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Binge Free Festival Kicks Off This October

Santa Monica Playhouse has been a cultural treasure in the seaside community for 62 years. Now, the Playhouse is giving love back with its Seventh Annual Binge Free Festival, three weeks of free performances, workshops, and music in Santa Monica's ONLY fringe festival. The BFF's primary focus is on Santa Monica and Los Angeles-based artists, but there will be exciting international artists on view as well.

Artist Lineup of The Flying Carpet Festival 2022 Just Released

The fourth Flying Carpet Festival will return to the Turkish Syrian border between September 15th-25th, 2022 and be held in remote villages near the border and the cities of Mardin and Kiziltepe during a 10-day residency for 21 artists from 11 countries.

IN SCENA! Italian Theater Festival Back With A Very Special Edition

The New York City-based Kairos Italy Theater along with the Italy-based KIT Italia and Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò at NYU announce the return of In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY.

In Scena! Announces The Recipients Of The First In Scena! Award

The New York City-based Kairos Italy Theater along with the Italy-based KIT Italia and Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò at NYU announce the recipients of the first edition of the In Scena! Award as part of the 2022 coming back edition of the In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY.

IDR (Italian Doc Remix) Announces May 2022 North American Tour Dates

NYC downtown ensemble IDR (Italian Doc Remix) has announced May 2022 North American tour dates in support of their new album, Pandemonium; set for release on May 10th on 41st Parallel Records.

Autographed Score of Donizetti's LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR Comes to the MET for New Production

Lucia di Lammermoor is undoubtedly, together with L’elisir d’amore, the most famous opera by Gaetano Donizetti and the most performed throughout the world. Thanks to a 1985 donation by the Perolari family, the city of Bergamo was able to acquire the autograph score of this opera, which was first performed at the San Carlo Theatre in Naples in 1835. The score is preserved in the Mai Library. In a few weeks this precious manuscript will travel across the ocean for the first time to be exhibited at the Italian Cultural Institute in New York directed by Fabio Finotti on the occasion of the new, highly anticipated production of Lucia di Lammermoor at the Metropolitan Opera. The production will be conducted by Riccardo Frizza, who is also the music director of the Donizetti Opera Festival in Bergamo .

The Tank Announces Casts and Dates For IN SCENA! ITALIAN THEATER FESTIVAL NY

The Tank will present two Mario Fratti Award-winning plays, The Land of the Swollen Faces by Paolo Bignami, translated by Carlotta Brentan, and directed by Laura Caparrotti and Jay Stern and Hide and Seek by Tobia Rossi, translated and directed by Carlotta Brentan.

Andrea Cioffi's APARTMENT 2B (APPARTAMENTO 2B) Wins 2022 Mario Fratti Award

In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY has announced Andrea Cioffi's play Apartment 2B (Appartamento 2B) as the 2022 Mario Fratti Award winner. The award ceremony will take place May 4th 2022 at 6PM at the Italian Cultural Institute in NY (686 Park Avenue, NY).

BWW Previews: NASCONDINO dal 18 al 20 febbraio al Teatro San Babila di Milano

Dal 18 al 20 febbraio al Teatro San Babila di Milano va in scena NASCONDINO, lo spettacolo teatrale inedito di Tobia Rossi, che si lega al mondo della riflessione pedagogica sull'adolescenza, diventando un potente strumento di comunicazione, formazione e denuncia sociale, attraverso un progetto pedagogico e formativo, pensato e sviluppato per gli studenti, ma anche (e soprattutto) per il pubblico adulto.

New York City Opera Live-Streams Preview Of 'The Garden Of Finzi-Continis' at The Italian Cultural Institute Of New York

New York City Opera (under the direction of Michael Capasso, General Director) will present a preview of its latest world premiere of a new American opera, Ricky Ian Gordon's THE GARDEN OF THE FINZI-CONTINIS, a co-production with the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene (Zalmen Mlotek, Artistic Director, Dominick Balletta, Executive Director) on Friday, January 14, 2022 at 6pm at the Italian Cultural Institute of New York.