?Belgian playwright Serge Goriely turns conventional notions of voodoo on their heads with his Strindbergian play of magic, lies and intolerance, 'The Sorcerers.' Theater for the New City will present the work's world premiere March 3 to 20, translated and directed by David Willinger.
The New York Philharmonic will present Messiaen Week, March 7-13, 2016, honoring the legacy of French composer and organist Olivier Messiaen (1908-92) through performances of his works, from the symphonic to solo works, as well as music by those whom he influenced.
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE returns in January 2016 with a new lineup of films that explore more of the fascinating characters and epic stories that have shaped our nation's past and present.
The Recording Academy® announced its Special Merit Awards recipients today, and this year's Lifetime Achievement Award honorees are Ruth Brown, Celia Cruz, Earth, Wind & Fire, Herbie Hancock, Jefferson Airplane, Linda Ronstadt, and RUN DMC.
Born into one of the wealthiest and best-known families in American history, Gloria Vanderbilt has lived in the public eye for more than 90 years, unapologetically pursuing love, family and career, experiencing extreme tragedy and tremendous success side by side.
This January, Main Street Theater and the Prague Shakespeare Company have come together to stage PSC's most popular show, David Ives' sexually-charged power struggle VENUS IN FUR.
After a critically acclaimed run at the English Theatre of Hamburg this past Spring, this all new production of the musical Thrill Me: The Leopold & Loeb Story will transfer to London for a brief season at the Jermyn Street Theatre from Mon, 11th 2016 - Sat, 16th January 2016. www.jermynstreettheatre.co.uk
Joseph D'Antoni's new spy thriller thrusts readers into a bold espionage journey to stop an Argentine mobster from completing his horrific biological experiments to weaponize children. The adventure begins when Wade's handler and lover Megan Winslow disappears only to be found deep undercover as a lab technician in a mob controlled medical facility where orphan children are being injected to become the mobster's instruments of destruction. Facing the overwhelming odds of a well-armed private army, Wade Hanna has little time to apply his unique skills as a black ops specialist to save Megan and the children. While the science fiction genre has long been a staple of the literary world, readers and critics alike often cry out for narratives based on true science that don't succumb to unreal assumptions and grandiose imagination. Thankfully, Joseph D'Antoni applies his forty-five years of experience as a forensic expert and extensive researcher to bring us this market gripping fourth novel in his covert intelligent series. Shadow Cell is a fiction book based in the 1980s on real medical experiments previously conducted by the Nazis during WWII. It takes us on a journey of what those experiments might have produced with today's technology. The author makes the believable account of what would happen if such secret research found its way to unscrupulous world powers unfriendly to America. Synopsis: Based on the evidence, Wade Hanna had reason to believe Megan was dead. With dogged determination and tracking skills learned in his Louisiana swamp Wade discovers Megan is not dead but on her own dangerous undercover mission for Army intelligence. Her medical training which made her cover story believable to the terrorist has now become life threatening. She faces likely discovery and torture if she doesn't apply her bio-medical talents to the will of her mobster boss. Wade's single focus to save her soon becomes a suicide mission as Megan faces choices between the children's lives and her own. Even with the help of Wade's black ops European mentor Leopold, Wade has to cleverly think through every small step of his own survival to rescue her. He relies mostly on instincts to disguise himself among the friendly people he so desperately needs to help. As explained by the author, Joseph D'Antoni, 'Shadow Cell is not a story about a sleeper terrorist cell waiting to come alive within our shores. It's about real cells in our body and how through technology they can and may in the future be manipulated. Children are particularly vulnerable in this story because they were exploited for their cell generating capacity as well as being ideal targets against weaknesses and loopholes in America's adoption and immigration system.' 'If there is a secondary message for readers of Shadow Cell it is to urge them to become more vigilant. Question, understand and close weaknesses in our borders, internet and electronic systems we depend on and hold dear to our way of life but can be exploited by our enemies.' D'Antoni will soon start working on the fifth novel in this series which is scheduled for release in 2016. Shadow Cell is available now on Amazon. You can follow the author on social media through his website. He has appeared on numerous syndicated shows and is available for interviews. About the Author: Joseph D'Antoni was born in Louisiana and went to school in both Louisiana and California where he obtained advanced degrees including his doctorate from the University of Southern California. He has served in the military and on the faculty of three major universities. He now lives and works in California where his continues his successful practice as a court testifying forensic economist. His clients have included the FBI, The Justice Department, Intelligence Agencies and major law firms throughout the country. Aside from writing and consulting Joseph is an acclaimed fine art photographer and artist having exhibited in his own and numerous artist shows. He has received distinguished awards for both his writing and art.
