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Peter Wolf to Receive Honorary Degree from MassArt at 2026 Commencement
by Stephi Wild - May 18, 2026

J. Geils Band frontman Peter Wolf will receive an honorary degree from Massachusetts College of Art and Design at its 2026 Commencement in Boston, alongside photographer Abelardo Morell and Harvard Professor Sarah Lewis.

Mississippi Museum Of Art to Present 'Photography And The Black Arts Movement, 1955–1985'
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 7, 2026

The Mississippi Museum of Art will present Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955–1985, featuring approximately 150 works by over 100 artists, including Gordon Parks, Carrie Mae Weems, and Dawoud Bey, organized by the National Gallery of Art.

Buffalo Theatre Ensemble​​​​​​​ to Present BIRTHDAY CANDLES at McAninch Arts Center
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 18, 2026

Buffalo Theatre Ensemble will present BIRTHDAY CANDLES by Noah Haidle at the McAninch Arts Center in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. Directed by Steve Scott, the production will run May 7 through June 7. Tickets are now available.

Edinburgh International Festival Reveals Programme Highlights
by Stephi Wild - Mar 11, 2026

Running from 7-30 August 2026, this year's Edinburgh International Festival will present 24 days of world-class performances selected for their artistic and cultural resonance across opera, theatre, music and dance.  

Buffalo Theatre Ensemble Opens 2026 With Paul Slade Smith's UNNECESSARY FARCE
by Stephi Wild - Jan 7, 2026

Buffalo Theatre Ensemble will present Paul Slade Smith's “Unnecessary Farce” directed by BTE Ensemble Member Kurt Naebig, Thursday, Jan. 29 – Sunday, March 1. Learn more here!

Buffalo Theatre Ensemble Will Present Paul Slade Smith’s UNNECESSARY FARCE At The Mac
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 10, 2025

Buffalo Theatre Ensemble will present Paul Slade Smith’s UNNECESSARY FARCE at the McAninch Arts Center. Directed by BTE Ensemble Member Kurt Naebig, the production will feature a cast of company members and guest artists.

Interview: Juilliard's 12th Annual REV. DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. SPEAKER SERIES Explores Art & Race
by Rebecca Kaplan - Jan 22, 2025

The free 1/23 program features art and cultural historian Sarah Lewis alongside singers from Juilliard Drama and will discuss how art can shape democracy and advance racial justice.

Review: RE-MEMBER ME, Hampstead Theatre
by Franco Milazzo - Jun 1, 2023

Athletes have the Olympics. Chefs have Michelin stars. Actors have Hamlet. Citius, altius, fortius, Danish. In his one-man show Re-member Me (co-devised and directed by Jan Willem Van Den Bosch), Dickie Beau ponders death, mortality and legacy but not in a morbid way; it’s less a shoegazing mope and mumble about whether “to be or not to be”, more a defiant exploration of what it is “to be and not to be”.

Buffalo Theatre Ensemble Presents Alan Ayckbourn's SEASON'S GREETINGS Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Oct 21, 2022

Buffalo Theatre Ensemble (BTE), the professional Equity company in residence at the McAninch Arts Center (MAC), continues its 2022-2023 season with Alan Ayckbourn's “Season's Greetings,” directed by Connie Canaday Howard*+.

Nominees Announced for 2022 Jeff Awards In Chicago; Drury Lane & Goodman Theatre Lead Nominations
by Team BWW - Aug 24, 2022

Recognizing a strong return to the spotlight over the 2021-2022 Equity theater season, the Joseph Jefferson Awards in Chicago announced its nominations for theater excellence. This year’s nominees include 201 theater artists across 38 categories of excellence in theater production among shows from 43 companies.

Equity Jeff Awards Announce 2022 Nominations
by Stephi Wild - Aug 24, 2022

The Joseph Jefferson Awards have announced this year's Equity nominations, including 201 theater artists across 38 categories.  The 54th anniversary Equity Jeff Awards will take place October 17, 2022, at Drury Lane in Oakbrook, IL. 

CLYBOURNE PARK Opens 2022-2023 Season At Buffalo Theatre Ensemble
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 4, 2022

Buffalo Theatre Ensemble (BTE), the professional Equity company in residence at the McAninch Arts Center (MAC), opens its 2022-2023 three-play season with Bruce Norris’ Tony, Olivier and Pulitzer Prize-winning “Clybourne Park,” directed by Kurt Naebig+ (Sept. 8 – Oct. 9). 

