Arena Stage Artistic Director Molly Smith and Executive Director Edgar Dobie are pleased to announce that Broadway legend Maurice Hines will serve as the Master of Ceremonies and international touring artist and global humanitarian Mary McBride will headline the 2018 Arena Stage Gala honoring Mayor Muriel Bowser on Thursday, May 10, 2018 at the Mead Center for American Theater (1101 Sixth St., SW). As previously announced, the Gala features the presentation of the third annual Beth Newburger Schwartz Award to D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, and will recognize Jessica Stafford Davis as an Emerging Leader. The Gala is helmed by event chairs and Arena Stage Trustees Lavern Chatman and Maggie FitzPatrick.
In Sally Potter's new dark comedy THE PARTY, Janet (Kristin Scott Thomas) is hosting an intimate gathering of friends in her London home to celebrate her political ascension, while her husband, Bill (Timothy Spall), seems preoccupied. Janet's acerbic best friend, April (Patricia Clarkson) arrives and others follow, some with their own dramatic news to share, but an announcement by Bill provokes a series of revelations that gradually unravel the sophisticated soiree, and a night that began with champagne may end with gunplay.
Academy Award-nominated actors Diane Lane and Greg Kinnear will join the cast of House of Cards for the final season. Lane and Kinnear join Golden Globe winner and Emmy Award nominee Robin Wright, as well as Michael Kelly, Jayne Atkinson, Patricia Clarkson, Constance Zimmer, Derek Cecil, Campbell Scott and Boris McGiver in the upcoming sixth and final season.
“Dunkirk” (edited by Lee Smith, ACE) and “I, Tonya” (edited by Tatiana S. Riegel, ACE) won Best Edited Feature Film (Dramatic) and Best Edited Feature Film (Comedy) respectively at the 68thAnnual ACE Eddie Awards tonight where trophies were handed out recognizing the best editing of 2017 in ten categories of film, television and documentaries.
Sundance Institute, in a new collaboration with Netflix, today announced the recipients of the inaugural Sundance Institute Open Borders Fellowship presented by Netflix. The Institute's Feature Film and Documentary Film programs worked in collaboration to select three of the most exciting emerging filmmakers, working in both narrative and nonfiction forms.
El Rey Network's original series THE DIRECTOR'S CHAIR, hosted by Robert Rodriguez, and Man at Arms: Art of War, hosted by Danny Trejo, are now available on VRV, a leading audience-focused aggregation platform featuring premium SVOD channels alongside a curated house channel, VRV Select.
On Thursday, January 25th, Long Beach Opera (LBO) will present Don't Box Me In: An Evening with Rockstar Stewart Copeland. Copeland was the drummer and co-founder of the legendary rock group The Police and has since had a productive career as a composer. Later this spring, LBO will present the West Coast Premiere of his latest opera The Invention of Morel, a time-bending sci-fi story that redefines the limits of human connection and the power of love. It was hailed as a brilliant piece of musical surrealism by The Chicago Tribune.
Live At The Palace is a brand new concert series of films shown outdoors with a full live orchestra creating the ultimate cinematic experience, taking place across the May Bank Holiday weekend 2018 from 25th May 27th May 2018 in the picturesque grounds of historic Fulham Palace next to the River Thames in South West London.
The Boulder International Film Festival (BIFF) is pleased to announce that tickets are now available for its Opening Night Gala and Feature Film, BORG VS. MCENROE, starring Shia LaBeouf as John McEnroe and Sverrir Gudnason as Bjorn Borg. BIFF kicks off its 14th year on February 22 - 25, 2018 and brings films, filmmakers and fans together from around the world to beautiful downtown Boulder for a four-day celebration of the fine art of filmmaking.
ASCAP, The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, the world leader in performing rights and advocacy for music creators, announces its music lineup for the Sundance ASCAP Music Caf at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. The 20th annual SundanceASCAP Music Caf - running during the daytime from January 19-26 - presents a vibrant roster of renowned and up-and-coming artists and songwriters, specially curated by ASCAP for the Sundance Film Festival. In addition, an invitation-only ASCAP Composer-Filmmaker Cocktail Party takes place on Tuesday, January 23, where filmmakers and music creators will meet to make the kinds of connections that happen only at the Sundance Film Festival.
Iconic artist Petula Clark performed at the B.B. King Blue Club and Grill last night, December 26. BroadwayWorld attended the show, and you can check out photos here!
Iconic artist Petula Clark is coming to the B.B. King Blue Club and Grill tonight, December 26. With three Grammy Awards and millions of sales to her name, Petula Clark is the iconic artist behind countless huge global hits including Downtown', I Know A Place', My Love', This Is My Song' and I Couldn't Live Without Your Love'. Still blessed with a continuing love for creating music and an ability to inspire audiences all over the world, her career is a story that new artists can only aspire to emulate.
The 2018 Janet and Mark L. Goldenson Broadway Concert Series at Rubicon Theatre Company kicks off with five intimate concerts by award-winning stars of the Great White Way, including Tony Award-winner FAITH PRINCE (Guys and Dolls), L.A. Drama Critics Circle Award-winner JASON GRAAE (RTC's Return to the Forbidden Planet, Falsettos), Helen Hayes Award-winners DAVID BURNHAM (The Light in the Piazza) and TAMI TAPPAN (RTC's Streetcar Named Desire, Miss Saigon), husband-and-wife duo MEGAN MCGINNIS and ADAM HALPIN (Daddy Long Legs), Ovation nominee ERIC KUNZE (Evita), and Nashville-based singer MELISSA HAMMANS (Back to the Garden).
Due to popular demand, The Marsh San Francisco will extend Josh Kornbluth's insightful Josh's Brain Improvs from January 31 to March 28. The statistics are daunting when it comes to dementia one in three seniors dies with Alzheimer's or another type of dementia; every 66 seconds someone in the US develops the disease. Kornbluth, who is currently engaged in a residency as a scholar at the Global Health Institute, presents Josh's Brain Improvs, a series of improvisations based on his experiences working at the Memory and Aging Center at UCSF and Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland. Kornbluth, who is spending his time with people who have dementia and their caregivers, as well as researchers, nurses, social workers, and others, shares stories from the Brain Place (as he refers to it) - shedding a personal light on this national epidemic. Each performance includes a post-show talkback with various brain experts, in which audience members can ask questions from those in the field working to combat this disease. Josh's Brain Improvs will be presented 7:30pm on the last Wednesday of every other month beginning January 31 at The Marsh San Francisco, 1062 Valencia St., San Francisco. For tickets ($10-$25 general admission, $35 and $55 reserved), the public may visit www.themarsh.org or call The Marsh box office at 415-282-3055 (open 1- 4pm, Monday through Friday).
