Amber Martin plays live at Joe's Pub on Saturday, July 21st at 9:30pm. Celebrated vocalist and comedic performance artist, Martin premieres her new show for one night only. Tickets are $15.00. Click here to purchase.
Goodman Theatre Artistic Associate and "triple threat" Playwright/Director/Actor Regina Taylor brings her musical Crowns, based on the book by Craig Marberry with photographs by Michael Cunningham, back to the Goodman stage. For her all-new 10th anniversary production, Taylor has engaged community partners and used workshops to explore and deepen the spoken word, dance and music elements in Crowns. Crowns runs June 30 - August 5, 2012 (Opening Night is July 9) in the Goodman's Albert Theatre. Check out photos of the cast and creative team in rehearsal below!
Crowns, written and directed by Regina Taylor and adapted from the book by Michael Cunningham and Craig Marberry will play June 30 - August 5, 2012 In the Albert at Theatre Goodman.
On Monday, February 13 at 7:30pm, Premiere Commission will mark its 10th anniversary with a Gala Celebration at Le Poisson Rouge (158 Bleecker Street, NYC).
If you can find a more joy-filled, inspirational musical than Regina Taylor's Crowns-a tribute to African-American women, their church-going traditions, their friends and families and their gorgeous chapeaux-I can't imagine what it could possibly be! Raising the roof of the historic Christ Church Cathedral in downtown Nashville to praise the Lord and recount the struggles and achievements of generations of proud African-American women resplendent in their fashion and finery, showing off their ingrained "hattitude" with dignity, pride and grace, Crowns works its way into your heart easily, ultimately taking its place in your soul with its universal tale of love, hope and devotion.
On Monday, February 13 at 7:30pm, Premiere Commission will mark its 10th anniversary with a Gala Celebration at Le Poisson Rouge (158 Bleecker Street, NYC).
The Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation today named ten recipients of the 2011 Whiting Writers' Awards. The awards, now $50,000 each totaling $500,000, have been given annually since 1985 to writers of exceptional talent and promise in early career.
The Writers Studio Reading Series celebrates the release of MY DYSLEXIA by PHILIP SCHULTZ Pulitzer Prize winner & Founder/Director of The Writers studio on FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2011 at 7:00 PM.
The Writers Studio Reading Series celebrates the release of MY DYSLEXIA by PHILIP SCHULTZ Pulitzer Prize winner & Founder/Director of The Writers studio on FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2011 at 7:00 PM.
We're Here, We're Queer, a new book by Chicago writer Owen Keehnen, contains more than 100 interviews with activists, artists, writers, and others who helped lay the groundwork for the current LGBTQ world.
According to published reports, BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON star, Benjamin Walker, and actress Mamie Gummer, daught of Meryl Streep, wed this past weekend in an intimate ceremomy at the home of Streep and husband Don Gummer.
The Hamptons International Film Festival will host its 11th annual Screenwriters' Lab co-sponsored by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation April 15 - 17 in East Hampton, NY.
The Hamptons International Film Festival will host its 11th annual Screenwriters' Lab co-sponsored by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation April 15 - 17 in East Hampton, NY.
On April 15, 2011, BOMB Magazine will celebrate 30 years of independent publishing and programming with its biggest Gala & Silent Auction yet, at Capitale in New York City.