Buffalo Theatre Ensemble Finishes Season with NAPERVILLE
by Marissa Tomeo - Apr 7, 2022

Buffalo Theatre Ensemble (BTE), the professional Equity company in residence at the McAninch Arts Center (MAC), wraps up the 2021-2022 Season with “Naperville,” written by Mat Smart and directed by BTE Member Kurt Naebig. New York Theatre Review calls it a “valentine to the heart and soul of the American suburbs.” There will be a Preview performance 8 p.m., Thursday, April 28. Press opening is 8 p.m., Friday, April 29. Performances run through May 29.  

HBO Sets FREDERICK DOUGLASS: IN FIVE SPEECHES Documentary Premiere
by Michael Major - Feb 1, 2022

Inspired by David Blight’s Pulitzer Prize winning biography, “Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom” and executive produced by scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., the HBO documentary Frederick Douglas: In Five Speeches brings to life the words of our country’s most famous anti-slavery activist.

The Met Presents A Live Three- Day Conversation Series About Museums
by A.A. Cristi - May 17, 2021

Tomorrow, May 18, The Metropolitan Museum of Art will host a virtual, three-day, live convening during which scholars, artists, writers, performers, and activists including Sarah Lewis, (Associate Professor of History of Art and Architecture and African and African American Studies at Harvard University); artist Elizabeth Colomba; Samir Meghelli (Senior Curator at the Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum); Anupam Sah (Head of Art Conservation, Research, Training at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya); and artist Alexis Peskin will discuss recent shifts in how museums engage and interact with their publics in response to the ongoing pandemic and international calls for social and racial justice.  

WE STEP OUTSIDE AND START TO DANCE, a New Audio Experience by Alison Carr Launches This October
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 20, 2020

We step outside and start to dance is a new immersive audio experience written by award-winning North East playwright Alison Carr (The Last Quiz Night on Earth, UK Tour; Iris, Live Theatre), which will be launched and available to download from Wednesday 28 October at Midday. 

Lifeline Theatre Extends EMMA
by Stephi Wild - Jun 24, 2019

To accommodate ticket demand Lifeline Theatre announces ten added performances of its Jeff Recommended and critically-acclaimed production of Jane Austen's Emma. Adapted by ensemble member Phil Timberlake and directed by ensemble member Elise Kauzlaric. After a successful experiment in matchmaking, Emma Woodhouse is convinced she can do no wrong. So the high-spirited socialite inserts herself in the love lives of everyone around her, meddling despite their wishes, and leaves a tangle of heartbreak in her wake. To restore happiness to her fractured world, Emma must swallow her pride and learn to value the needs of others over her own desires. Navigate the blunders of the heart in this world premiere adaptation of the 1815 romantic comedy by Jane Austen. The production runs approximately two hours with one intermission. The novel is on sale in the lobby.

Buffalo Theatre Ensemble Presents MIRACLE ON SOUTH DIVISION STREET
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 23, 2019

Buffalo Theatre Ensemble (BTE), the professional Equity company in residence at the McAninch Arts Center, 425 Fawell Blvd. on the campus of College of DuPage (COD), caps its 2018-2019 season with "Miracle on South Division Street" by Tom Dudzick, directed by Steve Scott, May 2-June 2.  

Photo Coverage: MIRACLE IN RWANDA Honors International Day of Reflection
by Walter McBride - Apr 8, 2019

MIRACLE IN RWANDA - a play by Leslie Lewis and Edward Vilga - celebrates an official opening night April 9 at the Lion Theatre on Theater Row (410 W. 42 St.) in Manhattan, and will now play through May 11, 2019.

BTE Caps 2018-2019 Season With MIRACLE ON SOUTH DIVISION STREET
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 29, 2019

Buffalo Theatre Ensemble (BTE), the professional Equity company in residence at the McAninch Arts Center,  located at 425 Fawell Blvd. on the campus of College of DuPage (COD), caps its 2018-2019 season with "Miracle on South Division Street" by Tom Dudzick, directed by Steve Scott, May 2-June 2. Press opening is Friday, May 3.