Each actor in this production brings passion, commitment, and authenticity to the stage. The raw emotions expressed by the actors in these scenes are heart-breaking and haunting. It is an important call to action to acknowledge the past so that we may move into a more hopeful and just future.
Open Stage, a theatre company in downtown Harrisburg, will present its first annual The Good at Heart Festival from March 14-19. The six-day festival will feature performances and presentations centered on social and racial justice that ask thought-provoking questions and inspire meaningful community conversations.
It's a season of possibilities at Muskegon Civic Theatre! It's a season of possibilities at Muskegon Civic Theatre!
This week's list includes The Stephen Sondheim Encyclopedia, the original cast recording of Fangirls, and a book of interviews with Broadway's leading men, including Joel Grey, Ben Vereen, Norm Lewis, Gavin Creel, Cheyenne Jackson, and Jonathan Groff.
Mississippi Statea??s Theatre MSUa?"the Department of Communicationa??s production divisiona?"debuts its new season this month with a?oeThe Commedia Robin Hood,a?? a Lane Riosley play with a twist on the original story of Robin Hood.
The 2019 National Black Theatre Festival has ended with memories of grandeur and spectacular stage plays. Here is my review of the productions I attended.
San Diego Repertory Theatre (San Diego REP) has announced details for the fourth production of its 42nd season, Black Pearl Sings! This intimate play with music, from playwright Frank Higgins, will be helmed by Thomas W. Jones II. Black Pearl Sings! begins on Wednesday, November 22, 2017 and plays through Sunday, December 17, 2017 with an opening night on Wednesday, November 29, 2017 at 7 p.m. in the Lyceum Space Theatre at San Diego REP in Horton Plaza.
Today's subject Thomas W. Jones II is currently living his theater life working on several projects at MetroStage in Alexandria, Virginia. This weekend you can see his directorial work with a three-day return engagement of Anne & Emmett. Performances are this Friday, July 28 (8:00 PM) through Sunday, July 30 (3:00 PM). There are two performances on Saturday, July 29 - one at 3:00 PM and one at 8:00 PM).
Producing Artistic Director Carolyn Griffin has just announced the 2017 fall/winter season at MetroStage, which actually begins with a limited engagement weekend reprisal of Anne & Emmett in July.
The award-winning series MetroFocus premieres new episodes in the New York and tri-state region weeknights at 5 p.m. on WLIW21, 5:30 p.m. on NJTV and 6 p.m. on THIRTEEN. All episodes are available at metrofocus.org following the broadcast.
The play imagines a meeting between Anne Frank and Emmett Till.
Producing Artistic Director Carolyn Griffin is pleased to announce that MetroStage will open the 2015-16 season with the Rolling World Premiere of UPRISING by Atlanta playwright Gabrielle Fulton as part of the Women's Voices Theater Festival, Sept 17- Oct 25. Thomas W. Jones II will direct and choreograph, and William Knowles will music direct.
Janet Langhart Cohen, an Emmy-award nominated journalist and civil rights activist, will bring her timely play, 'Anne & Emmett,' to the MetroStage theater. Running today, May 7 through Saturday, May 9, the one-act play is an imaginary conversation between Anne Frank and Emmett Till, both victims of racial and religious intolerance and hatred. Acclaimed director Thomas W. Jones II ('The Islands' 'Bessie's Blues') will direct the piece, with the belief it will help add to the dialogue around these issues.
Janet Langhart Cohen, an Emmy-award nominated journalist and civil rights activist, will bring her timely play, "Anne & Emmett," to the MetroStage theater. Running Thursday, May 7 through Saturday, May 9, the one-act play is an imaginary conversation between Anne Frank and Emmett Till, both victims of racial and religious intolerance and hatred. Acclaimed director Thomas W. Jones II ("The Islands" "Bessie's Blues") will direct the piece, with the belief it will help add to the dialogue around these issues.
MetroStage is pleased to announce that Janet Langhart Cohen's Anne & Emmett, directed by Thomas W. Jones II, with original music by Joshua Coyne and for this production addition original music by William Knowles, will be in performance at MetroStage May 7, 8, and 9.
Bryan Cranston, starring as as LBJ in ALL THE WAY, was lauded recently by an impressive array of celebrities and dignitaries. Whoopi Goldberg, Trudie Styler, Sting, playwright Janet Langhart Cohen ('Anne & Emmett') and former Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen paid him a visit backstage, and you can check out a photo below!
Anna Deavere Smith, the award winning actress and playwright, will be giving a theatrical reading of Janet Langhart Cohen's critically acclaimed one act play, ANNE & EMMETT, an imaginary conversation between Anne Frank and Emmett Till.
Anna Deavere Smith, the award winning actress and playwright, will be giving a theatrical reading of Janet Langhart Cohen's critically acclaimed one act play, ANNE & EMMETT, an imaginary conversation between Anne Frank and Emmett Till.
BroadwayWorld brings you the Best of St. Louis in the year 2012. Check out the Top Theatre Stories from each month during in the year 2012. We look forward to another exciting year of theatre in 2013!
Playwright Janet Langhart Cohen has crafted an intriguing work with ANNE & EMMETT, which brings together two seemingly disparate people from history, and then proceeds to show how similar their lives were. The Black Rep's current production is nicely conceived and executed, and features four fine performances. The message conveyed about racism, and its different guises, is an important one, and one not soon forgotten.
