Last night, the WP Theater’s Gala – The Women Of Achievement Awards honored Grammy, Emmy, and Tony Award nominee Vanessa Williams, award-winning director Schele Williams, and Tony Award-winning producer Mara Isaacs.
Show Way is a short musical adapted from the children's book of the same name by Jacqueline Woodson. It follows the family of Soonie, a Black woman in America, and the matriarchs that led her family from the time her ancestors were enslaved.
On Monday, April 25th, 2022, in New York City, TheaterWorks USA had their spring benefit at 'The Current' located at Chelsea Piers. The special honorees at the event included Bonnie Comley, Stewart Lane, Tom Costanzo, Daphne Rubin-Vega, and Schele Williams.
The stage directors receiving the fellowships, assistantships and residencies of the 2022 Drama League Directors Project: NJ Agwuna, Jean Carlo Yunén Aróstegui, Jennifer Chang, Andrew Coopman, Justin Emeka, Nadia Guevara, Emily Hartford, Susanna Jaramillo, Ibi Owolabi, Logan Gabrielle Schulman, Noam Shapiro, Jessica Natalie Smith, and Kendra Ware.
The Human Race embraces its mission of “exploring the human condition” in its 36th season by presenting themes of family, national security, dementia, creativity, race, and autism. Honoring its mission by “promoting enlightenment, inclusion and understanding,” the season includes two World Premieres (one play and one musical), a regional premiere, a Tony and Pulitzer Prize winning play, and the return of a favorite.
The American Writers Museum today announced its full programming schedule for the 2022 American Writers Festival from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m., Sunday, May 15 at the Chicago Cultural Center and American Writers Museum.
Get the season schedule for the Chicago Shakespeare Theater's 2022/2023 Season, which includes a highly anticipated world premiere musical, striking new adaptations of literary classics, and Barbara Gaines directing her final production in her role as artistic director, thirty-six years after founding the company.
The event will honor Bonnie Comley & Stewart F. Lane (Tony Award-Winning Founders of BroadwayHD), Daphne Rubin-Vega (Tony Award-Nominated Actor) & Tom Costanzo, and Schele Williams (Director, Author) for their commitment to expanding access to the arts and for ensuring that young people see their stories represented.
The Prince Fellowship, in association with Columbia University School of the Arts, announces that applications are now open for the 2022 Fellowship program.
The Prince Fellowship, in association with Columbia University School of the Arts, announces that applications are now open for the 2022 Fellowship program.
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announces the cast and creative team for Show Way The Musical, a Kennedy Center–commissioned world premiere for young adults based on the Newbery–winning book from Kennedy Center Education Artist-in-Residence Jacqueline Woodson. This inspiring new musical, running May 13–29, 2022 in the Kennedy Center's Family Theater, features music by Tyrone L. Robinson, direction by Schele Williams, and choreography by Tiffany Quinn.
On the eve of the two-year-anniversary of the Broadway Shutdown, The Broadway Women's Alliance and YesAnd Productions today announced that the first episode of the new docuseries Here's To The Ladies Who is now available for streaming.
Join TheaterWorksUSA (Barbara Pasternack, Artistic Director; Michael Harrington, Executive Director) on Monday, April 25th (6:00 PM to 9:00 PM), for a One-Night Only Benefit at the stunning Current at Chelsea Piers (Pier 59, Manhattan).
Chicago Shakespeare Theater announced today that the steep rise in COVID‑19 cases both in Chicago and nationwide as well as multiple related disruptions have necessitated the postponedment of the world premiere of The Notebook.
Hosts Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley will be speaking tonight with CBS Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook, as well as Michael Mina (Chief Science Officer at EMed) and Kim Prather, Ph.D., (Distinguished Chair in Atmospheric Chemistry, UC San Diego) about the new Omicron variant and what it means for Broadway and beyond on tonight's episode of 'Stars In The House' to benefit The Actors Fund.
Fall has arrived and chilly weather means lots of time to snuggle under your favorite blanket with a great book. You're in luck, because this year, Broadway's best have put pen to paper to turn out theatre page-turners of every kind.
Schele Williams revealed this morning on GMA that she is set to direct the upcoming musical adaptation of Hidden Figures! Get the scoop on the new show based on the hit film.