On July 16, 1999, the world stood still when John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy and her sister Lauren Bessette were killed in a plane crash. Now 20 years after that tragic day, ABC News presents a two-hour prime-time special about John, featuring his closest friends and rare, candid video footage of John and Carolyn. “The Last Days of JFK Jr.” airs on “2020,” Friday, July 12 (9:00 – 11:00 p.m. EDT), on ABC.
On July 16, 1999, the world stood still when John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy and her sister Lauren Bessette were killed in a plane crash. Now almost 20 years after that tragic day, ABC News presents a two-hour prime-time special about John, featuring his closest friends and rare, candid video footage of John and Carolyn. 'The Last Days of JFK Jr.' airs Thursday, Jan. 3 (9:00 - 11:00 p.m. EST), on ABC.
NYU Skirball will welcome in the New Year with two international premieres for adult audiences: from Quebec's Cirque Alfonse comes the New York premiere of BARBU ELECTRO TRAD on January 3 and 4, followed by the American premiere of Briefs: The Second Coming from Australia's Briefs Factory, on January 6 and 7.
The New Jersey Foundation for Dance and Theatre Arts has been presenting "The Nutcracker" in the North Jersey area for the past 23 years. The show is considered one of New Jersey's finest dance and theatrical presentations. Revuew of the performance have called it a superb production of the "Nutcracker" with a twist. The 'twists" are Nancy King's special additions to this 100 year old ballet. The opening scene is a musical theatre production of this 1900's festive ball with Holiday vocalists and specially choreographed dances.
RCC Fringe brings fully-curated arts and music program to new University of Adelaide venues in 2019.
On Sunday, November 11th, Feinstein's/54 Below celebrated the composing debut of Ben Caplan with his show Geeks, Misfits, and Nobodies.
On Friday, September 28th, 54 Sings One Direction returned to Feinstein's/54 Below, playing another sold-out crowd.
A celebration of Heaven and Hell and everything in between! Cirque Alfonse, the creators that brought you the five-star, Fringe 2015 sell-out hit Barbu, return with a brand-new show. Daring, raucous, eccentric and downright fun, Tabarnak combines edge-of-your-seat circus with crazy cabaret acts and a heart-thumping live score.
Today Underbelly announces a further 82 shows, providing a final dazzling flurry to complete it's 2018 Fringe programme, the most ambitious in the company's 19th year run. Featuring a mix of death-defying circus, contagious music and dance with critically acclaimed theatre makers and unforgettable comedy, this year's programme has something for people of all ages, predispositions and predilections to enjoy.
This August the inimitable Circus Alfonse invite Edinburgh Fringe audiences to gather together at the altar of circus, The Underbelly Circus Hub to celebrate tradition, heritage and community via an innovative fusion of circus and music as TABARNAK makes its UK Premiere.
The Gallery at The Sheen Center for Thought & Culture (18 Bleecker Street, NYC) launches 2018 with four new exhibits featuring unusual and inspiring work. 'Under the leadership of Senior Curator Fr. Frank Sabatte, The Gallery at the Sheen Center has some fantastic exhibits coming up,' says William Spencer Reilly, Executive Director of The Sheen Center.
The Sheen Center for Thought & Culture has announced its 2018 Winter/Spring season, a rich program of theater, film, music, poetry and talk events featuring artists and thought leaders including NBC's Megyn Kelly, MSNBC host Chris Matthews and CNBC senior contributor Larry Kudlow, indie singer-songwriter mother-and-daughter duo Suzzy Roche and Lucy Wainwright Roche, celebrated author Sapphire,actress-singer-songwriter Grace McLean, Fox News' chief national correspondent Ed Henry, Director of the Vatican Observatory Br. Guy Consolmagno, S.J., author George Weigel, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, and events tackling themes ranging from civility in the American media, race in America, science and spirituality, J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis, as well as Lessons In Hope.
On 6 January 2018, at the gala international NRI Summit in Manama, Bahrain, Dancer Geeta Chandran will be among the galaxy of Indian Women Achievers who will be honoured with the prestigious international INDIAN WOMEN ACHIEVERS SAMMAN.
BWW speaks to the creator of Movin' Melvin Brown about bringing the show to the 2017 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
After two successful years Circus Hub is bigger and better than ever before - presenting larger venues and bigger companies, this years programme is packed full of high flying, spectacular acrobatics to marvel at. 2017's programme is truly international, with companies coming from Ethiopia, Colombia, Belgium, Ireland and Australia to offer Fringe audiences the best of world circus and cabaret.
Canadian circus troupe Cirque Alfonse returns to Australia, bringing their Hipster circus BARBU, filled with hirsute men to Sydney Opera House to delight audiences.
After a raucous summer season at London Wonderground at Southbank Centre, Canadian Circus Company Cirque Alfonse will bid au revoir to the Spiegeltent on 25 September.
"There are just too many great things to see here!" complained a punter. What a wonderful problem to have.
UtahPresents brings a new cast of acrobats to Salt Lake City, whose sense of fun and humor is as abundant as their beards. Taking inspiration from the woods surrounding their own real-life family farm, Cirque Alfonse's talented tumblers and musicians create a crazily unique acrobatic experience set in the world of loggers and traditional Canadian farm life. There are balancing acts on tree stumps, banjo sounds and men with bushy beards performing synchronized axe juggling - with real axes.
In its first 50 years, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) awarded more than $5 billion in grants to recipients in every state and U.S. jurisdiction, the only arts funder in the nation to do so. Today, the NEA announced awards totaling more than $27.6 million in its first funding round of fiscal year 2016, including an Art Works award of $20,000 to Irvine Barclay Theatre to support the theatre's Dance and Movement Portfolio.
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