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Asia Society announces that Tony Award-winning star of Law & Order: SVU, BD Wong will lead the cast of a staged concert of 'Heading East', a Richard RodgersDevelopment Award-winning musical by Robert Lee and Leon Ko. Performances will be held in the Lila Acheson Wallace Auditorium at Asia Society. Asia Society will benefit from the proceeds of the event, which is co-produced by Andrew Asnes and directed by Darren Lee.
Greater New York, the third iteration of the quintennial exhibition organized by MoMA PS1 and The Museum of Modern Art, showcasing some 68 artists and collectives living and working in the metropolitan New York area, will open at MoMA PS1 on May 23 and run through October 18, 2010.
Following Time Out Critics' Choice at the White Bear Theatre and a transfer to Oval House, Good Night Out will close its new re-imagined production of Daniel Reitz's STUDIES FOR A PORTRAIT after an eight-week run at the King's Head Theatre, May 23rd.
Andrew Clements' award-winning story, Frindle, will end its run at the Coterie Theatre in Crown Center May 23. The humorous story follows Nick, a very creative student, and his discovery into the power of words. Due to the popularity of Frindle, run dates have been extended from the originally published performances.
Legendary performance artist Penny Arcade will present her first 'Greatest Hits' show ever, THE VERY BEST OF PENNY ARCADE for a 4-week limited engagement beginning May 1st at The Laurie Beechman Theatre -- a rare 'uptown' appearance for a performer who has become synonymous with 'downtown art'.
New Yorkers will be able to catch the next Andy Warhol or Sylvia Plath next month when Arts World Financial Center hosts a three-part tribute to current and past winners of The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards.
Actors Theatre will celebrate its 25th season by bringing back one old friend, saying goodbye to another and opening the theatrical door to vibrators, Andy Warhol and 'This.'
Greater New York, the third iteration of the quintennial exhibition organized by MoMA PS1 and The Museum of Modern Art, showcasing some 68 artists and collectives living and working in the metropolitan New York area, will open at MoMA PS1 on May 23 and run through October 18, 2010.
Swim into beach season with the month-long Fish Tales Extravaganza at the Wildlife Conservation Society's (WCS) New York Aquarium every weekend in June.
The 2009-2010 season of Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at the Music Center presents the world premiere of the revival of Merce Cunningham's Roaratorio as part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company's Legacy Tour, a final two-year celebration of Cunningham's lifetime of artistic achievement.
Greater New York, the third iteration of the quintennial exhibition organized by MoMA PS1 and The Museum of Modern Art, showcasing some 68 artists and collectives living and working in the metropolitan New York area, will open at MoMA PS1 on May 23 and run through October 18, 2010.
By using dated, passé, or quasi-extinct stylistic devices, subject matter, and technologies, much contemporary photography and video embodies a melancholic longing for an otherwise unrecuperable past.
Asia Society announces that Tony Award-winning star of Law & Order: SVU, BD Wong will lead the cast of a staged concert of 'Heading East', a Richard RodgersDevelopment Award-winning musical by Robert Lee and Leon Ko. Performances will be held in the Lila Acheson Wallace Auditorium at Asia Society. Asia Society will benefit from the proceeds of the event, which is co-produced by Andrew Asnes and directed by Darren Lee.
Legendary performance artist Penny Arcade will present her first 'Greatest Hits' show ever, THE VERY BEST OF PENNY ARCADE for a 4-week limited engagement beginning May 1st at The Laurie Beechman Theatre -- a rare 'uptown' appearance for a performer who has become synonymous with 'downtown art'.
The Brooklyn Museum's new advance schedule containing capsule information about upcoming exhibitions is now available. And be sure to follow the Brooklyn Museum's Press Office on Twitter at BklynMuseumNews.
One of the most influential street artists of our time, Shepard Fairey will discuss his career and work with Associate Curator of Exhibitions Sharon Matt Atkins on Sunday, April 25 at 3 p.m. at the Brooklyn Museum.
The Dumbo Arts Center (DAC) will end its showing of Battlefields, an exhibition of photographic works by New York based artist, Nebojša Šeri?-Shoba on April 25th. Taken over a 10 year period (from 1999 to 2009), the featured works, documentations of actual battlefields, call into question the autonomy of "place": the disparity that exists between historical events and the geographic locations in which they occur. Apart from the occasional historic marker or didactic memorial plaque, little visual evidence remains to distinguish one site from another, a disconnect that evokes the transient nature of history, the arbitrary lines of the battlefield and the universality of the theaters of war.
The Dumbo Arts Center (DAC) is pleased to present Battlefields, an exhibition of photographic works by New York based artist, Nebojša Šeric-Shoba. Taken over a 10 year period (from 1999 to 2009), the featured works, documentations of actual battlefields, call into question the autonomy of 'place': the disparity that exists between historical events and the geographic locations in which they occur. Apart from the occasional historic marker or didactic memorial plaque, little visual evidence remains to distinguish one site from another, a disconnect that evokes the transient nature of history, the arbitrary lines of the battlefield and the universality of the theaters of war.
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