BETSY McBRIDE, SIMON WEXLER, PAOLA HARTLEY, and KAREN SCALZITTI-KENNEDY will be members of the guest faculty for the Shreveport Dance Academy's Summer Intensive in Shreveport, Louisiana. Ms. McBride and Mr. Wexler will be teaching from July 27-31, 2020, and Ms. Hartley and Ms. Scalzitti-Kennedy will be teaching from August 3-7, 2020.
The last few months has seen a total shut down in live performances but working and planning for when theatres can open up to audiences has continued behind the scenes. The Everyman is a not for profit charity and 92% of income comes from ticket sales. This was taken away almost overnight which means relying on the remaining 8% of income – a mixture of donations and grants – to fund the entire organisation.
Stephen Mosher continues his ongoing series designed to show Broadway World readers what they are missing in cabaret and who they should see when the clubs reopen.
Many people are turning to online classes to keep up their performance practices while studios are closed. One dance instructor is still teaching her classes via Zoom at 89 years old.
Due to COVID-19, Yale in Hollywood will present its First Annual Spring Jam on-line, live streaming worldwide at 4 pm PST & 7 pm EST on Friday, April 3, 2020 via its newly launched Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/yaleinhollywood/
In response to the growing concern worldwide about the covid-19 pandemic, Cloud21 International and Kultura PR International, producers of the French Riviera Film Festival (FRFF), have announced that the second annual edition of the festival will be rescheduled to June 8 and 9, 2020 with screenings at Laemmle Film Center in Santa Monica, California and exclusive parties and award ceremony at S Bar Brentwood, California.
Yale in Hollywood is proud to present the first annual Spring Jam in Los Angeles. Join us for an evening of music, comedy and performances from Yale alums on Friday April 3 at 8 pm at the Pikey in Los Angeles at 7617 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90046. Free Admission and RSVP via Eventbrite: https://yihspringjam.eventbrite.com
On paper, Le Corsaire emphatically should not work. Based very loosely on the poem Le Corsair, written by Lord Byron, the plot is flimsy and the score is a mash-up of work by ten different composers. However, this revival of Anna-Marie Holmes' 2013 production for English National Ballet actually works on every level and is a wonderful evening of escapism and virtuoso dancing.
We're feeling the Christmas cheer, so we wanted to bring you some amazing deals for London's top shows. All of these productions start at just £20 in our Unbeatable Boxing Day Sale. Great shows at great prices: it's your ticket to the best of London theatre. Merry Christmas, and happy theatregoing!
SIMON WEXLER, former principal dancer of Texas Ballet Theater and former member of American Ballet Theatre, will appear as a guest artist in the Etudes de Ballet's production of The Nutcracker on December 20 and 21, 2019 at the Golden Gate High School Auditorium in Naples, Florida.
As the bells of Notre Dame's cathedral sound in 15th-century Paris, Quasimodo--a captive bell-ringer--escaped his captor to join the Feast of Fools, and is rejected by every reveler except one.
As the bells of Notre Dame's cathedral sound in 15th-century Paris, Quasimodo--a captive bell-ringer--escaped his captor to join the Feast of Fools, and is rejected by every reveler except one.
Boston Ballet Artistic Director Mikko Nissinen announces the 2019a?"2020 season roster. A total of 69 dancers make up the Company roster, with 56 in the main company and 13 in Boston Ballet II (BBII), Boston Ballet's second company.
SMTC has announced its cast for Man of La Mancha, led by guest star Peter Scolari who takes on the role of Don Quixote in Man of LaMancha.
As the bells of Notre Dame's cathedral sound in 15th-century Paris, Quasimodo--a captive bell-ringer--escaped his captor to join the Feast of Fools, and is rejected by every reveler except one.
In the traditional sense, dance, and art-forms alike are put on stage to evoke feeling and emotions from the audience. However what happens, when a Professional Company who gained major popularity from their show stopping performances on America's Got Talent, turn the tables on their dancersartist as well?
As part of BroadwayWorld's expansive coverage of the 73rd Annual Tony Awards, we're bringing you the full text of all of the acceptance speeches; from the emotional to the bizarre, and everything in between. Keep up with all of the winners' speeches on our continuously updated list below.
HONK! Is a musical adaptation of the Hans Christian Anderson story of "The Ugly Duckling". It embodies a message of tolerance and bullying…and as Director Bud Martin suggests in his program notes…'the discourse in our country today is full of bullying, name-calling, racism and anti-immigration". (Provoked by our Narcissist in Chief. My words, not Martin's).
Susan Leckey, recent Major Gifts Officer with One Heartland, has been hired to fill the Director of Development position at the Flynn Center for the Performing Arts.
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