Director Walter Meierjohann has announced the cast of the world premiere of The Funfair, the first HOME production in its brand new home at First Street in Manchester. An adaptation by Olivier Award-winning playwright Simon Stephens of Ödon von Horvath's classic 1932 play Kasimir and Karoline, the production features a cast of 13 actors and actor-musicians.
CHICAGO-February 12, 2015-Visceral Dance Chicago will continue its second season offering with a Spring engagement at the Harris Theater in Millennium Park, the second mainstage Chicago performance of the company's sophomore season. SPRINGTWO, as the program is titled, will include world premieres by Artistic Director Nick Pupillo and Brian Enos, as well as four exciting works gleaned from the company's current and inaugural season.
The Tribeca Film Festival (TFF), presented by AT&T, today announced its feature film selections in the Spotlight, Midnight, and Special Screening sections as well as work in progress screenings. The 14th edition of the Festival will take place from April 15 to April 26 in New York City.
CHICAGO-February 12, 2015-Visceral Dance Chicago will continue its second season offering with a Spring engagement at the Harris Theater in Millennium Park, the second mainstage Chicago performance of the company's sophomore season. SPRINGTWO, as the program is titled, will include world premieres by Artistic Director Nick Pupillo and Brian Enos, as well as four exciting works gleaned from the company's current and inaugural season.
New York is the home of some of the most renowned and exemplary dance companies in the world, such as New York City Ballet and American Ballet Theater. It is quite easy for New York balletomanes to fall into the habit of seeing the same iconic and large-scale works year after year. While there is nothing wrong with seeing particular dancers perform well-known works with their respective companies repeatedly, it is quite refreshing to see some of these New York based dancers perform new works on a much smaller scale.
The Irvington Stage Door Series has rescheduled their January 12th presentation to Monday, January 26 at 7:30 pm. The series presents new works in a relaxed setting where audience members can give their feedback to the creative team. Next up is an adaptation of the Albert Camus novel THE STRANGER presented by The Seeing Place Theater Ensemble.
?The Irvington Stage Door Series presents new works in a relaxed setting where audience members can give their feedback to the creative team. Next up is an adaptation of the Albert Camus novel THE STRANGER presented by The Seeing Place Theater Ensemble on Monday, January 12 at 7:30 pm.
The Irvington Stage Door Series presents new works in a relaxed setting where audience members can give their feedback to the creative team. Next up is an adaptation of the Albert Camus novel THE STRANGER presented by The Seeing Place Theater Ensemble on Monday, January 12 at 7:30 pm.
The Trap Door Theatre is proud to announce that they will embark on a 5 city tour to France with last season's production of Regarding the Just on November 1st. REGARDING THE JUST, translated and adapted by Pascal Collin and Nicholas Le Guevel from Albert Camus' Les Justes, will be directed by Valery Warnotte.
The Trap Door Theatre is proud to announce that they will embark on a 5 city tour to France with last season's production of Regarding the Just on November 1st. REGARDING THE JUST, translated and adapted by Pascal Collin and Nicholas Le Guevel from Albert Camus' Les Justes, will be directed by Valery Warnotte.
Up and coming writer and producer, Frank D'Ambra, has just signed with Star Biz Entertainment, Inc. to represent him as Agent as well as assist in finding investors for film productions and television, theatrical companies for plays, and much more.
Born in the Bronx, Frank attended college at CCNY where he studied film and drama and displayed a talent in creative writing classes. His aspirations to pursue his writing began after he tried to make the New York Giants football team but was not signed. This sparked Frank's first written work titled 'The Invincible Summer' inspired by the writings of Albert Camus and centering on an unlikely football hero.
Frank has won several notable festival screenplay awards while getting much recognition with producers and production companies from across the United States. His jukebox musical comedy 'Black and White' has become a sought after project for theatrical versions around the world and Star Biz is beginning discussions with actors and studios for the movie version.
Current screenplay projects 'Three of a Kind' and 'Winning Streak' and currently being shopped and are receiving great interest from film studios and television networks.
Star Biz Entertainment, Inc. President and CEO, Kathy Salsberry, will serve as Producer on these.
Some awards to his credit include:
Winner - Best Screenplay Award for Action/Drama 'Annihilation' at The Pocono Mountain Film Festival in PA. October 2010
Winner - Seven Summits Award for Jukebox Musical Comedy 'Black and White' screenplay at The Mountain Film Festival in CA. February 2011
Finalist and Honorable Mention Recipient - Jukebox Musical Comedy 'Black and White' at The Las Vegas Film Festival in 2012
Star Biz Entertainment, Inc. is an Ohio based company with over 30 years experience in the entertainment industry, serving film, theater, television, and music, as well as artists and actors.
Patrick Lung Kong will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award from Tsui Hark to open this nine-film series, with rare titles screened for the first time in New York.
Drawing from a rich legacy of Cantonese films, while promoting a strong sense of singularity through his formal inventiveness, director Patrick Lung Kong (b. 1935) had a profound impact on following generations of filmmakers, including John Woo and Tsui Hark, and remains widely acknowledged as one of the great pioneers of Hong Kong cinema. To pay tribute to the achievements of this prodigious filmmaker, Museum of the Moving Image will present Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow: The Cinema of Patrick Lung Kong, a nine-film screening series featuring rare titles imported from Hong Kong, from August 15 through 24, 2014. The series is sponsored by the Hong Kong Economic Trade Office New York and presented with support from the New York Asian Film Festival/Subway Cinema.
The Trap Door Theatre presents Regarding the Just, translated and adapted by Pascal Collin and Nicholas Le Guevel from Albert Camus' Les Justes. The production is directed by Valery Warnotte.
The Trap Door Theatre presents Regarding the Just, translated and adapted by Pascal Collin and Nicholas Le Guevel from Albert Camus' Les Justes. The production is directed by Valery Warnotte.
Theatre Y presents Euripides' Medea, freely adapted by poet Robinson Jeffers at Theatre Y, 2649 N. Francisco Ave. in Chicago, today, May 7-June 1, 2014. Director Kevin V. Smith returns to the helm to bring a bold, dangerous, and emotionally rich dreamvision to Euripides' classic, having previously directed Theatre Y's wildly imaginative and experimental productions of Exiles and The Misunderstanding.
The National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) Mumbai, widely recognized for its support and encouragement to theatre in all languages, is proud to host the fourth edition of its Hindi theatre festival 'NCPA Ananda: Hindi Natya Utsav', from today, 1st May to 4th May 2014. NCPA Ananda will present a selection of delightful Hindi plays directed by Rakesh Bedi, Rohit Tiwari, Gouri Dutt and Ram Gopal Bajaj.
Cutting Ball Theater closes its 15th season with the American Premiere of COMMUNIQUE N°10 by French playwright Samuel Gallet, in a translation by Cutting Ball Artistic director Rob Melrose, who also helms this new work. Featuring Damien Seperi, Ponder Goddard, Maura Halloran, Wiley Naman Strasser, Paris Hunter Paul, Hugo Cabajal, and Aaron Malberg, COMMUNIQUE N°10 plays tonight, April 25 through May 25 (Press opening: May 1) at the Cutting Ball Theater in residence at EXIT on Taylor (277 Taylor Street) in San Francisco.