Silver News

Milwaukee Ballet today announced more details about its reimagined programming for the 2020-21 Season, featuring three, one-hour productions: To the Pointe, Re.Gen, and Encore.

Today, The Head and the Heart announced a new film, Rivers and Roads: The Head And The Heart - Live from Pike Place Market, to be released on January 22.

Gianni Valenti, Jim Caruso and Tom D'Angora go into overtime trying to save Birdland from closure.

Peter Mark Richman, the acclaimed actor, author, playwright and artist, died of natural causes at his home in Woodland Hills, California at 10:00 AM on January 14, 2021. He was 93.

The artistic duo that has brought sold-out shows to the Rochester Fringe Festival year after year is going international! This past September, BIODANCE choreographer/artistic director Missy Pfohl Smith, media artist W. Michelle Harris, and poet Lauren K. Alleyne of Trinidad and Tobago, premiered an onscreen dance for the 2020 KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival. Success in Rochester inspired BIODANCE to bring the show to the international (virtual) stage through the 2021 annual Adelaide Fringe Festival. This virtual show will run daily from February 19th until March 28th accommodating audiences in all hemispheres.

The Museum of Russian Icons plans to reopen on February 5, 2021 with Painted Poetry a retrospective exhibition of contemporary works by Russian-born American artist and designer Alexander Gassel. Gassel creates extraordinarily vivid paintings that reflect his cultural heritage alongside his life experience in America.

Bandits on the Run, the NYC-based indie-pop trio anchored by three-part harmonies and unique instrumentation, announce their forthcoming EP, Now Is The Time, dropping 5/7/2021, with the release of the new single, “We Battle Giants,” on January 15.

Signature Theatre has announced the full cast and streaming dates for Simply Sondheim, the first production in the Signature Features 2021 Season. Starring 12 singers and an orchestra of 16, Simply Sondheim includes over 30 songs from the composer’s canon, and was filmed over the course of three days.

The Hermitage Artist Retreat, in collaboration with the Greenfield Foundation, has selected OBIE-winning playwright Aleshea Harris as the winner of the 2021 Hermitage Greenfield Prize, given this year in the artistic discipline of theater.

This year, the BroadwayWorld Cabaret awards were thrilled to be able to celebrate streaming events from all across the globe thanks to the innovation of the Cabaret community during the pandemic - and we look forward to celebrating the return of NYC Cabaret with you all in 2021.

The Russian Film Week in New York rounds out its program with a final line-up, bringing the latest in Russian cinema to US audiences from January 23-29, 2021. 

The Hermitage Artist Retreat in collaboration with the Greenfield Foundation, has selected OBIE-winning playwright Aleshea Harris as the winner of the 2021 Hermitage Greenfield Prize, given this year in the artistic discipline of theater.

CTM Classics is welcoming the Jasper String Quartet to its artist roster for North American representation. Jasper Chamber Concerts is dedicated to encouraging curiosity, community, and inclusivity through world-class chamber music performances.

AstonRep Theatre Company will present its 12th annual Writer's Series, featuring two free virtual readings of new works by emerging writers. This year's series will showcase productions by Maggie Antonijevic and Troy Loftin, streaming via Zoom on Saturday, January 30 at 3 pm CST and Sunday, January 31 at 3 pm CST, respectively. To access the free readings, visit www.astonrep.com.

Quiet Type: an Intimate Collection of New & Old, due out February 26th via Eugenia Hall Records. 

Author Clay Houston Shivers has announced the release of his new historical old west novel, The Marauders Of Pitchfork Pass. The book was released by Gunslinger which is a Next Chapter Imprint.

Enigma Chamber Opera has announced their second production - 'a lockdown opera for the Covid age'!

New Jersey's celebrated Kick Dance Studios is proud to announce the debut performance of their competition dancers, Kick Company Live! Kick has held an annual charity performance each February, giving their dancers a chance to debut their competitive routines for friends and family while giving back to the community.

Kellan Lutz (Twilight, FBI Most Wanted), Torrey DeVitto (Chicago Med) and Ola Rapace (Skyfall) win in Palm Springs at Queen Palm International Film Festival. Lutz and Rapace won a Gold Award for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor, DeVitto won a Silver Award for Best Actress.

The Sleepwalkers (Los sonámbulos) by acclaimed writer-director Paula Hernández has been selected as Argentina's Academy Awards candidate in the International Feature Film competition at the 93rd edition of the Academy Awards.