To accompany the world premiere of their latest original work, I Will Look Forward to This Later, presented by New Ohio Theatre as part of the Archive Residency, a collaboration between the New Ohio and IRT Theater, The Assembly is curating a post-show conversation series. Talkbacks will feature artists from a multitude of disciplines sparking inter-generational dialogue on the topic of sustaining a life, and career, in the arts world.
On Sunday, March 13th at 4pm, Young Artists of America at Strathmore (YAA) presented the youth premiere of the new symphonic version of Children of Eden by Stephen Schwartz (Wicked, Godspell, Pippin and The Prince of Egypt). Schwartz himself worked as a guest mentor with the YAA high school-aged students. The cast, full symphonic orchestra, and chorus will include over 350 youth from all over the DC Metro area including 250 younger artists from North Bethesda Middle School. The performance took place at The Music Center at Strathmore (5301 Tuckerman Ln, North Bethesda, MD).
From the company that brought you Manifest Destiny!, The Circuit, and the Porous Borders Festival, comes a new original and explosive site-specific work: The The Radicalization Process. The Hinterlands will perform The Radicalization Process from April 21- May 7 (Thursdays through Saturdays) at 8:00 PM at Play House (12657 Moran Street, Detroit) at 8PM. Tickets are sliding scale $10-30. For reservations please call 313.454.1756 or email info@thehinterlandsensemble.org.
Berkeley Rep announced today it will present the world premiere of John Leguizamo: Latin History for Dummies. Written and performed by Leguizamo and directed by Berkeley Rep's Michael Leibert Artistic Director Tony Taccone, this limited engagement will run Friday, July 1-Sunday, August 14 in the newly renovated Peet's Theatre. Tickets go on sale Wednesday, April 6 to the general public at berkeleyrep.org or by calling 510-647-2949.
In early 2015 in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 6 prisoners took hostage of the warden, successfully winning the attention from the public, after the convicted former president was granted compassionate release. The 6 prisoners did not attempt to escape, but rather chose another path leading to tragedy, after making their statements to society. Taiwanese director and playwright, and current Associate Artistic Director of The Living Theatre, Dennis Yueh-Yeh Li, after his adaptation of Peter Weiss's 'The New Trial' at Theater for the New City, through 'Exile 5.42' will take a closer look at the incident, pointing out the struggles of the incarcerated and examining the penological system. This new project 'Exile 5.42' will be presented by Dixon Place tonight, March 3rd at 7:30pm as a work-in-progress project.
Following the success of last year's THE LAST WORD festival, the Roundhouse announces a thrilling programme for its third season, presenting the best of spoken word, storytelling and live performance, from Tuesday 24 May - Saturday 18 June.
In early 2015 in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 6 prisoners took hostage of the warden, successfully winning the attention from the public, after the convicted former president was granted compassionate release. The 6 prisoners did not attempt to escape, but rather chose another path leading to tragedy, after making their statements to society. Taiwanese director and playwright, and current Associate Artistic Director of The Living Theatre, Dennis Yueh-Yeh Li, after his adaptation of Peter Weiss's 'The New Trial' at Theater for the New City, through 'Exile 5.42' will take a closer look at the incident, pointing out the struggles of the incarcerated and examining the penological system. This new project 'Exile 5.42' will be presented by Dixon Place on March 3rd at 7:30pm as a work-in-progress project.
On Sunday, March 13th at 4pm, Young Artists of America at Strathmore (YAA) presents the youth premiere of the new symphonic version of Children of Eden by Stephen Schwartz (Wicked, Godspell, Pippin and The Prince of Egypt). Schwartz himself will be working as a guest mentor with the YAA high school-aged students. The cast, full symphonic orchestra, and chorus will include over 350 youth from all over the DC Metro area including 250 younger artists from North Bethesda Middle School. The performance will take place at The Music Center at Strathmore (5301 Tuckerman Ln, North Bethesda, MD).
The White Horse Theater Company is currently presenting the world premiere of YOU ARE PERFECT, a new play about the life of 'Manson Family Member' Susan Atkins, set in Atkins' prison cell on the eve before a key moment in the Manson murder trial. Written & directed by White Horse Theater Company's Producing Artistic Director Cyndy A. Marion, the production will run in NYC thru February 20 at The WorkShop Theater Company-Main Stage (312 West 36th St.). BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!
Vanderbilt University's Sadie Andros, one of the region's busiest and most acclaimed young actors - she was Psyche and Aphrodite in last fall's production of Mary Zimmerman's Metamorphoses and takes on the role of Olivia in this spring's Vanderbilt Players' production of Twelfth Night - is among those students juggling schedules while dazzling audiences with her onstage antics.
