CHANDLER, Ariz., Sept. 18, 2015 /PRNewswire-iReach/ With over 300 million copies of his books sold worldwide, James Patterson is one of the most prolific and successful authors on the planet. While he continues to write the suspenseful thriller novels his devotees clamor for as well as the children's books that have gained him a whole new fan base, he's also become a major champion for literacy. He recently pledged to donate $1.75 million to school libraries through a grant program with Scholastic Reading Club. 'I'm really passionate about getting kids reading,' said Patterson in a recent interview with Story Monsters Ink magazine. 'If kids aren't competent readers in middle school, they're going to have a really hard time getting through high school and getting through life.' Patterson also discussed his career, his newest books and how he instilled a love of reading in his own son.
Join the Cat in the Hat as he takes you on a journey into the fantastical, bombastical and songtastical world of Dr Seuss. After a successful international tour in 2014, SEUSSICAL will burst back on to stage in 2015, opening at Spa, Bridlington prior to flying out to Abu Dhabi, Dubai and ending in Singapore.
Los Angeles' favorite clown troupe Four Clowns, still buzzing from the success of their recent award-winning Hollywood Fringe Festival engagement, teams up with the Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles for an all new take on one of the Bard's most popular works. Four Clowns presents Hamlet will run for eight performances only, Fridays and Saturdays from tonight, September 18 - October 10, 2015, all shows at 8:00pm.
The Silversmith's Art: Made in Britain Today will celebrate the exceptional artistry and skill that make Britain a world leader in modern silver. The exhibition will present work from the renowned Contemporary Silver Collection of the Goldsmiths' Company, London, dating from the Millennium to the present day, as well as examine the techniques and inspirations behind the works.
?The Cincinnati Pops Orchestra and Conductor John Morris Russell are delighted to announce the Pops' 2015-2016 season at Cincinnati Music Hall, the fifth under the direction of Mr. Russell. The season, presented by PNC along with the Pops Artist Series Sponsor, The Otto M. Budig Family Foundation, features exciting guest artist debuts, alongside the return of the best genres and artists that have built the Pops into an American icon.
PICNIC, the 1953 Pulitzer Prize-winning play by William Inge about sexual repression, longing and disillusionment, and the narrow-minded limitations of life in a small Midwestern town, launches Palm Beach Dramaworks' 2015-2016 season on Friday, October 9 (8pm) at the Don & Ann Brown Theatre.
Playwright Pearl Cleage (What I Learned in Paris, Blues for an Alabama Sky) and Alliance Theatre Artistic Director of Theatre for Youth and Families Rosemary Newcott, are pleased to announce a new play for middle school audiences - Tell Me My Dream. When two modern day teenagers find themselves in 1910 Atlanta, history is made present and their lives are forever changed.
The Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park opens its 2015-16 season with the heartwarming, soaring musical THE SECRET GARDEN, based on the enduring family classic penned more than a century ago by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Winner of three Tony Awards on Broadway, with book and lyrics by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Marsha Normanand music by Lucy Simon, THE SECRET GARDEN runs Sept. 5-Oct. 3 in the Playhouse's Robert S. Marx Theatre. Check out a first look below!
The Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park opens its 2015-16 season with the heartwarming, soaring musical THE SECRET GARDEN, based on the enduring family classic penned more than a century ago by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Winner of three Tony Awards on Broadway, with book and lyrics by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Marsha Norman and music by Lucy Simon, THE SECRET GARDEN runs Sept. 5-Oct. 3 in the Playhouse's Robert S. Marx Theatre. Check out a first look at highlights below!
The Old Globe opens its 2015-2016 Season with IN YOUR ARMS, a World Premiere dance-theatre musical featuring direction and choreography by Tony Award winner Christopher Gattelli (Newsies, Godspell, Lincoln Center Theater's The King and I and South Pacific) and original music by Tony Award winner Stephen Flaherty (Ragtime, Once on This Island; two-time Oscar nominee for Anastasia). The production begins tonight, September 16, with an opening slated for September 24, and runs through October 25, 2015.
WESTCLIFFE, Colo., Sept. 15, 2015 /PRNewswire/ Douglas Schulz, author of the August 3, 2015 released book, Just When You Thought It Was Safe The Invasion of America, says Americans should be paying very close attention to the massive immigration problems that many European countries are confronting. Though many of those flooding into Europe are refugees seeking political asylum, the vast majority are merely seeking a better life, a reality that has been playing out for decades here in North America. While Europe is frustrated over having to deal with the recent hundreds of thousands of new entrants, such an influx pales with the United States educating, feeding and providing free healthcare to the estimated 12 to 20 million illegal Mexicans currently residing in the United States.
Back in 2010, Veteran of seven Broadway shows and cabaret artist Rosemary Loar performed her critically acclaimed cabaret show Sting, Stang, Stung!, which featured jazzy and emotional interpretations of the pop icon's vast songbook of hits. Now five years later, Loar is back with a new cabaret show based on the Sting songbook. Loar's STING*chronicity offers an unexpected combination of monologues with a stunning variety of arrangements featuring the music of this brilliant contemporary songwriter.
? Upstage Lung Cancer (ULC), a Boston not-for-profit organization dedicated to increasing funding and advocacy for lung cancer, will present High Hopes, a celebration of the music of Frank Sinatra on the heels of his 100th birthday, on November 10, 2015, at the Lyric Stage Company of Boston.
Nineteen years have passed since Fish Creek's Northern Sky Theater (NST and formerly AFT) premiered Lumberjacks in Love. As part of the company's 25 anniversary season, this box office hit returns for the fall season at the Door Community Auditorium. And after almost two decades, these burly Hayward, Wisconsin boys celebrate this ode to romance in the deep woods where Kathleen Rock's beautiful stage design adds an ethereal three-dimesnional backdrop to the indoor setting.
Join the Cat in the Hat as he takes you on a journey into the fantastical, bombastical and songtastical world of Dr Seuss. After a successful tour in 2014, SEUSSICAL will burst back on to stage in 2015, opening at Spa, Bridlington (5th - 11th October) prior to flying out to Abu Dhabi (24th-25th October), Dubai (28th - 30th October), Singapore (2nd - 8th November).
Puppeteer provocateur Ronnie Burkett, internationally acclaimed as North America's most daring puppeteer, will bring his latest marionette creation, The Daisy Theatre, to Baryshnikov Arts Center (BAC)'s Jerome Robbins Theater, 450 West 37th Street, for a two-week engagement Wednesday, September 30, through Saturday, October 10. The Daisy Theatre is part of BAC's 10th anniversary celebration in 2015.
Jim Dale--one of the world's great stage entertainers: singer, dancer, comedian, Shakespearean actor and raconteur--will be honored with the Second Annual Jewel Box Award at Workshop Theater Company's second unGala on October 19 from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM at 353WEST, 353 West 46th Street, NYC. Mr. Dale will celebrate his 50 years as an entertainer and will even take stage for a short performance.
