The New Hampshire Theatre Awards have announced the finalists for both the professional and community productions for 2013. Each year these awards recognize the talent and dedication necessary to produce outstanding theatrical productions across the state.
In response to the interest and discussion surrounding the recent releases of 12 Years a Slave (2013) and Django Unchained (2012), Museum of the Moving Image will present Massa' Gaze: Screenings and Critical Discussions of the Depictions of Slavery in Film and Television. The event, on Saturday, February 1, from 1:00 to 8:30 p.m., opens with a rare screening of Solomon Northup's Odyssey, Gordon Parks's 1984 film adaptation of Northup's memoir (the same source material as 12 Years a Slave), and closes with Burn!, Gillo Pontecorvo's 1969 film about a Caribbean slave rebellion starring Marlon Brando.
During Biblical times, the region of Midbar was known as a realm of terror. It was place of intolerable hunger, pain and danger. For Bathsheba, the adulterous wife of King David, it was a place of refuge.
It's no secret that raising a child can be a difficult task. Many parents find themselves looking for anything that can help make raising a child easier and ensure a better end result. Mattie L. Solomon believes the solution to raising children better lies within a parent's own childhood, which she covers at great lengths in her latest book 'What Did Your Parents Do To You?: What would you say if you were asked how you felt about the childhood experiences you had with your parents?' (published by iUniverse).
Earlier this month, BroadwayWorld uncovered a vintage video featuring Broadway legend Patti LuPone in 'Love Cycle: A Soap Operetta', a 'mini-musical' made for PBS in 1984 which was never broadcast. The mini-musical also featured a full cast of up-and-coming stars of the 1980's, including: Walter Bobbie, Lonny Price, Martin Vidnovic, Priscilla Lopez and Ellen Foley. If you missed it the first time, catch the full operetta below!
Berkeley Repertory Theatre presents the world premiere of The House that will not Stand, a humorous and gripping historical drama commissioned from award- winning poet-playwright and Oakland native Marcus Gardley. Sensuous, witty, heartbreaking, and uplifting - The House that will not Stand unearths a story about free women of color in 1836 New Orleans, where black Creole women entered into common-law marriages with affluent white men. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast below!
Adapted and directed by interdisciplinary theatre artist Gwen Dobie, Theatre @ York's Beggar's Opera (http://finearts.yorku.ca/beggarsopera) previews January 28, opens January 29 and runs to February 1. It unfolds as a play within a play with a decidedly modern vibe, bringing the audience into the action. The show transforms York University's Sandra Faire & Ivan Fecan Theatre into the Lincoln Fields Correctional Institute, where visitors are subjected to 21st century surveillance measures to witness the 'inmates' performing within. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast below!
Miller Theatre at Columbia University School of the Arts presents an intriguing solo recital by renowned Brooklyn-based pianist SIMONE DINNERSTEIN. Dinnerstein's first major performance following the release of her new CD features the Bach Inventions as well as the NY premiere of a work by Nico Muhly. tonight, January 23, 2014, 8:00 p.m.
Capital Stage continues its ninth season, THE HOMEFRONT: Soul-Stirring plays, with a love story told with the sharp wit of celebrated playwright Tom Stoppard. The 1984 Tony Award-winning play THE REAL THING illuminates the mysteries of love and the complexities of marriage. Capital Stage's production will be directed by Janis Stevens and will run from tonight, January 22, 2014 through February 23, 2014, with a press opening on January 25.
Historic fiction is a two-for-one reading experience: a chance to get lost in a story while learning more about a period in time. Recent titles have taken readers to locales we might not have known were war zones during World War II.
The Art & History Museums - Maitland (A&H) invites you to take part in thirty-one days of engagement at the A&H, unlike anything else in Florida. Art31: Thirty-One Days of Experimentation & Collaboration, takes place throughout the month of March 2014. Art31 focuses on the legacy of the Research Studio's emphasis on experimentation and collaboration.
On the heels of his first Oscar nomination, director Steve McQueen joined Arsenio Hall last night on the couch. The '12 Years A Slave' director took the opportunity to respond to critiques made by recently ousted New York Film Critics member, Armond White. Watch his interview below!
Tom Gold, founder of Tom Gold Dance; Patsy Tarr, 2wice founder and publisher; Abbott Miller, creative director and editor; Ben Nicholas, videographer, will present and discuss the teams lasted app, DOT DOT DOT, as part of the Guggenheims Works and Process series on January 27 at 7:30pm.
97.3 KBCO and Z2 Entertainment will present The Subdudes with original line-up at the Boulder Theater on Saturday, March 22nd, 2014.
Due to critical acclaim and audience response, including 16 sold-out performances in Watertown, New Repertory Theatre announces an encore presentation of Deborah Margolin's IMAGINING MADOFF, May 28 through June 1, 2014.
CHICAGO, the 2003 Academy award-winning movie first thrilled audiences on the Broadway stage in 1975 with an original collaboration by the classic duo John Kander and Fred Ebb. The legendary Bob Fosse directed and choreographed the razzle-dazzle musical that went on to an even more successful revival in 1997, winning six Tony Awards.
Fox Searchlight Pictures Presidents Stephen Gilula and Nancy Utley previously announced that the company will re-release director Steve McQueen's Golden Globe Award nominated film 12 YEARS A SLAVE in select cities for a special return engagement today, January 17.
Comedian Steve Solomon's "Cannolis, Latkis & Guilt! The Therapy Continues" arrives at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall on January 26, 2014 at 7pm. Funnyman Steve Solomon is back with the beloved and wacky cast of characters and comedy bits from all three of his award-winning shows - including My Mother's Italian, My Father's Jewish & I'm in Therapy! - plus some new hysterical surprises with this all-new, one-man show. Steve has taken the art of impersonation and honed it into a science. He masterfully weaves different dialects and crazy characters into his stories.
New Ohio Theatre Artistic Director Robert Lyons in association with Purpleman Theater have announced casting for Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel's And Baby Makes Seven. Marc Stuart Weitz will direct ensemble including Ken Barnett (Wonderful Town, Julie Taymor's The Green Bird) as Peter, Susan Bott (Julie Kramer's The Best of Everything) as Ruth and Constance Zaytoun (Moby Pomerance's Broken Hands) as Anna. And Baby Makes Seven is an uproarious and timely comedy that has not been seen professionally in New York in 20 years. Performances will take place March 11-April 12 at the New Ohio Theatre (154 Christopher Street, between Washington and Greenwich Streets). Critics are welcome as of March 19 for an opening of March 23.
Florida's own Steve Solomon will bring his newest show, Cannoli, Latkes & Guilt! The Therapy Continues... to the Coral Springs Center for the Arts from February 5th through February 16th. This latest production will once again showcase Solomon's impressive comedic talent, his inimitable story-telling ability, and his funny and clever facility with words, accents, and sounds. The show contains a lot of new material, as well as the very best of Solomon's previous work. His shows include My Mother's Italian, My Father's Jewish & I'm in Therapy, My Mother's Italian, My Father's Jewish & I'm STILL in Therapy and his holiday show, My Mother's Italian, and Steve's Holiday Show (and his personal favorite) My Mother's .... & I'm Home For the Holidays.
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