The CDP assists not-for-profit cultural organizations based in culturally diverse ethnicities (African, Latin, Asian-Pacific Islander, or Native American descent.) The CDP seeks to preserve cultural heritages and traditions through the arts and to create opportunities for Broward citizens to experience culturally diverse/ethnic-specific cultural programs and events. Organizations such as the Brazilian Voices, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Committee, Inc., TranZenDance Dance Productions Inc., Polynesian Culture Association, Inc., and Jubilee Dance Theatre have received funding through this grant program.
The Institute for Music and Neurologic Function will be holding its Annual Music Has Power Awards Benefit on September 8 at Feinstein's at Loews Regency. Tony Award winner Geoffrey Holder will be one of the honorees. The event will feature performances by legendary singer/songwriter Odetta, accompanied by pianist Seth Farber.
South Coast Rep's Pacific Playwrights Festival, known for launching many a shows to further runs beyond the Orange County locale, this season, proves somewhat spotty when it comes to the two fully-staged productions presented...
After completing a national tour, HISTORY OF THE WORD will be presented at NY's famed Apollo Theatre on April 8th at 10am. HISTORY OF THE WORD is presented by TheaterFirst, KDF and The Apollo Theatre, written by Ben Snyder, directed by Monica Williams, and conceived by Orin Wolf & Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj.
Waterwell, the acclaimed anarchic New York theater troupe, has announced additional casting for their special performance of The/King/Operetta on Monday, April 7 at Joe's Pub (425 Lafayette Street).
Waterwell, the acclaimed anarchic New York theater troupe, presents its Third Annual Cabaret Benefit: a one-night-only performance of music from The/King/Operetta on Monday, April 7 at Joe's Pub (425 Lafayette Street). This special performance of Waterwell's acclaimed musical event about one of America's most loved and misunderstood figures, Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., will also include never-heard-songs from the musical.
The Rapscallion Theatre Collective stages a fresh and politically relevant take on 'Dante's Inferno,' The Inferno Project. Rapscallion's production plays March 6-9 and 13-16, all performances at 8pm, at the Looking Glass Theatre, (422 West 57th Street between 9th and 10th Ave)
On Monday, February 11, Charles 'Roc' Dutton, multiple Tony Award Nominated Actor will head out to Martin Luther King Jr. High School to speak to the students of Fidelity Futurestage about how he turned his post-prison life around through his love of the arts. On Wednesday, February 13, Academy Award nominated actor Chazz Palminteri will welcome 100 Fidelity Futurestage students from the Bronx to 'A Bronx Tale'
Tony Award nominee Calvin Levels will perform his acclaimed solo play, James Baldwin: Down from the Mountaintop, in commemoration of the 20th anniversary celebration of the life and legacy of the esteemed novelist, essayist, playwright and human rights activist James Baldwin, on December 7 and 8 at 8PM and December 9 at 3PM at The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
WHO: CCBC - Catonsville Theatre Department WHAT: The Trial of the Catonsville Nine WHEN: Through November 18. Fri at 10AM and 8PM, Sat ay 8PM, Sun at 3PM. WHERE: CCBC - Catonsville Q Theatre HOW MUCH: $7 General/$5 Seniors/$2 Students, Faculty, staff of CCBC INFORMATION: www.ccbcmd.edu or 410-780-6361
Legendary social activist Dick Gregory will deliver the keynote speech at the first annual Globesity Festival: Hunger Strike Theater, it was announced by the Festival's artistic directors Penny Arcade and Michael Premo. The week-long multidisciplinary festival, which kicks off Monday, October 22 (through Sunday, October 28) at New York City's Theater for the New City, will be FREE to the public.
Direct from a triumphant year-long Off Broadway run, starring the acclaimed teaching artist and solo performer Nilaja Sun brings her tour-de-force exploration of the New York City public school system, No Child…, to theaters across the country for the 2007 - 08 season.
Waterwell, the acclaimed downtown New York theater troupe will premiere their newest musical this summer at the Barrow Street Theatre: The Last Year in the Life of The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., as Devised by Waterwell: A Rock Operetta
Tony award-nominee Calvin Levels (Open Admissions) is set to perform his acclaimed one-man look at the life of renowned American author and Civil Rights activist James Baldwin.
WHO: Catonsville Theatre Company WHAT: Alfred Uhry's Driving Miss Daisy WHEN: Through April 15, Fridays & Saturdays at 8PM and Sunday, April 15 at 3PM. WHERE: CCBC Catonsville's Barn Theatre HOW MUCH: $15, $12 for Students, Seniors and Alumni, $10 Children under 10.
Tony award-nominee Calvin Levels (Open Admissions) is set to perform his acclaimed one-man look at the life of renowned American author and Civil Rights activist James Baldwin. The show, James Baldwin: Down from the Mountaintop, coincides with the upcoming 20th anniversary of Bladwin's death.
