Today we learn all about Alvin Ailey- a dancer, director, choreographer, and activist who is perhaps best known for founding the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (AAADT). His work fused theater, modern dance, ballet, and jazz with black vernacular, creating hope-fueled choreography that continues to spread global awareness of black life in America.
On Tuesday, February 23 at 7 p.m., renowned radio host and bestselling author, Diane Rehm returns to The Music Hall's virtual stage as part of the Writers on a New England Stage series, now being presented in an intimate, online format.
Today's top stories: New York Theatre Workshop's 2021 gala to celebrate RENT, Jessica Vosk performs with Seth Rudetsky, Chita Rivera, Bebe Neuwirth and more perform 'All That Jazz' for the Save Birdland benefit, and more!
Notables from President Bill Clinton and Whoopi Goldberg to musicians Wynton Marsalis and Sting joined together on Sunday, Jan 24th to 'Save Birdland'.
Notables from President Bill Clinton and Whoopi Goldberg to musicians Wynton Marsalis and Sting joined together on Sunday, Jan 24th to “Save Birdland”. During the fundraising concert the Broadway community was treated to “All That Jazz” starring the original Velmas of Chicago, Chita Rivera and Bebe Neuwirth.
The fundraising campaign for Birdland Jazz Club will conclude on January 24th with a free streaming concert titled Save Birdland: A Celebration of Music, History and Community.
DCPA Off-Center and the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver are once again breaking the mold. Following a popular online summer series, the partners will present Mixed Taste: Still At Home, a miniseries of its popular lectures to online audiences — February 17, February 24 and March 3.
And the hits just keep on coming!
The fundraising campaign for Birdland Jazz Club will conclude on January 24th with a free streaming concert titled Save Birdland: A Celebration of Music, History and Community.
Gianni Valenti, Jim Caruso and Tom D'Angora go into overtime trying to save Birdland from closure.
Former President Bill Clinton, Tony Award-winner Leslie Odom, Jr., Tony-nominee Jeff Daniels, Clive Davis, Elvis Costello, and more have signed on for a concert fundraiser to save iconic New York venue Birdland.
Broadway Actress and Opera Songstress N'Kenge will return to the Alpine Theatre Project's Yuletide Holiday Affair. The popular concert returns after 16 years of sold-out shows, ATP's most popular concert of the year is spreading its egg nog all over the internet.
Last night, nonprofit Girls Inc. brought together committed supporters, changemakers, old and new friends to celebrate the leadership and potential of women and girls. A star-studded lineup of powerful women shared stories of dreaming big, breaking down barriers, and creating new opportunities for a new generation of leaders.
With their first audio effort, Kings, Studio demonstrates the versatility of Studio’s roster of actors and sound designers. Director Marti Lyons, already a Helen Hayes award winner, establishes her chops in a purely audio medium, and demonstrates the theatre community’s ability to turn on a dime and produce a classic form of entertainment as if they were to the manner born. Stuff like this is truly heartening.
Unifying global superstar Dennis Quaid released “Friends,' a song meant to unify and celebrate individuality, ethnicity and heritage as this tumultuous year comes to an end.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s holiday virtual season Ailey Forward celebrating six decades of Revelations will launch on Wednesday, December 2 at 7:30pm ET with a “Revelations Reimagined” Opening Night Virtual Benefit.
For the first time in twelve years, Americans were being served by a president who fully supported The Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision when the pseudonymed playwright Jane Martin's 1994 Pulitzer finalist KEELY AND DU premiered.
Edie Falco, Jim Gaffigan, Rosie O’Donnell, Zachary Levi, Sarah Paulson, and Bob Saget sat down with people living with cancer for The Creative Coalition’s Fantasy Talk Show, a one-night-only special charity event that brought together patients living with glioblastoma, a rare and aggressive form of brain cancer, with their favorite celebrities.
The elegant evening event will be generously supported by Presenting Sponsor Gilead Sciences Inc., and Diamond Sponsor BVLGARI.
For her second recording on the Analekta label, On the Rock, superstar cellist and five-time Juno Award winner Ofra Harnoy was inspired to celebrate the sounds and spirit of Newfoundland.
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