David Weiss News

11th Hour Theatre Company to Present URINETOWN for Next Step Concert Series

by Ashlee Latimer — October 16, 2016

11th Hour Theatre Company kicks off its 12th season with its Next Step Concert Series and a performance of the hilarious musical Urinetown.

Photo Flash: First Look at The New Colony's MERGE World Premiere

by BWW News Desk — October 11, 2016

Atari! Pong! Space Invaders! The New Colony concludes its 2016 Season with the world premiere comedy MERGE, a fast-paced, heartfelt and uproarious journey inside the burgeoning 1970s video game industry.

Poetry Melts Across the Screens of Times Square with October's Midnight Moment

by Liz Cearns — September 28, 2016

In partnership with the French Institute Alliance Francaise (FIAF) as part of FIAF's 2016 Crossing the Line Festival, Times Square Arts will highlight the human details that bring us together with Tim Etchells' Eyes Looking, which will appear on Times Square's electronic billboards from 11:57 p.

UK's Forced Entertainment Returns to New York in TOMORROW'S PARTIES Tonight

by BWW News Desk — September 28, 2016

As part of the 2016 edition of Crossing the Line, the French Institute Alliance Francaise (FIAF)'s celebrated contemporary arts festival, FIAF will present Forced Entertainment, returning this year with the New York premiere of their provocative and darkly comic performance, Tomorrow's Parties.

UK's Forced Entertainment to Return to New York in TOMORROW'S PARTIES

by BWW News Desk — September 20, 2016

As part of the 2016 edition of Crossing the Line, the French Institute Alliance Francaise (FIAF)'s celebrated contemporary arts festival, FIAF will present Forced Entertainment, returning this year with the New York premiere of their provocative and darkly comic performance, Tomorrow's Parties.

The New Colony Presents The World Premiere of MERGE

by A.A. Cristi — September 8, 2016

Atari! Pong! Space Invaders! The New Colony will conclude its 2016 Season with the world premiere comedy MERGE, a fast-paced, heartfelt and uproarious journey inside the burgeoning 1970s video game industry.

September's 'Midnight Moment' to Bring TANTRIS to Times Square

by BWW News Desk — August 30, 2016

In partnership with the Metropolitan Opera and Gallery Met Shorts, Times Square Arts brings Elizabeth Peyton and Kristian Emdal's Tantris (Young Tristan) to Times Square's electronic billboards from 11:57 p.

The New Colony Announces Final Production of 2016 Season MERGE

by A.A. Cristi — August 9, 2016

Atari! Pong! Space Invaders! The New Colony will conclude its 2016 Season with the world premiere comedy MERGE, a fast-paced, heartfelt and uproarious journey inside the burgeoning 1970s video game industry.

Lori Zimmer to Present VOYAGE in Times Square, Today

by BWW News Desk — July 1, 2016

Influenced by imagery from Victorian patterns, letterpress printing, archetypal symbols, and apocalyptic themes, artist Beau Stanton – fresh from a massive commissioned mural for Dubai Walls – is known for his deeply metaphorical oil paintings that fuse these elements with modern environmental r

Broken Nose Theatre Announces HUMAN TERRAIN Cast

by Tyler Peterson — April 29, 2016

Broken Nose Theatre (BNT) continues their first season as a Pay-What-You-Can organization with the Chicago Premiere of HUMAN TERRAIN, written by recent PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation Award winner Jennifer Blackmer and directed by BNT Artistic Director Benjamin Brownson.

BWW Review: With THE GREAT JAZZ STANDARDS, Michael Feinstein Opens This Year's Jazz at Lincoln Center's 'Jazz and Popular Song Series' With Appealing Vitality

by Alix Cohen — April 16, 2016

I hear music, mighty fine music .

Exhibitions of the Week: The Art of Amusement with Fischli and Weiss at the Guggenheim, Marcel Broodthaers at MoMA

by Patrick Kennedy — April 14, 2016

Two major retrospectives offer insights on art, everyday life, and the clever intersection of the two.

Joint Policy Committee of the ANA and 4A's and SAG-AFTRA Reach Tentative Agreement on Successor Contracts

by Louisa Brady — April 3, 2016

Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) and the ANA-4A's Joint Policy Committee on Broadcast Talent Union Relations (JPC) have reached a tentative agreement on terms for successor television and radio commercials contracts, subject to approval by the S

Tony Nominee Melissa Errico to Lead Workshop of New Michael Feinstein Musical in London

by Tyler Peterson — March 30, 2016

Leading names from both sides of the Atlantic will come together this April in London to develop a new musical.

Nancy Spector Appointed Deputy Director & Chief Curator of the Brooklyn Museum

by BWW News Desk — December 17, 2015

The Brooklyn Museum is pleased to announce the appointment of Nancy Spector as Deputy Director and Chief Curator.

Luigi Creatore, Elvis Hitmaker, Dies at 93

by BWW News Desk — December 16, 2015

Luigi Creatore, who with his cousin Hugo Peretti wrote and produced iconic hits for such stars as Elvis Presley, Sam Cooke, Perry Como, Sarah Vaughan, Della Reese, Jimmie Rodgers, Patti Page and many others, including the Tokens' “Lion Sleeps Tonight,” Presley's “Can't Help Falling in Love”

Raven Theatre Sets 'SHERLOCK HOLMES' Cast, Creative Team

by Tyler Peterson — September 10, 2015

Michael Menendian, co-Artistic Director of Raven Theatre and co-author (with John Weagly) of the script, has announced Rachel Edwards Harvith will direct Raven's dramatization with music of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's only Sherlock Holmes mystery set around the holidays.