Theater for the New City Extends World Premiere of I JUST WANT TO TELL SOMEBODY
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 17, 2022
To share an outstanding solo show with the widest possible audience, Theater for the New City, 155 First Ave., has extended the world premiere of 'I Just Want To Tell Somebody,' written and performed by Ronald 'Smokey' Stevens, through January 30. (Its original run was January 6 to 23.)
Dianne McIntyre Has Been Named A 2020 United States Artist Fellow
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 23, 2020
The United States Artists (USA) announced today that dancer/ choreographer Dianne McIntyre is one of fifty recipients of their 2020 USA Fellow award. Each of the fifty recipients will receive a $50,000 cash award of unrestricted funds.
Jennifer L. Nelson Will Receive The Helen Hayes Tribute
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 30, 2019
At the 35th annual Helen Hayes Awards on Monday, May 13 at The Anthem, actress, director, playwright, leader, and professor Jennifer L. Nelson will receive the 2019 Helen Hayes Tribute. Nelson has dedicated her artistic life to increasing access and inclusion of traditionally marginalized theatre artists largely in the Washington area region, and was a Helen Hayes Award recipient for her original play Torn from the Headlines, which received the Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play in 1997.