Santiago News

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report the passing of Tony-nominated actor, Anthony Chisholm.  

Nickelodeon is ending National Hispanic Heritage Month on a high note, as the debut of its newest animated series Santiago of the Seas garnered the biggest L+3 lift the network has ever had for a preschool launch.

The Cherry Artistsa?? Collective will present the English-language World Premiere of A Day, written by Québecoise playwright, Gabrielle Chapdelaine, translated by Josephine George. Live performances are directed by Wendy Dann with video mise en scène directed by Samuel Buggeln.

 Long-running theater podcast and public radio program Playing on Air announces its new fall season of short audio plays, launching this Sunday, October 18. Its slated lineup introduces eight short audio plays and interviews from dynamic playwrights including Lucas Hnath, Dominique Morisseau, Rachel Bonds, and Melis Aker.

On Wednesday, October 21st, the Nuyorican Poets Cafe and Romy Nordlinger will present NYSEEING 2020: a benefit to raise funds for the Nuyorican Poets Cafe & The Artists Relief Fund.

The Town and The City Festival will be presenting a special online program for 2020, bringing more than a dozen acts together for the third year of the festival. 

Chautauqua Theater Company (CTC), under the leadership of Artistic Director Andrew Borba and Managing Director Sarah Clare Corporandy, today announced the appointment of Stori Ayers as Associate Artistic Director.

TigerBear Productions presents Playing at the Intersection of Pride & Joy: 6 new short plays by emerging voices benefiting 6 nonprofits in need.

Lynne Meadow (Artistic Director) and Barry Grove (Executive Producer) have announced that Tony Award winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson will join Manhattan Theatre Club as Artistic Advisor. Santiago-Hudson will work closely with Lynne Meadow and the MTC artistic staff on planning and programming.

Atlantic Theater Company has announced its Fall Reunion Reading Series, a free virtual reading series of plays that had their World Premieres at Atlantic Theater Company. The series, which launches October 22nd, will include broadcasts of Skeleton Crew by Dominique Morisseau, and Guards at the Taj by Rajiv Joseph.

Jose Cuervo Tradicional — the original 100% agave tequila — returns to the San Diego Film Festival to share another installment in their Día De Muertos (English: Day of the Dead) film series. Each year, Cuervo Tradicional captures different traditions around Mexico — sharing storied Día De Muertos moments from different Mexican filmmakers.

Pete Gambino's 'Poe Re-Deranged' at The Eagle Theatre is A show that audiences will be RAVEN about!

Nuyorican Poets Cafe and Romy Nordlinger present NYSEEING 2020: a livestreamed benefit to raise funds for the Nuyorican Poets Cafe & The Artists Relief Fund.

En el marco de la campaña “Contigo en la distancia” y organizado por la Secretaría de Cultura del Gobierno de México y el Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (INBAL), a través de la Coordinación Nacional de Literatura (CNL), se realizó de manera virtual la presentación del libro La ciencia de la tristeza, de Darío Galicia, volumen que reúne la obra del escritor que estuvo cercano a los poetas infrarrealistas fallecido en diciembre de 2019.  

Michael Alvarez, Artistic Director of The Muse Collective, has announced its inaugural presentation of Peter Gray's poetic new play, Salem: Post-Mortem. Directed by Alvarez, Salem: Post-Mortem will stream on the company's website from Thursday, October 29th thru Thursday, November 12th starting at 7 pm Eastern Standard Time.

The Old Globe announced today that it will present the series finale of Erna Finci Viterbi Artistic Director Barry Edelstein's hit online series Thinking Shakespeare Live: Sonnets! on Tuesday, October 20 at 6:30 p.m. PDT.

Musical Theatre Southwest will present Spamalot, in what they are calling a 'socially distant concert-ish version.' The digital production will be presented November 13-15.

Continuing its tradition of a fall site-specific production for Halloween, Kentucky Shakespeare returns to live theatre with an immersive new drive-in production of Shakespeare's classic tragedy, Macbeth.

After celebrating their 25th anniversary in 2019 with the release of the 25LIVE@25 album, British rock icons Skunk Anansie have announced a string of rescheduled European tour dates, with new shows added due to phenomenal demand including a brand new date at London’s iconic O2 Academy Brixton.

Vangeline Theater/New York Butoh Institute presents the New York Butoh Institute Festival 2020 online, October 15-25, 2020. The Festival will feature an exciting program of butoh workshops and exclusive Zoom performances of works by butoh dancers from Asia, Latin America, South Africa, New York, and the United States.