Maya Angelou News

New Music USA's Amplifying Voices program, which launched in 2020 to foster collaboration and collective action between U.S. orchestras and composers through a network of co-commissions, has expanded rapidly to soon include over forty-five orchestras across the U.S. and beyond.

Bashful, and the Noize is a One Act Slam/Hip-Hop Play centered around a sixteen-year-old Black boy named Bash who enacts a vow of silence after reckoning with sexual assault and grief.

The American Film Institute announced today it will confer a Doctorate of Fine Arts degree honoris causa for contributions of distinction to the art of the moving image upon Michelle Yeoh, who will become the first Asian artist to receive the AFI honor; and a Doctorate of Communication Arts degree honoris causa upon AFI Trustee Emeritus Lawrence Herbert for his commitment to the mission of the American Film Institute.

No one sings and dances like Movin' Melvin Brown - and he's back at the Edinburgh Fringe after five years. 

The text of Una Imagen Interior, a production by Spanish company El Conde De Torrefiel now in performance at Vedène's Autre Scène du Grand Avignon, is relegated to a bilingual surtitle board. Who does your mind cast in this role of narrator? A whimsical and childlike Björk might be appropriate. A resonant and poetic Maya Angelou might also work. My mind landed on the professorial tenor of David Attenborough. He was a good companion in a work that aspires to transcend 'frames.'

Experience a new type of storytelling as you walk across the Brooklyn Bridge. 'Emily Was Here' XR stands for eXtended Reality. They merge digital and physical - fusing elements heard or seen on an app to locations you explore physically.

Nashville's Lauren Balthrop makes captivating, candid music propelled by her crystalline voice and will release her sophomore album, Things Will Be Different via Olivia Records and is available for pre-save. Listen to the album opener 'What of the Days' now. The track follows 'Thank You,' a duet with songwriter Maya de Vitry, and 'Piece of Shit.'

The Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center is partnering with Actors' Repertory Theatre of Simi's Untold Stories Living History Project and artist Jan Glasband to bring a very special event to our Mainstage and Gallery on Friday, July 8, 2022 at 7 pm.

La Jolla Playhouse has announced Common Ground Theatre as its 2022/2023 Theatre-in-Residence. Spearheaded by Christopher Ashley, the Rich Family Artistic Director of La Jolla Playhouse, the Theatre-in-Residence program aims to encourage the artistic development of local performing arts organizations, while contributing to the San Diego theatre scene as a whole.

In celebration of Juneteenth, the Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center is partnering with Actors' Repertory Theatre of Simi's Untold Stories Living History Project and artist Jan Glasband to bring a very special event to our Mainstage and Gallery on Sunday, June 19th beginning at 3 pm.

Young Women's Choral Projects of San Francisco (YWCP) will present two concerts to conclude their 10th anniversary season.

Special Offer - Join NYCCT for an adaptation of Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings live at Theatre Row!

We’ve all been there. Searching for answers to questions and only coming up with more questions! Aided by fabulous characters and her audience, acclaimed Vermont writer & performer Abby Paige may just find her answers as Lost Nation Theater presents her new play Les Filles du Quoi? June 16–26th at Montpelier City Hall Arts Center!

The 92nd Street Y, New York (92NY) today announced that, building on lessons learned during the pandemic, it is set to relaunch itself for the 21st Century, bringing its values and programming to more people in more places more effectively than ever before.

The first-ever stage adaptation of Maya Angelou's game-changing autobiography for young audiences, I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS, will have its world-premiere Off-Broadway as New York City Children's Theater concludes its 25th season.

Independent recording artist Stephanie James will be performing her first sold out headlining performance at Berklee College of Music's Red Room at Cafe 939 on April 23rd alongside special guest Late Night Thoughts. 

Regent's Park Open Air Theatre have today announced MOREoutdoor events as part of their 90th anniversary season.

The Joan W. and Irving B. Harris Theater for Music and Dance presents Emancipation by Adrian Dunn with the The Adrian Dunn Singers and Rize Orchestra on the HTP Mainstage on Friday, April 29, 2022 at 7:30PM.

The Joan W. and Irving B. Harris Theater for Music and Dance will present Emancipation by Adrian Dunn with the The Adrian Dunn Singers and Rize Orchestra on the HTP Mainstage on Friday, April 29, 2022 at 7:30PM.

Kicking off on Saturday, April 23, New Rep's We Are Storytellers series will open with a two-show festival celebrating storytelling through music, dance and spoken word.