Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater announces Tony Award winner Phylicia Rashad will join Event Chair and Arena Stage Board member Shawna Watley (Senior Policy Advisor with Holland & Knight) as the Honorary Chair for The Blood Quilt World Premiere Celebration tonight, May 7, 2015. The new play by Katori Hall (The Mountaintop, Our Lady of Kibeho) is directed by Kamilah Forbes and runs now through June 7, 2015 in the Kreeger Theater.
In an unprecedented series of events worldwide on April 30 th, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz joined together to celebrate and recognize jazz as a vehicle for freedom of expression and dialogue between cultures.
For the second year in a row, Creede Repertory Theatre's innovative educational program The KID Show has been recognized as one of 50 finalists for the National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Awards.
Two-time GRAMMY award winning songstress Lalah Hathaway recently announced lalah hathaway LIVE!, the live concert recording for her seventh album, which is scheduled to release in the fall. The intimate concert event will be held tonight, April 21st at the legendary Troubadour Theater in Los Angeles, CA.
Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it? Today's big news: LIVING ON LOVE opens on Broadway, this year's Easter Bonnet Competition heats up, and the 2015 Outer Critics Circle noms will be announced!
"The Gospel Tradition: In Performance at the White House" showcases an evening of celebration with President and Mrs. Obama at the White House in honor of gospel music and its profound influence on American music.
Stepping Stones Museum for Children, Norwalk,Conn.,is pleased to announce that Dole Food Company and the Dole Nutrition Institute, Westlake Village, Calif.,are the proud sponsors of the museum's Healthyville traveling exhibit. The exhibit is currently at the Long Island Children's Museum in Garden City, New York.
Wallis Center for the Performing Arts ("The Wallis") and Neiman Marcus present Ken Downing, Senior Vice President, Fashion Director at Neiman Marcus, leading a discussion titled Designer As Dramatist -- The Intersection Of Fashion And Theater with special guest, fashion designer Zac Posen. Ken will also welcome mother-daughter supermodels Pat and Anna Cleveland and designer Christian Siriano. This inside look into the world of fashion and a lively conversation led by Ken is sponsored by Neiman Marcus and is the final presentation of The Wallis' Arts & Ideas 2014-2015 series. This event is on Monday, April 20, 2015 at 7:00 PM in the Bram Goldsmith Theater.
In honor of the 5-year anniversary of 'Let's Move!,' Jimmy and the First Lady Michelle Obama performed Part 2 of 'The Evolution of Mom Dancing' on last night's TONIGHT SHOW.
BET Networks and BLACK GIRLS ROCK! Inc. are honored to welcome First Lady Michelle Obama to her first "BLACK GIRLS ROCK!" Show at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center
Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater announces Tony Award winner Phylicia Rashad will join Event Chair and Arena Stage Board member Shawna Watley (Senior Policy Advisor with Holland & Knight) as the Honorary Chair for The Blood Quilt World Premiere Celebration on Thursday, May 7, 2015. The new play by Katori Hall (The Mountaintop, Our Lady of Kibeho) is directed by Kamilah Forbes and runs April 24-June 7, 2015 in the Kreeger Theater.
The Young People's Chorus of New York City will hold its annual fund-raising gala at Jazz at Lincoln Center on Monday, March 2, at 7 p.m. YPC Artistic Director Francisco J. Nuñez and the chorus are excited to welcome The New York Pops and three award-winning stars of the Broadway stage - Norm Lewis, Allison Blackwell, and Douglas Hodge - in an unforgettable showcase of magic, swing, and the kinds of spectacular, fully choreographed production numbers YPC galas are known for.
Patrick Torres, RLT's 14th Artistic Director, makes his directorial debut in Raleigh with Much Ado About Nothing, opening February 13th in the Cantey V. Sutton Theatre.
Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) announces casting for Short Shakespeare! Macbeth, a 75-minute abridged production of William Shakespeare's tale of political intrigue and personal ambition. This new adaptation by Director Kirsten Kelly, whose decade long history with CST includes being the co-founder and director of the nationally recognized CPS Shakespeare! program, makes for an outstanding introduction to Shakespeare for audiences of all ages.
Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) announces casting for Short Shakespeare! Macbeth, a 75-minute abridged production of William Shakespeare's tale of political intrigue and personal ambition. This new adaptation by Director Kirsten Kelly, whose decade long history with CST includes being the co-founder and director of the nationally recognized CPS Shakespeare! program, makes for an outstanding introduction to Shakespeare for audiences of all ages.
The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) has appointed Teresa Eaton as the director of public relations and publications, a position she began on Monday, December 1, 2014. Ms. Eaton brings 14 years of multi-media marketing and public relations experience to the BSO's PR office.
Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College continues its 60th Anniversary Season today, November 22, 2014 at 2pm with Black Violin. Three-time winners of Amateur Night at the Apollo, this classically trained violin duo inspires young people to get fired up about classical music with their unique fusion of classical, hip-hop, jazz, blues, and R&B. Recommended for ages eight and up.
Now, as an accompaniment to the groundbreaking, six-hour miniseries EAT: THE STORY OF FOOD, premiering Friday, Nov. 21, through Sunday, Nov. 23, at 9 PM ET/PT, National Geographic Channel, with the help of No Kid Hungry(R) and First Lady Michelle Obama, aims to bring attention to America's food and health crisis.
?The New Victory Theater received the 2014 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award today from First Lady Michelle Obama for the New Victory Usher Corps, the 42nd Street theater's creative youth development program for New York City teens. The New Victory Usher Corps, one of only 12 programs to receive the award this year, accepts the nation's highest honor for programs that excel in developing learning and life skills in young people through the arts.
