Arlington News

Tony Award winners Tommy Tune and Ben Vereen will join theatrical icon Chita Rivera in a spectacular benefit concert honoring and starring Rivera as she celebrates her 80th birthday. Chita: A Legendary Celebration will play the August Wilson Theatre (245 West 52 Street, New York City) at 8 pm on Monday, October 7, 2013. The one-night-only performance will be produced by and benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

ARLINGTON, Va., Sept. 16, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ The Air Force Sergeants Association and the Air Force Association will co-host a POW/MIA Recognition Day ceremony at 9 a.m. on Friday, September 20, 2013, at the Air Force Memorial.

AOP (American Opera Projects) and The Phoenix Concerts will co-produce 'AOP25: Celebrating Composers & the Voice,' a concert featuring the work of composers and librettists from AOP's C&V (Composers & the Voice) program, an annual fellowship that trains composers to write for the operatic voice. The concert will take place Friday, October 11 at 8PM at the Church of Saint Matthew and Saint Timothy: 26 West 84th Street, New York City.

Broward Cultural Division encourages all college-bound high school students interested in pursuing undergraduate and graduate studies in the areas of music, dance, theater, visual arts, graphic design and other related disciplines, to attend the National Association for College Admission Counseling's (NACAC) Fort Lauderdale Performing and Visual Arts College Fair. This must-attend event for all college bound 'artists' is to be held on Monday, September 30, 2013 at the Greater Fort Lauderdale/Broward County Convention Center in Fort Lauderdale, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Admission is FREE and open to the public.

Tal National will throw an all-night, Afropop party for their first international release, Kaani, and on their debut US tour in September 2013.

Hope Operas, DC's only serialized theatre festival, returns this Fall with five BRAND NEW SHOWS. Join us Monday nights in October at the Comedy Spot as we present five original plays in ten- to fifteen-minute episodes with the theme Cartoons for Adults/Drunks! Each week, we'll take you from one hilarious cliffhanger to the next. And each show competes for the crowd's support to win top dollar for local charities! Not that you would, but don't worry if you miss a week, at the top of each episode there's a recap of the show so far.

Amphibian Stage Productions today announced casting for its final main stage production of the 2013 season, Death Tax by Lucas Hnath. Georgia Clinton, Stormi Demerson, John Forkner, and Laurel Whitsett will star in this dark comedy, running Thursday, October 17 through Sunday, November 10 at Amphibian's theater at 120 S. Main Street. Rene Moreno will direct the production.

The American Century Theater launches its 18th season to laughter with the Neil Simon comedy, Come Blow Your Horn, directed by Rip Claassen, opening tonight, September 12 and running through October 12 at Gunston Arts Center's Theatre Two in Arlington.

Due to unforseen Visa issues, Tal National's upcoming tour has been delayed. The Niger-based band is working to reschedule the cancelled dates, but at the moment, ticketholders are advised to update their plans regarding the tour.

After sold show out performances in LA and NYC, nationally recognized actor and vocalist Gia Mora will perform her critically acclaimed solo show Einstein's Girl as part of the Autumn Cabaret Festival. The show will play for one night only on Friday, September 20 at 8:00pm at Signature Theatre in Arlington, VA. Signature is located at 4200 Campbell Avenue inside the Village at Shirlington.

Dance Currents presents "One Hundred Years of Modern Dance' on Saturday, September 28, 10AM at the Underground Theater, 7 Medford St., Arlington, Mass., with workshop to follow in Modern Technique/Repertory.

