Ray Johnson News

Next week, 54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club and 2022 Tony Awards Honoree for Excellence in the Theatre, will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond. 54 Below celebrates Broadway musicals and writers of the past and present, promoting an ongoing engagement with their work. 

MOCA Jacksonville has announced A Walk on the Wild Side: ‘70s New York in the Norman E. Fisher Collection at MOCA Jacksonville, an exhibition exploring the dynamic culture of New York in the 1970s that spurred a decade of collaboration and innovation between artists working in a variety of genres.

54Below, in conjunction with Jarrett Winters Morley, will present THE HISTORY OF THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD, on Tuesday, January 23, at 7:00 PM. 

NEW YORK – Acclaimed photographer Andrew Moore's new exhibition, 'Whiskey Point and Other Tales,' explores the stunning landscapes of the Hudson Valley.

SheNYC Arts presents two plays running in rep, September 23 to October 14, by Festival alumni writers at A.R.T/NY Mezzanine Theater. Fort Huachuca will open on Thursday, September 28th and Bloodshot on Friday, September 29th. Check out photos from both plays here!

SheNYC Arts has announced complete casting for the two plays running in rep, September 23 to October 14, by Festival alumni writers at A.R.T/NY Mezzanine Theatre. The plays are Fort Huachuca and Bloodshot.

El Instituto de Arte de Chicago presenta la exposición Remedios Varo: Science Fictions (Remedios Varo: Ficciones científicas), integrada por más de 60 pinturas y dibujos de la artista hispanomexicana, entre ellas 50 obras del acervo del Museo de Arte Moderno (MAM), perteneciente a la Red de Museos del Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (Inbal), que abarcan 22 dibujos, 11 cuadernos, seis objetos de su archivo personal y 11 óleos. De estas piezas, 19 cuentan con declaratoria de monumento artístico.  

“Spirit lives in everything” ‒ This iconic quote by the late artist Sari Dienes serves as the entryway to the standout new exhibition by the Boca Raton Museum of Art of three breakthrough artists: Sari Dienes (1898-1992), Matthew Schreiber (b. 1967), and Sri Prabha (b. 1969). The work of each artist is showcased within its own gallery in this winning trifecta, across a panorama of art that encompasses the Museum's first floor. All three spaces are curated by Kelli Bodle, the Associate Curator of the Museum (on view June 14 – October 22).

Nominations have been announced for the ninth annual Bobby G Awards by the Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA).

The Art Institute will present Salvador Dalí: The Image Disappears, which explores the pivotal decade of the 1930s, when Salvador Dalí emerged as the inventor of his own personal brand of Surrealism.

The corner of Franklin and First in historic downtown Clarksville will be alive with the sounds of Motown and R&B when the hit musical Dreamgirls opens at the Roxy Regional Theatre on Saturday, February 11, at 8:00pm. 

The corner of Franklin and First in historic downtown Clarksville will be alive with the sounds of Motown and R&B when the hit musical Dreamgirls opens at the Roxy Regional Theatre on Thursday, February 9, at 7:00pm.  In keeping with the theatre's pay-what-you-can opening night tradition, all tickets not pre-sold at the regular price will go on sale at 6:30pm that evening for a $5 minimum donation.

On Sunday, December 4th, a public/industry reading of Kevin Ray Johnson's A 'Funny' Imagination - An unauthorized parody based on characters from the cartoon Doug, will be presented at The Dramatist Guild of America's Mary Rodgers Room in NYC.

Algonquin Arts Theatre has announced the cast and creative team for its holiday show, A Christmas Story: The Musical.

The Tank announced programming for their eco-forward festivals, TrashFest and DarkFest, from Saturday July 30 – Sunday August 7, 2022. Both festivals will take place in-person at The Tank NYC.

Kevin Ray Johnson's (The Unpredictable Times) Award Winning 10 Minute Play Una Noche en Tejas - When Beyonce Met Selena, will be heading to The Brisk Festival LA this April at The Morgan Wixson Theater in Santa Monica, California.

Kevin Ray Johnson's (The Unpredictable Times) 10 Minute Play Una Noche en Tejas - When Beyonce Met Selena (which recently premiered at The 2021 Equity Library Theatre Fall Virtual Play Festival) will be heading to The New York Theater Festival's 2021 Winterfest, Off-Off Broadway at The Latea Theater this December.

Theatre production company Parity Productions, the only New York theatre company that ensures that they fill at least 80% of the creative roles on their own productions—playwrights, directors, and designers—with women, trans, and gender-expansive artists and offers free tools to encourage the rest of the theatre industry to do the same, has awarded two commissions to Kelley Nicole Girod for This Stretch of Montpelier and M Sloth Levine for At Hotel MacGuffin. The ceremony took place on Wednesday, November 10th as a hybrid event over zoom and in person at the Manny Cantor Center.

Two Industry Presentations of Kevin Ray Johnson's Romantic Holiday Comedy Birdie and Tim are scheduled for Sunday, December 5th at 7:30 & 9:15 pm in New York City.

Parity Productions will premiere the filmed stage production of the world premiere play MIRRORS by Azure D. Osborne-Lee, 2018 Parity Commission Winner, at their 2021 Awards Ceremony and Celebration (AC&C) on Wednesday, November 10th.