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TADA! YOUTH THEATER, the Drama Desk and Coming Up Taller Award-winning organization, will host a live fundraising event and performance on Sunday, March 4, 2012 at 4:00 p.m. The event will be at the Midtown Loft and Terrace (267 Fifth Avenue, 11th Floor, between 29th and 30th). Tickets are $25-$1000 and available at tadatheater.com.
In February, the Arts-A-Fire Youth Theater Troupe will present its second original musical production.
The Barns at Wolf Trap announce upcoming performances. Multiplatinum rock, fiery zydeco, historic Folk, and chamber music of the highest precision at Wolf Trap throughout five consecutive days.
The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis (The Rep) will hold a special event, Conversations…Racism, surrounding the topic of race on the Browning Mainstage of the Loretto-Hilton Center for the Performing Arts, 130 Edgar Road (on the campus of Webster University), Webster Groves, February 27, 2012 from 7-9 p.m.
Adam Rapp's Pulitzer Prize nominated Red Light Winter lays bare the passions of three young people caught in a love triangle so dangerous and obsessive that it pushes them to the brink. Red Light Winter previews at the Kitchen Theatre Company on February 22, 23, and 24 and opens on Saturday, February 25. It runs for three weeks, closing March 11, 2012.
On March 2nd at 7:30 p.m., Reanae McNeal will perform an original work, The Jazz Singing Women, as part of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Realizing the Dream Series. This unique piece will be a combination of lecture and performance, as McNeal shares her story of female African American jazz singers and performs selections of their music. Reanae will perform in the Alabama Power Recital Hall at Shelton State Community College's Martin Campus.
TADA! YOUTH THEATER's original production, The History Mystery, is running now at the TADA! Youth Theater (15 West 28th Str. 2nd Floor). With book by Janine Nina Trevens, music by Eric Rockwell and lyrics by Margaret Rose, The History Mystery is directed by Ms. Trevens. Starring members of TADA!'s Resident Youth Ensemble, this limited engagement runs now through February 19th.
The following is BroadwayWorld's exclusive interview with theater, film, and TV legend, Mr. Ben Vereen...
The RRazz Room offers Classic Soul, R&B, Traditional Pop, Jazz, Comedy, Revue and Cabaret entertainment.
An evening with the world-famous Harlem Gospel Choir is an extraordinary experience of foot-stomping, hand-clapping blues, jazz, and gospel. A renowned assembly of the finest gospel singers and musicians from the churches of Harlem, New York, the Choir is one of the pre-eminent congregations of spiritual voices in the world today.
On Sunday, January 22, The Mountaintop took its final bow on Broadway. The play, starring Samuel L. Jackson in hit Broadway debut and Angela Bassett, was written by Katori Hall and directed by Kenny Leon. BroadwayWorld was on hand for the final curtain call and brings you photo coverage below!
Previews begin next Thursday, January 19, for the Ebony Repertory Theatre production of Lorraine Hansberry's American classic "A Raisin in the Sun," playing at Center Theatre Group's Kirk Douglas Theatre.
Previews begin next Thursday, January 19, for the Ebony Repertory Theatre production of Lorraine Hansberry's American classic "A Raisin in the Sun," playing at Center Theatre Group's Kirk Douglas Theatre.
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts will open the 25th-anniversary season of Sunday A'Fair on Jan. 15 with free outdoor concerts by The Samba Project and Walt Richardson & The Peaceful Warriors from noon to 4 p.m.
The 28th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Celebration, coordinated by the MLK Steering Committee, will be held on Sunday, January 15, 2012 at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts.
Previews begin next Thursday, January 19, for the Ebony Repertory Theatre production of Lorraine Hansberry's American classic "A Raisin in the Sun," playing at Center Theatre Group's Kirk Douglas Theatre.
In February, the Arts-A-Fire Youth Theater Troupe will present its second original musical production.
The Mountaintop by Katori Hall, stars Samuel L. Jackson as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Angela Bassett, and is directed by Tony Award® nominee Kenny Leon (Stick Fly, Fences, A Raisin in the Sun). It began performances on September 22, 2011 at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre and opened on Thursday, October 13, 2011 for a limited engagement through January 22, 2012. Upon closing The Mountaintop will have played 24 preview and 117 regular performances.
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has announced the finalists for the second year of the Knight Arts Challenge Philadelphia.
The RRazz Room offers Classic Soul, R&B, Traditional Pop, Jazz, Comedy, Revue and Cabaret entertainment.
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