GRACELAND- a film by a Filipino-American Director Ron Morales will be shown at Regent Theatre, 7 Medford Street, Arlington MA, on Sunday, 3 p.m., October 6, 2013. $16 admission. Tickets available in advance at www.barangayfilipino.com/graceland/. Distributed by Drafthouse Films, GRACELAND is a 'lean and breathless thriller' (Complex Magazine) that depicts a desperate man's infinite moral compromises amidst a tale of kidnapping gone horribly wrong. Written and directed by Ron Morales, a Filipino-American filmmaker with degrees in photography from the Parsons School of Design and film from New York University, plus over 40 credits working as a grip and electrician, including Michael Clayton and THE DEPARTED. 'In this unpredictable and tightly-paced thriller, family man Marlon Villar- longtime chauffeur to corrupt Filipino politician Manuel Chango- is faced with an unthinkable predicament when he gets ambushed while driving both his boss's twelve year-old girl and his own daughter home from school one afternoon. In the chaos of the kidnapping attempt, things go horribly awry and Marlon's daughter is taken and held for ransom instead. Desperate to save his daughter, Marlon must navigate the conflicting motives between the ruthless kidnappers, untrustworthy Chango and determined detectives eager to name him a suspect without letting on the wrong girl was taken hostage. As events progress wildly unaccording to plan, Marlon, Chango and their families are forced into a rapid downward spiral of deceit and betrayal that will leave no one innocent.' - Drafhouse Films Cast: Arnold Reyes, Menggie Cobarrubias, Dido De La Paz, Leon Miguel, Ella Guevara, Marife Necesito, Patricia Gayod. Producers: Rebecca Lundgren, Sam Rider The film screening is a fundraising event to benefit Typhoon Pablo victims in the Philippine. This event is brought to the general public by Barangay Filipino in New England, BABL League and Friends. Sponsored by Keyks, Chameleon Tattoo & Body Piercing, and Am-Phil Equipment and Logistics LLC.

Multiple award winning recording and performance artist, Rev Roger Anthony Yolanda Mapes, brings his gender bending celebration of old time Southern gospel and country gospel music to Unity Center, 3 Main Street, 2nd Floor, Norwalk, CT 06851, tonight, September 7th at 8:00 pm.

New Repertory Theatre announces its 30th season opening play THE ELEPHANT MAN by Bernard Pomerance, tonight, September 7 through 29, 2013. Directed by Jim Petosa, THE ELEPHANT MAN performs in the Charles Mosesian Theater at the Arsenal Center for the Arts, 321 Arsenal Street, in Watertown, MA.

Buffalo Theatre Ensemble (BTE) presents the first work of its 2013 - 2014 Season, Ken Ludwig's 'Leading Ladies,' directed by BTE Ensemble member Kurt Naebig, in the Building K Theatre at the College of DuPage 425 Fawell Blvd., Glen Ellyn, Ill. tonight, Sept. 6 - 22. A preview will be held Thursday Sept. 5. Press opening is Friday, Sept. 6, 8 p.m. Single tickets go on sale Wednesday, August 14.

YouTube and NBC Sing-Off sensations, Pentatonix, will delight UConn Family Weekend audiences in two shows at Jorgensen on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2013, after judging a campus and regional high school a cappella competition Friday night. And for a real a cappella a pportunity, the winning group from each division will open for Pentatonix on Jorgensen's stage for both Saturday shows, 7 and 9:30 p.m.

Tickets to the Vineyard Theatre's world premiere production of the musical THE LANDING -- with book and lyrics by Greg Pierce, music by John Kander and directed by Walter Bobbie -- will go on sale to the general public today, Wednesday, September 4 at 1 p.m. THE LANDING begins previews at The Vineyard (108 E. 15 St.) on October 3 prior to an official opening night on October 23.

Building on Delta's substantial investment at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport Terminal 4 and the success of investments at Delta's Terminal D and Terminal C in New York's LaGuardia Airport, Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) is launching a new chef-driven food and beverage program at JFK Terminal 2.

NBC Sports Group rolls out the new Sunday Night Football bus this week with stops in North Texas, prior to the Giants-Cowboys SNF opener on Sept. 8.

WaterTower Theatre Producing Artistic Director Terry Martin today announced the directors for the Company's 2013-2014 Main Stage season at the Addison Theatre Centre. Directing the season opener, Hank Williams: Lost Highway (October 11-November 3, 2013) will be Michael Serrecchia. The Game's Afoot (or Holmes for the Holidays) (December 13- January 5, 2014) will be directed by Robin Armstrong. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (January 24-February 16, 2014) will be directed by Emily Scott Banks. Spunk (April 11-May 4, 2014) will be directed by Akin Babatunde.Good People (June 6-29, 2014) will be directed by Rene Moreno and Dogfight (July 25-August 17, 2014) will be directed by Terry Martin.