Japan Society presents a staged reading of Manhood by Japanese playwright Hideto Iwai, led by director Sarah Hughes, taking place Monday, March 26 at 7:30 PM at Japan Society (333 East 47th Street). Manhood marks the 13th installment of the Society's Play Reading Series of contemporary Japanese plays in English translation, introducing topical plays from up-and-coming playwrights in Japan to artists and audiences in the U.S. This event, part of Japan Society's 110th Anniversary Season, aligns with the Spring 2018 Performing Arts focus on deepening the Society's relationship with New York artists.
Acorn Productions, producers of the Naked Shakespeare series, presents "Apocrypha," an evening that brings to life selection from plays that have been newly discovered to have Shakespeare's words in them. In this combination presentation and performance, audience members will have the chance to decide for themselves whether they agree with scholars that these pieces were written by the Bard. Although most people consider the 36 plays published in the First Folio to be Shakespeare's body of work, new computer programs have been able to identify language in several other plays that appear to be also authored either fully or in part by Shakespeare. The evening highlights the nature of Shakespeare's writing process, as well as bringing to life scenes and soliloquies from four plays, which are now considered to include many sections written by Shakespeare.
Theater League's national tour of 'A Chorus Line' features a stellar cast, fabulous singing and dancing, but above all, the rock solid directing by Baayork Lee, the original Connie, who has ensured that Michael Bennett's original conception from over 40 years ago remains the same as he intended, as if Lee were encasing the show in amber.
Bid to win the chance for you and a lucky guest to meet the legendary singer, Celine Dion, with 2 front orchestra seats to see her live at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.
Pretty Little Liars actor Keegan Allen has a new photo essay collection coming out April 24, 2018 from St. Martin's Press. His first photo essay collection, life.love.beauty, was a best seller when it debuted in 2015 and Hollywood: A Photographic Journey Through Foreverland is set to be as well. The book has taken him five years to compile and shoot.
Louise Jameson played the iconic role of assistant Leela in Doctor Who in the Seventies opposite Tom Baker. She later starred in Tenko, Bergerac and EastEnders. In a 40-year career, her first love, the theatre, has seen her work with the National Theatre and RSC, amongst others. Now she stars in Philip Ridley's modern classic, Vincent River, currently playing at Park Theatre.
This spring Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre (PBT) joins in international centennial celebrations for choreographer Jerome Robbins and composer Leonard Bernstein with an all-Robbins program featuring three company premieres. "UPMC Presents West Side Story Suite + In the Night + Fancy Free" with the PBT Orchestra takes the stage May 4-6, at the Benedum Center.
In May of 2017, native Staten Islander, Julio Vincent Gambuto, launched Borough Five Pictures, a new independent film and television production company, based in Los Angeles and New York City. Borough Five Pictures is preparing for its first feature film production, TEAM MARCO. The first feature film is part of a 5-year commitment to produce and direct in the greenest borough of New York City, Staten Island. On Thursday, March 29, 2018 from 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM, Borough Five Pictures is hosting an exclusive reading and Q&A with several cast members and award-winning Director, Julio Vincent Gambuto at the historic St. George Theatre (35 Hyatt St, Staten Island, NY 10301). For more information, please RSVP to events@boroughfivepictures.com by March 23, 2018.
It's like Choi peered down into the lives of Sam and Penny, pulled out a few months of their life, and shared them with the world. Sam and Penny are so awkward, and feel so very, very human. A good portion of the book is told through texting because of their unusual relationship and that text-speak feels so realistic. It talks about mundane things such as the love of Pringles and whether or not Harry Potter should be re-read and whether a documentary about the life of a cat would be a good idea or not. The texts are a mix of fantastic grammar and the everyday way we send things without capitalization or periods. Sometimes, there's even shorthand. The shorthand is minimal, though, which makes it so much easier to read and get through. Especially since Penny is a writer and prefers to write with grammar, which Sam picks up on right away, and he starts spelling things out much more with her! I'm not a huge epistolary reader and struggle to get through books with texts, emails, letters, etc. EMERGENCY CONTACT used it so naturally that I didn't have that problem this time around and felt it only enhanced the relationship between the two.
