BLUE features a richly evocative libretto by playwright Tazewell Thompson (MOT's A View from the Bridge) and masterful score by lauded theatrical composer Jeanine Tesori (Broadway's Fun Home and Caroline, or Change).
The Flynn has announced the grand reopening of its historic Main Stage theater, which will feature special programs from local, national, and global artists, updated facilities, and a Broadway season. The Grand Reopening Celebration will be held, at full capacity, on Saturday, October 23.
Tickets for the Flynn's Grand Reopening, as well as these season shows, are available to Flynn members Monday, July 12 at noon. Get tickets and find out more information here!
Christopher Myers is an artist and writer whose work across disciplines is rooted in storytelling. Myers delves into the past to build narratives that speak to the slippages between history and mythology. His diverse practice spans textiles, performance, film, and sculptural objects, often created in collaboration with artisans from around the globe.
The Performing Garage has announced Kaneza Schaal: Towards A New Collectivity, a partnership with theater maker Kaneza Schaal. She will invite a group of artists to develop work at The Performing Garage with the long-term goal of building a new creative ecosystem.
This new initiative allows Professional Company Members to receive up to $10,000 to subsidize as much as 50 percent of the fee of a woman stage director or conductor who is contracted for the first time by the company.
Sydney Chatman and Congo Square Theatre Company were announced this week as recipients of the Joyce Foundation's 2021 Joyce Awards. Since 2003, the Joyce Awards have supported the creation of new work by emerging and mid-career artists of color to foster more culturally vibrant, equitable, and sustainable communities in six Great Lakes cities.
The Center for the Arts at George Mason University announced the 2021/2022 season of Great Performances at Mason. The announcement includes a return to in-venue performances, featuring an outstanding lineup of national and international artists and ensembles across the disciplines of classical music, opera, jazz, global music, theater and more.
Broadway might be dark, but that doesn't mean that theatre isn't happening everywhere! Below, check out where you can get your daily fix of Broadway this weekend, May 15-16, 2021.
Performance Space New York, with co-production partner New Georges has announced details surrounding AFROFEMONONOMY // WORK THE ROOTS, a group activation of Black femme theater artists in celebration of each other.
Performance Space New York, with co-production partner New Georges, announces details surrounding AFROFEMONONOMY // WORK THE ROOTS, a group activation of Black femme theater artists in celebration of each other.
The Alliance for Downtown New York, in association with En Garde Arts and The Tank announced today additional details for Downtown Live, a new free performing arts festival. Over two weekends in May, Downtown Live's over 30 in-person shows will bring live art performances to unexpected places across Lower Manhattan.
New Georges announced today two upcoming productions for the Spring 2021 season—Dream/Home, presented as part of Post Theatrical; and All the Different Ways Commodore Matthew Perry Could Have Died Before Opening Japan But Didn’t, a new play commissioned from Julia Izumi, presented in a co-production with Theater in Quarantine.
The Alliance for Downtown New York, in association with En Garde Arts and The Tank have announced Downtown Live, a new free performing arts festival. Over two weekends in May, Downtown Live's nearly 30 in-person shows will bring live art performances to unexpected places across Lower Manhattan.
Performance Space New York announces its Spring 2021 programming, with collaborative, connective processes and hybrid projects—embracing virtual and audio forms necessitated by the pandemic while safely welcoming the public back into the building.
Baryshnikov Arts Center will present the first installment of its 2021 digital spring season beginning on Monday, February 1 at 5pm ET. The series kicks off with Vibhanga, a non-narrative dance set to a reimagined score of traditional South Indian music, conceived and choreographed by classical Indian dancer Bijayini Satpathy.
Baryshnikov Arts Center has announced the Digital Spring 2021 season of free online presentations, featuring premieres of new works commissioned by BAC. BAC has continued supporting the development of new work by providing resources for artists to realize their creative visions specifically for online presentation
Onassis USA announces the Eureka Commissions, an initiative catalyzing forward-looking, exploratory, interrogative work within a new cultural landscape irrevocably changed by COVID-19 and a society grappling with social and racial injustice.
The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage today announced a major grant of $300,000 to GRAMMY-winning new-music choir The Crossing in support of Farming, a concert-length musical work by frequent Crossing collaborator, composer Ted Hearne, to be premiered in summer 2023.