Square East News

A unique retelling of Charles Dickens' classic Christmas story returns this holiday season when Pittsburgh Musical Theater presents Ken Gargaro's A Lyrical Christmas Carol.

On Sunday, December 9th, 'Burgh Vivant will present a staged reading of the classic comedy play Auntie Mame, featuring 2013 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Performer of the Year Daina Griffith in the title role.  The evening will benefit 'Burgh Vivant's mission to promote arts and culture in Pittsburgh. 

NYU Steinhardt's Program in Educational Theatre will present Peter and the Starcatcher, a theatrical retelling of Peter Pan's story before Neverland, featuring a cast of 19 developmentally diverse performers, from Oct. 19 to 28. The production is accessible to audience members of all abilities.

Music Health Alliance, in partnership with MusiCares, will offer two free seminars to inform and empower members of the music community to enroll for new health insurance for the new year. “What The Health” and “Medicare! What Now?” workshops will be offered in October to educate the music industry on their individual healthcare options ahead of open enrollment. Both workshops will be held at BMI (10 Music Square East). Please RSVP to carrie@musichealthalliance.com to attend.

NYU Steinhardt will host the NYU Educational Theatre Forum 2018: Performance as Activism-a three-day event featuring conversations, presentations, workshops, and performances bringing together scholars and artists exploring how performance can spark dialogue and promote social change (April 19-21).

New York University's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development and Uproar Theatre Corps announced today that DREAMers : An ( Un ) Documentary Play will have a limited run at the NYU Pless Black Box Theater.

It has been nearly 12 years since the original Theatre in the Square closed its doors after producing theatre for Metro Atlanta area for nearly 30 years. It is with great pleasure that Marietta's New Theatre in the Square and Actors Theatre of Georgia has announced their third season after reopening the historic doors three years.

These two men lead millions in the fight for civil rights and were taken from us too soon. In honor of Black History Month, Marietta's New Theatre in the Square and Actors Theatre of Georgia brings Jeff Stetson's original story of the evening Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X meet privately to debate about their differing approaches to improving a lot of the black man in a predominantly white society.

NYU Steinhardt's Program in Educational Theatre will stage two events this month to celebrate the women of New York State winning the right to vote a century ago, exploring the historical context through the individuals who fought for the cause.

Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI ), the global leader in music rights management, is proud to announce the recent trademark filing of its popular Speed Dating for Songwriters initiative.

NYU Steinhardt's Program in Educational Theatre will stage two events this month to celebrate the women of New York State winning the right to vote a century ago, exploring the historical context through the individuals who fought for the cause.

In collaboration with UWM Peck School of the Arts, The Battery Factory will present four new, commissioned pieces of physical/experimental theatre for Tessellate 2017.

Springdances: Alchemy features new choreographic works by UWM's Department of Dance faculty Daniel Burkholder, Maria Gillespie, Dani Kuepper, and Guest Artist Holly Johnston (Los Angeles) with an original sound score by Tim Russell.

In just fifteen business days, Nashville non-profit Music Health Alliance has provided FREE assistance to more than 450 members of our creative community as they navigate the complicated health insurance system.

In recognition of her contributions to music and her work on behalf of others, Dionne Warwick is this year's musician recipient of the What a Wonderful World Award. The annual award will also be presented to a physician, a patient, and a philanthropist who have served to make the world better. The awards are presented by the Louis Armstrong Center for Music and Medicine at Mount Sinai Beth Israel.

FOR A NEW WORLD TO COME is on view at Japan Society Gallery from today, October 9, 2015 to January 10, 2016.

 In 1968, amid an economic boom, many in Japan registered widespread discontent over social inequalities. At the same time, the country was roiled by protests against the Vietnam War and the upcoming renewal of a treaty extending American occupation. These circumstances mark the point of departure for For a New World to Come: Experiments in Japanese Art and Photography, 1968–1979, the first comprehensive exhibition to focus upon a critical moment when Japanese artists and photographers, sensing that their traditional practices were no longer valid, began experimenting with the possibilities of camera-based practices, laying the foundations for contemporary art in Japan.

NYU Steinhardt Vocal Performance's student-run Players Club presents THE DROWSY CHAPERONE from February 13-15

4@15: Four New Fifteen-Minute Musicals, performed in conjunction with NYU Steinhardt, will commence performances this weekend, January 24 and 25, for five performances only at The Pless Hall Black Box Theatre, featuring new works from writers Lizzie Hagstedt & Alex Rubin, Daphny Maman & Sujin Kim, Benjamin Velez & Kathryn Hathaway, and Caleb Hoyer & Kevin Michael Murphy. Ben Baker serves as Music Director; Brian Blythe directs.

4@15: Four New Fifteen-Minute Musicals, performed in conjunction with NYU Steinhardt, will commence performances this weekend, January 24 and 25, for five performances only at The Pless Hall Black Box Theatre, featuring new works from writers Lizzie Hagstedt & Alex Rubin, Daphny Maman & Sujin Kim, Benjamin Velez & Kathryn Hathaway, and Caleb Hoyer & Kevin Michael Murphy. Ben Baker serves as Music Director; Brian Blythe directs.