'A More Perfect Union' is very short, but its brilliance is that it takes viewers on a full, deep emotional roller coaster in that brief period of time. Rona Siddiqui was given free creative reign over this project, and enlisted artists she entrusted with the same autonomy. The result is nothing short of pure, heartfelt art.
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Amas Musical Theatre has announced the full cast for Amas – You Love!: A Heart to Heart Virtual Celebration, its upcoming virtual benefit gala commemorating the company’s 52nd Anniversary, on Monday, May 10, 2021 at 7pm with Honorary Chair, Grammy Award-winning Latin recording artist and activist Rubén Blades.
The annual Uncharted concert series at Greenwich House Music School was cancelled in 2021, after it had been fully booked, but the program maintained its commitment to many of its artists and is bringing them back to the stage - in partnership with Joe's Pub - this spring.
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.
Tin Pan Alley 2 will feature a panel of emerging writers on Friday, February 12th, 2021 at 7:30pm ET. The February 2021 edition will be celebrating 'love' with new works by the writers Eli Cohen, G. Victoria Campbell, and Erin J. Reifler & Spencer Robelen, and hosted by Durra Leung and Sam Rosenblatt.
On Sunday, March 7th, Musical Theatre Factory presents a one-night-only event starring musical theatre writing team, Melissa Li and Kit Yan.
Join Leya Van Doren as she sits down with multi-passionate creatives to talk about their creative process, routines & rituals, and their connection to spirituality. From Broadway performers to rising musicians, poets, painters, and writers, tune into conversations from the heart on what makes you a creative soul.
Ars Nova, has announced its second slate of 2021 programming including six new events curated by composer Rona Siddiqui as part of the new Ars Nova Vision Residency program. All events will take place on Ars Nova Supra, a new streaming platform from Ars Nova that showcases some of New York City’s most promising emerging artists.
The Lunar Collective, created by singer-songwriter Cheeyang Ng (Eastbound, Maya), features Zachary Noah Piser (B'way: Dear Evan Hansen), Kuhoo Verma (Off-B'way: Octet), Debbie Christine Tjong (Off-B'way: Red Roses Green Gold) and more in their new holiday album 'Snowglobe: 2020' featuring three holiday originals.
This weekend, Ars Nova raised over $400,000 during the The Ars Nova Forever Telethon, a 24-hour livestream featuring more than 200 artists.
To commemorate the holidays during a year which we'd all like to see thrown under a speeding one-horse-open sleigh, new works development organization Live & In Color will be kicking it old school this month with 2020 Roasting on an Open Fire, a retro online holiday special set to premiere on Thursday, December 17 at 7p.m. EDT.
Ars Nova has announced additional details for The Ars Nova Forever Telethon, a 24-hour livestream featuring more than 150 artists celebrating Ars Nova’s past and present, while raising funds to support the company’s artistic programs throughout the unconventional 2020-2021 season.
The Public Theater's FORWARD. TOGETHER. virtual event took place last night, Tuesday, October 20. Directed by Tony Award winner Kenny Leon, with music direction by Ted Sperling, the event was free and open to all from coast to coast and around the world.
The Public Theater's FORWARD. TOGETHER. virtual event will take place today, Tuesday, October 20 at 8:00 p.m. ET. Directed by Tony Award winner Kenny Leon, with music direction by Ted Sperling, the event is free and open to all from coast to coast and around the world.
On Wednesday, October 21, ALL ARTS will premiere Women of Color on Broadway as part of its House Seats series. With theater doors remaining closed for months to come, this new House Seats concert special features songs from popular Broadway musicals, including “Hamilton,” “The Wiz,” “The Band’s Visit,” “Once On This Island,” and many more.
The Public Theater announced today that FORWARD. TOGETHER. A virtual event to support The Public Theater, will take place on Tuesday, October 20 at 8:00 p.m. ET, directed by Tony Award winner Kenny Leon, with music direction by Ted Sperling. Free and open to all from coast to coast and around the world, the event will be livestreamed.
A new Zoom presentation of a?oeThe Telephone Houra?? from Bye Bye Birdie, featuring over 50 performers, will premiere today!
The new musical, Māyā, with book and music by Cheeyang Ng, book and lyrics by Eric Sorrels, has debuted a music video with The Lunar Collective. The song 'Outside / Inside' features Kuhoo Verma (Lucille Lortel and Drama Desk Winner), alongside an all-Asian cast who has helped to develop the musical over the past two years.
Musical Theatre Factory Tune In Tuesdays continues on July 14th with Who is Cheeyang Ng?. An Asian-American adoptee fighting leukemia; a girl struggling to discover what part she plays in the 1930s Salt March in India; and a 10 year old child grappling with his sexuality.
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