Amanda Urban News

Emit Theatre will present a brand-new TYA production, Waves of Wonder: A Play About Water and our World, written by Becca Bernard.

Emit Theatre announced today the appointment of Victoria Giambalvo, José Noel, and Nicole Orabona as Co-Artistic Directors. Giambalvo, Noel, and Orabona have all served as ensemble members of the company and will take on leadership roles previously held by Artistic Director Gianna Cioffi and Executive Director Hannah Johnson-Walsh.

Emit Theatre announced today the appointment of Victoria Giambalvo, José Noel, and Nicole Orabona as Co-Artistic Directors. Giambalvo, Noel and Orabona have all served as ensemble members of the company and will take on leadership roles previously held by Artistic Director Gianna Cioffi and Executive Director Hannah Johnson-Walsh.

To celebrate International Women's Day, leading female comedy community Funny Women is running the inaugural Funny Women Around The World. This exciting and hilarious virtual free event will showcase comedy and entertainment from every corner of the globe to launch the Funny Women Awards.

The Armonk Players present PLAY ON! by Rick Abbot, directed by Mark Pierce. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast below!

The Armonk Players present PLAY ON! by Rick Abbot, directed by Mark Pierce. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast below!

The Armonk Players present PLAY ON! written by Rick Abbot and directed by Mark Pierce.

Megan Tingley, Executive Vice President and Publisher, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, announced today that Malala Yousafzai will share her remarkable story with young readers ages ten and up in a book titled I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World. Cowritten with two-time National Book Award Finalist Patricia McCormick, I Am Malala will be simultaneously released in hardcover, ebook, and audiobook on August 5, 2014. The acquisition for world rights was made by Megan Tingley with Karolina Sutton at Curtis Brown and Amanda Urban at ICM. I Am Malala will be edited by Farrin Jacobs, Editorial Director, and Elizabeth Bewley, Senior Editor, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. The book will be published in the UK by Orion Children's Books, an imprint of the Orion Publishing Group, a division of Hachette UK, and in France by Hachette Jeunesse, an imprint of Hachette Livre.

Simon & Schuster has published a new edition of James D. Watson's The Double Helix, annotated and illustrated by Alexander Gann and Jan Witkowski this November, to coincide with the 50th anniversary of James Watson, Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins receiving the Nobel prize for identifying the structure of DNA. Publisher Jonathan Karp acquired North American and digital rights for the book from Amanda Urban of ICM.

Simon & Schuster will publish a new edition of James D. Watson's The Double Helix, annotated and illustrated by Alexander Gann and Jan Witkowski this November, to coincide with the 50th anniversary of James Watson, Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins receiving the Nobel prize for identifying the structure of DNA.