Juanita News

As a highlight of its 2014 Spring Festival, 'Sleeping Around: the Cultural Lives of New York's Hotels,' Symphony Space presents Virgil Thomson and Friends at the Chelsea Hotel on Thursday, May 8 (7:30 pm) in the Leonard Nimoy Thalia.

Yes, a potpourri of Appalachian artists will amass today, March 22nd from 9am to 6pm in southwest Ohio.

Kenny Leon and True Colors Theatre Company announce the upcoming Atlanta Premiere of David Mamet's Race directed by John Dillon. Race will run from today, February 25 - March 23, 2014 at Fulton County's Southwest Arts Center located at 915 New Hope Road, Atlanta, GA 30331.

While working in Zambales, Philippines, author Juanita Sproston saw something magical. In her new book, 'How I Met an Enchanted Mermaid: A True Story' (published by AuthorHouse), Sproston shares the story of her encounter with what she believes to be a real mermaid.

Yes, a potpourri of Appalachian artists will amass on March 22nd from 9am to 6pm in southwest Ohio.

FirstWorks brings Martha Redbone Roots Project and music that chronicles the cross-roads of American experience to Providence to kick-off the organization's 10th year of presenting world-class performing arts and education programs. Hailed as 'Americana's next superstar', Redbone soulfully fuses her Cherokee, Choctaw and African-American heritage in a vibrant gumbo of funk and R&B. A live public performance at Aurora, a new cabaret lounge and art space in downtown Providence, featuring selections from Redbone's latest album 'Garden of Love-Songs for William Blake' will cap a two-day FirstWorks Arts Learning residency program engaging K-12 and university students from Rhode Island schools.

Juanita McCarter Bryan marks her debut in the world of fiction with the breathtaking new novel, 'Vanessa-Fei: The Girl Who Could Touch the Sky.' A brilliant mix of unforgettable characters and captivating storytelling, this book follows the adventures of the title character, a young girl who discovers that she has an extraordinary ability.

Milagro presents Cuentame Coyote, written and directed by Dañel Malan. Milagro's 2014 Touring Production runs Jan 9-25, 2014, playing Thu at 7:30 pm; Fri - Sat at 8:00 pm; and Sun at 2:00pm at the Milagro Theatre (525 SE Stark St).

Film actress Juanita Moore, who received an Academy Award nomination for her role in 1959?s Imitation of Life, died on Tuesday, December 31, 2013 at her home in Los Angeles.

It's Saturday, and that means it's time for BroadwayWorld's 'Saturday Intermission Pics' roundup. Today's photos come from the casts of BIG FISH, which closes this weekend on Broadway, CHICAGO in the UK, THE FANTASTICKS, WICKED, KINKY BOOTS, MATILDA, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, WHITE CHRISTMAS, NERDS and more!

ON KENTUCKY AVENUE, a musical revue based loosely on fact and mostly fiction about the people and performers who took the stage and filled the tables at the majestic Club Harlem 'on Kentucky Avenue' in the north section of Atlantic City from the 1930s until the late 1980s, will make its NYC commercial stage debut at STAGE72/THE TRIAD, 158 West 72nd Street, on Sunday, February 2, with performances at 3pm and 7pm and Monday, February 3 at 7pm in honor of Black History Month.

As we toast a remarkable year of fine dining, OpenTable (OPEN), the world's leading provider of online restaurant reservations, is pleased to celebrate the 2013 Diners' Choice Award winners for the Top 100 Best Restaurants in America and highlight the Top 10 honorees. These awards reflect the combined opinions of more than 5 million restaurant reviews submitted by verified OpenTable diners for approximately 19,000 restaurants in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

En una pareja pasa de todo. Y Pablo Angeli se encarga de hacernos reir de todo eso. "Convivencia" es su nuevo unipersonal de humor, donde a traves de personajes comicos, nos saca risas de la cosas cotidianas de la vida en pareja: el celular, Facebook, los celos, los amigos, las discusiones, las vacaciones, la familia, el perro, los ex, el shopping, separarse, juntarse, los gases, ¿ y el amor?, bien gracias; el futbol, las mentiras. "No te acordaste que hoy cumplimos un año", "que no se meta tu madre", "¡levanta la tablitaaaa!"... 3, 2 , 1: BOOM!! Y estalla la risa!

It's Saturday, and that means it's time for BroadwayWorld's 'Saturday Intermission Pics' roundup. Today's photos come from the casts of KINKY BOOTS, WE WILL ROCK YOU, FAMILY FURNITURE, BIG FISH, THE FANTASTICKS, JUNO AND THE PAYCOCK, the national tour of PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, OLIVER! at Paper Mill, EVITA, WHITE CHRISTMAS and more!

Yesterday's photos included Nick Spangler taking on the role of 'Prince Topher' in Broadway's CINDERELLA prior to departing the production today, shots from NEWSIES, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, ROCK OF AGES and more! Plus, check out shots from the national tours of MAMMA MIA!, WHITE CHRISTMAS, and EVITA!

BroadwayWorld collected as many of yesterday's evening Saturday Intermission Pics as we could to bring you Part 2 of our November 2nd SIP round-up. Yesterday's SIPs include shots from ANNIE, SPIDER-MAN, PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT, EVITA, MAMMA MIA!, LES MISERABLES at Zach Theatre in Austin, and regional productions of HELLO, DOLLY!, FRANKENSTEIN, HAIRSPRAY, OKLAHOMA, EMMA, KISS ME, KATE, CABARET, ROCKY HORROR, CLUE and more!

The National Foundation for Celiac Awareness (NFCA) in conjunction with nationally acclaimed chef and restaurateur, Jehangir Mehta, announces Seattle as the third stop of its 10-city national gluten-free initiative, the GREAT Kitchens Gluten-Free Chef's Table Tour. Through the GREAT Kitchens Chef's Table Tour, Chef Mehta will educate food service providers on how to provide safe, gluten-free foods to diners and promote gluten-free awareness in Seattle via a series of gluten-free events from October 31-November 1, 2013.

Kenny Leon and True Colors Theatre Company announce the upcoming Atlanta Premiere of David Mamet's Race directed by John Dillon. Race will run from February 25 - March 23, 2014 at Fulton County's Southwest Arts Center located at 915 New Hope Road, Atlanta, GA 30331.

Directed by Becki McDonald, who makes some excellent directing choices with her large cast of fifteen adult and children actors by combining brief oratory, traditional dialogue, and injecting cast members into the audience to DRAW viewers dead smack into the action. This created a theater experience that is equally educational, entertaining, and thought-provoking. Use of mixed media was also a component but the limitations of the performance space really hampered full immersion into the subject matter created by Robertson and Spencer in their script.

Is God really out there? Does he still listen to his sons and daughters praying for him? The shepherd that he is, does he still guide his flock and, most importantly, search for those who have strayed and guide them to the right and readied path? Juanita Simmons answers all these questions and more through a striking and inspirational poetry anthology titled 'The Gospel Poetry.'