The Louis Armstrong House Museum's new exhibit Hotter Than That: 90 Years of Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five celebrates these landmark recordings that were the first records ever to be issued under Armstrong's own name. This exhibit represents the ground breaking recorded legacy of Louis Armstrong and this immortal group, whose music will continue to influence future generations. As Armstrong himself said of his Hot Five recordings in 1970, 'Ain't nothing like it since, and can't nobody play nothing like it now. My oldest record, can't nobody touch it.'
The San Francisco Early Music Society has announced the return engagement of Quicksilver, 'revered like rock stars within the early music scene' (The New York Times). Led by violinists Robert Mealy and Julie Andrijeski, the ensemble will perform a program titled The (very) First Viennese School, featuring music from the courts of Holy Roman Emperors Matthias to Leopold I: works by Valentini, Bertali, Buonamente, Pandolfi, Kerll, Legrenzi, f*x, Muffat and Schmelzer. Quicksilver performs at 8:00 pm Friday, January 29at First Presbyterian Church in Palo Alto; at 7:30 pm Saturday, January 30 at St. John's Presbyterian Church in Berkeley; and at 4:00 pm Sunday, January 31 at St. Mark's Lutheran Church in San Francisco. Individual tickets from $34 to $40 as well as three-concert subscription packages are available for purchase online at SFEMS.org.
Hugh Jackman co-stars alongside Taron Egerton in the upcoming biopic EDDIE THE EAGLE, which tells the story of Michael 'Eddie the Eagle' Edwards, the UK's first ski jumper to enter the Winter Olympics in 1988.
On paper, Vivaldi's 1737 opera seria CATONE IN UTICA--involving a confrontation between Cato and Caesar--seems a big mess: The music from the first act is missing and musicologists can't agree what the third act should look and sound like, leaving Act II to make or break a performance of the opera. Opera Lafayette brought us a version that sometimes thrilled us, sometimes tantalized us, but always made us grateful for the performance, fluidly directed by Tazewell Thompson.
The Open Fist Theatre Company presents an 'Early Look' at the first installment of Murray Mednick's eight-play 'Gary Plays' cycle, directed by Padua Playwrights Artistic Director Guy Zimmerman. Three performances of Part I (comprised of Mednick's Tirade For Three, Gary's Walk and Girl on a Bed) will be presented on December 4th, 5th and 6th at the Skylight Theatre in Los Angeles, paving the way for a full production of the entire octet in 2016.
Marcie Gorman-Althof and Michael Lifshitz, the producing partners behind MNM Productions, today announced that that they have cast the three major roles in the world's most famous tribal rock musical HAIR, which will run for three previews and 20 performances at the Kravis Center's Rinker Playhouse in West Palm Beach, starting on Friday, May 20, 2016, following two previews.
Moon World Music presenta, en el Teatro Figaro, un espectaculo cargado de ilusion, fantasia y sentimiento: DREAMS, EL MUSICAL.
After over two decades of non-linearity, experimental theatre artists Juliana Francis-Kelly and Tony Torn have created a naturalistic play inspired by real events.
Un joven dispuesto a cualquier cosa por amor, y un pinchadiscos. Un travesti sin rumbo y una dama experimentada que acaba de perder al gran amor de su vida. Cuatro personajes a los que la vida les ha llevado por caminos dificiles en musicales tan dispares como Excitame, Priscilla, reina del desierto y Grease en concierto, y que han sido interpretados por los cuatro nominados en la categoria de mejor actor en la V edicion de los Premios del Publico BroadwayWorld Spain.
In what has become an annual ritual, a total of 36 established and emerging composers, lyricists, and librettists will converge on the Goodspeed campus from mid-January through mid-February 2016 to participate in the Johnny Mercer Foundation Writers Colony at Goodspeed Musicals. The writing teams, representing 19 new musicals, will populate the campus, creating a truly exciting environment for discovery and inspiration. BroadwayWorld is excited to report that Goodspeed has announced its 2016 participants. Scroll down for details!
The Open Fist Theatre Company presents an 'Early Look' at the first installment of Murray Mednick's eight-play 'Gary Plays' cycle, directed by Padua Playwrights Artistic Director Guy Zimmerman. Three performances of Part I (comprised of Mednick's Tirade For Three, Gary's Walk and Girl on a Bed) will be presented on December 4th, 5th and 6th at the Skylight Theatre in Los Angeles, paving the way for a full production of the entire octet in 2016.
Produced in 15 countries and 10 languages from Seoul and Toyko to Madrid and Athens, "Thrill Me: The Leopold & Loeb Story" takes the Melbourne stage from 20-31 January at Chapel off Chapel as part of Midsumma Festival.
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