Tonight, December 2nd, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will kick off a five-week holiday season with a star-studded gala benefit including a performance at New York City Center and party at the New York Hilton Midtown Grand Ballroom. This year's gala will honor BNY Mellon for its major support of The Ailey Organization since 2007 and Agnes & Gerald Hassell will accept on the institution's behalf. Early confirmed celebrity guests include Tituss Burgess (pictured, left), Savion Glover, Lance Gross, Tamron Hall, Janet Mock, Joe Morton and Phylicia Rashad.
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – (October 13, 2015) – Treat yourself and loved ones to a little holiday cheer with tickets to George Balanchine's The NutcrackerTM as performed by one of the hottest dance companies in the country, Miami City Ballet. Join Marie and her Nutcracker Prince as they travel through a winter wonderland of dancing snowflakes, a sugar plum fairy and an epic battle between heroic toy soldiers and mischievous mice! This lavish performance – one of the ONLY productions of George Balanchine's Nutcracker in the nation – features magnificent scenery, elaborate costumes and the magical music of Tchaikovsky. This is the perfect holiday treat for the entire family.
On December 2nd, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will kick off a five-week holiday season with a star-studded gala benefit including a performance at New York City Center and party at the New York Hilton Midtown Grand Ballroom. This year's gala will honor BNY Mellon for its major support of The Ailey Organization since 2007 and Agnes & Gerald Hassell will accept on the institution's behalf. Early confirmed celebrity guests include Tituss Burgess (pictured, left), Savion Glover, Lance Gross, Tamron Hall, Janet Mock, Joe Morton and Phylicia Rashad.
The Old Globe's GLOBE FOR ALL returns to bring free professional Shakespeare directly to diverse, multigenerational audiences in underserved communities around San Diego County. This second year of GLOBE FOR ALL follows a highly successful inaugural production in 2014. One of the Bard's most charming comedies, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, will be directed by renowned Shakespearean Rob Melrose, Artistic Director of San Francisco's Cutting Ball Theater, who makes his Globe debut. He directs a cast of local professional actors, including recent graduates of the Old Globe/University of San Diego Graduate Theatre Program.
Cameron Mackintosh's spectacular new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's phenomenal musical success, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, will come to Miami as part of a North American tour, February 24 - March 6, 2016. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the touring cast in action below!
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. - (September 24, 2015) - Miami City Ballet will kick off its landmark 30th Anniversary Season with a red-carpet opening night celebration at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami, tonight October 23, 2015 at 6:30pm.
The Old Globe's GLOBE FOR ALL returns to bring free professional Shakespeare directly to diverse, multigenerational audiences in underserved communities around San Diego County. This second year of GLOBE FOR ALL follows a highly successful inaugural production in 2014. One of the Bard's most charming comedies, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, will be directed by renowned Shakespearean Rob Melrose, Artistic Director of San Francisco's Cutting Ball Theater, who makes his Globe debut. He directs a cast of local professional actors, including recent graduates of the Old Globe/University of San Diego Graduate Theatre Program.
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – (September 24, 2015) – Miami City Ballet will kick off its landmark 30th Anniversary Season with a red-carpet opening night celebration at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami, on October 23, 2015 at 6:30pm.
In many ways it seems so surreal that Miami City Ballet is already embarking on its 30th Anniversary Season. Having been a part of the company for 21 of those seasons, it seems like I simply blinked and suddenly arrived at this point in time. When I really stop to think about it though, and reflect back on all of those years, I have seen the company grow, change and evolve tremendously. What is most amazing to me is the one thing in particular that has been an unwavering constant - the dancers' incredible spirit. There is no disguising how passionate each one of is, and has always been, about what we do. It is clear how collectively appreciative we are to work alongside one another, and grateful for the opportunity to share our passion with the audience. But performing, of course, is our dessert. First comes the process - the hearty meal that nourishes our souls each and every day. Whether we are tackling a company premiere, or revisiting a work we have done a dozen times, we approach it with the same intense commitment. This season is a bouquet of so many exciting ballets, and it is hard to imagine that only eight weeks into our season, as our opening night nears, we have already immersed ourselves deeply into practically all of them.
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – (July 14, 2015) – Set on the sands of Miami Beach's scenic shoreline, Miami City Ballet will present its landmark 30th Anniversary Gala on Saturday, January 23, 2016 celebrating three decades of artistic leadership and community impact, and featuring elements of the company's highly anticipated, all?new production of George Balanchine's A Midsummer Night's Dream.
New York City Ballet's 2015 Fall Gala will once again bring together the worlds of dance and fashion with a program consisting of five ballets each featuring original costumes created by an international roster of six of the fashion world's most exciting creative artists.
Thomas P. Campbell, Director and CEO of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, announced today the list of speakers and performers who will participate in an all-day TEDxMet event today, September 26, 9:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. The theme of the program is The In-Between.
Rita Moreno returns to music with her first all Spanish Album- Una Vez Mas. The album was produced by Grammy winning producer Emilio Estefan and Nicholas Tovar. The album contains for the first time in Spanish, 'Somewhere' from West Side Story. Rita is the first Hispanic artist to win all four major American entertainment award including an Oscar, an Emmy, a Grammy and a Tony. In December, Rita will receive the Kennedy Center Honor.
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts today announced additional major gifts for the Kennedy Center Expansion Project, the institution's first new construction since opening in 1971.
The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County and Broadway Across America announced that tickets to four musicals out of its five-show 2015-2016 Broadway in Miami season will go on sale for the first time today, September 12, 2015, during the Center's ARTSLAUNCH2015. In partnership with the local arts community and presented by American Airlines, ARTSLAUNCH2015 will celebrate the Arsht Center's box office opening and the start of the South Florida arts season with a day full of fun, free activities for the community. For more information on ARTSLAUNCH2015 events, please visit www.arshtcenter.org/artslaunch.
Following successful auditions at the Adrienne Arsht Center, Mosaic Dance Project announces their initial team of company dancers. The performers come from different parts of the world and have diverse backgrounds, exemplifying what the dance company represents: Miami's cultural mosaic.
The Winter Park Playhouse Spotlight Cabaret Series continues its exceptional programming with the powerfully talented Laura Hodos debuting her newest solo cabaret Life Upon The Wicked Stage September 16 and 17, 2015.