Long Wharf Theatre (Joshua Borenstein, Managing Director) announces its 54th season, a series of relevant and exciting plays by contemporary writers that explore compelling themes in a profoundly empathetic and poetic way.
People Show 130: The Last Straw features an anonymous man and woman trying to pin down facts, any facts. Imprisoned by the bombardment of modern media and sheltering from disaster, they are forced to guess at what might be true in a world of fake news. Inspired by the very real communications overload we face on a daily basis, this is a visually arresting, tongue-in-cheek look at how to survive with your sanity intact. With the facts lying shredded on the floor around us, where should we focus and how do we know what's true?
Madison Square Park Conservancy is proud to announce the opening of its thirty-fifth exhibition, Whiteout by artist Erwin Redl. The project features a luminous white carpet of LED lights across Madison Square Park's central Oval Lawn, on view from November 16, 2017 through March 25, 2018.
Steppenwolf's LookOut series is proud to present The Yard's production of columbinus by the United States Theatre Project, written by Stephen Karam and PJ Paparelli. Directed by Mechelle Moe and performed by The Yard's 15 young-person ensemble, columbinus runs Thursday, May 3 - Saturday, May 26 in the 1700 Theatre.
Two musical theatre composers are bringing Broadway magic to Disney Junior for the upcoming series Vampirina! Composers Michael Kooman and Christopher Dimond, who most recently composed Romantics Anonymous, are pulling out all the stops on the Disney Junior animated series, Variety Reports.
New York Live Arts 2018 Live Ideas Gala, co-chaired by Slobodan Randjelovi? and Jon Stryker and Ruth and Stephen Hendel and hosted by award-winning performer and playwright Anna Deavere Smith, pays tribute to Live Arts' annual Live Ideas Festival. The Gala will take place at Irving Plaza, 17 Irving Place, New York City on Monday, April 16, starting with a cocktail reception at 6:30pm and followed by the dinner and program at 7:15pm.
Highly acclaimed London quartet The King's Parade have revealed the video for their latest single 'Woman', which takes aim at the issues of gender inequality prevalent in today's society.
European curator and POP Austin International Art Show Co-Founder Lana Carlson announces 'SX ART POP UP' - a very special Collectors Preview and Reception at the Penthouse of Hilton Residency at 555 E. Fifth St., Austin, Texas 78701, tomorrow, Thursday, March 15 and Friday, March 16. This unique preview will give visiting and local fine art lovers and dealers the opportunity to experience contemporary art and design objects of highly revered artists spanning from Austin to Dallas and Las Vegas to Brighton. There will be a VIP, invite-only reception on Thursday, March 15 that will include a preview for special guests, collectors and SXSW Art Advisory Board members from 6 - 7 p.m. followed by the general reception from 7 - 11 p.m.
Dr. John Fyer is a seminal but little-known LGBT civil rights pioneer and is memorialized in the play 217 Boxes of Dr. Henry Anonymous written and directed by three-time Obie award-winning playwright Ain Gordon. Originally commissioned by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania and underwritten by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, the Pick Up Performance Co(s) production is presented by Equality Forum, a national and international LGBT civil rights organization. It will run May 3 - 9, 2018 atThe Jerome Robbins Theater at the Baryshnikov Arts Center (450 West 37th Street). Tickets are $40 and can be purchased by visiting www.217boxes.com. More details to follow on partner organizations for upcoming nightly talkbacks.
Madison Square Park Conservancy announces its thirty-sixth exhibition, Delirious Matter by artist Diana Al-Hadid. Six new sculptures will be installed across Madison Square Park's central Oval Lawn, peripheral lawns, and northern reflecting pool. Delirious Matter is the artist's first major public art project. It will be on view from May 14, 2018- September 3, 2018.
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