Elizabeth Alexander News

Gypsy Playhouse will present Rudolph Jr. from December 2-4 at Robin Dawn Academy of Performing Arts.

​​​​​​​WNYC Studios and Brown Arts Institute at Brown University announce the November 15 launch of the fifth season of HELGA, a podcast hosted by critically acclaimed performing artist Helga Davis.

Live Nation and Crown, an imprint of Random House, announced the list of moderators scheduled to appear with former First Lady, Michelle Obama, on her upcoming U.S. book tour in support of The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times.

This fall, the Chicago Humanities Festival is bringing some of the biggest names in film, politics, music, literature, and activism to stages across Chicago for entertaining, inspiring, and provocative conversations addressing the theme of “PUBLIC” and how we are all re-imagining our public lives.

Haddon Township, NJ - Everyone knows how hard it is to get to Broadway. It turns out it is not too easy to get to Haddon Township, New Jersey, either. Just ask the South Jersey creators of a new musical, The Bisley Boy: Joshua Bessinger, Krysten Cummings and Collin Maier.

The Museum of Modern Art announces the inaugural cohort of the Ford Foundation Scholars in Residence: Brent Hayes Edwards, Joan Kee, and Robin Coste Lewis.

Today, TIME has announced the 2022 TIME100, an annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Among those on this year's list are a number of stars from the world of theatre.

Park Avenue Armory will continue its Making Space Public Programming series with Archer Aymes Lost and Found Retrospective: A Juneteenth Exhibition, Sunday, June 19, 2022 from 3pm to 6pm. Audiences explore the legacy of emancipation through an immersive installation and operatic performance.

Park Avenue Armory will continue its Making Space Public Programming Series with Queer Hip Hop Cypher, an exploration of the queer origins and aesthetics of hip hop through discussion, film, and performance on Sunday, May 15, 2022 at 3pm.

Today, the Mellon Foundation launched a new visual identity, including a flexible and dynamic logomark, color palette and sonic elements. 

Today, Creatives Rebuild New York (CRNY) launched two funding opportunities aimed at providing transformational support for individual artists across New York State. The $125 million initiative provides either guaranteed income or employment opportunities to artists.

North Carolina Freedom Park – the first park being created in the state to specifically honor the Black experience– has been awarded a $1.9 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Rebecca Robertson, Founding President and Executive Producer of Park Avenue Armory, today announced the appointment of Tavia Nyong'o as the nonprofit cultural institution's new Curator of Public Programming.

Today, Park Avenue Armory and WQXR/WNYC Studios announced a partnership to co-produce HELGA: The Armory Conversations, a new season of the podcast hosted by critically-acclaimed performing artist and WQXR host Helga Davis.

As orchestras emerge from the pandemic and lean into recovery, the League of American Orchestras' 76th National Conference, Embracing a Changed World, will tackle the big questions about the future through new perspectives, actionable content, and provocative discussion.

United States Artists has announced that Deana Haggag will be stepping down as President & CEO to join The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation as a Program Officer in Arts and Culture, focusing on the current and emerging infrastructure and field-wide needs of artists and arts organizations.

Arts nonprofits in LA County will benefit from a record $38.5 million pandemic recovery fund, the result of an unprecedented collaboration between Los Angeles-based and national philanthropic organizations.

The Sphinx Organization, dedicated to transforming lives through the power of diversity in the arts, is presenting its fifth annual and first ever digital SphinxConnect convening, SphinxConnect 2021: UNITY!, from January 28 to 30, 2021.

In response to the overwhelming need for emergency financial assistance in the creative community, the coalition of organizations administering the Artist Relief fund has announced it has raised nearly $20 million and will extend grantmaking through December.

Three national nonprofit literary arts organizationsa?"the Academy of American Poets, Community of Literary Magazine and Presses (CLMP), and the National Book Foundationa?"have come together in a historic collaboration to establish The Literary Arts Emergency Fund.