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YoungArts Champions Emerging Artists at Miami Art Week 2018
by BWW News Desk - Dec 12, 2017

During Miami Art Week 2018, the National YoungArts Foundation brought emerging artists to the fore by announcing a major new granting program for early career visual artists and partnering with major fairs to exhibit the work of YoungArts alumni.

The 86th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade Will Air As Two-Hour Primetime Special
by Stephi Wild - Dec 12, 2017

The 86th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade Featuring Marine Toys for Tots, produced by Associated Television International and presented in associations with The City of Los Angeles, will be televised as a Two-Hour Primetime Special airing on The CW Network on Friday, December 15, 2017 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT (7:00 p.m. CT) and will be seen on Hallmark after The CW broadcast. The parade will also air to more than one million American servicemen and women worldwide on the American Forces Network during the holiday season.

Winter @ The Wallis Returns In 2018 With 18 Great Dance, Music & Theater Events
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 12, 2017

The 2017/18 season of world-class dance, music and theater continues as the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts (The Wallis) presents its third annual Winter @ The Wallis series. This year, Winter @ The Wallis programming grows to eighteen events to be performed in the Bram Goldsmith Theater and the intimate Lovelace Studio Theater, beginning on Saturday, January 6 with the classical music duo, violinist Sarah Chang and pianist Julio Elizalde. Other highlights include: The Wallis debut of the L.A.-based dance company Lula Washington Dance Theatre; a weekend celebrating the great jazz legend Arturo Sandoval along with other local jazz artists; the modern music collective wild Up under the baton of founder Christopher Rountree; the return of the innovative United Kingdom-based theater company Kneehigh with The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk; and the world premiere of Tom Dugan's Jackie Unveiled.

Stephen McKinley Henderson, Phylicia Rashad & More to Lead 'Black Arts Theater' Course in Brooklyn
by BWW News Desk - Dec 7, 2017

The Stella Adler Studio of Acting, in partnership with The Billie Holiday Theatre at RestorationART, today announced the first-ever Black Arts Theater Winter Immersion course, which will be taught by a world-class faculty in Brooklyn, New York, home to the largest Black community in the nation.

Broadway Director Lonny Price to Lead Leonard Bernstein Masterclass at HB Studio
by BWW News Desk - Dec 5, 2017

HB Studio, one of New York's legendary institutions for theater training and practice, this winter offers musical theater performers the opportunity to study 'The Musical Theater Works of Leonard Bernstein' in a five week masterclass led by Broadway Director Lonny Price.

YoungArts Spotlights Emerging Artists During MIAMI ART WEEK 2017
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 22, 2017

During Miami Art Week, the work of recent National YoungArts Foundation alumni, some of the country's most promising emerging artists, will be on view throughout Miami in two exhibitions presented by the organization, and a unique curated experience at Brickell City Centre.

Mariah Carey, DJ Khaled to Perform Live at Free World AIDS Day Concert
by Caryn Robbins - Nov 22, 2017

To commemorate World AIDS Day on December 1st and celebrate its 30th anniversary, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the world's largest AIDS organization, will host a series of events across the world to continue to spread awareness about HIV and AIDS.

YoungArts to Honor MOONLIGHT's Tarell Alvin McCraney with 2018 Alumni Award
by BWW News Desk - Nov 21, 2017

On Saturday, January 13, 2018, the National YoungArts Foundation (YoungArts) will honor Tarell Alvin McCraney - Academy Award-winning playwright, 1999 YoungArts Winner in Theater and YoungArts master teacher - with the 2018 Arison Alumni Award at the organization's annual Backyard Ball on the YoungArts Campus (2100 Biscayne Boulevard).

Lineup Announced for the 86th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade
by Stephi Wild - Nov 20, 2017

2017 marks the historic 86th Anniversary of the Hollywood Christmas Parade, an American tradition. The parade is produced by Associated Television International and presented in association with The City of Los Angeles. The annual live parade is held in the streets of Hollywood attracting more than one million people. During the Red Carpet Arrivals Event at this year's live parade on Sunday, November 26th Councilmember Mitch O'Farrell will present this year's Parade Grand Marshal Dr. Oz with a Certificate of Recognition from The City of Los Angeles for his career accomplishments.

