Frida Kahlo News

Tonight and tomorrow, 4 and 5 March, Riverside Theatres and Outlandish Arts will present Falling in Love with Frida, an intimate and enticing show from award-winning performer and choreographer, Caroline Bowditch, that explores the life, loves and legacy of painter Frida Kahlo (1907-1954).

The Directors Company, in association with Pascal Productions, will present A BETTER PLACE, a new work by playwright Wendy Beckett (Anais Nin: One Of Her Lives, A Charity Case) and directed by Evan Bergman (Love Therapy), will play a limited six-week engagement this spring at The Duke on 42nd Street, a NEW 42ND STREET project (229 West 42nd Street, between 7th and 8th Avenues).

Ovation, America's only arts network, is launching a new, weekly documentary block beginning tonight, February 25 at 7:00pm ET that feature some of the world's biggest artists - and the contemporary stars who love them.

Amas Musical Theatre, New York City's award-winning pioneer in diversity and multi-ethnic casting in the performing arts since 1968, will celebrate its 47th Anniversary at a gala benefit on Monday, March 28th, 2016 at the Baruch Performing Arts Center (East 25th Street between Lexington and 3rd Avenues). Honorary Chair for the event is Tony Award winning actress, singer and dancer Donna McKechnie.

On 4 and 5 March, Riverside Theatres and Outlandish Arts will present Falling in Love with Frida, an intimate and enticing show from award-winning performer and choreographer, Caroline Bowditch, that explores the life, loves and legacy of painter Frida Kahlo (1907-1954).

Ovation, America's only arts network, is launching a new, weekly documentary block beginning Thursday, February 25 at 7:00pm ET that feature some of the world's biggest artists - and the contemporary stars who love them.

The Guerrilla Girls Twin Cities Takeover continues with Takeover Week running February 29-March 6, 2016. More than 30 large and small Minnesota arts and cultural organizations are participating in this project to celebrate the Guerrilla Girls' 30th Anniversary as an activist art collective. As part of the Takeover and beginning in January, the partners in this historic collaboration are offering more than 50 exhibitions, discussions, performances and activities inspired by the Guerrilla Girls' body of work.

Mark DeGarmo Dance held their festive Award Ceremony and Celebration on November 13 at The Clemente, to honor Oleg Briansky and Mireille Briane with the 2015 'Educational Visionary' Lifetime Achievement Award for their work as 'visionaries who have promoted innovation in education through the arts.'

The 12th annual Celebrate Mexico Now brings a vibrant and dynamic range of Mexico's contemporary art and culture scene presenting emerging and established artists from D.F., Tijuana, Ciudad Juarez, alongside important cultural institutions in New York City. Literature, visual art, film, food and music events will be part of this multi-venue, multi-disciplinary arts festival from tonight, October 24 thru November 1, 2015.

The 12th annual Celebrate Mexico Now brings a vibrant and dynamic range of Mexico's contemporary art and culture scene presenting emerging and established artists from D.F., Tijuana, Ciudad Juarez, alongside important cultural institutions in New York City.  Literature, visual art, film, food and music events will be part of this multi-venue, multi-disciplinary arts festival from October 24 thru November 1, 2015.

Actors Forum Theatre and Magic Tree Productions present Brandon Scott's Wizards and Fools: The Hallows' Fool Moon Magic Show produced by Audrey M. Singer and Brandon Scott.  The show is centered around a quirky family preparing for a Hallows' Eve and night of the Fools Moon, a very special night as it happens only once every 100 years.  

The Metropolitan Museum of Art will be filled with the sights, sounds, and tastes of Latin America today evening, September 18, from 6:00 to 8:30 p.m. Organized in conjunction with National Hispanic Heritage Month, and part of the MetTodays series, ¡Noche en el Met! Celebrate Latin America will offer a range of activities in both English and Spanish, all free with Museum admission. The event also marks the Metropolitan Museum's growing commitment to art from Latin America, including new acquisitions, exhibitions, and increased public programs. MetTodays-'New York's Night Out'-offer visitors wide ranging programming today evenings, when the Museum is open until 9:00 p.m.

SOMETHING ROTTEN! is Broadway's newest hit musical, based on the premise that two playwright brothers in William Shakespeare's time learn that the 'next big thing' in the theatre business will be the musical. Tinabeth Pina interviews the production's Shakespeare, Christian Borle, and one of its brothers, Brian d'Arcy James, at Sardi's.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art will be filled with the sights, sounds, and tastes of Latin America on Friday evening, September 18, from 6:00 to 8:30 p.m. Organized in conjunction with National Hispanic Heritage Month, and part of the MetFridays series, ¡Noche en el Met! Celebrate Latin America will offer a range of activities in both English and Spanish, all free with Museum admission. The event also marks the Metropolitan Museum's growing commitment to art from Latin America, including new acquisitions, exhibitions, and increased public programs. MetFridays-'New York's Night Out'-offer visitors wide ranging programming on Friday evenings, when the Museum is open until 9:00 p.m.

As the Traverse Theatre enjoys an acclaimed Festival programme it launches its Autumn season today (17 August), featuring a programme of world-class productions, festivals and engagement events. Traverse Theatre Company production, Tracks of the Winter Bear by Rona Munro and Stephen Greenhorn, premieres on 9 December, bringing to a close a season of work that reinforces the Traverse's position as one of the UK's foremost new writing theatres. 

We still have a lot of work to do, clearly, but I'm not daunted

The Autumn / Winter 2015 Season at Sadler's Wells launches tonight.

Recently, Migguel Anggelo returned to Joe's Pub in New York City with an encore performance of his latest concert, I, Inmigrante. Like his pervious concert, Between Dreams / Entre Sueños, the set featured music from both of Anggelo's solo albums, his electrifying energy, his brilliant vocal range, and his unique artistry. Anggelo's latest cabaret is a dynamic treat sewn together with palpable heart and rib-tickling humor.