Japan Society proudly welcomes renowned puppet artist Basil Twist with the return of his critically acclaimed, award-winning Dogugaeshi as Japan Society's Performing Arts Program commences its 60th Anniversary season: Japan, the U.S. & Beyond!. A limited engagement, 7 performances only, plays September 18-22 at Japan Society (333 East 47th Street).
The critically acclaimed international dance production BALLROOM WITH A TWIST plays The Patchogue Theatre for one week only, today, Aug. 13-18.
From tonight, Aug. 8 - Sept. 1, Chenango River Theatre will be one of the first theatres in the country to present the new version of Ring of Fire, The Music of Johnny Cash (co-produced by The Raymond Corporation). Just updated this spring at Milwaukee Rep Theatre - a company well known for creating highly successful 'jukebox musicals' - the show is a living portrait of the Man in Black and features the iconic songbook of Johnny Cash in a unique musical about love and faith, struggle and success, rowdiness and redemption, and home and family.
Casting for American Ballet Theatre's 2013 Fall Season at the David H. Koch Theater was announced today by Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie.
From Aug. 8 - Sept. 1, Chenango River Theatre will be one of the first theatres in the country to present the new version of Ring of Fire, The Music of Johnny Cash (co-produced by The Raymond Corporation). Just updated this spring at Milwaukee Rep Theatre - a company well known for creating highly successful 'jukebox musicals' - the show is a living portrait of the Man in Black and features the iconic songbook of Johnny Cash in a unique musical about love and faith, struggle and success, rowdiness and redemption, and home and family.
Congratulations to the 2013-2014 Gibney Dance Center (GDC) DiP Resident Artists: (pictured above clockwise from left) Dean Moss, Lance Gries,RoseAnne Spradlin, and Jon Kinzel. Each artist will receive three weeks of continuous rehearsal space, access to an adjacent production office, and a menu of staff support and resource options as part of the DiP program for mid-career, New York City-based dance artists.
Final performances for American Ballet Theatre's New York Summer Intensive Program are scheduled for today, July 26, 2013 at 12 P.M. and 4 P.M. at Frank Sinatra School of the Arts in Astoria, New York. The performances mark the conclusion of ABT's 18th annual New York Summer Intensive, a five-week training program for dancers ages 12 to 22.
Horse Trade Theater Group will present Less Than Rent Theatre's World Premiere of Ben Diserens' BECKETT IN BENGHAZI, today, July 25-August 10 at UNDER St. Marks.
Tickets go on sale this week - including an advance discount offer exclusively via Facebook - for the Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) New York premiere production of MR. BURNS, A POST-ELECTRIC PLAY, a new play by Anne Washburn (The Internationalist), with music by Obie Award winner Michael Friedman (Saved at PH; Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson; the currentLoves' Labours Lost at Shakespeare in the Park). Directed by Obie Award winner Steve Cosson (Gone Missing, This Beautiful City, founding Artistic Director of The Civilians), MR. BURNS will be presented as the first production of the theater company's upcoming 2013/2014 Season.
Choreographed by ABC-Television's 'Dancing with the Stars' Emmy nominated Louis van Amstel, the Patchogue engagement features 'Dancing with the Stars' celebrity pros Valentin Chmerkovskiy, Peta Murgatroyd, Anna Trebunskaya and Tristan MacManus; 'So You Think You Can Dance' finalists Jonathan 'Legacy' Perez, Jonathan Platero, Randi Lynn Strong and Jaymz Tuaileva; and 'American Idol' finalists Gina Glocksen and Von Smith.
The Jewish Museum presents Pictures Party tonight, July 18 from 8pm to 11pm. Partygoers will dance to music from punk to pop at a 1980s-inspired night with the post-punk band People at Parties and a DJ set by Tanlines. This entertaining evening is part of The Wind Up, a popular series of after-hours events with art, music, performance, drinks, and socializing , and is inspired by the Museum's current exhibition, Jack Goldstein × 10,000. Attendees will also enjoy guided tours of Jack Goldstein × 10,000 at 8:30pm and 9:30pm; interactive art making; refreshing summer treats; and an open bar with beer and wine. Beer courtesy of Shmaltz Brewing Company.
Lehman Center for the Performing Arts is proud to present the legendary singer ISMAEL MIRANDA: UNA VIDA DE SALSA, with special guests ANDY MONTAÑEZ and PAQUITO GUZMÁN onSaturday, August 17th, 2013 at 8pm. Produced by Lehman Center and Jose Raposo.
Rain will soon shower on the Patchogue stage, as “Singin' in the Rain” prepares to open at the Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts, July 24-Aug. 10.
Final performances for American Ballet Theatre's New York Summer Intensive Program are scheduled for Friday, July 26, 2013 at 12 P.M. and 4 P.M. at Frank Sinatra School of the Arts in Astoria, New York. The performances mark the conclusion of ABT's 18th annual New York Summer Intensive, a five-week training program for dancers ages 12 to 22.
The Jewish Museum presents Pictures Party on Thursday, July 18 from 8pm to 11pm. Partygoers will dance to music from punk to pop at a 1980s-inspired night with the post-punk band People at Parties and a DJ set by Tanlines. This entertaining evening is part of The Wind Up, a popular series of after-hours events with art, music, performance, drinks, and socializing , and is inspired by the Museum's current exhibition, Jack Goldstein × 10,000. Attendees will also enjoy guided tours of Jack Goldstein × 10,000 at 8:30pm and 9:30pm; interactive art making; refreshing summer treats; and an open bar with beer and wine. Beer courtesy of Shmaltz Brewing Company.
Partygoers will dance to music from punk to pop at a 1980s-inspired night with the post-punk band People at Parties and a DJ set by Tanlines.
Look up, look down, look all around, and you'll find puppets in Long Island neighborhoods this summer! Audiences across Long Island will see innovative and exciting performances celebrating all puppetry genres as the 'Puppets Take Long Island' Festival launches at the Garden City-based Long Island Children's Museum and Goat on a Boat Puppet Theatre in Sag Harbor. The Festival offers a variety of performances, events, exhibitions and workshops from today, July 8-August 31.
Look up, look down, look all around, and you'll find puppets in Long Island neighborhoods this summer! Audiences across Long Island will see innovative and exciting performances celebrating all puppetry genres as the 'Puppets Take Long Island' Festival launches at the Garden City-based Long Island Children's Museum and Goat on a Boat Puppet Theatre in Sag Harbor. The Festival offers a variety of performances, events, exhibitions and workshops from July 8-August 31.
BRIDGING THE GAP: A traveling group exhibition featuring 50 artworks representing 40 artists from Queens, New York. This multi-venue show, curated by LIC Artists, Inc (Long Island City Artists) and Amy Winter, Director Godwin-Ternbach Museum, in collaboration with Flushing Town Hall, reaches out to the varied communities near LaGuardia Community College, Flushing Town Hall, and Queensborough Community College, to highlight and showcase the broad diversity and creativity of Queens' artists.
Hazmat Modine will kick off The Jewish Museum's popular SummerNights series with tonight's June 27 concert beginning at 7:30 pm.