ABC Sets TGIT Return Date Following Winter Break
by Caryn Robbins - Nov 16, 2017

ans can rest assured now that ABC has confirmed the return of the popular series Grey's Anatomy at 8 p.m. EST, followed by Scandal at 9 p.m. EST, then How to Get Away with Murder at 10 p.m. EST on Thursday, January 18, 2018.

CHRP Alumni Take Tap Skills to Drury Lane's 42ND STREET
by BWW News Desk - Nov 14, 2017

For 28 years, Chicago Human Rhythm Project (CHRP) has exposed young participants and scholarship students to the teaching and experience of masters in the field like Savion Glover, Jimmy Slyde, Dianne 'Lady Di' Walker and more. CHRP alumni include many of the world's leading tap dance performers, choreographers and directors - making their mark around the world and Chicago.

HB Studio Announces 2018 Benefit Series, Including Works by José Rivera, Leonard Bernstein and Anne Meara
by Stephi Wild - Nov 13, 2017

HB Studio, one of New York's iconic institutions for theater training and practice located in Greenwich Village, will present the 2018 BENEFIT SERIES this year in the HB Playwrights Theatre, featuring works by Jos Rivera, Leonard Bernstein and Anne Meara. HB Studio's 2018 Benefit Series kicks off on December 1, 2017.

VIDEO: Sneak Peek - Cyber Attack on Winter Season Finale of GREY'S ANATOMY
by Caryn Robbins - Nov 10, 2017

On the winter season finale of GREY'S ANATOMY, a hacker compromises the hospital's computer system, causing monitors, phones, labs and patient files to all go down.

ABC to Present 'Days of Grey's to Celebrate GREY'S ANATOMY's 300th Episode
by BWW News Desk - Nov 9, 2017

ABC celebrates 300 episodes of the long-running hit drama series GREY'S ANATOMY with a special Day of Grey's today, November 9.

Photo: Cast of GREY'S ANATOMY Celebrates 300th Episode
by Caryn Robbins - Nov 1, 2017

After a roller coaster car falls off the track at the county fair, the doctors at Grey Sloan tend to patients who spark memories about ghosts from their past, on a special 300th episode of GREY'S ANATOMY THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9

ABC to Present 'Days of Grey's to Celebrate GREY'S ANATOMY's 300th Episode
by Caryn Robbins - Oct 31, 2017

ABC celebrates 300 episodes of the long-running hit drama series GREY'S ANATOMY with a special Day of Grey's on Thursday, November 9.

VIDEO: Sneak Peek - 'Come on Down to My Boat, Baby' Episode of GREY'S ANATOMY
by Caryn Robbins - Oct 27, 2017

On the next episode of GREY'S ANATOMY titled 'Come on Down to My Boat, Baby', Jackson decides he needs some time off and invites the guys to join him on a day out at sea, while Arizona, April and Maggie treat a woman who is hiding a deadly secret.

Emory University's Rose Library To Honor 50th Anniversary Of The Negro Ensemble Company's Founders
by BWW News Desk - Oct 23, 2017

Theatre Communications Group (TCG) and Project1VOICE (P1V) in association with The Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library (Rose Library) at Emory University and Theater Emory are proud to announce a screening for the #LegacyLeaders video of Douglas Turner Ward in Atlanta.

Jody Sperling Nominated for a World Choreography Award
by Julie Musbach - Oct 21, 2017

Jody Sperling has been selected as one of the nominees for a World Choreography Award in the Motion Picture Category for The Dancer. At the ceremony, she will also perform an as-yet-unseen solo that was originally choreographed for the film, but was never recorded.

Exclusive: 2017 World Choreography Awards Announces Actor/Dancer Kenny Wormald As Host
by Sondra Forsyth - Oct 17, 2017

The World Choreography Awards announced today that seasoned actor/dancer Kenny Wormald will host the seventh annual World Choreography Awards, taking place at the Saban Theater in Beverly Hills, Calif. on Monday, Oct. 23.

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