Ella Smith News

Raffaele Productions will bring together a talented and star-studded cast for Into the Woods, in benefit of the Make A Wish Foundation. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets.

Karen Mason and more will lead a concert of select songs from More Than All the Sky by Lori Ada Jaroslow and Morgan Hollingsworth. The concert is set for March 11.

Normal Ave has announced the lineup for the return of NAPSeries play festival. The festival will feature plays and musicals from James Anthony Tyler, Jacqueline Bircher, Mike Nappi, Sam Durant Hunter, and Max Sangerman. The festival will run for three days at unique community locations across the boroughs from October 20-22, 2023.

Normal Ave has announced the NAPSeries, a festival of new plays, set to take place September 5-17, 2023. The festival will feature four new plays, three parties, and an array of artists, all designed to support the playwrights in their creative journey. This will be the first time Normal Ave includes musicals.

'This Is B.S.' is a new mockumentary-style web series inspired by the non-union summer stock experience. Creators Ella Smith and Lindsey Bristol met on a summer contract at the Winnipesaukee Playhouse in New Hampshire and started to write the show in their dressing room when they weren't performing onstage.

MetropolitanZoom is presenting their free One Year Anniversary Show, on Sunday, April 11 at 9 PM Eastern / 6 PM Pacific.  Say hello on the MetZoom platform to and your favorite artists that you've purchased tickets to see.

HBO’s new drama series THE NEVERS will debut this April with six-episodes on HBO and will be available to stream on HBO Max.

On October 22nd at the Harold Pinter Theatre, a host of stars will gather to perform scenes from Shakespeare's plays in response to modern-day refugee video stories. The evening will be directed by Jamie Lloyd. All profits go to the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR.

On October 22nd at the Harold Pinter Theatre, a host of stars will gather to perform scenes from Shakespeare's plays in response to modern-day refugee video stories. The evening will be directed by Jamie Lloyd. All profits go to the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR.

The Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra (COYO) and its new Music Director, Vinay Parameswaran, today announced details of the 2017-18 season.

Below, note the following updates to Carnegie Hall's 2017-18 schedule, reflecting changes made since the season was originally announced in January 2017. 

Former Opera Philadelphia Composer in Residence Lembit Beecher debuts his latest work, Sophia's Forest, this September. This inventive chamber opera scored for five voices, custom-built sound sculptures, string quartet and percussion will premiere September 8 and 9 at 8 p.m. in the Black Box Theater at the URBN Center Annex at Drexel University, 3401 Filbert Street. Canadian playwright Hannah Moscovitch wrote the libretto. Tickets cost $25 for General Admission and $15 for Students and Seniors. Tickets and more information are available at: lembitbeecher.com/treeofsound/.

The Cleveland Orchestra announced today the appointment of Vinay Parameswaran as Assistant Conductor of The Cleveland Orchestra and Music Director of the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra.  The appointment is for a two-year term, beginning with the 2017-18 season. 

The Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music, America's longest running festival of new orchestral music, celebrates the arrival of its brilliant new Music Director and Conductor, Cristian M?celaru, with a sensational series of commissioned works that continue the Festival's forward-looking tradition and opens creative doors for its dynamic young conductor.

On March 16th at the Masonic Lodge in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery, a host of British stars will gather to read extracts from Shakespeare's plays in response to real life refugee video stories. All profits go to the United Nations Refugee Agency, UNHCR.

The adage 'Good things come in small packages' is being expressed artistically in the 'X x X' exhibition that opened this weekend at the Cultural Council of Palm Beach County in Downtown Lake Worth.  The exhibition will run through March 18 in the Cultural Council main gallery.

Bottoms Dream is proud to announce the NYC premiere of THE BRIDE, adapted by Nat Angstrom, and directed by Doug Durlacher. THE Bride begins performances on Thursday, February 16 for a limited engagement through Saturday, February 25. The performance schedule is Thursday-Sunday at 8 PM; and Sunday at 2 PM. Performances are at The Access Theater (380 Broadway, Fourth Floor). The regular ticket price is $20. For tickets and information, visit www.bottomsdream.org.

Broadway Bootcamp as part of Manatee Performing Arts Center's Conservatory Program presents The Wiz!

Broadway Bootcamp as part of Manatee Performing Arts Center's Conservatory Program presents The Wiz!

SundanceTV announced today its next original scripted series, 'Babylon,' a co-production with Nightjack Ltd and Channel 4, will debut tonight, January 8, 2015 at 10 PM ET/PT. The six-part comedy-drama is a biting workplace satire set inside a modern police force.