MICHAEL MAO DANCE begins its 26th year with a program of major Mao dances, including D.S.C.H., called 'a stunning work to Shostakovich's String Quartet #8' following its 1994 debut, along with other works to music by Kurt Weill, and Taiko drumming, May 24 & 25 at the Ailey Citigroup Theater, 405 West 55 Street.
Had Lucy's family stayed in Trenton, history might have been very different, but the Garden State stayed peripherally involved the Queen of Comedy's life and work.
Rainy Day Productions will present industry readings of the new play Chasing the River by Jean Dobie Giebel. Directed by Illana Stein, the six-member cast will feature Tony Carlin, Aaron Costa Ganis, Annie Golden, Deborah Rayne, Chet Siegel, and Wendy Rich Stetson. The readings will be held on Monday, January 28 at 3:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m., and Tuesday, January 29 at 4:00 p.m. For more information, please email victoria@PSTheatricals.com.
Between 1884, when it was formed as part of the newly-established Hungarian State Opera House, and November, 2018 when it makes its American debut at the David H. Koch Theater, the Hungarian National Ballet will have performed in almost every cultural capital and on every continent in the world, except North America.
The Center for Ballet and the Arts at NYU (CBA), the first-ever international institute for scholars and artists of ballet and its related arts and sciences, today announces the launch of its Artistic Partnership Initiative (API). API is a joint initiative between The Center and major professional dance companies around the world to advance the art of choreography. The API Fellowship will give artists selected by the companies the full resources of The Center and NYU for a three to four-week residency to develop new work. Nominees are artists with notable choreographic potential.
'Work In Progress,' set in sunny Los Angeles, is a six-part, half-hour comedy that follows a fictionalized version of Tay as she decides to quit her dead-end retail job and pursue a career as a 'Documentarian Sociologist.' In this first season, she seeks to answer the age-old question: 'why do we work?' Throughout the season, her character interviews a range of people such as farmers, strippers, musicians, scientists, painters, professors, and many others. 'Work In Progress' sneakily celebrates and roasts naïve millennials who are simultaneously better than, and unprepared, for the labor force they are freshly navigating. 'Work In Progress' is sure to be on everyone's weekly watch party list when it premieres Friday, April 27th, on Here TV - with her docuseries 'Inside The Rainbow' and 'Queer Family Tree' following later this year (also on Here TV).
TEDxAsburyPark, one of the largest and highest-rated TEDx conference on the East Coast, today announced the first dozen speakers who will speak at the Saturday, May 19th "Passion" event held at the Paramount Theatre on the Asbury Park Boardwalk. Speakers, who will perform for an audience of 1500, will include a supermodel-turned-feminist advocate, leading dancers and choreographers, explorers, business leaders, an LGBTQ pioneer, a "comic book man," and more.
Abrons Arts Center will present the world premiere of Bang, Bang, Gun Amok, a 24-hour performance filibuster dedicated to U.S. gun culture.
Abrons Arts Center will present the world premiere of Bang, Bang, Gun Amok, a 24-hour performance filibuster dedicated to U.S. gun culture.
The Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts recently acquired three new art pieces, now in display in the Main Street building's balcony level lobby atrium.
The Dallas Museum of Art today announced that it has acquired Sam Gilliam's Leaf. The 1970 acrylic on canvas is a major example of Gilliam's "Drape" paintings, an approach that pushed Gilliam beyond chromatic and geometric temperance toward an uninhibited, expressive inventiveness.
Dan Harris has been named host for season two of ABC's innovative event game show “500 Questions,” from Mark Burnett and Mike Darnell. Produced by MGM Television in association with Warner Horizon Television, the series will return in 2016.
David Watson's SAVE TO DRAFT begins its first run today, January 29, and plays through February 21, 2016. And while it may be true that there are no new plots in the theatrical arena, there are, indeed, fascinating ways of looking at them. Watson's ear for dialogue and insight into the human condition makes SAVE THE DRAFT the must-see show of the New Year.
A compelling new voice in theater, David Watson, a former Madison Avenue wizard, will see his play SAVE TO DRAFT January 29 - February 21, 2016.
New York, NY – UNIX Gallery presents EDEN: Pianeti Lontani. Paradisi E Terre Vulcaniche. (Eden: Distant Planets. The Heavens and Volcanic Earth), an exhibition of paintings by a renowned Italian artist Marcello Lo Giudice. On view May 12 – June 20, 2015, the exhibition features twelve new, previously unseen paintings that explore the theme of the beauty of our planet and the importance of its conservation for generations to come. The opening reception with the artist will be held on Tuesday, May 12, 2015, 6 – 8 PM. UNIX Gallery is located 532 W 24th Street.
UNIX Gallery presents EDEN: Pianeti Lontani. Paradisi E Terre Vulcaniche. (Eden: Distant Planets. The Heavens and Volcanic Earth), an exhibition of paintings by a renowned Italian artist Marcello Lo Giudice. On view today, May 12 - June 20, 2015, the exhibition features twelve new, previously unseen paintings that explore the theme of the beauty of our planet and the importance of its conservation for generations to come.
UNIX Gallery presents EDEN: Pianeti Lontani. Paradisi E Terre Vulcaniche. (Eden: Distant Planets. The Heavens and Volcanic Earth), an exhibition of paintings by a renowned Italian artist Marcello Lo Giudice. On view May 12 – June 20, 2015, the exhibition features twelve new, previously unseen paintings that explore the theme of the beauty of our planet and the importance of its conservation for generations to come. The opening reception with the artist will be held on Tuesday, May 12, 2015, 6 – 8 PM. UNIX Gallery is located 532 W 24th Street.
Will Smith stars in the dark comedy FOCUS, hitting theaters nationwide today, February 27th.
Country Music Hall of Fame member Little Jimmy Dickens died on Friday afternoon at age 94.
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