Mr. Richard News

The Public Theater's Music Theater Initiative presents its first Songwriter Showcase, featuring sneak previews of three musicals in development by today's hottest young writing teams, curated by MTI director, Ted Sperling, Tony Award winner for THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA.

The Public Theater's Music Theater Initiative presents its first Songwriter Showcase, featuring sneak previews of three musicals in development by today's hottest young writing teams, curated by MTI director, Ted Sperling, Tony Award winner for THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA.

Events impresario/restaurateur Barton G. Weiss brings his signature style to downtown Miami's Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts (www.arshtcenter.org) with PRELUDE BY BARTON G. (www.preludebybartong.com). Opening to the general public on October 23, 2009, PRELUDE BY BARTON G. will give arts patrons, locals and tourists alike the opportunity to dine in style in the heart of Miami's cultural hub. The restaurant will be open for business six days a week.

Events impresario/restaurateur Barton G. Weiss brings his signature style to downtown Miami's Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts (www.arshtcenter.org) with PRELUDE BY BARTON G. (www.preludebybartong.com). Opening to the general public on October 23, 2009, PRELUDE BY BARTON G. will give arts patrons, locals and tourists alike the opportunity to dine in style in the heart of Miami's cultural hub. The restaurant will be open for business six days a week.

Events impresario/restaurateur Barton G. Weiss brings his signature style to downtown Miami's Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts (www.arshtcenter.org) with PRELUDE BY BARTON G. (www.preludebybartong.com). Opening to the general public on October 23, 2009, PRELUDE BY BARTON G. will give arts patrons, locals and tourists alike the opportunity to dine in style in the heart of Miami's cultural hub. The restaurant will be open for business six days a week.

Manhattan Theatre Club's upcoming New York premiere of NIGHTINGALE, the new play written and performed by Lynn Redgrave and directed by Joseph Hardy, begins rehearsals today.

Miami's Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts has been selected as 'Project of the Year' by the Urban Land Institute's Southeast Florida/Caribbean District Council. The 'Project of the Year' distinction - widely considered as the land use and development industry's top honor - recognizes the real estate project that best embodies the mission of the Urban Land Institute: ensuring the responsible use of land in an effort to create sustainable, thriving communities around the world.

The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County announced today that it has named Suzanna Valdez as Vice President of Advancement. Ms. Valdez comes to the Center after serving as Chief of Staff to City of Miami Mayor Manny Diaz for the past two years. Prior to her work at City Hall, Ms. Valdez served as Miami Program Director for the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

Eric Schaeffer, Artistic Director of the Tony Award®-winning Signature Theatre, today announced that Signature Theatre is expanding its American Musical Voices Project (AMVP) for a fourth year with the commission and production of a new musical by Adam Guettel for its 2011-2012 season. Also announced as part of The Next Generation segment of the AMVP were two additional musical commissions awarded to Peter Foley and Marisa Michelson as well as honoree grants given to Chris Miller and Scott Davenport Richards for the development of future musical ideas. Signature, with the support of The Shen Family Foundation, has awarded $595,000 to artists in honors and commissions in the past three years. The American Musical Voices Project is the largest single musical theater commissioning and producing initiative at any non-profit theater in America.

The Orlando Repertory Theatre (REP) invites families to attend the 3rd Annual Target Family Theatre Festival in Loch Haven Park from July 17th - July 26th; featuring performances by Mr. Steve from PBS Kids, Brady Rymer and the Little Band That Could, Justin Roberts and the Not Ready For Nap Time Players, Thoroughly Modern Millie, SNACK, international puppet shows and many more!

The Orlando Repertory Theatre (REP) invites families to attend the 3rd Annual Target Family Theatre Festival in Loch Haven Park from July 17th - July 26th; featuring performances by Mr. Steve from PBS Kids, Brady Rymer and the Little Band That Could, Justin Roberts and the Not Ready For Nap Time Players, Thoroughly Modern Millie, SNACK, international puppet shows and many more!

The luncheon also featured a sneak-preview of the 2009-2010 RRA-Broadway Across America Miami season, which will feature The Color Purple, October 27-November 1, 2009; 101 Dalmatians, December 30, 2009-January 3, 2010; Wicked, March 3-21, 2010; Mamma Mia!, March 30-April 4, 2010; and Spring Awakenings, May 11-16, 2010. In addition to these hit musicals, the season will also include The Walworth Farce (November 4-7, 2009) and a performance by Broadway icon Brian Stokes Mitchell (December 12, 2009).

OPERA America, the national service organization for opera, honored the four recipients of its 2009 National Opera Trustee Recognition award at a dinner and reception in New York City on Saturday, February 21. In its second year, the award honors trustees of U.S. opera companies for exemplary leadership, generosity and audience building efforts on behalf of their respective companies.

Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY is Now Free of Bank Debt After Paying Off a $14 Million Loan Seven Years Early

'Miami's gain is a tough loss for New Jersey,' said Governor Jon S. Corzine of New Jersey. 'John Richard is a man of extraordinary integrity, with a remarkable insight into the human condition and a deep and abiding commitment to making a difference in this world. His skillful engineering of the original capital campaign to build NJPAC, his responsible oversight of twelve years of operations, and his core belief that the arts center and its communities are intrinsically linked have made New Jersey a better place to live. Miami is extremely lucky to get him.'

PREMIERES, a not-for-profit musical theater development company, proudly announces the world premiere of INNER VOICES: SOLO MUSICALS, three new works created by and starring some of the industry's brightest talents.

On June 22nd, Brian Stokes Mitchell and Bebe Neuwirth will perform at 'The H.E.L.P. Fundraiser,' which will be hosted by Nathan Lane