John Frederick

UNIVERSAL ACCESS PRODUCTIONS, a Reno-based non-profit theatre company, has announced the launch of their 4th Saturdays Reading Series at the Potentialist Workshop Theatre, Ali's Alley. All shows are at 2pm, and all performances are Pay-What-You-Can with a non-perishable food item for the Food Bank of Northern Nevada.

It's 40 years later, and all the dead Hamlet characters have graduated from Limbo to Purgatory. Seems there's been a bit of a backlog. Hamlet Senior is ancient and over it. Polonius is befuddled, as ever. Rosencrantz feels like a nitwit, Guildenstern blames Rosencrantz. Ophelia is innocent and furious, Gertrude is spitting mad. Claudius is contrite to the point that you want to smack him. Written by Jeanmarie Simpson, this new divine comedy is revealed publicly for the first time.

Bazizio Media will is partnering with renowned critic and journalist Leslie Lee III for a collection of short stories. The author, host of Top 100 Podcast Struggle Session, has previously had work published in Jacobin Magazine, Truth Dig, and The Japan Times.

Orange County's oldest professional Shakespeare company (originally founded as The Grove Shakespeare Festival by Thomas F. Bradac 40 years ago), moves from the Garden Grove Amphitheater onto the SAC campus, and continues its community-driven mission under Artistic Director John Walcutt in three theaters at SAC.

 Filmmaker Rich Wolgemuth will show his most recent narrative short film THIS WORLD OF GHOSTS at the 21st Annual Dances With Films at the TCL Chinese Theaters in Hollywood, Wednesday, June 13th at 5PM, as part of the Festival's Fusion Shorts program.  The festival runs June 7- 17th.

Today, British soul legend Seal has released a duet with one of history's most iconic artists, Frank Sinatra, via UMe. Performing the Christmas classic, 'Santa Claus Is Coming To Town,' Seal and Sinatra sing side by side, in perfect harmony, creating a unique, one-off single, just in time for the holidays.

The Los Angeles Master Chorale will perform five festive Christmas concerts in Walt Disney Concert Hall in December. The choral programs are a much-loved Los Angeles holiday tradition and these concerts frequently sell out.

The Zodiac at Neiman Marcus in downtown Dallas hosted a standing ovation party to kick off The 6th Annual Dallas Summer Musicals High School Musical Theatre Awards (DSM HSMTA) and College Scholarship program. Dallasite and two-time Tony Award® nominee Stark Sands was named this year's recipient of the Fullinwider Award honoring him for his roots and educational years in the Dallas theater community. Patterned after Broadway's Tony Awards®, DSM HSMTA celebrates the power of the arts to significantly improve all areas of education.

The Hoehn Family Galleries at the University of San Diego will host two exhibitions from July 8 through September 2, 2016. American Art from a Pacific Northwest Collection 1860-1915, is a unique display bringing together more than 20 extraordinary works by American painters, sculptors and printmakers from a renowned private collection in the Pacific Northwest and on view in San Diego for the first time. The second exhibition, Ruth Eckstein: Topographies, will present the graphic work of Ruth Eckstein (1916-2011), an artist who explores the possibilities of printmaking as a vehicle for formal experimentation.

Dallas Summer Musicals is a nonprofit organization committed to education, which led to begin the awards program patterned after Broadway's Tony Awards®. DSM High School Musical Theatre Awards brings stars, community celebrities, show business veterans and Dallas leaders together for an evening of celebration.

Students from Grand Canyon University's Center for Worship Arts will release their first full album, 'Canyon Worship 2016' today on iTunes.

Following its groundbreaking production of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare Orange County (SOC) now turns to the comedy of Shakespeare's As You Like It.

Setting the tone for another season of great entertainment under the stars, Shakespeare Orange County (SOC) launches Summerfest 2015 at the Garden Grove Amphitheatre tonight, June 13 with its 2nd Annual 'Fun-raising' event.

Setting the tone for another season of great entertainment under the stars, Shakespeare Orange County (SOC) launches Summerfest 2015 at the Garden Grove Amphitheatre on June 13 with its 2nd Annual 'Fun-raising' event.

Blue Mountain Gallery presents biOcular, an exhibition by Anne Diggory that includes hybrid works combiningphotography and painting in urban and Adirondack landscapes as well as the clutter of everyday living. The exhibitionpresents paired mediums, doubled objects, paired compositions, Paris in both light and dark, and a large work with twocanvases joined at a corner.

Blue Mountain Gallery presents biOcular, an exhibition by Anne Diggory that includes hybrid works combiningphotography and painting in urban and Adirondack landscapes as well as the clutter of everyday living. The exhibitionpresents paired mediums, doubled objects, paired compositions, Paris in both light and dark, and a large work with twocanvases joined at a corner.

It's really interesting to me in any kind of Shakespeare how people speak in definites, when there's no way to know them. This one seems to be one that actors hold very near and dear to their hearts. Some people are into the superstition and it's bad luck to say the title, but to me, it's just a frickin' word. It's funny to me.

EPIX, premium entertainment network, announced today the acquisition of U.S. rights to the new documentary Milius which will be screened at the 2013 Telluride Film Festival.