The Public Theater (Artistic Director, Oskar Eustis; Executive Director, Patrick Willingham) will kick off the fourth season ofPUBLIC FORUM with the new series Drama Club, a book club for plays that will feature one-night-only readings and discussions of works by Kia Corthron, Tony Kushner, and Thornton Wilder at Joe's Pub. Curated by Jeremy McCarter, the popular PUBLIC FORUM series presents the theater of ideas: conversations and performances with leading voices in politics, media, and the arts.
Japan Society welcomes renowned puppet artist Basil Twist with the return of his critically acclaimed, award-winning Dogugaeshi as Japan Society's Performing Arts Program commences its 60th Anniversary season: Japan, the U.S. & Beyond!. A limited engagement, 7 performances only, plays today, September 18-22 at Japan Society (333 East 47th Street).
Continuing the momentum generated by its $300 millionplus worldwide theatrical box office performance, the action thriller Now You See Me soared to number one on the DVD, Blu-ray and cable/satellite VOD charts as well as reaching number one on iTunes, Amazon, Vudu and xBox during the past week, Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF) announced today.
New York City Ballet will open its 2013-2014 season tonight, September 17 with six performances of Peter Martins' full-length production of Swan Lake. Set to Tschaikovsky's score and featuring sets and costumes by the acclaimed Danish painter Per Kirkeby, the production was last performed by NYCB in the fall of 2011 to sold-out houses.
Bristol Riverside Theatre announces its mainstage 2013-2014 season including two comedies, two adaptations and a one-man show. The new season features the Philadelphia area premiere of Steve Solomon in My Mother's Italian, My Father's Jewish & I'm STILL in Therapy, Pride and Prejudice by Jon Jory, Todays with Morrie by Jeffrey Hatcher and Mitch Albom, Laughter on the 23rd Floor by Neil Simon, and Little Shop of Horrors by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman.
Galerie Lelong will be participating in Expo Chicago, the second year of the international exposition of contemporary and modern art from September 19-22, 2013, at Navy Pier, Chicago, IL (Booth 513).
Two River Theater, under the leadership of Artistic Director John Dias and Managing Director Michael Hurst, launches its 2013-2014 Season with Paul Osborn's On Borrowed Time, directed by Tony and Academy Award-winner Joel Grey. Performances will begin in Two River's Rechnitz Theater (21 Bridge Avenue) today, September 14 and continue through Sunday, October 13. The opening night performance is Friday, September 20 at 8:00 p.m.
Michael Fassbender was among the cast members of Steve McQueen's 12 YEARS A SLAVE who attended this week's photo call at the Toronto International film Festival. The all-star cast also includes Brad Pitt, Benedict Cumberbatch, Sarah Paulson, Paul Dano, Paul Giamatti and Alfre Woodard. Check out exclusive photos below!
Gathered Thoughts entitles 81 delightful poems written from the mind and heart. Author Bonnie Solomon White speaks from an enchantment of hours and days, of occasions and moments that leave bright spots in memory-things that can illuminate the path ahead or present circumstance. Many anthologists can lay claim to an all-inclusive effort that bridges all points in life. Few, like White, make their collection as points embroidered like colored thread on the white canvas of life. By focusing on the things that she has seen and felt, White presents a vibrant, lucid and ever-changing picture of her days with a warm, feminine voice and rhythms.
Thomas P. Campbell, Director and CEO of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, announced today the list of speakers and performers who will participate in the all-day TEDxMet event scheduled for Saturday, October 19, 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. in the Museum's Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium. The theme of the program is Icons. The Metropolitan Museum is the first art museum to receive a TEDx license to hold a conference in the style of the globally known TED talks.
Launched with the summer '04 award-winning best seller Brooklyn Noir, Akashic Books has published over sixty volumes in its groundbreaking series of original noir anthologies. Each book is comprised of all-new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the city of the book.
Thomas P. Campbell, Director and CEO of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, announced today the list of speakers and performers who will participate in the all-day TEDxMet event scheduled for Saturday, October 19, 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. in the Museum's Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium. The theme of the program is Icons. The Metropolitan Museum is the first art museum to receive a TEDx license to hold a conference in the style of the globally known TED talks.
Following an opening weekend packed with local and international festival debuts, the 2013 Fringe Festival (Sept. 5-22, 2013), presented by FringeArts (formerly the Philadelphia Live Arts Festival and Philly Fringe), continues with a wide array of contemporary performances suited for everyone from families (Berlin-based troupe Y2D Productions' LEO) to experimental theater aficionados (Italian director Romeo Castellucci's On the Concept of the Face Regarding the Son of God).
One of the most sought after young choreographers working today, Andrea Miller will present the world premiere of her most ambitious dance to date, "Fold Here," commissioned by Peak Performances where it debuts September 26-29 at the Alexander Kasser Theater. [Dancer : Emily Terndrup, Photographer : Tom Caravaglia]
Beginning today, September 7, BRIT will present Kochi Makino: An Amazing Botanical Garden in Japan, an exhibition tracing the strategic growth of one of Japan's premier botanical gardens. The exhibit is free to the public and will provide audiences with an interesting view of how the Makino Botanical Garden transformed itself from flower garden into an internationally respected botanical research organization during the last decade.
Taking place today, September 5-22, the 2013 Fringe Festival presented by FringeArts (formerly known as the Philadelphia Live Arts Festival and Philly Fringe) is bigger and better than ever in its 17th year, with a brand-new headquarters on the Delaware River Waterfront and 18 days of both presented and neighborhood performances in cutting-Edge Theater, dance, music, visual and multidisciplinary arts. This year's lineup of Presented Fringe includes seven International Artists, four world premieres and two reimagined productions from previous Fringe Festivals.
One of 'the world's oldest living promising young playwrights,' Bing Ringling's 844th script is finally about to be produced, bringing Bing dreams of being, well, rich and famous. A surreal musical comedy, Rich and Famous is part vaudeville, part absurd, and an entirely funny romp through the perils of being a successful artist, by playwright John Guare, the genius who also wrote The House of Blue Leaves and Six Degrees of Separation.
The Film Society of Lincoln Center announced today the complete lineup for the 17th edition of Views from the Avant-Garde (VIEWS), taking place from October 3-7
