Theatre (38 Commerce St. in Manhattan). Tickets are $55 ($45 during previews) - $85 and are available by visiting CherryLaneTheatre.org, by calling 866-811-4111 or by visiting the Cherry Lane Theatre Box Office.

Playful Substance And LifeWay Network Announce Immersive Theater Project To Benefit Survivors Of Human Trafficking

Fellow human beings are lured through promises for a better job or living conditions, but then forced, coerced, and defrauded into exploitation. Their dreams and hopes turn into being held against their will for forced labor or sexual exploitation. Can you believe this is happening all around us? Can you believe this form of modern-slavery still exists in the 21st century? 

The O'Neill Announces Casts and Creatives For 2018 Summer Season Of New Musicals and Plays

The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center announces casting and creative teams for the summer season of new musicals and plays selected for development at the National Music Theater Conference and National Playwrights Conference.

The Barbour Playwrights Award Continues With MOMMY'S LITTLE PRINCESS

The Barbour Playwrights Award continues on Wednesday, March 28 at 7pm with a reading of Teresa Lotz's Mommy's Little Princess. In Mommy's Little Princess, Ingrid, her boyfriend, and her new roommate find a unique way to play house, upending our notions of relationship 'norms' and the definition of family. Directed by Daniella Caggiano, the cast includes Cynthia Bastidas, Azalea Lewis, Kevin Hoffman, and Isabella Schiller. Doors open at 6:40 pm. The reading will be followed by a wine and cheese reception.

BWW Review: THE MECCA TALES by Crossroads Theatre Company-A Stunning Gem

Crossroads Theatre Company is now on the road with their exciting 2017/2018 'Love & Happiness' season. The Company just presented a one-weekend-only performance of The Mecca Tales at the Middlesex County College Performing Art Center from November 8th to November 12th. This beautifully written theatrical piece by Rohina Malik featured a remarkable cast and the finest direction by Kareem Fahmy.

On this edition host Eden Lane meets the four actors Yunuen Pardo, Adriana Gaviria, Cynthia Bastidas, and Ruth Livier, who play the young women in 'Just Like Us' a True Denver Story. The play by Karen Zacarias based on the book by Helen Thorpe makes it's world premier at the Denver Center Theatre Company. The sotry follows four latinas in Denver as immigration status begins to erode their opportunities and their friendships.