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As part of their Diversity Guest Artist Series, Festival Playhouse has partnered with the Black Arts & Cultural Center's Face Off Theatre Company to bring Katori Hall's THE MOUNTAINTOP to Kalamazoo via their Nelda K. Balch Playhouse Theatre. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!
Two of the world's best-known Egyptologists, Dr. Zahi Hawass and Dr. Nicholas Reeves, will visit THE DISCOVERY OF KING TUT, the exhibition which recreates the tomb of King Tut and the treasures found within, for special events open to the public tonight, January 14, and January 18.
Writers Theatre opens its 10th annual tour of THE MLK PROJECT: The Fight for Civil Rights, written by Yolanda Androzzo, directed by Jimmy McDermott and featuring Caren Blackmore.
As part of their Diversity Guest Artist Series, Festival Playhouse has partnered with the Black Arts & Cultural Center's Face Off Theatre Company to bring Katori Hall's THE MOUNTAINTOP to Kalamazoo via their Nelda K. Balch Playhouse Theatre. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!
Top acting students in the Theatre Education Program of the Bay Area Children's Theatre (BACT) leave Thursday for Atlanta, GA, to compete in the Junior Theatre Festival (JTF), the world's largest gathering celebrating musical theatre for young performers.
The Children's Museum of Manhattan will offer a series of special events and activities during the Martin Luther King Jr. weekend, including a daylong celebration on MLK Day (Jan. 18). The museum, located at 212 West 83rd Street, is usually closed on Mondays.
Mixed Magic Theatre (560 Mineral Spring Ave. Pawtucket, RI) presents a dramatic reading of Martin Luther King Jr.'s letter from Birmingham City Jail, January 15th -17th.
A recent trip to New York included a tour of Carnegie Hall. As we entered the famous auditorium someone asked, 'How are the acoustics?' The seasoned tour guide answered, 'they are good, but not as good as Cleveland's Severance Hall.' He went on to say, 'Though this is a beautiful setting, it doesn't compare to Cleveland's Severance Hall. This was followed, about ten minutes later by the comment, 'The orchestras that play here are top-notch, especially the Cleveland Orchestra.' Following the tour I asked if he was a northern Ohio native. He responded that he wasn't, but came to Cleveland at least twice a year to hear the orchestra and always attended their performances in the Big Apple.
BRYCE CANYON CITY, Utah, Jan. 8, 2016 /PRNewswire/ Historic Ruby's Inn is one week away from welcoming board game enthusiasts from across the country as it hosts the BryceCon game convention at Utah's acclaimed Bryce Canyon National Park.
Two of the world's best-known Egyptologists, Dr. Zahi Hawass and Dr. Nicholas Reeves, will visit THE DISCOVERY OF KING TUT, the exhibition which recreates the tomb of King Tut and the treasures found within, for special events open to the public on January 14 and 18.
The New Colony will launch its 2016 Season with the world premiere of the racially charged family drama BYHALIA, MISSISSIPPI, by Co-Artistic Director Evan Linder, directed by Tyrone Phillips and co-produced with Definition Theatre Company.
'Los Angeles Promenade of Prominence The Walk of Fame' (published by Xlibris) is a highly engrossing book that celebrates the life of James A. Mays one of the most prominent African-American primary care medical doctors and civil leaders. A man who has dedicated his life to the betterment of his fellow African-Americans.
The Matrix Theatre Company honors Black History Month with the Los Angeles premiere of The Mountaintop, directed by Obie Award-winner Roger Guenveur Smith and starring Larry Bates and Danielle Mone Truitt. Recipient of London's 2010 Olivier Award, Katori Hall's gripping and often humorous re-imagining of events the night before the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. takes on new meaning with the advent of the Black Lives Matter movement. The Mountaintop opens at the Matrix Theatre on February 6, with previews beginning January 28. (Scroll all the way down to view links to high resolution photos.)
The Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders is pleased to announce the first performance of the 2016 Union County Advancing Community Theatre (UCACT) program.
Peggy Wallace Kennedy, daughter of former Alabama governor and segregationist George Wallace, is the keynote speaker for the McLean Community Center's annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration. Kennedy will give a talk, "A Walk to Redemption," on the life experiences that lead her to become a civil rights advocate. The celebration will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 17, in The Alden Theatre, 1234 Ingleside Avenue.
As rehearsals begin for the West End production of Motown the Musical, full casting is announced led by Cedric Neal as Berry Gordy, Lucy St. Louis as Diana Ross, Charl Brown as Smokey Robinson andSifiso Mazibuko as Marvin Gaye. Check out a sneak peek below!
The North Carolina Comedy Arts Festival has announced the highlights for its 16th year. The festival continues to be one of the largest comedy festivals on the East Coast. The festival features performers from New York, LA, Chicago, DC, Boston, Philadelphia, and every city in between.
Highlights for March 2016 at the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts include: Pilobolus, TAO, 46th Scottsdale Arts Festival, John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molaskey, and Ana Gasteyer. Scroll down for more details!
Some call it a cultural landmark in need of renovations, others call it an eyesore.
Lin-Manuel Miranda's smash may have been the year's top theatre story, but 2015 was full of controversy and celebration.
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