The Center for Ballet and the Arts at New York University (CBA), the first international institute devoted to the creation and academic study of ballet, today announced the 27 artists and scholars who will serve as CBA Fellows in the 2018-19 academic year. The group - which represents The Center's largest and most far-reaching cohort yet - features distinguished individuals in a range of disciplines, including scholar Cecile Feza Bushidi, lighting designer Brandon Stirling Baker, choreographer Chase Brock, choreographer, filmmaker, and dancer Pontus Lidberg, and scholar Janice Ross, among others.
The American Dance Festival (ADF) presents Obie, 'Bessie,' and Alpert award-winning choreographer Mark Dendy and director/designer Stephen Donovan's latest work Elvis Everywhere at New York Live Arts on May 10-12 at 7:30pm. 2018 marks Dendy's 35th year as an innovative choreographer on the downtown scene in New York City.
After a sold-out engagement last year, BIV is back to present more Broadway Our Way - LIVE. For the first time ever, BIV will be at "home" on Broadway for a full-length concert. Special guests Liz Callaway and Tituss Burgess join the bill to ensure an incredible night.
Caroline's on Broadway is thrilled to announce that for one night only Broadway's Leslie Kritzer will be joining the Revival Show action! She's joined by Fat Carrie Bradshaw (Chris Burns, Betches) and Josh Gondelman (Last Week Tonight with John Oliver) as well as co-hosts Lauren Brickman (UCB, Stuffed Off-Broadway) and Anna Roisman (The Unemployed Show) for a night of musical theatre nostalgia. About the show:
Ashley Blaker, the UK's only strictly orthodox Jewish stand-up comedian will be taking his hilarious new show ASHLEY BLAKER: STRICTLY UNORTHODOX (the firstever stand-up show about life as a charedi / strictly orthodox Jew) to the United States this Spring, making his Off Broadway debut May 27 - June 28 in the Jerry Orbach Theater at the Theater Center, 1627 Broadway.
The Story Collider celebrates eight years of science stories, hosted by Erin Barker and Ed Yong, and featuring Dr. Jo Handelsman, Arielle Duhaime-Ross, and Josh Gondelman, only at Caveat 21 A Clinton Street, Manhattan. Doors open at 7:00pm.
The American Dance Festival (ADF) presents Obie, 'Bessie,' and Alpert award-winning choreographer Mark Dendy and director/designer Stephen Donovan's latest work Elvis Everywhere at New York Live Arts on May 10-12 at 7:30pm. 2018 marks Dendy's 35th year as an innovative choreographer on the downtown scene in New York City.
Second Stage Theater (Carole Rothman, Artistic Director; Casey Reitz, Executive Director) has announced that Golden Globe and two-time Emmy nominee Josh Charles, Kate Bornstein and Ty Defoe will join Armie Hammer and Tom Skerritt in the Broadway production of Young Jean Lee's dark comedy, STRAIGHT WHITE MEN, directed by Anna D. Shapiro.
The American Dance Festival (ADF) will present the work of Anne Plamondon (May 8, 7:00pm) and dendy/donovan projects (May 10-12, 7:30pm) at New York Live Arts.
The Garden of Dreams Foundation is pleased to announce Concert for Dreams, a unique two-part concert experience and the first ever benefit concert in support of the Foundation. The two-part event will include an evening fundraising concert featuring O.A.R. and special guests, Darryl "DMC" McDaniels co-founder of Run-DMC and Garden of Dreams Board member, Gavin DeGraw, Robert Randolph, Adam Duritz of Counting Crows, Nate Ruess of fun., John Rzeznik of Goo Goo Dolls and Matt Nathanson at the Beacon Theatre on Friday, March 23, 2018 at 8:00 p.m.. Tickets for the evening fundraiser on-sale now, with all net proceeds going directly to Garden of Dreams. There will also be a dedicated Garden of Dreams kids concert on Friday, March 23, 2018 at 4:30 p.m. hosted by Elvis Duran of Z100, featuring O.A.R. and all of the evening performers plus Rachel Crow and Grace Vanderwaal. Lineup is subject to change.
Luna and the Gold River Docks, a musical by Eric Dietz inspired by the documentary The Whale by Michael Parfit and Suzanne Chisholm, will present a special reading presentation on Friday, March 23 at 2:00pm.
Even if you're little, you can do a lot indeed!!
Proving the popular MATILDA mantra to be true, Sophia Gennusa, one of the original breakout stars of the 2013 Broadway blockbuster, has booked a recurring role on the new NBC investigative thriller pilot, THE ENEMY WITHIN.
The World Premiere of Don Nguyen's Hello, From the Children of Planet Earth opens tonight, on March 7 at The Duke on 42nd Street, a New 42nd Street project. Presented by The Playwrights Realm (Katherine Kovner, Founding Artistic Director; Roberta Pereira, Producing Director) and directed by Jade King Carroll, this philosophical, and tender comedy is split between the perspectives of a lesbian couple trying to conceive, and their potential-sperm-donor/aerospace engineer friend as they're stretched to contemplate the unknowns of their future.
Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater announces the full cast and creative team for the world-premiere musical Snow Child, based on Eowyn Ivey's Pulitzer Prize-nominated novel. Infused with a score that combines Alaskan string band-traditions with contemporary musical theater, Snow Child follows a couple rebuilding their lives in the Alaskan wilderness when they meet a magical and mysterious snow child who transforms them.
The World Premiere of Don Nguyen's Hello, From the Children of Planet Earth opens tonight, on March 7 at The Duke on 42nd Street, a New 42nd Street project. Presented by The Playwrights Realm (Katherine Kovner, Founding Artistic Director; Roberta Pereira, Producing Director) and directed by Jade King Carroll, this philosophical, and tender comedy is split between the perspectives of a lesbian couple trying to conceive, and their potential-sperm-donor/aerospace engineer friend as they're stretched to contemplate the unknowns of their future.
There's always humor in absurdity. The producers of ImprovBoston's newest showcase show bring that absurdity to the end of society as we know it - through the surviving residents of Somewhereville, a fictional, post-apocalyptic, small seaside town. The audience chooses the disaster, and the improvisers pick up and move on - banding together to survive or tearing each other apart - every Friday in March.
Avalon is producing a one-off UKTV Original special from the uniquely talented ensemble The Horne Section. Commissioned by Richard Watsham and Hilary Rosen for entertainment channel Dave, the two-hour special will feature The Horne Section's spontaneous and free-wheeling combination of live music and comedy.
FROZEN had its first preview last night, February 22 at the St. James Theater! Starring Patti Murin and Caissie Levy as beloved Disney heroines Anna and Elsa, the musical is set for a March 22 opening. Get to know the cast below as they begin Broadway performances!
CSz Philadelphia, the Home of ComedySportz presents DR. YOUNG UNPACKS, a playful, high energy, informative talk show that dives deep into the psychology of media, politics, and popular culture, featuring award-winning Professor Danna Young - Associate Professor at the University of Delaware and performer with ComedySportz Philadelphia for over 18 years.
Family stories, heated conversations about gentrification, and news of the day on a poorly constructed PowerPoint. Audiences never know what Hari and Ashok Kondabolu - known simply as The Kondabolu Brothers - will discuss in their live show. They'll bring their show to Cambridge with a return trip to ImprovBoston on March 19th as part of a series of live podcasts co-produced by the Earwolf Podcast Network.
