Cathy Richardson News

Theatre Communications Group has announced that the 2023 TCG Gala: Our Stories will be held on Monday, January 9, 2023, at The Edison Ballroom in New York City. The Gala will honor Samuel L. Jackson and LaTanya Richardson Jackson and will include festive performances, inspiring speakers, and a celebratory dinner.

Cathy Weis Projects will present two Sundays on Broadway events in December. The evenings will feature new and in-progress works by choreographers Scott Heron, Daniel Lepkoff and Sakura Shimada, Jodi Melnick with Maya Lee-Parritz, Anat Shamgar, and Cathy Weis.

LaTanya Richardson Jackson appeared on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon last night to discuss directing The Piano Lesson on Broadway. During the interview, Jackson discussed what she hopes audiences take away from the play after they see it. Watch the new video interview now!

Declared 'The Hottest Family Show in Town' by Broadway World, Paddington Gets in a Jam faithfully brings the world's favorite bear to the stage for the very first time with a new adventure inspired by Michael Bond's wonderful book series. This critically acclaimed production plays two performances only next Saturday, October 29 at 11 AM and 2 PM.

Sundays on Broadway presents a daylong screening of 10 films from 9 Evenings: Theatre & Engineering, on Sunday, November 13. The program, organized by Julie Martin and Cathy Weis, runs from 10:30am to 6pm, and will be followed by a panel discussion.

The RCAS Members Show will be on exhibit from September 28-October 30, 2022 in the Eisemann Center's Forrest & Virginia Green Mezzanine Gallery.

Doug Jones has returned as Billy Butcherson for Hocus Pocus 2 and joining him in the film is Sam Richardson, who plays the new character of Gilbert. Watch BroadwayWorld's new video interview with Jones and Richardson as they discuss what to expect from the new and returning characters, Hocus Pocus' die-hard fans, the film's legacy, and more.

Samuel L. Jackson appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to discuss returning to Broadway in The Piano Lesson. Jackson also discussed having his wife, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, as the director of the new revival, praising her new vision for the production. Watch the new video interview now!

Everyone's favorite accident-prone bear is headed to the Charles W. Eisemann Center's Bank of America Theatre this October!

Stephen Byrd & Alia Jones-Harvey’s Front Row Productions Fellowship, in association with Columbia University School of the Arts, named Lamar Richardson as the 2022 Front Row Productions Fellow.

The marquee for the first Broadway revival of August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson, which comes more than 30 years after the seminal, Pulitzer Prize-winning drama’s premiere, is now up at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre for its 17-week engagement.

The Hermitage Artist Retreat recently announced its 2022-2023 Curatorial Council, comprised of distinguished national arts leaders spanning the fields of theater, music, visual art, literature, and arts education.

Red Richardson is one of Britain's best up-and-coming comedians. In 2017 he and pop sensation Ollie Murrs (amongst others) were caught in a major police incident. Red found himself cowering under a desk, questioning his life choices and point blank refusing to 'mark himself as safe'.

Opera Orlando's hot soprano summer continues to sizzle on August 21 at the University Club of Winter Park. Soprano Kyaunnee Richardson and pianist Chevalier Lovett present A STAR TURN: from opera to broadway, an exciting line-up of arias and showtunes guaranteed to thrill and delight the summer concert crowd.

Listen to Sorcha Richardson's latest single “Shark Eyes.” Simmering with melancholic longing, “Shark Eyes” is relentless and haunting; an achingly honest exploration of experiencing a relationship with an elusive lover. The track is lyrically luminous, glowing in the darkness of the yearning production.

One week after the west coast premiere of S. Asher Gelman’s Afterglow opened at the Hudson Theatre, one of the three leads couldn’t go on. Fortunately, understudy Nate Richardson was in the wings ready to tackle the integral role of Alex.

Cathy Weis Projects will present two Sundays on Broadway events in May. The evenings will feature new and in-progress works by seven stellar dance artists. Both events begin at 6pm. $10 suggested donation at the door. WeisAcres is located at 537 Broadway, #3 (between Prince and Spring Streets), in Manhattan.

GRAMMY® Award-winning folk icons Tom Paxton, and Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer (who make music as Cathy & Marcy), have announced their forthcoming live, double album collaboration, ALL NEW. Today, the trio released the project’s first single, “Pete’s Shoulders: The Power Of Song,” a tribute to the legendary Pete Seeger and in honor of his birthday.

Juror Steve Ko has selected 60 works of art from 299 entries for this show, which will be on exhibit from April 27-May 30, 2022, in the Eisemann Center's Forrest & Virginia Green Mezzanine Gallery. The Gala Awards Reception will take place on Sunday, May 8 from 7:00 until 9:00 pm at the Charles W. Eisemann Center for Performing Arts in the Green Mezzanine Gallery, 2351 Performance Dr. in Richardson, Texas 75082.

The New York Irish Center, a hub for culture and community enrichment serving a broad audience from its base in Long Island City, has a busy and varied line-up planned into June.