Elephant Run District debuts The hERD Podcast, a curated platform for audiences to experience work by playwrights and artists performed live in New York City and then streamed around the globe on the internet, at the Tank tonight, Jan. 14, 2016 at 9:30 p.m.
'JUPITER (a play about power)' by Superhero Clubhouse and Kaimera Productions is an argument of soaring irony and logic between humanity and a dude with one-time magic who has made all fossil fuels disappear permanently from the Earth. That's not such an unbelievable premise, when you think about it, because in terms of our global history, we are on the brink of an energy systems overhaul. Some 'man at the switch' could at any time begin shutting our industrial civilization down. Oh, we'll be indignant then. Now imagine a philosophical debate between this overlord and a woman who represents all of humankind. That is the one-act 'dream play' that will be offered to us by playwright Jeremy Pickard, director Simon Adinia Hanukai and musician/energy policy specialist Jonathan Camuzeaux, presented by La Mama from February 11-28, 2016.
The White Horse Theater Company is set to present the world premiere of You Are Perfect, a new play about the life of 'Manson Family Member' Susan Atkins, set in Atkins' prison cell on the eve before a key moment in the Manson murder trial. Written & directed by White Horse Theater Company's Producing Artistic Director Cyndy A. Marion, the production will run in NYC from February 5-20 at The WorkShop Theater Company-Main Stage (312 West 36th St.).
Elephant Run District debuts The hERD Podcast, a curated platform for audiences to experience work by playwrights and artists performed live in New York City and then streamed around the globe on the internet, at the Tank on Jan. 14, 2016 at 9:30 p.m.
BRIC is pleased to present the world premiere of The Spinning Wheel, an explosive multimedia performance, along with an interactive gallery exhibition, by hip hop theater artist and musician Baba Israel. Created in collaboration with UK based director Leo Kay and musician Yako 440, The Spinning Wheel remixes and reinterprets the 50-year legacy of Israel's late father, steve ben israel (1938-2012), a political activist and member of The Living Theatre, an iconic, avant-garde theater group. Through spoken word, video, and live music, Baba Israel not only animates the radical, countercultural impulses of New York City during the 1960s and '70s, but also, lovingly pays tribute to his father.
Ballet luminaries OLEG BRIANSKY and MIREILLE BRIANE will receive the 2015 'Educational Visionary' Lifetime Achievement Award, as 'visionaries who have promoted innovation in education through the arts.' Partners in life and dance for over 50 years, Briansky and Briane are being honored for their distinguished careers as dancers and choreographers, as well as for their exemplary role as founders and teachers at The Briansky Ballet Center for over 45 years. Presenter will be Lori Klinger, Artistic and Executive Director of Rosie's Theater Kids, and host is comedian Nat Towsen, standup comedian and host of Nat Towsen's Downtown Variety Hour. The evening includes hors d'oeuvres and drinks, a silent auction of glamorous goods including gift certificates, dinners and vacations, and dancing to a hip DJ.
Ballet luminaries OLEG BRIANSKY and MIREILLE BRIANE will receive the 2015 'Educational Visionary' Lifetime Achievement Award, as 'visionaries who have promoted innovation in education through the arts.' Partners in life and dance for over 50 years, Briansky and Briane are being honored for their distinguished careers as dancers and choreographers, as well as for their exemplary role as founders and teachers at The Briansky Ballet Center for over 45 years. Presenter will be Lori Klinger, Artistic and Executive Director of Rosie's Theater Kids, and host is comedian Nat Towsen, standup comedian and host of Nat Towsen's Downtown Variety Hour. The evening includes hors d'oeuvres and drinks, a silent auction of glamorous goods including gift certificates, dinners and vacations, and dancing to a hip DJ.
KOMUNA// WARSZAWA, the award-winning indie-theater company based in Warsaw and one of Poland's most important fringe companies, is taking up residence at CultureHub during November. The company will present its famed PARADISE NOW: THE LIVING THEATRE RE//MIX, a theater experience inspired by The Living Theatre's iconic 1968 production of the same name. The performance will take place for one time only,Thursday, November 19, 7pm at CultureHub.
Berkeley Repertory Theatre today announced that Michael Liebert Artistic Director Tony Taccone will direct the upcoming production of Aubergine, by Julia Cho, which is scheduled to have its world premiere performances at the Theatre in February 2016. Liesl Tommy, Berkeley Rep's former associate director, has had to withdraw from the production following the just-announced Broadway transfer of Eclipsed, which Tommy is directing at the Public Theater in New York.
