'I never saw women in lead roles that look like me, and I was always kind of told that you're going to be playing certain roles,' she said. 'And they were roles that were made for Black performers. I want everybody to know that they can be in this position because when you see it you believe it.'
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Sony Masterworks has released “I Didn’t Get to Say Goodbye,” the next single off Tony, Emmy, Grammy and Pulitzer Prize Award-winning composer Tom Kitt’s debut studio album Reflect, out August 13.
by A.A. Cristi -
Internationally recognized Black American Social Dance Tradition-Bearer, LaTasha Barnes, presents The Jazz Continuum.
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Bridge, a nonprofit collective of interdisciplinary artists that publishes the Bridge Journal, is launching a major initiative to give voice to communities that often go unheard.
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Seattle Rep today announced its return to the stage with a full season of must-see live theater in both its remodeled Bagley Wright Theater and intimate Leo K. Theater. The season features productions of Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale, and more! In-person theater productions at Seattle Rep begin in January 2022 and run through June 2022.
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Producer Jeffrey Seller today announced Broadway casting for Hamilton when performances resume September 14, 2021 at the Richard Rodgers Theatre. In addition, the Richard Rodgers box office (226 West 46th Street) will reopen on August 2, 2021 at 10:00 am.
by Sarah Leiber -
Vivo, a musically gifted kinkajou (aka a rainforest 'honey bear') embarks on the adventure of a lifetime to deliver a song to his cherished owner's long-lost love, with the help of Gabi - an energetic tween who bounces to the beat of her own offbeat drum.
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La Secretaría de Cultura federal y el Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (INBAL), a través del Museo Nacional de Arte (Munal), invitan a sus diferentes públicos a disfrutar de un amplio programa de actividades virtuales.
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Over 100 performances, talks, walks and exhibitions unearth the stories of new arrivals, rebels, women, refugees, cultural groups, freethinkers, alongside ground-breaking science, and contributions from artists and scientists working with people with visual impairments, in an outstanding programme which launches in full today.
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Audiences can expect to witness the live debut of Mott's summer pop EP, The Only One, along with selections from his new album, In The Light, A Faustian Tale. This will be a fun, feel good, celebratory evening of anthemic pop and heart-stirring ballads from one of this generation's best theatrical songwriters.
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The Marsh Berkeley returns to live theater with fan favorite Don Reed and his newest solo work, Going Out.
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The worldwide smash musical The Phantom of the Opera resumed West End performances at Her Majesty's Theatre this week!
by StudentBlogger Loriane Donnet-Monay -
Some musicals sometimes have both high and low stakes. Maybe their world is in peril, but the most important thing is something that the hero might be going through. This equilibrium allows us to explore a world where the characters are out of their comfort zone which leads them to a change. That is a great way to combine an unrealistic environment with relatable traits or personalities.
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Kimmel Cultural Campus has announced the much-anticipated return of in-person performing arts across their venues: the Kimmel Center, the Academy of Music, and the Merriam Theater. On September 18, from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m., Kimmel Cultural Campus will host a grand reopening event in Commonwealth Plaza to celebrate the start of the 2021-22 season.
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GHOSTLIGHT RECORDS will release Little Shop of Horrors – The New Cast Album on CD online and in stores Tuesday, September 21, the same day the acclaimed, Off-Broadway revival resumes performances at the Westside Theatre.
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Producer Jeffery Seller and J.L. “Lynn” Singleton, President and CEO of the Providence Performing Arts Center, announced today that single tickets for the return engagement of HAMILTON will go on sale to the public on Thursday, August 5 at 10A online.
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Danse Macabre was set to premiere. The stage was set, the lights were shining, the musicians were warming up their instruments on opening night, when the decision was made by the state to close all public gatherings due to the newly declared pandemic. After much loss, isolation, despair, and civil unrest, this show is set to premiere again and the themes are now more relevant than ever. This will be the first show to perform at the newly reconstituted ShoeBox theatre. This is a resurrection
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The full cast has been announced for BRING IT ON THE MUSICAL, who will be joining musical theatre and TV star Amber Davies as 'Campbell' and four-time Olympic medallist Louis Smith as 'Cameron'.
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For Part 2, we're chatting with the pros behind SpotCo., one of Broadway's largest marketing firms, about the details of getting ad campaigns back on their feet, as well as the efforts being made to bring Broadway back as a more diverse and inclusive entity. We also chatted with technicians and artists behind some of our biggest shows about how the long-term effects of the shutdown have impacted their workforces and bottom lines as they work to bring back Broadway.
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The International Puppet Fringe Festival, New York's only international fringe festival dedicated to puppetry, has been awarded a 2021 Allelu Award by the Jim Henson Foundation. The foundation chose to honor Puppet Fringe, NYC for its efforts to bring high quality international puppetry work to a significant American festival.
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