John McKenna News

Playing For Change, the multimedia company responsible for the popular 'Songs Around The World' video series, has announced it will hostWE ARE ONE,a concert benefitting the Playing For Change Foundation

One of William Shakespeare's most enduring and iconic plays returns to the local stage as the Community College of Rhode Island Players perform Romeo and Juliet. This play which has become the quintessential story of young love will be presented at the Bobby Hackett Theatre, Knight Campus in Warwick on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, March 2, 3, and 4, at 7:30 P.M., and on Saturday and Sunday, March 4 and 5, at 2 P.M.

The Classical Theatre of Harlem (CTH) (Ty Jones, Producing Artistic Director; David Roberts, Managing Director), will present Macbeth as its annual free Uptown Shakespeare in the Park production.

The New York Musical Festival (NYMF), previously known as The New York Musical Theater Festival, announced today additional productions and special events for NYMF 2016. THE GOLD, SINGLE, CAMP ROLLING HILLS, LUDO'S BROKEN BRIDE, ARTEMIS IN THE PARKING LOT, CRUDE, and MOLLY MURPHY & NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON ON OUR LAST DAY ON EARTHjoin the previously announced new musicals that will be presented at the 2016 New York Musical Festival from July 11 through August 7 in various venues in Midtown Manhattan. In addition, NYMF is proud to announce additional concerts and special events for the 2016 Festival.

Theater Schmeater and Battleground Productions are pleased to announce the opening of BRASS: Fatal Footlights, a new Steampunk mystery/comedy/thriller with fights by Louis Broome and John Longenbaugh. Fatal Footlights will then run todays, Fridays, and Saturdays through April 30th at 8PM.

Theater Schmeater and Battleground Productions are pleased to announce the opening of BRASS: Fatal Footlights, a new Steampunk mystery/comedy/thriller with fights by Louis Broome and John Longenbaugh. Fatal Footlights will then run on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays through April 30th at 8PM.

It just wouldn't be St. Patrick's Day without honoring the great tradition and the mighty joy of all things Irish! With rip-roaring music, song, and dance, the Harris Center for the Arts once again presents An Irish Hooley! featuring Slugger O'Toole and the Kerry Dancers in an early celebration of St. Patrick's Day.

STORY THEATER by Paul Sills is one odd little theatrical experience. It features music by the estimable duo of Atwater and Donnelly and a half-dozen or so actors performing the fables of Aesop and the Brothers Grimm. This piece originally opened on Broadway in 1970 and closed after 243 performances with three Tony nominations, including one for best play. Paul Sills has an outstanding pedigree in improvisation: in the fifties he opened the Compass Players, which was an early platform for the esteemed Mike Nichols and Elaine May; in the sixties, he was a co-founder of Second City improvisational comedy troupe (Gilda Radner, Dan Ackroyd, John Belushi and Stephen Colbert are among the alums). After leaving Second City, Sills ran several schools teaching improvisational techniques around the country.

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The Flea Theater presents the New York premiere of Jennifer Haley's NEIGHBORHOOD 3: REQUISITION OF DOOM, directed by Joel Schumacher (Batman Forever, The Client, The Lost Boys) and featuring members of The Bats, the Flea's resident acting company. Previews begin November 9, with opening night slated for Monday, November 16. Says Artistic Director Niegel Smith, "Jennifer Haley's insightful play exposes the chasms within a community consumed by violent video games. It's particularly exciting that The Bats will be guided in this production by the singular vision of Joel Schumacher."

Content Media will arrive in Cannes with one of the hottest (and by its nature, the coolest) documentaries, as it was revealed today that 'Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans' has been officially selected by Cannes – World Premiering in the Festival's popular Cannes Classics section. Check out a trailer for the film below!

It just wouldn't be St. Patrick's Day without honoring the great tradition and the mighty joy of being Irish. With rip-roaring music, song, and dance, Harris Center for the Arts presents An Irish Hooley with Slugger O'Toole in celebration of St. Patrick's Day.

Get in the spirit of the Halloween season by attending the original zombie musical, Menace of the Morgue, written and directed by Cranston native John McKenna and presented by the Marley Bridges Theatre Company in collaboration with Artists' Exchange.

Get in the spirit of the Halloween season by attending the original zombie musical, Menace of the Morgue, written and directed by Cranston native John McKenna and presented by the Marley Bridges Theatre Company in collaboration with Artists' Exchange.

There have been cocktails, there have been capes, there have been cages full of kittens, and now, for the final main stage offering of Annex Theatre's 25th Anniversary Season, there will be critters, and control groups, and caterwauling. A Mouse Who Knows Me is a fully fledged original musical, with book and lyrics by Scotto Moore and music by Robertson Witmer. It has been in development for the past year, and is now deemed safe for public consumption.

There have been cocktails, there have been capes, there have been cages full of kittens, and now, for the final main stage offering of Annex Theatre's 25th Anniversary Season, there will be critters, and control groups, and caterwauling. A Mouse Who Knows Me is a fully fledged original musical, with book and lyrics by Scotto Moore and music by Robertson Witmer. It has been in development for the past year, and is now deemed safe for public consumption.

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts announced Tuesday, April 24 the nominations for its 2012 television awards. British miniseries 'Appropriate Adult,' which chronicles the real-life serial killer Fred West, leads the way with four nominations.