Leonardo News

At last week's LINEUP the talent was out, and se were Susie's new trophies.

This evening, the 2023 Helen Hayes Awards took place at The Anthem on the District Wharf, with over 1,600 theatre-makers and theatre supporters in attendance. Esteemed Washington theatre artists Naomi Jacobson, Erika Rose, Holly Twyford, and Christopher Michael Richardson hosted an evening showcasing the vibrant and diverse community of professional theatre artists in the Washington region.

New Adventures and Sadler's Wells have announced casting for Matthew Bourne's “ROMEO AND JULIET” which will tour to 13 UK venues including a five-week Summer Season at Sadler's Wells, ahead of a major international tour next year.

Cinedigm (CIDM), Roundtable Entertainment, and Clay Epstein's Film Mode Entertainment (FME) have started production on slasher All My Friends Are Dead in Vancouver, Canada, with an ensemble cast joining award-winning actress Jade Pettyjohn and international sensation JoJo Siwa in the newest film franchise from genre veterans Marcus Dunstan (SAW IV-7, The Collector) and John Baldecchi (Happy Death Day).  

The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation (NNJCF) will host a special screening of the environmental justice documentary film, American River, on Wednesday, June 7 from 6:00 to 8:30 p.m. EDT at the Hackensack Performing Arts Center (HACPAC).

Jerry Mayer, a nonagenarian from St. Louis has written and/or produced for many classic TV shows and specials. In 1986, his first play, Almost Perfect, debuted at Santa Monica Playhouse which has led to almost a dozen more - so far! I decided to speak with him about his latest comedy, Jews R 2 Much Fun, at the Santa Monica Playhouse as well as his long-running and extremely successful TV writing career.

La Secretaría de Cultura federal y el Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (Inbal), a través del Centro de Producción de Danza Contemporánea (Ceprodac), invitan a Danza y homofobia en México: apuntes teóricos para reflexiones en movimiento, conferencia que será impartida por Alonso Alarcón Múgica. 

Orlando Sings, one of Central Florida's newest professional arts organizations, is gearing up to end their successful second season with a three-concert series in downtown Orlando. The second annual Orlando Sings Choral Festival will take place at First United Methodist Church of Orlando.

On Friday, June 23, 2023, baritone Tyler Duncan and pianist Erika Switzer will release A Left Coast on Bridge Records. In a heartfelt playlist for their home of British Columbia, Duncan and Switzer share their fondness for the Vancouver communities, geography, and spirit that continue to nourish them as artists.

Buffalo Theatre Ensemble, the professional Equity theater company in residence at the McAninch Arts Center, has announced its 2023-2024 three-play season.

But twenty is just a number… a larger, older number. A number that marks that a person has had two decades of life experience. You’d think that would actually mean something.

Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival has announced the complete principal casts, creative teams, and events planned for the previously announced summer season.

Lakewood Theatre Company musical theatre students present a production of Disney's Beauty and the Beast JR. on the Headlee Mainstage at Lakewood Center for the Arts, on Saturday, May 13 and Saturday, May 20,2023, directed by Julie Lane.

Keen Company has announced details for the 2023 Keen Teens Festival of New Work. The festival features three world premiere commissioned one-acts that star New York City highschoolers.

Join in May as the Frank Derrick Big Band performs a personal tribute to Count Basie while celebrating specifically the cast of drummers who performed with the renowned musician, many of them known to Frank Derrick personally. 

Theater Now New York, one of the nation's leading producers of original short form musicals, has selected 10 new musicals to be presented in its SOUND BITES X Festival of 10-Minute Musicals.

The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation (NNJCF) celebrates its 25th anniversary with a screening of the documentary film 'American River', an inspiring and entertaining movie about the evolution of the troubled Passaic River, on Wednesday, June 7 at the Hackensack Performing Arts Center (HACPAC), located at 102 State Street in Hackensack, New Jersey. 

Back to the Body: Infusing Physical Life into Characters in Theatre and Film is a groundbreaking new book by renowned acting coaches Jean Louis Rodrigue and Scott Weintraub with industry techniques used by actors like Margot Robbie and Ke Huy Quan to create unforgettable performances.

San Francisco Opera presents the Bay Area premiere of El último sueño de Frida y Diego (The Last Dream of Frida and Diego) June 13–30 at the War Memorial Opera House.

The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust announces UVA (United Visual Artists) installation Vantage Points will be on view from Friday, April 28 through Sunday, August 27, 2023 at Wood Street Galleries, 601 Wood Street, (above the PRT Wood Street T-station), in Pittsburgh's Cultural District.