Melanie News

New York City Opera presents the New York premiere of HOPPER'S WIFE by composer Stewart Wallace, set to a libretto by Michael Korie.

The celebrity and fashion elite are set to converge at this year's Met Gala and E! will cover the fanfare like never before as the network brings the real magic of the red carpet to pop culture fans around the globe with its signature “Live From The Red Carpet” multi-platform coverage of the event for the very first time.

Recognized by national media as one of the 'top 5 reasons to visit Seattle,' Bumbershoot today announced the official lineup for its 46th annual festival at the Seattle Center over Labor Day weekend, Friday Sept. 2 through Sunday Sept. 4. Headliners include Seattle natives and hip hop duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, alternative rock band Death Cab for Cutie, and critically acclaimed Norwegian producer KYGO, among others.

The merry old land of Oz comes to downtown Meriden May 13-22 as the Castle Craig Players presents THE WIZARD OF OZ. Join Dorothy as she's swept away from farmland Kansas and enters a world of color. Dance and sing along the yellow brick road with her companions, Scarecrow, Tinman, and Lion. And click your heels together as you rediscover the real story of OZ in this fantastic musical treat for the whole family!

Award winning sound artist Melanie Wilson is collaborating with Fuel, one of the UK's leading theatre producers, on a bold new eco-feminist work that re-imagines the operatic form. Called OPERA FOR THE UNKNOWN WOMAN, the production is commissioned by Wales Millennium Centre for the inaugural Festival of Voice and Yorkshire Festival 2016 in association with Warwick Arts Centre.

The Dallas Holocaust Museum/Center for Education and Tolerance is sponsoring the Opening Night performance of the 12-time Tony Award-winning Broadway musical CABARET, at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, May 25. This exciting collaborative partnership between the Museum and the AT&T Performing Arts Center offers sponsor levels with VIP access beginning at $1,000. The '$1,000 Duo Sponsor' receives two premium orchestra seats, pre-show refreshments, post-show 'Meet the Cast' Champagne Reception, complimentary valet parking and more. Single tickets start at $125.

On Sunday, May 15 at 4 pm, the Princeton Symphony Orchestra (PSO) presents its Passion & Affection concert performed in honor of Arnold H. Snider, III and featuring Sarah Kirkland Snider's Hiraeth, a multi-media work co-commissioned by the PSO with the North Carolina Symphony.

The Location Managers Guild International (LMGI) announced the winners of its 3rd Annual Location Managers Guild International Awards tonight. The event honored the outstanding and creative international contributions of location professionals and film commissions in seven categories of film, television and commercials. The black-tie awards ceremony took place at the Alex Theatre in Glendale before an audience of 500, including LMGI members, industry executives and press. Location Manager David Doumeng served as host.

Banks Brothers Productions will be presenting a triple header of Award Winning One Act Plays as a special treat for Mother's Day Weekend and a Showcase for some of Houston's most versatile actors. The show will run May 6-8 at Midtown Art Center 3414 La Branch Houston Texas 77002.

Friends of the High Line launches its new season of free programming with 'Culture Shock' today, April 23, 2016.

AMERICAN IDIOT at Birmingham-Southern College is edgy, gritty and all that you want it to be. BSC took a risk doing a current and potentially controversial show and for students of art, a risk like that is almost always worth it.

Having earned accolades for his work at Long Beach Opera (LBO) and Chicago Opera Theater (COT), Andreas Mitisek has been chosen to direct New York City Opera's (NYCO) production of Hopper's Wife. The opera is by composer Stewart Wallace with a libretto by Michael Korie. The new staging will mark the East Coast premiere of the opera and will be Mitisek's New York City directorial debut. Performances will take place on April 28, 29, 30 and May 1, 2016 at Harlem Stage (150 Convent Ave, New York, NY).

Melanie Jame Wolf/Savage Amusement will present the Australian premiere of Mira Fuchs 2 - 12 June 2016.

Dead Writers Theatre Collective opens its 2016 season with a clear look back at the Oscar Wilde classic, The Importance of Being Earnest. It opens July 1 at The Athenaeum Theatre. "It's the perfect choice to launch our 'Mad About The Boy' theme," states Collective Artistic Director Jim Schneider. "We're celebrating the good and bad side of love - all kinds of love. Our other two shows include a cabaret style production of Noel Coward's sophisticated work in Oh, Coward! and a dramatic look at tragic love with The Heiress. All three shows will be considered for a Jeff Award Recommendation."

Palos Verdes Performing Arts mounts a new staging of 'Fiddler on the Roof,' the timeless musical that has captured the hearts of audiences worldwide for more than 50 years. The production opens today, April 22 and will continue through May 8 at the Norris Theatre on the Palos Verdes Peninsula in the South Bay area of Los Angeles.

How many of these great songs do you know from underappreciated musicals?

In light of Hillary Clinton's sweep of the Democratic primary, an 'exit poll' was done of the cast of VOTES, a musical now running at Castillo Theatre in Manhattan, which examines the ambitions and regrets of the Democratic front runner. How did a group of seven actors, who have been ruthlessly examining Hillary Clinton's legacy for their play, take their artistic experience to the polls?

'Culture Shock' is a day-long series that will bring together a mix of music, dance, and spoken word performances by the most diverse set of local artists ever assembled on the High Line.

Paradox Players presents the Austin premiere of comedian Lewis Black's hilarious 'One Slight Hitch.' It's the summer of 1981. The Colemans are preparing for their daughter Courtney's wedding at their conservative, upper-class suburban home. Her mom, Delia, is making sure that everything is perfect. The groom is perfect, the dress is perfect, and the decorations will be perfect. Then, like in any good farce the doorbell rings. And all hell breaks loose. So much for the perfect.

First debuting to New York City audiences in December 2015, previews for Mark DeGarmo's work, 'Las Fridas,' continue this spring in a co-production with The Clemente.