John Kennedy News

Huntington Theatre Company, the 2013 recipient of the Regional Theatre Tony Award and Boston magazine's Best Theatre of 2013 and 2014, announced today the world premiere production of A Confederacy of Dunces, adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher from the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by John Kennedy Toole, directed by David Esbjornson (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner and All My Sons) and featuring Nick Offerman of NBC's 'Parks and Recreation.' Performances will run November 11 - December 13, 2015 at the Huntington's mainstage, the BU Theatre.

Excerpts from Paradise Interrupted, a new installation opera by artist Jennifer Wen Ma and composer Huang Ruo, will be performed in The Metropolitan Museum of Art's The Temple of Dendur in The Sackler Wing on Saturday, March 21. The Met Museum Presents performances offer a special preview of this work in progress before the world premiere at the 2015 Spoleto Festival USA in May. There will be two Metropolitan Museum performances at 3:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. Tickets start at $54 and are available online atmetmuseum.org/tickets or by phone (212) 570-3949. Tickets include Museum admission and are part of the Museum's "Bring the Kids for $1" program.

Gary Naylor sees a poignant, funny, disorienting monologue about a man who is not from here, but appears to be inside all of us, somewhere.

Lamb's presents Tom Key in his acclaimed one-man show C.S. Lewis On Stage in Coronado from January 9th - January 18th. Tom has performed the show across North America including residencies at Harvard and Yale Universities as well as Oxford University.

The performance came as he took to the stage to present SELMA actor David Oyelowo with the Breakthrough Performance Award for his portrayal of Dr Martin Luther King, Jr.

Kicking off Awards Season, the 26th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) Awards Gala, presented by Cartier, was held Saturday, January 3, 2015 at the Palm Springs Convention Center hosted by Mary Hart.

Lamb's presents Tom Key in his acclaimed one-man show C.S. Lewis On Stage in Coronado from January 9th - January 18th. Tom has performed the show across North America including residencies at Harvard and Yale Universities as well as Oxford University.

Wendy Macleod's play, The House of Yes puts the funk in dysfunctional, but without the 'n,' if you get my drift.

BY Experience, pioneers of global live cinema events, will present the cinematic debut of Big Apple Circus with their new show, 'METAMORPHOSIS' on Saturday, November 8 at 12:30PM (Eastern). Kids and families alike are raving about Big Apple Circus' latest Big Top spectacle following the premiere at Dulles Town Center in Sterling, VA. BY Experience will broadcast the performance live from the circus' Big Top Tent in New York's Lincoln Center via satellite to more than 650 cinema screens across the U.S., Canada and the U.K., from Los Angeles (CA), Chicago (IL) and Philadelphia (PA) to independent movie houses in Amherst (MA), Providence (RI) and Millerton (NY).

The Big Apple Circus is a gentle and innocent circus, not aimed at those addicted to keypads or raised on 'Grand Theft Auto', but mostly for those too young to know they might want to shoot and kill virtual villains for their entertainment, or those old enough to recall when they could be entertained by being given a gift of a smile. Notwithstanding that, as circus artists go, these are as good as one sees anywhere. The contortionists will astonish; the quick change artists delight and amaze. The trapeze act will have your heart in your mouth. Still this is unpretentious, one-ring circus presented with modest fuss and bother, and no smoke or mirrors. It will not deafen you with its volume or blind you with its lights - although there are both light and live music - but it will entertain you, as will the animated children around you.

Manhattan Theatre Source announces the performance schedule for their 15th Annual EstroGenius Festival, a multimedia performance festival showcasing female voices from a variety of disciplines, running October 2-November 2 at Stage Left Studio (214 West 30th Street between 7th and 8th Avenue) and the 4th Street Theatre (83 East 4th Street between 2nd Avenue and Bowery).

SCU•Presents has announced the 2014 Department of Music fall concert season. Opening the season are two concerts on the Faculty Recital Series, both taking place in Santa Clara University's Music Recital Hall. Pianist Hans Boepple will perform works by Bach, Beethoven, Chopin and Tcimpidis on October 4, at 7:30pm, and composer John Kennedy will present an evening of his own music on October 17, at 7:30pm, featuring pianist Teresa McCollough, the SCU New Music Ensemble, and members of the University Orchestra.

Manhattan Theatre Source announces the performance schedule for their 15th Annual EstroGenius Festival, a multimedia performance festival showcasing female voices from a variety of disciplines, running October 2-November 2 at Stage Left Studio (214 West 30th Street between 7th and 8th Avenue) and the 4th Street Theatre (83 East 4th Street between 2nd Avenue and Bowery).

Hurry, hurry! - Fly away to the magical ring, to the circus - to the Big Apple Circus! - where an All-New Show - METAMORPHOSIS - with astonishing acts and startling transformations will transport you to a realm of enchantment under the Big Top! For its 37th Season, Big Apple Circus soars on wings of artifice and illusion, to a dreamscape domain where no one sits more than 50 feet from the ring, and nothing is impossible! Big Apple Circus presents the World Premiere of METAMORPHOSIS at Dulles Town Center in Sterling, VA, on Thursday, September 18th, 2014.

Blue Raincoat Theatre Company return to the Traverse in June with their new play, First Cosmonaut, marking the Irish company's fifth consecutive year performing at the Edinburgh venue.

WATERTOWN, N.Y., May 14, 2014 /PRNewswire/ A person's unique individuality is tested and matured during his or her existence here on earth that usually spans many lifetimes. While each lifetime involves a new learning experience, it is also possible to become aware of the opportunity to work off the karma caused by the mistakes in past lifetimes. With this concept in mind, author Clark Richard Spaulding offers readers an opportunity to learn how others were able to do this, through his personal and his family and friends' own experiences. The Awakening describes the End Time awakening of the author, his family, and his friends through their different lifetimes.

Spoleto Festival USA today announced a number of season updates, including a special savings opportunity for locals this Sunday, May 11; a first-time partnership with the Children's Museum of the Lowcountry for Kids' Night Out: Spoleto Edition on Friday, May 30; and details regarding the third annual Beer Garden at Middleton Place for the Wells Fargo Festival Finale on Sunday, June 8.

NEW YORK, May 8, 2014 /PRNewswire/ Oyster, the unlimited ebook subscription service, today announced their library of ebooks has reached more than 500,000 titles, including best sellers, award-winners and popular series. The milestone comes after an expanded partnership with HarperCollins to add 10,000 new titles from the publisher to the app, in addition to newly inked deals with more than 500 publishers. Oyster now features more than 1,600 publishing partners.

Blue Raincoat Theatre Company return to the Traverse in June with their new play, First Cosmonaut, marking the Irish company's fifth consecutive year performing at the Edinburgh venue.

The first industry-only reading of A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES, based on the best-selling and Pulitzer Prize winning novel by John Kennedy Toole, will be held today, Monday, April 28th in New York City.