YoungArts Announces Master Teachers in Miami: Bill T. Jones, Malcom Gets & More
by Kelsey Denette
- Jan 11, 2012
YoungArts, the core program of the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts is proud to welcome several world-renowned artists to Miami January 9-14, 2012, to serve as Master Teachers for YoungArts Week. Every year YoungArts selects approximately 150 of the nation's most talented 17-18 year old artists to travel to Miami for YoungArts Week, an all-expense paid weeklong gathering that includes master classes, workshops, readings, and exhibitions and performances that are open to the public. This year's class of students will have the exclusive experience of participating in master classes with Robert Redford, Bill T. Jones, Jacques d'Amboise, Jon Secada, Malcolm Gets and Debi Mazar. They will also participate in a special arts advocacy session with Robert L. Lynch (Americans for the Arts).
Matt Damon to Take Part in THE PEOPLE SPEAK, LIVE! Benefit, 1/31
by Nicole Rosky
- Jan 10, 2012
Part of a new, yearlong arts and education initiative in Chicago, a benefit performance of "The People Speak, Live!" produced by Voices of a People's History takes place at Metro, Tuesday, January 31st, 2012. Bringing to life the extraordinary history of ordinary people who made the United States what it is today, the evening pairs Academy Award®-winner Matt Damon with local Chicago talent for dramatic readings and songs of the actual words of rebels, dissenters, and visionaries from America's past--and present.
YoungArts Week 2012 Schedule Announced, Kicks Off 1/9-14
by BWW
News Desk
- Jan 9, 2012
YoungArts, the core program of the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts (NFAA), is set to welcome and showcase the nation's best and brightest young artists in Miami for a week of workshops, master classes, performances and exhibitions during YoungArts Week, January 9-14, 2012.
Alec Baldwin to Give Americans for the Arts Lecture, 4/16
by Nicole Rosky
- Jan 4, 2012
Emmy Award®-winning TV, film and stage actor and arts advocate Alec Baldwin will deliver The Americans for the Arts 25th Annual Nancy Hanks Lecture on Arts and Public Policy on April 16 at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The lecture is presented by Americans for the Arts, the nation's leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts and arts education, and in partnership with Ovation, the only television network dedicated to all forms of artistic expression.
FLASH FRIDAY: Scarlett Johansson Does It All & Buys A Zoo, Too
by Pat Cerasaro
- Dec 24, 2011
Stage and screen superstar Scarlett Johansson is known to most theatre fans for her tremendous work in the recent revival of Arthur Miller's A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE, directed by Gregory Mosher and co-starring fellow InDepth InterView participant Liev Schreiber, for which she rightly took home the 2010 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress In A Play. Before then, Johansson was perhaps best known for her leading role in Sofia Coppola's moving contemporary drama LOST IN TRANSLATION, co-starring Bill Murray, as well as for her featured roles in some big-budget Hollywood films with top-tier talent and directors - THE PRESTIGE with Christopher Nolan (co-starring Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman), THE BLACH DAHLIA with Brian DePalma, THE ISLAND with Michael Bay (co-starring Ewan MacGregor), THE SPIRIT with Frank Miller; as well as a string of quirky and unique independent films such as GHOST WORLD, A LOVE SONG FOR BOBBY LONG and her unforgettable work in THE HORSE WHISPERER under the guiding force of director Robert Redford. Since then, she has become a franchise superhero superstar thanks to her role in the international smash hit IRON MAN 2, co-starring Robert Downey, Jr. and Samuel L. Jackson, both of whom she reteams with in this Spring's tent-pole entertainment attraction THE AVENGERS, directed by BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER and occasional GLEE-helmer Joss Whedon, which also features Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Jeremy Renner and Chris Evans as the classic Marvel comic book heroes. Today marks the opening night of her newest feature film, WE BOUGHT A ZOO, directed by Cameron Crowe and co-starring Matt Damon and Thomas Haden Church, which finds Scarlett back in familiar territory - after all, she is celebrated by many entertainment enthusiasts for her sterling, unsurpassed work in three highly-acclaimed and endlessly enjoyable Woody Allen films: MATCH POINT, SCOOP and VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA. In celebration of WE BOUGHT A ZOO, today we shall shine a special solo spotlight on one of the brightest stars on Broadway or in Hollywood who is sure to delight us in theaters and on screens for many years to come - she has already been legitimately acting for nearly 20 years of her 27 on earth, after all. So, whether stage or screen, comedy or drama, music or mime, Scarlett Johansson can clearly do it all and we will sample some of the best clips from her career so far as we look forward to WE BOUGHT A ZOO, THE AVENGERS and everything else that is next for her in her rise to the top ranks of Broadway and Hollywood.
YoungArts Week 2012 Schedule Announced, Kicks Off 1/9-14
by Gabrielle Sierra
- Dec 22, 2011
YoungArts, the core program of the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts (NFAA), is set to welcome and showcase the nation's best and brightest young artists in Miami for a week of workshops, master classes, performances and exhibitions during YoungArts Week, January 9-14, 2012.
Sundance Channel Hosts Broadcast Premiere of Barefoot Wine's ONE BEACH
by Caryn Robbins
- Dec 21, 2011
Today, Wednesday, December 21, Sundance Channel will host the broadcast premiere of Barefoot Wine's ONE BEACH, a film that tells the personal stories of people who are using creativity and innovation to help keep the world's beaches 'barefoot friendly.' Directed by renowned surf filmmaker Jason Baffa and produced by Farm League, the film profiles six passionate people who are working to help fix the global beach trash problem.
Robert Redford Set to Star in ALL IS LOST
by Caryn Robbins
- Dec 16, 2011
Deadline.com reports that legendary film star Robert Redford is currently in talks to star in J.C. Chandor's upcoming film ALL IS LOST. The film is described as a 'man vs. nature drama that takes place on the water' and centers on one man's struggle to survive the harsh elements around him.
YoungArts Honors Robert Redford, Doug Aitken, and Robert Lynch
by Kelsey Denette
- Dec 13, 2011
On Saturday, January 14, 2012, at An Affair of the Arts Performance and Gala, YoungArts will honor actor Robert Redford with the Arison Award; visual artist Doug Aitken with the Alumni Award; and arts administrator Robert Lynch, President of the Americans for the Arts, with the YoungArts Leadership Award. The gala, held at the Gusman Center for the Performing Arts and the J.W. Marriott Marquis Hotel, will bring together prominent artists, community leaders, philanthropists and celebrities to celebrate the 2012 national YoungArts winners.
Cheyenne Jackson's PRICE CHECK to Premiere at 2012 Sundance Film Festival
by Nicole Rosky
- Dec 5, 2011
Sundance Institute announced today the films selected to screen in the out-of-competition Premieres and Documentary Premieres sections of the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. Included in this year's line-up is Price Check, featuring Cheyenne Jackson, Parker Posey, and Annie Parisse.The Festival will be held January 19 through 29 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah. The complete list of films is available at www.sundance.org/festival.
Robert Redford to Bring 'Sundance Festival' to the UK This April
by Caryn Robbins
- Nov 23, 2011
According to Digitalspy.com, actor and director Robert Redford and musician T Bone Burnett are set to launch Sundance London at The O2 this coming April. Redford hopes to share the excitement and success of his long running Sundance Film Festival in Utah to the United Kingdom. The festival is set to kick off on April 26, 2012.
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