MRT Premieres LITTLE ORPHAN DANNY From Dan Finnerty
by Stephi Wild
- Mar 5, 2018
Merrimack Repertory Theatre (MRT) is proud to premiere Little Orphan Danny, a musical memoir from Dan Finnerty about what it means to be a good son. This surprisingly touching and irreverently funny show is for everyone out there who has a mother. Julie Foldesi, a veteran Broadway actor who recently appeared in Sunday in the Park with George with Jake Gyllenhaal, plays, among many roles, Dan's birth mother and adoptive mother. The show is Music Directed by Dan Lipton, who was recently the Associate Music Director for Sting's The Last Ship on Broadway.
Circus & Science Take Flight In Acrobuffos' AIR PLAY At The New Victory Theater
by Julie Musbach
- Feb 28, 2018
Watch in absolute wonder as umbrellas take flight, balloons sprout minds of their own and shimmering silks ripple to the rafters in the modern spectacle Air Play, playing at The New Victory Theater from March 30 - April 15, 2018. With knowing smiles and suitcases full of surprises, the globetrotting Acrobuffos (Big Apple Circus, Waterbombs!) elicit gasps and giggles in equal measure as they animate airflow, goad gravity, and make buoyant, beautiful and really, really, really high art out of the very thing we breathe.
Blues Rock Guitar Icon Joe Bonamassa Comes To Orpheum Theater
by Stephi Wild
- Feb 28, 2018
Joe Bonamassa, the two-time GRAMMY-nominated blues rock guitar icon announces a new US tour for summer 2018. As the #1 blues selling artist in the world with a record-breaking 19 #1 Billboard albums to his name, Bonamassa has chosen to make this tour his greatest undertaking yet. Known for successfully tackling blues tributes to the likes of Albert King, BB King, Freddie King, Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf, he has ambitiously decided to make this tour a tribute to classic country music.
Yonder Window Theatre Company's THE DREAM PROJECT Comes To Dumbo
by A.A. Cristi
- Feb 28, 2018
Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream is deconstructed and reinvented in The Dream Project. Yonder Window Theatre Company's multilingual, interdisciplinary piece speaks to the current climate of North America. The production is a collaboration between artists from Mexico, United States, and Canada and includes Spanish, French, and English text.
EPIX Announces 'America Divided' Season 2 Correspondents
by Tori Hartshorn
- Feb 26, 2018
EPIX, an MGM company, today announced that Gretchen Carlson, acclaimed journalist and empowerment advocate, Diane Guerrero (Orange is the New Black), Nick Offerman (Parks and Recreation), Jussie Smollett (Empire) and Martin Sensmeier (Westworld) have been named as the new correspondents for the second season of the critically-acclaimed documentary series America Divided. Gretchen Carlson and Jussie Smollett have also signed on as executive producers, alongside Norman Lear who is returning for his second season. The four-part series will premiere on EPIX later this year and is set to explore the most provocative news headlines and cultural topics in recent months.
Virtuoso Blues/Rock Guitarist Paul Nelson Announces 2018 North American Tour Dates
by Macon Prickett
- Feb 22, 2018
Paul Nelson is recognized as one of today's most talented guitarists and live performers. Nelson not only has the distinction of being the hand-picked guitar protégé, bandmate and producer to legendary rock/blues icon Johnny Winter but he has toured the world over performing and or recording alongside an endless who's who list of top artists including Eric Clapton, Slash, Billy Gibbons, Ben Harper, Robben Ford, Vince Gill, Warren Haynes, Derek Trucks, James Cotton, Joe Perry, Susan Tedeschi, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, John Popper, Dr. John, Larry Carlton, Leslie West, Joe Bonamassa, Sonny Landreth, Dickey Betts to Joe Walsh and more... Paul will be touring the US & Canada this winter/spring 2018.
Netflix Original Series THE STANDUPS Season Two Premiere Date Set For March 20
by Macon Prickett
- Feb 20, 2018
Netflix is serving up another round of non-stop laughs with the second season of the hit of the Original comedy special series, 'The Standups,' featuring six 30-minute sets from six comic breakouts. Filmed live at the Globe Theatre in Los Angeles, 'The Standups' features the comedic talents of Rachel Feinstein, Kyle Kinane, Joe List, Brent Morin, Aparna Nancherla, and Gina Yashere.
The Kondabolu Brothers Bring Their Traveling Political Podcast To ImprovBoston
by Julie Musbach
- Feb 19, 2018
Family stories, heated conversations about gentrification, and news of the day on a poorly constructed PowerPoint. Audiences never know what Hari and Ashok Kondabolu - known simply as The Kondabolu Brothers - will discuss in their live show. They'll bring their show to Cambridge with a return trip to ImprovBoston on March 19th as part of a series of live podcasts co-produced by the Earwolf Podcast Network.
Orny Adams Adds New Dates to Australian Tour
by A.A. Cristi
- Feb 16, 2018
With a fan base that includes Jerry Seinfield and Garry Shandling among others, Orny Adams is bringing his unique brand of comedy to Australia for the first time.
THE AMAZING KRESKIN LIVE Begins Off-Broadway Run This April
by Julie Musbach
- Feb 15, 2018
"Astounding." "Flabbergasting." "Incredible." These are just some of the adjectives guaranteed to be flying around New York City in the Spring when THE AMAZING KRESKIN debuts his off-Broadway production, "The Amazing Kreskin LIVE" Thursday, April 12 at Theatre Row - Lion Theatre, 410 W. 42nd St., NYC 10036.
GAZILLION BUBBLE SHOW Enters Its 12th Year of UnBubblievable Fun In New York
by A.A. Cristi
- Feb 15, 2018
The unPOPable GAZILLION BUBBLE SHOW, will begin its incrediBUBBLE 12th year in New York City on Thursday, February 15. New York's MUST SEE bubble extravaganza, GAZILLION BUBBLE SHOW has had 4,279 performances in the Big Apple and has been seen by over 700,000 people at New World Stages (340 West 50 Street).
Artists-in-Residence CALDER QUARTET Come to The Broad Stage in 2018
by A.A. Cristi
- Feb 14, 2018
The Eli and Edythe Broad Stage in Santa Monica presents three concerts from Artists-in-Residence, Calder Quartet, on February 25, March 11 and April 29. This inventive and passionate quartet explores the profound beauty of Beethoven's String Quartets paired with classical and contemporary works. This will be the third and final year of the Calder Quartet residency at The Broad Stage.
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