Spoleto Festival USA News

This new initiative allows Professional Company Members to receive up to $10,000 to subsidize as much as 50 percent of the fee of a woman stage director or conductor who is contracted for the first time by the company.

Perhaps we can declare that social distancing is as antithetical to telling a gripping ghost story as it is to sustaining a great vibe at a bar or a pub. After a 30-year run in London's West End, where it remains on a pandemic-induced hiatus, THE WOMAN IN BLACK certainly has a pedigree to please. The play, adapted by Stephen Mallatratt from Susan Hill's 1983 novel, is only surpassed by Dame Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap as the longest-running play in West End history.

A late shift in venues moved the visitation of THE WOMAN IN BLACK, that famed West End perennial second in longevity to only The Mousetrap, from the Charleston Visitor Center Bus Shed - quite an intriguing choice - to Spoleto Festival USA's Festival Hall. Results are mixed.

On June 18, 2021, composer and pianist Michael Harrison releases his new album Seven Sacred Names on Cantaloupe Music.

Recorded at Schroeder Hall at the Green Music Center at Sonoma State University in 2019, Sketches of Venasque is a 6-movement set of miniatures for solo piano inspired by Cabaniss's trip to southeastern France with his wife Deborah in 1990.

This past week, Works & Process, the performing arts series at the Guggenheim, presented the premiere of a new virtual commission by Huang Ruo, featuring Jennifer Koh.

Composer Huang Ruo joins American Repertory Theater Terrie and Bradley Bloom Artistic Director Diane Paulus for a conversation about his music, recent projects, and his A.R.T. commission, The Weeping Camel, at A.R.T.’s next virtual Behind the Scenes event Tuesday, February 9 at 7:30PM. 

Known as one of the nation's leading bass-harp ensembles, River Town Duo today announced the release of its debut album: River Town Duo: For Claire & Philip. The album is the latest addition to what has historically been a limited repertoire for bass-harp instrumentation.

Following the success of Preach Jacobs’ one-man show Black AF in 2019, Trustus Theatre is  partnering again with the Columbia hip-hop artist, creator, activist, and award winning writer to bring With Preach Jacobs – a one-on-one conversation series – to the Thigpen Main Stage.

AMERICAN HORROR STORY: KRAMPUS and AMY ADAMS WINS AN OSCAR comes an online reading presentation of the new, can't-miss Christmas sensation -- A VERY NETFL*X CHRISTMAS MUSICAL: NOW STREAMING 'LIVE!'

Art Bridgman and Myrna Packer, Artistic Directors of Bridgman|Packer Dance, announce the release of their award-winning short dance film, Embrace in the Time of COVID-19, available for free viewing beginning December 17 at http://Embrace.

Bristol will be going into Tier 3 when lockdown ends on Wednesday, which means there will be no live audience watching Wise Children broadcast Kneehigh's The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk from Bristol Old Vic at the end of this week

Five Boroughs Music Festival, in partnership with Portland Baroque Orchestra and Great Arts. Period., presents the world premiere of Juxtapositions: Old and New Music for Baroque Instruments, a two-part pre-recorded concert video available starting Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 7:00pm ET on YouTube Live.

Wise Children, Kneehigh and Bristol Old Vic, announce dates for the digital tour of Daniel Jamieson's The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk directed by Emma Rice. The production will feature Marc Antolin (Marc Chagall) and Audrey Brisson (Bella Chagall), reprising their roles from the original production.

MacArthur Fellowship-winning artist Carrie Mae Weems and producer THE OFFICE performing arts + film aim to scale up Weems' Resist COVID/Take 6! public service campaign across New York City and throughout the U.S.

Nigel Redden announced that in October 2021, he will step down as General Director of Spoleto Festival USA.

Emma Rice, the creator and leader of the UK theatre company Wise Children, has remounted the interrupted U.S. tour of her ROMANTICS ANONYMOUS. Wise Children will present a LIVE production of ROMANTICS ANONYMOUS (with dancing and kissing) livestreaming from the Bristol Old Vic stage September 22 through 26, benefiting 30+ theatres worldwide, with each night targeting a different country or region.

While the Covid-19 pandemic has shuttered many performing arts organizations around the world, Long Beach Opera (LBO) has been industriously devising live innovative performance opportunities for both its artists and audiences. 

Two prolific, award winning artists, Carl Hancock Rux and Mallory Catlett, both former artists in Mabou Mines' Resident Artist Program, embody the company's mission to foster the next generation of experimental theater artists and bring with them a strong vision for the future of Mabou Mines.

Emma Rice, the creator and leader of the UK theatre company Wise Children, will virtually premiere her ROMANTICS ANONYMOUS months after live theatre was shuttered aborting their U. S. tour. The livestreaming from the Bristol Old Vic stage September 22 through 28 will benefit 30+ theatres worldwide, with each night targeting a different country or region.