A total of 216 music teachers from 199 cities have been announced as quarterfinalists for the Music Educator Award presented by the Recording Academy® and GRAMMY Museum®. In total, nearly 2,000 initial nominations were submitted. In addition to our quarterfinalists, 91 legacy applicants from 2020 will also be eligible to win the award this year.
An Open Letter has been written to Oliver Dowden, Secretary of State for Culture, from black, Asian, and ethnically diverse theatre artistic directors and cultural leaders. The letter was written to emphasize the importance of protecting representation in the sector.
The Civilians, the award-winning New York-based theater company, presents the ninth annual R&D Group FINDINGS Series.
In its first-ever virtual announcement, Starlight revealed the nominations for the 18th annual Blue Star Awards in a live premiere on Facebook Thursday, May 21. Fifty-three of 54 schools were able to stage their 2019-20 Blue Star Awards musicals throughout the past school year, leading to 179 nominations in 23 categories. On Thursday, hundreds of Blue Star Awards students celebrated the much-anticipated nominations at a safe social distance.
In its first-ever virtual announcement, Starlight revealed the nominations for the 18th annual Blue Star Awards in a live premiere on Facebook Thursday, May 21. Fifty-three of 54 schools were able to stage their 2019-20 Blue Star Awards musicals throughout the past school year, leading to 179 nominations in 23 categories.
Whilst the building is closed following government advice regarding Coronavirus, the Bush Theatre team has continued to work to bring exciting new voices to the UK cultural scene. As part of this work, they are producing a series of monologues commissioned by the Bush Theatre, performed by friends of the theatre.
Bandits on the Run have released a short film to accompany their song, a?oeLove in the Underground,a?? which they call their a?oelove letter to New York City.a?? At a time when New Yorkers - and the rest of the world - are isolated, the film depicts beauty and love with a story told through music and dance.
Livermore Valley Opera is streaming two of its cancelled productions on YouTube, including Zemlinsky's drama, 'A Florentine Tragedy,' and Puccini's 'Gianni Schicchi.'
Dance/NYC has announced digital sessions for this year's 2020 Symposium. Sessions will take place via facebook live and zoom and include an array of artists and business experts addressing the needs of dance workers and organizations in this unprecedented moment for our community.
ArtsEmerson, in collaboration with METCO, Inc. presents the 4th annual Mr. Joy: The Neighborhood Tour a?" a series of free theatre performances of Daniel Beaty's Mr. Joy, a play that explores issues of race and class in America to help us find our common humanity. The experience of seeing this play has proven an excellent catalyst to begin important discussions on race, class and community. Mr. Joy succeeds in inspiring the public to remember the power of empathy and the need to stand up to injustice.
Jarrott Productions is pleased to announce the cast of its next production, Jane Anderson's 'Mother of the Maid.' Directed by Clarissa Smith-Hernandez, the play stars Austin veteran actress Katherine Schroeder as Isabelle, the mother of the Maid; and features newcomer Anna Maria Ward as Joan, along with David R. Jarrott as Joan's father, Jacques, and Christopher Gonzalez as her brother, Pierre; rounding out the cast are Beau Paul as Father Gilbert, and Erin Scialabba as the Lady of the Court.
A unique blend of suspense and humour come together at the Old Mill Theatre this March in an Agatha Christie play parodying the detective thriller genre.
I was delighted to hear that the Oratorio Society of New York's world premiere at Carnegie Hall of SANCTUARY ROAD (Naxos 8.559884)--a work for orchestra, chorus and a quintet of soloists--had been captured on disc. Not only is the story worth bringing to a broader audience, but the magic of the work, composed by Paul Moravec with a libretto by Mark Campbell based on the writings of William Still, “a conductor for the Underground Railroad,' merits hearing over and over again.
The Playwrights Realm (Founding Artistic Director Katherine Kovner and Producing Director Roberta Pereira) will presents the 2020 INK'D Festival of New Plays, showcasing new works by this year's Realm Writing Fellows Tanya Everett, Maya Macdonald, Tasha Gordon-Solmon, and Christopher Reyes (February 24-27). The festival's plays offer vast tonal and stylistic variation while cohering around complex contemplations of structural issues. INK'D has proven to be an indispensable launching pad for the voices driving the future of playwriting. This year's powerful slate continues to introduce audiences to a diversity of fresh perspectives, thereby underscoring theater's potential to expand the possibilities of dramatic storytelling and engage with the world around it.
ActorsNET continues its 24th season January 31 a?' February 16 with Spider's Web a?'London West End's second longest-running Agatha Christie murder mystery.
The wait to watch the sequel of 'Que León' is about to end, because its release date in the United States is approaching. All fans will be able to see and enjoy 'Que Leones' in theaters on Friday, January 24th, 2020. A wonderful opportunity to start the new year, with the best of Spanish-language cinema.
The African & African American Performing Arts Coalition and K*Star*Productions are proud to announce the 16th annual Black Choreographers Festival: Here and Now (BCF), which will take place over three consecutive weekends, February 22 a?" March 8, in San Francisco and Oakland. Following the opening at SAFEhouse Arts in San Francisco, the Festival will move to Dance Mission Theater, with the final program at Laney College Theater in Oakland, March 7 a?" 8. All performances begin at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 to $30 and may be purchased online via direct links at bcfhereandnow.com.
Join Live On Stage for Portland's own festival of all new musicals with six brand new 15-minute shows by local playwrights and composers. The festival has been a huge hit for the past three years and performances have been completely sold out.
NiCori Teen Performance Ensemble will perform the Musical Little Women, the Broadway Musical at the Bloomfield Presbyterian Church on the Green in Bloomfield, NJ.
Wheelock Family Theatre at Boston University (WFT@BU) announces their winter production, Little Women, the Broadway Musical. Book by Allan Knee (The Man Who Created 'Peter Pan'), Music by Jason Howland, Lyrics by Mindi Dickstein (Toy Story: The Musical) and based on the classic novel by Massachusetts author Louisa May Alcott. Little Women, the Broadway Musical brings to life the beloved tale of Jo March, the trailblazing young writer who tells her family's story. Recommended for ages 7+.
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