John Collins News

Regardless of your opinion about the Affordable Care Act, you might be interested to know how paying for healthcare started and the reluctant role played by surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital. Set primarily in Hartford and Boston, ETHER DOME has special significance for the local audience, offering both a history lesson and theatrical entertainment of the highest order.

REDCAT, CalArts Downtown Center for Contemporary Arts, is pleased to present the return of the provocative and inventive New York theater ensemble Elevator Repair Service (ERS), with 5 PERFORMANCES ONLY, November 6-9, 2014, of Arguendo, a verbatim staging of the 1991 Supreme Court case Barnes v. Glen Theatre, where a group of exotic dancers used the First Amendment to challenge a ban on public nudity.

The Public Theater announced today that Elevator Repair Service's acclaimed THE SOUND AND THE FURY will be remounted by Elevator Repair Service at The Public this spring. Directed by John Collins, THE SOUND AND THE FURY begins performances in The Public's Martinson Theater on Thursday, May 14 and run through Saturday, June 13, with an official press opening on Thursday, May 21. THE SOUND AND THE FURY will mark the third collaboration between The Public and Elevator Repair Service, having previously presented Gatz and Arguendo. October is an auspicious month to make this announcement, as it marks the 85th anniversary of the original publication date of William Faulkner's masterpiece.

When did simple differences of opinion become so contentious?

National Hockey League fans will get an up-close, all-access look at many of their favorite stars with the upcoming “NHL Revealed: A Season Like No Other” that will begin in mid-January

Springs Ensemble Theatre ('SET') continues our fifth anniversary season with Yasmina Reza's, 'ART'a comedy that challenges the conventions of art and the definition of friendship.

The Schultz-Hill Foundation, hosted a Welcome Reception for the Atlantic City Ballet Company that is now housed at Boardwalk Hall. Over 20 International and US Dancers attended along with the Artistic Director, Ms Phyllis Papa and The Ballet Board at the Home of the Schultz-Hill Foundation Founders at Casa DEl Cielo in Atlantic City. Scroll down for photos!

The Schultz-Hill Foundation, hosted a Welcome Reception for the Atlantic City Ballet Company that is now housed at Boardwalk Hall. Over 20 International and US Dancers attended along with the Artistic Director, Ms Phyllis Papa and The Ballet Board at the Home of the Schultz- Hill Foundation Founders at Casa DEl Cielo in Atlantic City.

Springs Ensemble Theatre ("SET") continues our fifth anniversary season with Yasmina Reza's, 'ART'a comedy that challenges the conventions of art and the definition of friendship.

The International Festival of Arts & Ideas today announced complete details for Festival 2014, taking place from June 14 to 28 in New Haven, Connecticut. The theme for the Festival's 19th annual event is Transformation & Tradition, gathering together artists and thinkers who have drawn from the past in order to imagine the future in ways that are startling, bold, and exciting.

Springs Ensemble Theatre ('SET') continues its fifth anniversary season with EdwardAlbee's classic dark comedy, THE GOAT or WHO IS SYLVIA?, opening tonight, June 12th and running through June 29th, 2014.

Springs Ensemble Theatre ("SET") continues its fifth anniversary season with EdwardAlbee's classic dark comedy, THE GOAT or WHO IS SYLVIA?, opening June 12th and running through June 29th, 2014.

"Mr. Chief Justice, may it please the court," is the opening every lawyer states before presenting oral arguments. When Arguendo at Woolly Mammoth Theatre keeps its focus on the oral arguments of Barnes v. Glen Theatre Inc., the show is praiseworthy on many levels. But when the Arguendo becomes distracted, it not only fails to please the court, it loses on appeal.

The International Festival of Arts & Ideas today announced complete details for Festival 2014, taking place from June 14 to 28 in New Haven, Connecticut. The theme for the Festival's 19th annual event is Transformation & Tradition, gathering together artists and thinkers who have drawn from the past in order to imagine the future in ways that are startling, bold, and exciting.

(Morristown, NJ)- Join us at the Bickford theatre for the ever-inventive Morris Choral Society's spring concert. The Morris Museum is pleased to announce that a performance entitled Spring Fling will be held on Sunday, April 6, 2014 at 3:00pm.

Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company will present Elevator Repair Service's Arguendo, a playful and incisively witty theatricalization of the 1991 Supreme Court case in which a group of go-go dancers, citing the First Amendment, challenged an Indiana state ban on public nudity. Elevator Repair Service's Artistic Director John Collins will direct the Company in its first extended stay in Washington, DC. Originally slated to close April 20, Arguendo will be extended for an additional weekend, performing April 25-27.

The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center at the CUNY Graduate Center has announced its SPRING 2014 season of public programs. The season includes the Center's inaugural PEN World Voices International Play Festival, featuring 9 free readings of plays from around the globe, including HAITI, JAPAN, TUNISIA, CHILE, POLAND, AUSTRALIA, SINGAPORE, AUSTRIA and INDIA. The season also features 11 free public programs throughout the spring, featuring contemporary theatre and performing artists from around the world.

California native and multi-instrumentalist Tiffany Garrett Sotomayor has spent the last year bursting into the Barcelona music scene while recording her s/t debut solo EP, titled 'T G W D E'. Importing her fresh sound and energetic live show to the city has since drawn her the title of Spain's new 'Synth-pop Hero', That Girl With Dark Eyesrepresents the genre well adding hints of electro-funk, soul and hip hop.

The Public Theater began performances for the 10th Anniversary of the world-renowned UNDER THE RADAR FESTIVAL last night, January 8. A highly-anticipated program of The Public Theater's winter season, the 2014 UNDER THE RADAR FESTIVAL includes artists from across the U.S. and around the world, including 600 HIGHWAYMEN, Lola Arias, Edgar Oliver, tg STAN, SKaGeN, Andrew Ondrejcak, John Hodgman, Sekou Sundiata, Roger Guenveur Smith, Toshi Reagon, and Reg E. Cathey who has joined the cast of FEAST. BroadwayWorld was there for the opening night celebration and you can check out photo coverage below!

The Music of John Denver is coming to Aspen tonight, October 11, 2013 at 3:00 pm, when the award-winning Chris Collins and Boulder Canyon present the music of John Denver at Theatre Aspen's Hurst Theatre. Favorite John Denver songs like Rocky Mountain High, Country Roads, Annie's Song and many more are featured in a show that is not an impersonation act. The show has delighted audiences across the nation with its wit, warmth, and musical nostaglia. Tom Tranchilla of KPFT said 'Chris Collins and Boulder Canyon are the perfect band to deliver this music - talented, authentic, and sincere.'