Magic Theatre (Loretta Greco, Artistic Director and Kevin Nelson, General Manager) announced today the complete cast and creative team for Magic Arts & Community's Premiere Tenderloin Community Performance of Barbara Hammond's Visible From Four States.
STEEPLECHASE, a new dark comedy by Chris Nelson with direction by Maridee Slater begins as part of New York Theater Festival's Summerfest at Hudson Guild Theater (441 West 26th Street) on Monday August 19th with subsequent performances on August 23rd and 25th. The cast includes Valerie Redd*, James O'Hagan-Murphy*, Amy Laird Webb, Rob McDermott, Joel Reyer, Schuyler Van Amson, Tyra Hardy, Cristina Lucas* and Allison Pappas. *(Member of Actors Equity). Costume design is by Corina Chase. Lighting and set design are by John Salutz.
At the June 17 Annual Meeting, Trinity Repertory Company's Board of Trustees elected seven new trustees to three-year terms: Judhajit De, Sergio M. Gonzalez, Sean Holley, James Hurley, Lawrence J. La Sala, Sara Shea McConnell, and Julia Ann Slom. Reelected for another term were: Jonathan Duffy, Brian McGuirk, Kibbe Reilly, Kathryn Sabatini, and Arthur Solomon.
The American Dance Festival (ADF) continues its summer offerings with the return of Pilobolus to Page Auditorium in a program of classic works. ADF and the Nasher Museum of Art will co-present the ADF-commissioned The Duet Project: Distance is Malleable, Eiko Otake's collaboration with the artists Beverly McIver, Alexis Moh, DonChristian Jones, and Mark McCloughan.
On August 8th, 2014, THE IMBIBLE: A SPIRITED HISTORY OF DRINKING opened at the New York International Fringe Festival for what was supposed to be a five-performance run. After sold-out FringeNYC and Fringe Encore engagements, a front-page feature in the Arts section of The New York Times, and three hit sequels, the production is now in an open run at New World Stages.
Diversionary has announced its 2019-2020 line up. It is Executive Artistic Director Matt M. Morrow's fifth full season of programming. He has this to say about the season:
The Morris Choral Society is pleased to announce that soprano Christina Major will perform as featured soloist in its upcoming Spring Concert "Greatest Hits from Opera and Broadway" in two performances Saturday May 18 at 8:00pm and Sunday May 19 at 3:00pm at the historic United Methodist Church on the Green in Morristown, New Jersey. MCS Music Director Jason Tramm will lead the distinguished Morris Choral Society and guest soloist Christina Major in a concert of unforgettable music written by the greatest composers of Opera and Broadway. Due to a conflict, Christina Major will replace Susanne Burgess in the program.
SEA DOG THEATER is pleased to share with Broadway World, a first look into the world premiere production of Chris Cragin-Day's THE RARE BIOSPHERE, directed by award-winning Christopher Domig. Performances begin tonight and continue through Sunday, May 19, 2019 at Calvary St. George's (61 Gramercy Park North, NY, NY 10010).
The Academy of American Poets has announced that thirteen poets who serve as poets laureate of states, cities, and counties across the U.S. will receive a combined $1,050,000 in recognition of their literary merit and to support civic programs, which will take place over the next twelve months.
Heritage Theatre Festival at The University of Virginia has announced the appointment of Jen Rogers as Managing Director. Rogers, a highly-successful arts management professional, comes to Heritage from PlayMakers Repertory Company, the professional theatre at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, where she worked as General Manager in partnership with Jenny Wales, who is now entering her second season as HTF Artistic Director.
If you were fortunate enough to be one of the many who caught the touring production of the Tony Award-winning musical DEAR EVAN HANSEN during its Southern California stops at L.A.'s Ahmanson Theatre or, more recently, at O.C.'s Segerstrom Center of the Arts this past January, then you, no doubt, would remember Broadway veteran Aaron Lazar, the handsome and very talented man tasked with the role of Larry Murphy, the distant but distraught father to a suicidal teenager. The role has earned him much-deserved universal praise, not only for such a thoughtful, searing acting performance but also for his obvious singing prowess. Those powerful pipes were on full display this past weekend, where Costa Mesa's Segerstrom Center once again played host to Lazar, this time for a splendid solo cabaret set entitled BROADWAY TO HOLLYWOOD that entertained audiences for three nightly performances, April 11-13.
On Friday, March 29 Sea Dog Theater presented a staged reading of Stephen Adly Guirgis' THE LAST DAYS OF JUDAS ISCARIOT, directed by Kimille Howard. The reading will took place at the historic St. George's Episcopal Church (7 Rutherford Pl, NY, NY 10003 near Union Square).
HYPERCUBE presents the U.S. premiere of Eric Wubbels' Voided Cross (for Michael Heizer), a high-intensity 45-minute work that saturates the boundaries of space, ear, room, and time on Tuesday, May 7th at 8pm at The DiMenna Center for Classical Music. Scored for saxophone, electric guitar, piano/accordion/synth, and percussion, HYPERCUBE pushes the limits of sound and execution in bringing this work to life, bridging electronic and acoustic worlds. Voided Cross is featured alongside the New York premiere of Casino (Remix) by Erin Rogers and they solidify then tilt by Nicholas Deyoe.
Mills College is proud to join The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and 43 distinguished colleges and universities (full list below) to launch an Action Collaborative on Preventing Sexual Harassment in Higher Education.
Northrop at the University of Minnesota announced today that Kristen Brogdon will join its staff as the new Director of Programming starting Jun 24. She will be responsible for conceiving, curating, developing, and implementing the artistic vision of Northrop's performing arts and related education programs in collaboration with all of Northrop's teams.
For Duke University's spring mainstage production, Theater Studies professor Jody McAuliffe directs Bad Roads, new documentary theater work from Ukrainian playwright Natal'ya Vorozhbit, in a regional premiere opening April 4th.
Following his performances at Segerstrom Center for the Arts in the Tony Award-winning Broadway hit Dear Evan Hansen, Aaron Lazar returns with his cabaret show Broadway to Hollywood April 11-13, 2019 at 7:30pm. A critically acclaimed actor and singer on stage and screen, Lazar was called Broadway's "Hunky Heartthrob" by The Cabaret, Indianapolis.
Broadwayworld.com had the pleasure of interviewing Evan Holod about his background and Michel et Augustin.
Moon Theatre Company presents 'You Can't Take it With You' April 12 - 20 in Loveland. Performances are Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, April 14 at 4:00 p.m. Tickets are $18 - $22 and are available online at www.rialtotheatercenter.org or by calling 970-962-2120. All performances are at the Rialto Theatre Center, 228 E. 4th St., Loveland, CO 80537.
Natalia Plaza and Zac Owens The Rare Biosphere SEA DOG THEATER is pleased to announce the world premiere production of Chris Cragin-Day's (Martin Luther on Trial) THE RARE BIOSPHERE, directed by award-winning Christopher Domig. THE RARE BIOSPHERE will play a 21 performance limited engagement at Calvary St. George's (61 Gramercy Park North, NY, NY 10010). Performances begin Thursday, April 25th and continue through Sunday, May 19. Opening Night is Sunday, April 28 (8 p.m.). Tickets are $30 at www.seadogtheater.org.
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