Immigration is a hot topic now. On the news, in your social media feed, and maybe even at your dinner parties. But at the theatre? American Monarch Theatre Company is hoping to make this, and other culturally provocative issues, more prevalent on the region's stages. With its musical offering of The Immigrant, the company is looking to utilize theatre as a stepping stone for conversation, and hopefully action.
As THE IMBIBLE: A SPIRITED HISTORY OF DRINKING enters its sixth smash year as one of the 100 longest-running Off-Broadway shows of all time with over 1,000 performances, its producers have announced the second annual return of the audiences have been raving about: THE IMBIBLE: RUM AND PIRATES!
New York based artists Melody Rodriguez and Jake Ruhl have announced a Kickstarter campaign for Through the Wren, a new immersive theatre experience where 12 guests journey in and out of parallel world set in a mid-1840's Gothic Romance Fairytale.
As A SPIRITED HISTORY OF DRINKING enters its fifth smash year as one of the 100 longest-running Off-Broadway shows of all time with over 700 performances, its producers have announced the return the show audiences have been clamoring for: RUM AND PIRATES, an expanded version of the production that originally ran exclusively on Hornblower Cruises. This edition will play at The Producers Club Theaters, and delves deeply into pirate life, legends, and history in addition to mastering rum and rum drinks - three of which are served during the performance! Join this unique company of performers, equally versed in education and entertainment, for an evening of cocktails, comedy, and a cappella sea shanties offered up with the kind of vibrancy that only THE IMBIBLE can deliver. Tickets are $85 for Orchestra Seating including three rum drinks, or $109 for First Class Seating on deck with a Guided Rum Tasting added, and can be purchased by calling 866-811-4111 or visiting Imbible.NYC.
The 13th Street Rep has presented its 'Lisa Lambert Award'--named after the Tony Award-winning co-creator of the musical comedy 'The Drowsy Chaperone,' and honoring an outstanding woman in theater--to actress Maite Uzal. Currently appearing in the musical 'Mad About the Boy,' Uzal is a resident member of both the New York-based Rebel Theater Company and of Chip Deffaa's repertory company at the 13th Street Theater.
The 2013 FREDDY Awards Ceremony will be broadcast live from the State Theatre on 69 WFMZ-TV and wfmz.com tonight, May 23rd at 7 PM.
The 2013 FREDDY Award Nominations have just been announced. Scroll below for the full list of nominees!
Nominations for the 2012 FREDDY© Awards were announced yesterday, May 10th, live on 69 WFMZ-TV during the Noon News broadcast. Leading the pack this year are Freedom High School with 17 nominations. Emmaus High School and Parkland High School both scooped 12 nominations. Notre Dame High School is close behind with 11 nominations.
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