Divine News

Boston University Tanglewood Institute (BUTI)-one of North America's premier summer training programs for young musicians- has announced preliminary details of Summer 2022 repertoire, programs, and premieres.

This year, Pandora Productions will present the musical comedy HEAD OVER HEELS, conceived by + original book by Jeff Whitty, adapted by James Magruder, music + lyrics by the Go-Go's.

Lucille Lortel Theatre has announced the first guests of 2022 for its “Live at The Lortel” podcast series. Now in its third season, “Live at The Lortel” is hosted by Eric Ostrow and co-hosts Joy DeMichelle and John-Andrew Morrison.

The Dante Project is a major collaboration between trailblazing forces of the contemporary arts scene, featuring a commissioned score by composer-conductor Thomas Adès, designs by artist Tacita Dean, lighting design by Lucy Carter and Simon Bennison, and dramaturgy by Uzma Hameed.

The compilation features Alex Lahey, Black Belt Eagle Scout, C Duncan, Cassandra Jenkins, Cults, Girl Ray, Hatchie, James Yorkston, Kevin Drew, Nation of Language, NZCA Lines, Oceantor, Ora the Molecule, Peter, Bjorn and John, Piroshka, Sondre Lerche, Strand of Oaks, and Water From Your Eyes.

On Thursday, January 6, Arts Garage launches an hysterical new comedy series The Art of Laughter, kicking off with TV, Film and Comedy Club superstar Jimmie “JJ” Walker. The new series will run quarterly on First Thursdays and will feature some of the best touring comedians from South Florida and beyond.

Last night I went to the opening night of Vulcana Circus's Circus in a Teacup, a show which came about as a result of a collaboration between Vulcana Circus, Brisbane Domestic Violence Service and Micah Projects. The cast features both circus members and survivors of gender-based abuse to tell their stories and share their resilience against their oppressors.

Running from January 13 to February 5, 2022, To  Save and Project: The 18th MoMA International Festival of Film Preservation includes more than 60 newly preserved features and shorts from 19 countries, many having world or  North American premieres and presented in original versions not seen since their initial  theatrical releases.

A divine historian, curator, and musicologist there really is no one who knows more about Esther Blodgett than Michael Feinstein, and there isn’t a history professor alive today with the charm, charisma, or pipes to turn history into HER-STORY

Created, written and executive produced by Danny McBride (HBO’s “Vice Principals” and “Eastbound & Down”), and marking his third HBO comedy series from Rough House Pictures, The Righteous Gemstones tells the story of a world-famous televangelist family with a long tradition of deviance, greed and charitable work.

Juilliard announces full programming for the spring semester, January–May 2022, including live music, dance, and drama performances with numerous livestreams and on-demand opportunities providing access for audiences—local and global—to the artistic development of Juilliard students, the future of the performing arts.

New Jersey Performing Arts Center celebrates Kwanza this year on Saturday, December 18, 2021.

Sasha Regan's swashbuckling all-male take on W. S. Gilbert & Arthur Sullivan's 'The Pirates of Penzance' returns to living rooms around the globe this Christmas.

In A SONORAN DESERT CAROL, Claire Mannle had the insight to adapt Charles Dickens' Christmas classic as a sacred homage to our native ancestors, but not without admonishing the predatory elites of our modern economic system. Dickens would likely approve the latter inasmuch as income inequality had become a chief ingredient of his social criticism.

Broadwayworld had the pleasure of interviewing Gina Sarno about her career and the role she plays as Miss Honey in 'Matilda The Musical' for Nutley Parks and Recereation Drama Program.

LET ME BE ME finally makes its way into the light as Jennifer Diamond returns to the stage with the show she had planned before the pandemic... with slight revisions because of things that happened during the shutdown.

Music Theatre of Connecticut MainStage, Fairfield County's professional, award-winning theatre company continues its 35th Anniversary Season with the one-woman comedy, Who’s Holiday!, written by Matthew Lombardo.

Nashville-based recording artist Shelly Leatherman is ready to end the year on a high note with the release of her celebratory new track 'We Go Hard' on all streaming platforms. Meant to honor living life to its fullest, 'We Go Hard' taps into everything God created her to do and be.

The Cathedral of St. John the Divine celebrates the holiday season with Joy of Christmas, part of the 2021-2022 season of Great Music in a Great Space concerts, on Friday, December 10 and Saturday, December 11 at 7 pm at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, 1047 Amsterdam Avenue (at 112th Street).

The Drama League has announced the dates and programming for DirectorFest 2022, a festival focusing on the art of contemporary stage directing by an exciting new generation of talent, featuring brand new productions led by its 2021 Directing Fellows.