RIOULT Dance NY, a leading American modern dance company with a classic sensibility, will perform tonight and Thursday, November 19 and 20, 2014 at 7:30pm at the James Devin Moncus Theater at the Acadiana Center for the Arts, 101 W. Vermilion St., Lafayette, LA 70501.
Performance Space 122's contemporary performance festival, COIL, returns for its tenth anniversary year. Known for its groundbreaking contemporary performance, this year's COIL 2015 festival spans interdisciplinary art working with new technologies and forms. Through installations, live and virtual practices, PS122 is committed to redefining how, where and when performance is experienced.
According to the New York Times, the proposal for the $170 million park, which would be built on a multilevel platform 186 feet off the shoreline of the Hudson River, includes 'a series of wooded nooks and three performance venues, including an amphitheater.' The park, which would be called Pier 55, would replace Pier 54, a flat 875-foot structure that has been gradually sinking into the river.
Playwrights Horizons is now accepting entries for its popular LIVEforFIVE online lottery for up to two $5 tickets each to the world premiere of POCATELLO, a new play by Obie, Drama Desk and Lortel awards winner and 2014 MacArthur Foundation 'Genius' grantee Samuel D. Hunter (The Whale at PH, The Few, A Bright New Boise), directed by Davis McCallum (The Whale at PH, The Few, London Wall, A Bright New Boise, Water by the Spoonful).
The American Alliance of Theatre and Education (AATE) and The New Victory Theater team up to present a three-day symposium entitled Play in Progress: "Creating New Theater for Kids and Families" from Friday, January 9, through Sunday, January 11, 2015 at The Duke on 42nd Street in Times Square.
RIOULT Dance NY, a leading American modern dance company with a classic sensibility, will perform on Sunday, November 9, 2014 at 7:30pm at the Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts at 220 E. Thomas Street, Hammond, LA 70401. Tickets range from $25 to $39 and are available at http://purchase.tickets.com/buy/TicketPurchase.
Since its founding in 1974 by Paul Zimet, Ellen Maddow, and Tina Shepard-all former members of Joseph Chaikin's seminal Open Theater- Talking Band has remained a cornerstone of New York City's avant-garde theater community. Ben Brantley of The New York Times recently called them 'one of the boldest and most venerable politically minded companies in New York experimental theater.' American Theater magazine has deemed them 'one of the most exceptional theater companies in the country.' The Talking Band celebrates their 40th anniversary with The Golden Toad, a four-part epic whose world premiere La MaMa presents January 23 - February 8, 2015.
RIOULT Dance NY, a leading American modern dance company with a classic sensibility, will perform tonight, November 5, 2014 at 7:30pm at the University of Mississippi's Ford Center for the Performing Arts at 351 University Avenue, University, MS 38677. Tickets are $30 and are available at http://www.fordcenter.org/event/rioult-dance-ny/. Partially funded through the South Arts Dance Touring Initiative this multi-day residency will include master classes at Ole Miss and Lafayette High School, and a special event at the Pat Lamar Park amphitheater, among others.
RIOULT Dance NY, a leading American modern dance company with a classic sensibility, will perform on Wednesday and Thursday, November 19 and 20, 2014 at 7:30pm at the James Devin Moncus Theater at the Acadiana Center for the Arts, 101 W. Vermilion St., Lafayette, LA 70501.
Tony Award winners Bobby Lopez ('The Book of Mormon,' 'Avenue Q') and Jhett Tolentino ('Here Lies Love,' 'A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder'), among others, receive Filipino American community honors.
RIOULT Dance NY, a leading American modern dance company with a classic sensibility, will perform on Wednesday, November 5, 2014 at 7:30pm at the University of Mississippi's Ford Center for the Performing Arts at 351 University Avenue, University, MS 38677. Tickets are $30 and are available at http://www.fordcenter.org/event/rioult-dance-ny/. Partially funded through the South Arts Dance Touring Initiative this multi-day residency will include master classes at Ole Miss and Lafayette High School, and a special event at the Pat Lamar Park amphitheater, among others.
On last night's THE COLBERT REPORT on Comedy Central, an Ebola patient explores New York City, and Governors Andrew Cuomo and Chris Christie enact a controversial quarantine for people who have been exposed to the virus.
Performance Space 122's contemporary performance festival, COIL, returns for its tenth anniversary year. Known for its groundbreaking contemporary performance, this year's COIL 2015 festival spans interdisciplinary art working with new technologies and forms. Through installations, live and virtual practices, PS122 is committed to redefining how, where and when performance is experienced.
Fifty years after its storied New York premiere, The Kitchen and the Goethe-Institut will present a 21st-century staging of Originale, a music-theater piece by pioneering German composer Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928-2007). Directed by Big Art Group's Caden Manson and Jemma Nelson, this staging, much like it's 1964 New York premiere, will feature a notable cross-section of contemporary performance artists and musicians whose actions are organized by Stockhausen's score and accompanied by noted electroacoustic compositions, such as his Kontakte.
The Margaret Mead Film Festival, themed 'Past Forward,' explores how cultural touchstones needn't be trapped in amber but can serve as important guides for modern life, during its 2014 program from today, October 23 to October 26.
Amas Musical Theatre and The Amas Musical Theatre Lab in association withThe National Jewish Theater Foundation ( will present staged readings for the New York premiere of Rothschild & Sons, a new musical based on The Rothschilds, with music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick and book by Sherman Yellen.
Rehearsals begin tomorrow, Tuesday, October 21 for the Playwrights Horizons production of POCATELLO, the world premiere of a new play by Obie, Drama Desk and Lortel awards winner and 2014 MacArthur Foundation 'Genius' grantee Samuel D. Hunter (The Whale at PH, The Few, A Bright New Boise). Directed by Davis McCallum (The Whale at PH, The Few, London Wall, A Bright New Boise, Water by the Spoonful), the play will be the third production of the theater company's 2014/2015 Season.
BALAM Dance Theatre (BALAM), a New York City based ensemble dance company that has performed throughout the world, presents the new program, Broadway Meets Baroque in Washington Heights, tonight, October 18, 3:00 p.m., at Holyrood Episcopal Church-Iglesia Santa Cruz, located at 715 West 179th Street, in New York City. The performance is free and open to the public. Donations are welcome and appreciated.
BALAM Dance Theatre (BALAM), a New York City based ensemble dance company that has performed throughout the world, presents the new program, Broadway Meets Baroque in Washington Heights, today, October 18, 3:00 p.m., at Holyrood Episcopal Church-Iglesia Santa Cruz, located at 715 West 179th Street, in New York City. The performance is free and open to the public. Donations are welcome and appreciated.
Below, check out quotables from NBC's THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON, October 6-10.
