The American Playwriting Foundation and Building for the Arts have announced that submissions for the Relentless Musical Award are now open and will close on March 1, 2022. The creators of the winning submission will receive $65,000, the largest cash prize in American theater presented to an unproduced work. There is no fee to apply.
Commissioned by The Shed, Anonymous Club, led by designer and creative director Shayne Oliver, presents HEADLESS: The Demonstration, a three-night live exhibition spanning music, fashion, and performance in The Shed's Griffin Theater on February 10, 11, and 12 during New York Fashion Week.
he December Go Try PlayWrite winner is Lee Tonouchi for his play SNOWPOCALYPSE NOW. The contest prompt was: For some reason, it snows everywhere on the islands of Hawai'i for a single day. Write a scene arising from this snow day (10 page maximum).
The Johnson Hall Performing Arts Center has received an anonymous donation of up to $500,000. The Gardiner theatre will use the money to help complete a renovation project. This is a matching gift donation, which means the donor will match any money donated by the public, up to $500,000.
New England Conservatory has announced their spring 2022 Season. Highlights include NEC Wind Ensemble and Choirs offer a 50th anniversary celebration of the Wind Ensemble by presenting Igor Stravinsky's 'Symphony of Psalms,' and the world premiere commission of Chris Brubeck's first wind ensemble piece, 'Fifty'.
Just recently, I had the pleasure of interviewing editor Eric Litman about his newest series, The Hot Zone: Anthrax. Litman is best known for his work for Marvel on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., as well as Black Sails, Magnum P.I., and Charmed. Currently Eric is an editor on Star Trek: Picard, a continuation of the series Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Through her organization SOSA (Safe from Online Sex Abuse), child advocate Roo Powell has built a team that works in collaboration with law enforcement to detect offenders who prey on unsuspecting kids. This six-part docuseries will give insight into how SOSA works to successfully track down some of the internet’s most dangerous child predators.
Apple TV+ has announced the premiere of “The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey,” the highly anticipated limited series executive produced by and starring Oscar nominated Samuel L. Jackson, and based on the acclaimed novel by best-selling author Walter Mosley, who adapts the story for the screen and serves as executive producer.
Join star and executive producer Hailee Steinfeld, creator, writer, and executive producer Alena Smith, along with the cast and crew of “Dickinson” as they take audiences behind-the-scenes on set, reminisce on their favorite memories together, and say farewell after three incredible seasons. Watch the trailer for the documentary now!
Set in a 1930s European perfumery, She Loves Me follows shop clerks Amalia (Caitlin O’ Brien) and Georg (Adam Wager), who share a contentious working relationship: he thinks she’s stuck up; she thinks he’s arrogant and mean. After both respond to a lonely hearts advertisement in a newspaper, they become captivated by their anonymous pen pals, all the while remaining unaware that the love they seek may be closer than they imagined.
Part of the Next Stage Theatre Festival, The Complex is an audience-led, interactive digital theatre experience inviting participants to share virtual space and directly impact the outcome of the show.
Winners have been announced for the 2021 BroadwayWorld Des Moines Awards. The 2021 Regional Awards honor productions which had their first performance between October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021.
Winners have been announced for the 2021 BroadwayWorld Des Moines Awards. The 2021 Regional Awards honor productions which had their first performance between October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021.
Today, Toronto indie rock collective Broken Social Scene have released “Curse Your Fail”, a track taken from the forthcoming Old Dead Young: B-Sides & Rarities, a career-spanning collection of B-sides, rarities, and outtakes pulled from 20 years of 7-inches, compilations, soundtracks, and hard-to-find releases.
Thanks to a generous donation from an anonymous donor, Go Try PlayWrite contest winners in 2022 will receive a $100.00 check as well as a subscription to Bamboo Ridge Press.
Hosted by Walker Lukens and Zac Catanzaro and in collaboration with NPR affiliate KUT/KUTX radio in Austin, Texas, the new season will launch with an episode featuring an original track from dance-punk group !!! (Chk Chk Chk). Watch the trailer for the new season of the acclaimed podcast here!
Conceived at the height of national quarantine, Set Model Theatre is a documentary series that pulls back the curtain on the creative processes of 15 Philadelphia theatre designers as they work in distanced collaboration on a fantasy production of Shakespeare's King Lear.
Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati will be postponing its remaining 2021-2022 productions by a few weeks out of an abundance of caution and in anticipation of an increase of local COVID cases fueled by the Omicron variant and post-holiday surges.
The world premiere production comes to the Mill Hill Playhouse (205 E. Front Street, Trenton) from February 10 through February 27, 2022. Press are invited to the opening night performance on February 12 at 7:30PM.
New Adventures has just announced that Associate Artist and Tony and Olivier Award Winning designer Lez Brotherston on his Order of the British Empire in The Queen’s New Year Honours 2022 for services to Dance and Theatre.
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