It is always encouraging to hear the stories of Baldwin Wallace University alumni who make it big in the arts field. Oh, and I forgot to list a critical Baldwin Wallace University campus hot tip.
Shoshana Bean has joined the star-studded line up for Maestra Music’s inaugural concert event, Amplify 2021 on Monday, March 29, 2021. Accompanied virtually by Maestras from around the world, Bean will sing an original song with music, lyrics and orchestrations by Maestra member Lynne Shankel (Allegiance) for the finale of the event.
San Francisco Ballet has announced two promotions and the appointment of four apprentices for the 2022 Season. Effective July 1, SF Ballet corps de ballet member Jasmine Jimison is promoted to Soloist and apprentice Olivia Brothers is promoted to the corps de ballet.
Merrimack Repertory Theatre will present the New England premiere of Until the Flood by Pulitzer Prize finalist Dael Orlandersmith from April 17 to May 2 – via video on demand only, according to Nancy L. Donahue Artistic Director Courtney Sale and Executive Director Bonnie J. Butkas.
Tony nominee Ann Hampton Callaway has announced her next live stream concert Great Divas of Broadway! March 28 at 7pm ET. Callaway Hideaway discount packages are being offered two months at a time. You can buy the March and April shows for $40 instead of the full price of $50, then individual March tickets will be $25.
Keen Co Artistic Director Jonathan Silverstein announced new guests for upcoming evenings of the FREE event, Keen After Hours: Heidi Armbruster & Paul Niebanck, who share the distinction of working on the most Keen productions, on April 5th, joining the previously announced Nick Blaemire tonight, March 22nd followed by Dan Domingues on March 29th.
The Next Wave Initiative, a scholarship and development branch of The Directors Company dedicated to future Black Theatre makers, has announced the winners of it's inaugural cycle. All 5 winners will receive financial scholarships ranging from $500- $1,959 towards their undergraduate or MFA education.
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Presented by NewYorkRep in association with Rashad V. Chambers and Five Ohm Productions, the short play series, CivilWrights, will continue with Shot: Caught a Soul. The 30-minute play by Gloria J. Browne-Marshall streams live, Sunday, March 21, 6PM.
Entitled, “A Song for You: An Evening with Darius de Haas” and created especially for the Playhouse, the concert includes songs from the Great American Songbook to Broadway to beloved artists like Nat King Cole and Stevie Wonder. Performances will be held at Bucks County Playhouse on Friday, April 9 and Saturday, April 10 at 8 pm.
Maestra Music, the not-for-profit organization supporting the women who make the music in the musical theater industry, hosts their inaugural Spring concert event, Amplify.
Twenty-four finalists from 10 Arizona communities have been selected for the 40th anniversary Arizona Governor's Arts Awards, which will be presented in a hybrid event beginning at 6 p.m. on March 26 with 10 restaurants across the state participating in the pre-event experience.
Tablespoon Theatre Company in Glasgow, Scotland, is launching six digital productions of original plays, including Allston James's 'Small Time Payback,' for its Potluck Festival, March 26-28.
MRT will return with two new productions – on film – this spring: Dael Orlandersmith’s Until the Flood, based on a series of interviews after Michael Brown was killed by a white police officer in Ferguson, MO, and Rebecca Gilman’s A Woman of the World, an evening with the adventurous woman who introduced Emily Dickinson to America.
For a theater and arts lover, there is just too much to do on campus and too little time. Maybe grad school is the answer. That would also guarantee uninterrupted access to French fries at the Student Union!
Interfaith Action of Central Texas (iACT), an Austin nonprofit which supports the community through interfaith dialogue, service and celebration, announces the 2021 HOPE Awards, taking place Tuesday, April 27 at 6 p.m. via a Zoom livestream.
Cincinnati Black Theatre Artist Collective with Falcon Theatre will present To Be Black, a virtual event featuring scenes and monologues from local Black playwrights that will stream from April 9 to April 14, 2021.
The album was produced by Graham Walsh (Holy f**k) and Born Ruffians and recorded at Baldwin Street Sound in Toronto.
Leicester’s Curve has announced the 16 Midlands theatre-makers and companies who will join the theatre as Curve Resident Creatives. The Curve Resident Creatives will be embedded in the life of the theatre and will be supported by Curve to create new work and develop artistic practice in Leicester.
Elmhurst Ballet School, the school in association with Birmingham Royal Ballet, has announced the following appointments to its Board: Mark Baldwin OBE, award-winning choreographer and director, and visual artist; and Brandon Lawrence, a Birmingham Royal Ballet Principal dancer.
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