Sarah Johnson News

Following a successful launch in 2016 that saw over 1,000 people attend 29 shows, (Brighton &) Hove Grown is back for 2017, and has "grown" even more!

Actress Sarah Nedwek joins The Peoples Improv Theater SOLOCOM for the second year in a row with the world premiere of The Immaculate Deception on November 20 at The PIT Loft.

SCROOGE THE MUSICAL opens at Artisan Center Theater on Friday, November 18, 2016 and runs through Friday, December 23, 2016.  The 196 seat theater-in-the-round is located at 444 East Pipeline Road in Hurst.  Performances are at 7:30pm on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday,Friday, and Saturday with 3:00pm matinees on Saturdays beginning November 26. No performance November 24.

Once in a while, along comes a cookbook that will find itself equally at home in your kitchen or on your coffee table. Not only that, SPICE HEALTH HEROES available worldwide on October 20, 2016, might also make you healthier.

Carnegie Hall's Weill Music Institute (WMI) today announced the Future Music Project, a set of free afterschool and weekend programs that give New York City teens the opportunity to create, perform, and produce their own music. Launched as a pilot project during the 2015-2016 season, the Future Music Project aims to create an inspiring community of young musicians here in the city.

CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN opens at Artisan Center Theater today, July 22, 2016 and runs through Saturday, August 20, 2016. The 150 seat Second Stage theater is located at 444 East Pipeline Road in Hurst. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the cast in costume below!

CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN opens at Artisan Center Theater on Friday, July 22, 2016 and runs through Saturday, August 20, 2016. The 150 seat Second Stage theater is located at 444 East Pipeline Road in Hurst. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the cast in costume below!

Carnegie Hall's Weill Music Institute (WMI) today announced the 2016-2017 grant recipients for PlayUSA, a program that supports a wide range of instrumental music education projects across the United States, all specifically designed to reach low-income and underserved students on a local level. For its second year, Carnegie Hall has selected projects from the following seven organizations:

La MaMa presents I'm Bleeding All Over The Place: A Living History Tour, conceived and directed by Brooke O'Harra, text by Brooke O'Harra and Casey Llewellyn, with Erin Courtney, Kristin Kosmas and Heidi Schreck, and original music by Brendan Connelly. I'm Bleeding All Over The Place runs from June 16 - 26, 2016 at La MaMa's Ellen Stewart Theatre, located at 66 East 4th Street between 2nd Avenue and the Bowery in New York City.

Partly Cloudy People presents Sarah Nedwek's world premiere solo comedy show SARAH SMILES at The Peoples Improv Theater SOLOCOM festival tonight, Nov. 21. This benefit show will raise awareness and funds for Smile Train, a non-profit that provides free cleft surgery to children around the world. 

Partly Cloudy People presents Sarah Nedwek's world premiere solo comedy show SARAH SMILES at The Peoples Improv Theater SOLOCOM festival on Nov. 21. This benefit show will raise awareness and funds for Smile Train, a non-profit that provides free cleft surgery to children around the world. 

Carnegie Hall's Weill Music Institute (WMI) today announced the creation of PlayUSA, a new pilot program that will provide grants and programmatic support to a range of instrumental music education projects across the United States, all specifically designed to reach low-income and underserved students on a local level. For its pilot year, Carnegie Hall has selected projects from three orchestras for its PlayUSA program: the Columbus All City Orchestra from the Columbus Symphony Orchestra (Columbus, OH); the Tocando After School Music Program from the El Paso Symphony Orchestra (El Paso, TX); and Music for Life from the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra (New Orleans, LA).

In celebration of Carnegie Hall's 125th anniversary season, the Weill Music Institute (WMI) launches THE SOMEWHERE PROJECT, a citywide exploration of WEST SIDE STORY. This unique creative learning project will engage people through events in all five boroughs of New York City, anchored by a large-scale production of WEST SIDE STORY.

Complaining about movie stars on Broadway has become a popular pastime for theatre folk, however, the occasional uproar hasn't stemmed the tide of A-listers looking to get back to, or establish, their legit roots. This theatrical divide is at the center of Theresa Rebeck's THE UNDERSTUDY, playing at Theatre UCF's Black Box through October 4th. The dark, back-stage comedy, while occasionally providing poignant personal moments, struggles to settle into a specific tone for any impactful length of time; occasionally playing like a NOISES OFF farce, at others as AN ACTOR'S NIGHTMARE-type fever dream, and still others as a satire on the theatre's (and popular culture's) obsession with celebrity. Unfortunately, despite Mark Brotherton's brisk, thoughtful direction, the production is never able to unpack all of the sloppily assembled concepts in Rebeck's script; resulting in a mildly entertaining, mildly thought-provoking, but ultimately unsatisfying show.

Omaha Performing Arts announced today the launch of Musical Explorers, a new music education program for children in kindergarten through second grade produced in partnership with Carnegie Hall's Weill Music Institute. Omaha Performing Arts is one of four performing arts centers invited to adapt Musical Explorers for use in their own communities.

Single tickets go on sale Aug. 17 for the exciting 2015-16 University of Colorado Boulder Department of Theatre & Dance season, kicking off Sept. 18 in the Irey Theatre with '[UN] W.R.A.P.: Undoing Writing, Research and Performance' -- a living archive of original and established dance solos created by prominent contemporary African-American choreographers; and Tennessee Williams' career-defining memory play, "The Glass Menagerie," on Sept. 25 in the University Theatre.

Forty-five young performers, veterans as well as newbies, share the stage in this endearing version of the L. Frank Baum classic.

 In summer 2016, Carnegie Hall's Weill Music Institute will launch NYO2, a two-week, intensive summer program for outstanding young American instrumentalists, ages 14-17. As with the National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America (NYO-USA) created by Carnegie Hall in 2013, NYO2 will be free to all participants. NYO2 will support greater diversity within the classical orchestral field with a particular focus on attracting talented students who have been traditionally underserved by local music programs, offering an opportunity for participants to play alongside exceptionally talented peers and learn from a world-class faculty. Running in conjunction with NYO-USA's annual summer residency at Purchase College, State University of New York (SUNY), NYO2 aims to provide the finest musical training for younger students, expanding the pool of young musicians across the country equipped with the tools to succeed at the highest level.

Broadway legend Joel Grey (CABARET, WICKED) and Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein (FINDING NEVERLAND) were honored last night at this year's Fred and Adele Astaire Awards. The gala evening CELEBRATED the 2015 season's outstanding dance and choreography on Broadway and film. Winners included Leanne Cope for Best Female Dancer, Robert Fairchild and Tony Yazbeck (tie) for Best Male Dancer and Christopher Wheeldon and Joshua Bergasse (tie) for Best Choreography.  BroadwayWorld brings you photos from the red carpet below!