ANNA IN THE TROPICS begins its run with a preview today Thursday, May 26th and runs through Sunday, June 19th. Opening night is Friday, May 27th at 8PM. For more information, visit www.rossvalleyplayers.com.
Actor, Writer, and Spoken Word Poet Gabriela Ortega returns to the Hollywood Fringe festival with the debut of her solo performance Las Garcia, a poignantly funny piece about two women of the same bloodline, fighting to find themselves through love, war, and their innermost desires. Directed by Alex Alpharaoh, Ortega explores what it means to be an independent woman in a dependent world, where conflict is always looming around the corner. Las Garcia begins its run on Sunday, June 5th - June 25th at Asylum @ Studio C Artists.
Logo announced today that the network will be the first U.S. home of the annual Eurovision Song Contest and will air the 61st annual Grand Final live and commercial free on Saturday, May 14 at 3PM ET on Logo.
REELZ today announced the one hour original documentary special El Chapo & Sean Penn: Bungle in the Jungle will premiere Thursday, March 10 at 9pm ET/ 6pm PT. It's a story Hollywood drools over: a ruthless real-world villain seeks the help of an Oscar winning actor and a glamorous actress to immortalize him on the big screen. For actor Sean Penn, Joaquin Archivaldo Guzman Loera, known as 'El Chapo' (the shorty), was to be his Treasure of the Sierra Madre. The most wanted, most dangerous and richest drug lord in the world agreed to meet Penn in the remote mountains of Sinaloa, Mexico to grant the first and only interview since he escaped from Mexico's top security prison.
Tangled Thread Theatre'sworld premiere of the new play AFTER THE HEAT, WE BATTLE FOR THE HEART, inspired by the extraordinary true story of female bullfighter Conchita Cintron, comes to London's VAULT Festival from 24 February with a press night on 25 February and runs through 28 February 2016.
Tangled Thread Theatre'sworld premiere of the new play AFTER THE HEAT, WE BATTLE FOR THE HEART, inspired by the extraordinary true story of female bullfighter Conchita Cintron, comes to London's VAULT Festival from 24 February with a press night on 25 February and runs through 28 February 2016.
A LITTLE NEW MUSIC brought the house down on December 8th at Rockwell Table and Stage in LA with a landmark 10th showcase of fresh and exciting musical theater material. Special guest host John Tartaglia (Broadway's AVENUE Q and SHREK THE MUSICAL), brought his sparkling humor to this dynamic evening celebrating the next generation of musical theater artists. Scroll down for photos from the concert!
A LITTLE NEW MUSIC is proud to present a landmark 10th showcase of fresh and original musical theater material with special guest host, John Tartaglia (AVENUE Q, SHREK THE MUSICAL, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST), who brings his sparkling humor to this dynamic evening celebrating the next generation of musical theater artists.
International sensation Conchita Wurst will perform with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra on Thursday 3 March 2016 at the Sydney Opera House in a one-night only special Mardi Gras Festival event, Conchita: From Vienna with Love.
Happy Birthday Daphne Rubin-Vega! Rubin Vega is a two-time Tony and Drama Desk nominee and recipient of the Theater World, Obie, Blockbuster awards and was recently nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for her role in Jack Goes Boating. She is perhaps best known for the roles she originated, including Mimi (RENT) and Conchita (Anna in the Tropics), both Pulitzer Prize winning Broadway shows for which she was nominated for the Tony award. She also originated the role of Rahmi (Gum), Sofia (Nilo Cruz' Two Sisters and a Piano), Canary Mary (Suzan-Lori Parks' f**king A, Lucille Lortel nomination) and Lucy (Jack Goes Boating) at the Public Theater, as well as starred in the Broadway revivals of The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Magenta) and Les Mis, ('Fantine') and most recently, The New Group's Blood From a Stone ('Yvette') opposite Ethan Hawke.'
This year's annual Feast Festival is going bigger and better than ever before with a variety of talented local, national and international artists and explosive special events.
In the latest installment of the What's Underneath Project, presented by StyleLikeU, Broadway veteran Daphne Rubin-Vega speaks out about showbiz's sexism, its ageism against women, and its racism against Latinas. Daphne declares, 'I appreciate being called a success. But the truth is, I'm more than success: I'm a miracle.'? Check out the full episode below!
Labyrinth Theater Company (Artistic Director Mimi O'Donnell, Executive Director Danny Feldman) presents a free, Halloween performance of Empanada Loca at 10pm on October 31. All tickets for this performance will be distributed via an online lottery system at labtheater.org. The lottery will open on October 26 at noon and will close at noon on October 30 at noon and winners will be contacted by 2pm.
Ein Rock-Star zu Zeiten des Rokoko: MOZART! - Das Musical aus der Feder des Erfolgsduos Michael Kunze und Sylvester Levay beleuchtet den Weltmusiker, die historische Figur, eine Legende der klassischen Musik und kehrt nun an den Ort seines Ursprungs - nach Wien - zuruck! Gemeinsam bringt das selber Kreativteam, das schon die Urauffuhrung vor 16 Jahren leitete MOZART! in einer neuen Fassung, die extra fur Wien adaptiert wurde, auf die Buhne des Raimund Theater. Die Premiere der Neuinzenierung von MOZART! fand am 24. September statt. Hier findet ihr nun einige Auszuge der Pressestimmen:
This year's annual Feast Festival is going bigger and better than ever before with a variety of talented local, national and international artists and explosive special events.
One of the hottest tickets in Los Angeles every year is the inspiring 15-minute musicals developed at New Musicals Inc. There are seven musicals this year, having their world premiere on June 29, 30, and July 1 at the Lonny Chapman Theatre in North Hollywood. These musicals are a decades-long tradition at the NMI's Academy for New Musical Theatre.
Today we are revisiting one of Kander & Ebb's most awarded musicals in honor of its opening more than 20 years ago this week, KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN.
According to Deadline, two-time Tony nominee Daphne Rubin-Vega and Christina Vidal have been tapped to star in NBC's upcoming drama pilot from Warner Bros. THE CURSE OF THE FUENTES WOMEN.