Graham Brown News

Repertory Dance Theatre's signature event and FUNdraiser, Charette, returns to the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center for the ninth consecutive year on February 22, 2014, hosted by the formidable (and hilarious) Sister Dottie S. Dixon.

trip. presents their inaugural production outside of New York with the Midwest premiere of 4PLAY sex in a series at The Den Theatre, 1333 N. Milwaukee Ave., Thursday, Feb. 13 - Saturday, March 15. The first full-length play produced by the company in Chicago, 4PLAY sex in a series is written by Graham Brown, Nathan Faudree and Lisa Roth and is directed by Graham Brown. Opening/press night is Thursday, Feb. 13 at

trip. presents their inaugural production outside of New York with the Midwest premiere of 4PLAY sex in a series at The Den Theatre, 1333 N. Milwaukee Ave., Thursday, Feb. 13 - Saturday, March 15. The first full-length play produced by the company in Chicago, 4PLAY sex in a series is written by Graham Brown, Nathan Faudree and Lisa Roth and is directed by Graham Brown. Opening/press night is Thursday, Feb. 13 at 10 p.m. The regular performance schedule through Saturday, March 15 is Thursdays - Saturdays at 10 p.m. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the cast onstage below!

Fans of the Fargo Series featuring husband-and-wife team Sam and Remi Fargo are in for a treat with the newest offering, Mayan Secrets, by author Clive Cussler and Thomas Perry. 'We've created a beautiful matched set of limited lettered and numbered editions' reports Norwood Press owner, John Hutchinson.

Dan Brown's latest 'Robert Langdon' novel, INFERNO, held onto the top spot of The New York Times' fiction best seller list, as well as its no. 2 position on Amazon for the second week in a row. Sheryl Sandberg's LEAN IN continues to control the nonfiction NY Times list, George R.R. Martin's famed A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE series worked its way to the top of Amazon's best seller charts, dethroning Stephen King's latest novel JOYLAND.

Visceral, evocative, and charged with energy, New Zealand's Gary Henderson's 'Skin Tight' and Canada's Daniel MacIvor's '2-2 Tango' - both of which comprise Studio 2nd Stage's 'Pas de Deux' theatrical event - stand fine on their own but are even better as a pair.

Dance New Amsterdam (DNA) champions experimentation in its rowdy DNA PRESENTS season LateNite series. Giving voice to artists working within the mediums of performance art, burlesque and experimental movement theater, DNA warmlywelcomes back Jaamil Olawale Kosoko, this time in his two-night New York City curatorial debut, other.explicit.bodies. Kosoko will perform a solo during the first night's performance.

Dance New Amsterdam (DNA) champions experimentation in its rowdy DNA PRESENTS season LateNite series. Giving voice to artists working within the mediums of performance art, burlesque and experimental movement theater, DNA warmlywelcomes back Jaamil Olawale Kosoko, this time in his two-night New York City curatorial debut, other.explicit.bodies. Kosoko will perform a solo during the first night's performance.

Dance New Amsterdam (DNA) champions experimentation in its rowdy DNA PRESENTS season LateNite series. Giving voice to artists working within the mediums of performance art, burlesque and experimental movement theater, DNA warmlywelcomes back Jaamil Olawale Kosoko, this time in his two-night New York City curatorial debut, other.explicit.bodies. Kosoko will perform a solo during the first night's performance. The show and its platform of otherness and eroticism are a direct extension of Kosoko's solo work other.explicit.body., which premiered at Harlem Stage E-moves in April 2012. Performances of other.explicit.bodies. are January 11 and 12. All shows are at 10 p.m.

Rare Terra Theatre follows its Chicago premiere of David Hirson's Wrong Mountain with Disfunctioning: Two by Ionesco at The Second Stage, 3408 North Sheffield, now through December 15. The production, comprised of acclaimed playwright Eugene Ionesco's one acts The Lesson and Jack or The Submission is directed by Rare Terra founding member Dragan Torbica. Get a first look at the productions in the photos below!

Rare Terra Theatre follows its Chicago premiere of David Hirson's Wrong Mountain with Disfunctioning: Two by Ionesco at The Second Stage, 3408 North Sheffield, now playing through December 15. The production, comprised of acclaimed playwright Eugene Ionesco's one acts The Lesson and Jack or The Submission is directed by Rare Terra founding member Dragan Torbica. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the show below.

BAAD! - The Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance - begins its fall season with the BlakTinx Performance Series from October 5 through November 16, 2012. This annual festival celebrates art and performance in various disciplines by African Americans, Latinos, and other artists of color will include several evenings of Bronx dance companies alongside companies from around the world, plus theater, performance art and a sexy comic book workshop.

As part of Shattered Globe Theatre's 20th Anniversary Season, the Stage 773 resident company presents the Midwest premiere of HER NAKED SKIN by Rebecca Lenkiewicz, directed by Artistic Director Roger Smart, opening tonight and running through June 3, 2012 at Stage 773, 1225 W. Belmont Ave., Chicago. See photos from the production below!

As part of Shattered Globe Theatre's 20th Anniversary Season, the Stage 773 resident company presents the Midwest premiere of HER NAKED SKIN by Rebecca Lenkiewicz, directed by Artistic Director Roger Smart, beginning previews tonight, May 1 and running through June 3, 2012 at Stage 773, 1225 W. Belmont Ave., Chicago. See photos from the production below!

Shattered-Globe-Presents-HER-NAKED-SKIN-51-63-20010101 As part of Shattered Globe Theatre's 20th Anniversary Season, the Stage 773 resident company presents the Midwest premiere of HER NAKED SKIN by Rebecca Lenkiewicz, directed by Artistic Director Roger Smart, playing tonight, May 1 through June 3, 2012 at Stage 773, 1225 W. Belmont Ave., Chicago. Tickets for HER NAKED SKIN are currently available online at www.stage773.com or www.shatteredglobe.org or by calling (773) 327-5252. The press opening is Friday, May 4 at 8 pm.

As part of Shattered Globe Theatre's 20th Anniversary Season, the Stage 773 resident company will present the Midwest premiere of HER NAKED SKIN by Rebecca Lenkiewicz, directed by Artistic Director Roger Smart, playing May 1 - June 3, 2012 at Stage 773, 1225 W. Belmont Ave., Chicago.

As part of Shattered Globe Theatre's 20th Anniversary Season, the Stage 773 resident company will present the Midwest premiere of HER NAKED SKIN by Rebecca Lenkiewicz, directed by Artistic Director Roger Smart, playing May 1 - June 3, 2012 at Stage 773, 1225 W. Belmont Ave., Chicago.

As part of Shattered Globe Theatre's 20th Anniversary Season, the Stage 773 resident company will present the Midwest premiere of HER NAKED SKIN by Rebecca Lenkiewicz, directed by Artistic Director Roger Smart, playing May 1 - June 3, 2012 at Stage 773, 1225 W. Belmont Ave., Chicago. Tickets for HER NAKED SKIN are currently available online at www.stage773.com or www.shatteredglobe.org or by calling (773) 327-5252. The press opening is Friday, May 4 at 8 pm.

The Kentucky Center's Arts in Healing program will be featured on an upcoming live radio taping of "Kentucky Homefront." The public is invited to attend this special event happening on Saturday, March 10 at 7:30 p.m. at the Clifton Center (2117 Payne Street). Doors open at 7 p.m.

Graham Brown, a New York City born actor, died on Tuesday, 13 December. He was 87 and succumbed to Pulmonary Failure at the Lillian Booth Actors' Fund Nursing Home in Englewood, New Jersey where he'd been a resident since 2009.