THE RAILROAD PLAYHOUSE (RRP) presents the Box Car Play Series First Annual One Act Festival featuring all three RRP playwrights in residence, Alex Goldberg, Ashlin Halfnight, and Louise Schwartz, directed by Seth Soloway and James Phillips. The One Act Festival will play a limited engagement at the Railroad Playhouse (27 South Water Street, Newburgh, NY).). Performances begin today, May 11 and continue through Saturday, May 19.
Philip Glass, one of America's most esteemed composers, will be the subject of a remix project due October 23 on Orange Mountain Music. The idea for the record came together during a conversation between Philip and his friend and new collaborator Beck. The pair recruited producer Hector Castillo (David Bowie, Bjork, Lou Reed) to help assemble a collection of remixes of Glass' works by a list of critically acclaimed artists including Beck himself, Tyondai Braxton, Amon Tobin, Cornelius, Johann Johannsson, Nosaj Thing, Memory Tapes, Silver Alert and many others.
Award-winning chef Gordon Ramsay, restaurateur Joe Bastianich and acclaimed chef Graham Elliot return for Season Three of the culinary smash hit MASTERCHEF with a two-night season premiere event on Monday, June 4 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) and Tuesday, June 5 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX.
The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust presents An Evening with Yanni tonight, May 9, 2012, at 8:00 p.m., at the Benedum Center. This concert is part of the Cohen & Grigsby Trust Presents series. In 2012, Yanni brings his tour to North America, followed by a South American tour in the fall, and a multi-city tour of China in 2013. The concert will feature Yanni and his world-class musicians and vocalists performing many selections from his extensive music career.
Empatados en número de nominaciones, 'El Rey León' y 'Más de 100 Mentiras' parten en la carrera de los Premios Teatro Musical 2012 con un total de 13 nominaciones. Le siguen muy de cerca 'Forever Young' con 9 nominaciones, y 'La Barraca del Zurdo' y 'Érase Una Vez' con 6.
The All Stars Project Groundbreakers Awards will be presented to Katori Hall, Broadway playwright, for her work in helping to open doors for new voices in the American theatre and Woodie King, Jr., Founder and Producing Director, New Federal Theatre for his pioneering efforts and outstanding accomplishments in Black theatre.
Goodman Theatre and Teatro Vista team up for their second world-premiere production with Fish Men, Puerto Rican playwright Candido Tirado's new comedic drama about a group of urban chess hustlers drawn together by a shared need to overcome their individual demons. Edward Torres, Artistic Director of Teatro Vista, makes his Goodman directorial debut with this second play of a three-year producing partnership between the Goodman and Teatro Vista, Chicago's first and largest not-for-profit professional Latino theater company. Fish Men runs through tonight, May 6, 2012, in the Goodman's Owen Theatre.
This Cinco de Mayo, boxing superstar and seven-time World Champion Floyd "Money" Mayweather will take on current WBA Super Welterweight World Champion Miguel Cotto in the big screen event, Ring Kings: Mayweather vs. Cotto Fight Live tonight, May 5 at 9:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. PT. Broadcast in high definition to nearly 440 movie theaters nationwide from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, the highly anticipated match-up will give fans a ringside seat as Mayweather steps up in weight to challenge Cotto for the super welterweight championship. Also featured on this blockbuster card, will be young superstar Canelo Alvarez facing six-time World Champion Sugar Shane Mosley.
INTERIM WRITERS presents “Have You Read? May,' an evening of short staged readings tonight, May 4, 7:30pm at The Democracy Center, 45 Mount Auburn Street, Harvard Square, Boston.
The All Stars Project Groundbreakers Awards will be presented to Katori Hall, Broadway playwright, for her work in helping to open doors for new voices in the American theatre and Woodie King, Jr., Founder and Producing Director, New Federal Theatre for his pioneering efforts and outstanding accomplishments in Black theatre.
The Castillo Theatre presents alumni from its youth theatre, Youth Onstage! in Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare under the direction of Craig Pattison, for only 6 performances, the last of which is tonight, April 29.
Join Dolores Huerta tonight, April 29, 2012 to celebrate her 82nd birthday at La Plaza de Cultura y Artes in downtown Los Angeles for an afternoon of performances, networking, food, live music, and dancing. Dolores Huerta 82nd Birthday Celebration & Foundation Fundraiser - A Zoot Suit Tardeada!
YANNI, music's true world citizen and most popular contemporary composer, is coming to the Fabulous Fox Theatre for one night only tonight, April 29 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are on sale now through MetroTix and are $84.50, $74.50, $64.50 & $49.50. All prices subject to change.
Take a behind-the-scenes look at the actors after their opening night, April 19, performance of HAIRSPRAY, which recently opened at the Drury Lane Theatre in Chicago. Check out the video below!
THE RAILROAD PLAYHOUSE (RRP) will present the Box Car Play Series First Annual One Act Festival featuring all three RRP playwrights in residence, Alex Goldberg, Ashlin Halfnight, and Louise Schwartz, directed by Seth Soloway and James Phillips. The One Act Festival will play a limited engagement at the Railroad Playhouse (27 South Water Street, Newburgh, NY).). Performances begin Friday, May 11 and continue through Saturday, May 19.
Please join Dolores Huerta on April 29, 2012 to celebrate her 82nd birthday at La Plaza de Cultura y Artes in downtown Los Angeles for an afternoon of performances, networking, food, live music, and dancing. Dolores Huerta 82nd Birthday Celebration & Foundation Fundraiser - A Zoot Suit Tardeada!
Due to popular demand, the Castillo Theatre is re-opening Sally and Tom (The American Way), seven performances have been added: April 20, 21, 28, 29; May 4, 5, 6.
Fred Newman and Annie Roboff's musical revival, Sally and Tom (The American Way) examines the 30-year relationship between Thomas Jefferson and his slave Sally Hemings, a relationship that produced six children and embodies the wrenching conflict between democracy and slavery, and its legacy of racism that continues to shape America to this day. In this polarizing presidential election year, the meaning of "the American way" is itself being hotly contested.
The Castillo Theatre will be presenting alumni from its youth theatre, Youth Onstage! in Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare under the direction of Craig Pattison, for only 6 performances: April 20 - 29.
HAIRSPRAY, the Tony Award-winning musical, opens tonight at Drury Lane Theatre, 100 Drury Lane, and runs through June 17, 2012. Check out production photos of the cast below!
