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Austin Playhouse Announces 2022-2023 Season Featuring the World Premiere of NIGHTBIRD By R. Eric Thomas & More
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 16, 2022

Austin Playhouse has announced the titles for the 2022-2023 Season. The 4-play mainstage season includes a world premiere, a hilarious comedy, and two Austin premieres – a stunning masterpiece and a heartfelt musical at Austin Playhouse’s new interim theatre space located in the heart of Austin.

The Fairfield County Dance Festival Returns For Its Second Year Of Free Dance Performances
by Grace Cutler - Jul 3, 2022

A series of free dance performances throughout Fairfield County to enable greater access to the arts and arts education.

Kiln Theatre Announces Full Cast For The World Première Of Zodwa Nyoni's THE DARKEST PART OF THE NIGHT
by Stephi Wild - May 16, 2022

With Marina Carr's Girl on an Altar about to begin previews, Kiln Theatre announces the full cast for the world première of Zodwa Nyoni's The Darkest Part of the Night. Nancy Medina directs Brianna Douglas, Andrew French, James Clyde, Hannah Morrish, Lee Phillips and Nadia Williams.

BWW Review: A Soaring, Powerful TITANIC THE MUSICAL at the Manatee Players
by Peter Nason - May 15, 2022

No matter how much you know about the Titanic disaster, the musical grounds the story, humanizes it, and you leave the theatre an emotional wreck.

Review Roundup: TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD Kicks Off First National Tour; What Are the Critics Saying?
by Stephi Wild - Apr 20, 2022

The First National Tour has officially begun for the history-making production of To Kill a Mockingbird, Academy Award winner Aaron Sorkin's new play, directed by Tony winner Bartlett Sher and based on Harper Lee's classic novel. Read the reviews here!

VIDEO: Richard Thomas Talks Touring as Atticus Finch in TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
by Alan Henry - Feb 24, 2022

Richard Thomas will play the role of Atticus Finch in the National Tour of To Kill A Mockingbird, Aaron Sorkin's new play, directed by Bartlett Sher, and based on Harper Lee's classic novel. The tour will begin performances next month at Shea's Performing Arts Center in Buffalo.

Award Winning Actor Richard Thomas To Host YANY 70th Anniversary Gala
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 17, 2022

Young Audiences New York has announced that Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning actor, Richard Thomas, will once again take the stage to emcee this year's 70th Anniversary Gala at Guastavino's (409 East 59th Street, NYC) , on Tuesday, March 1, 2022, at 6:00 pm.

BWW Review: COMPULSION OR THE HOUSE BEHIND at Theater J
by Rachael F. Goldberg - Feb 3, 2022

'Compulsion or the House Behind' is a good show, with a strong creative team and an immensely talented cast, but it’s also a flawed one. With pacing issues and a shyness about fully facing the questions it raises, it’s often a frustrating production. But it’s a thought-provoking one for that same reason.

The Seattle Symphony Announces Livestream Of SONGS OF THE EARTH On Seattle Symphony Live This Month
by Stephi Wild - Feb 2, 2022

The Seattle Symphony's Songs of the Earth performance will be live broadcast and available to view on Seattle Symphony Live on February 10. The captured broadcast will be available online for one week. This performance brings together a poignant program of music that reflects on the end of life.

Andy Thomas Joins The Board Of The San Diego Film Foundation
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 11, 2021

Tonya Mantooth, CEO and Artistic Director of the San Diego International Film Festival www.sdfilmfest.com announces the addition of tourism professional Andy Thomas, Senior VP, Business Development at Evans Hotels to the Board of the San Diego Film Foundation.

LA Opera'S OEDIPUS REX Begins Streaming Today
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 18, 2021

Beginning today at 5pm PT, LA Opera presents a new streaming presentation of Igor Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex, conducted by James Conlon, the company's Richard Seaver Music Director, and starring tenor Russell Thomas, the company's Artist in Residence, in the title role.

The 14th Annual Barbour Playwrights Award Returns in June
by Stephi Wild - Jun 1, 2021

The Episcopal Actors' Guild has announced that the Barbour Playwrights Award is back! This festival celebrating new work for the theatre will return in June 2021 and feature virtual readings of three new plays nominated by this year's partnering company, Leviathan Lab.

Everyman Theatre Receives $25,000 Grant From the National Endowment for the Arts
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 12, 2021

Everyman Theatre has been approved for a $25,000 Grants for Arts Projects award to support CRYING ON TELEVISION, a new play by Baltimore playwright R. Eric Thomas. This project will provide for the development of Crying on Television from workshopping, to part of its 2020/21 Summer 6-Pack reading series, to a mainstage production.

LA Opera Revives After Hours Recital Series With BLACK LOVE
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 6, 2021

LA Opera will present the first episode of its newly revived After Hours recital series with a program entitled 'Black Love' on Saturday, February 13, at 5pm (PST).

LA Opera Welcomes Tenor Russell Thomas as Artist in Residence
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 25, 2021

As LA Opera anticipates resuming public performances this fall, the company is continuing to look to its artistic future, welcoming the newest member of its leadership team: opera star Russell Thomas, one of today's most prominent tenors, is joining the company as Artist in Residence.

BWW Interview: Marty Thomas of THE AWARD WINNING HOLIDAY ALBUM
by Stephen Mosher - Dec 15, 2020

Show business powerhouse and Jack of All Trades Marty Thomas will end up with his own studio soon, if he isn't careful. Whether it is a recording studio or movie studio, well, we will have to wait and see.

Bonnie Montgomery & Zachary James Release 'Song Beyond Words, A Vocalise'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - Dec 7, 2020

Award-winning singer/songwriter Bonnie Montgomery is widely lauded as enthusiastically for her polished parlor songs as she is for her lawless country barnburners.

Fort Worth Opera Unveils Expanded Fall Virtual Season and Announces the 2020-2021 Lesley Resident Artists
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 3, 2020

Fort Worth Opera has announced further details of the reimagined fall virtual season under the company's new online initiative FWO Green Room.

BWW CD Review: Marty Thomas SLOW DANCING WITH A BOY Is The Prom Date Everyone Needs
by Stephen Mosher - May 25, 2020

Marty Thomas returns to the studio with his most personal album yet... and scores his biggest triumph to date.

BWW Review: Overstuffed and Disorganized SAFE SPACE at Single Carrot Theatre
by Jack L. B. Gohn - Feb 3, 2020

There is no question that R. Eric Thomas has serious things to say about the state of race in our country. In a Single Carrot press release, he is quoted, for instance, as saying that the play was written now to address a?oethe scourge of white supremacy,a?? and that the play is a?oeabout priorities for the future and a way out.a?? He calls his thoughts a?oecomplicated.a?? And complicated is fine, so long as the audience is given as concrete and coherent a map of the way through that complication as Thomas can fashion. But that work has not been done.

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