This February and March at 54 BELOW presents an exciting lineup of the brightest talent from Broadway and beyond, including Christopher Sieber, Annaleigh Ashford, Randy Graff, Melinda Doolittle, Jeff Daniels, Linda Eder, Andrea McArdle, Sondheim Unplugged, Taboo: 10th Anniversary Reunion Concert, Beth Leavel, Lindsay Mendez and Derek Klena.
The fish is grilled whole, not sautéed, so that the rich, smoked flavors are locked in. The Village Voice calls Nargis Cafe's grilled trout 'unstintingly fresh,' 'of mutant size,' and 'crackling and succulent'-while calling the rest of the tantalizing menu items 'delicious' and 'superb.'
Red Bull Theater presents the Off Broadway revival of Loot by Joe Orton. Red Bull Artistic Director Jesse Berger directs a company that includes Rebecca Brooksher (Fay), Eric Martin Brown (Meadows), Jarlath Conroy (McLeavy), Ryan Garbayo (Dennis), Rocco Sisto (Truscott), and Nick Westrate (Hal). Loot has scenic design by Narelle Sissons, costume design by Sara Jean Tosetti, lighting design by Scott Zielinski, and sound design by Brad Berridge. Opening was lst night, January 16th, at Lucille Lortel Theater (121 Christopher Street), and you can check out photos from the big night below!
Kathy Evans, Founding Executive Director of Rhinebeck Writers Retreat, announced that applications are open for the fourth summer of retreats for musical theatre writers. Rhinebeck Writers Retreat provides a writing team with a weeklong residency to work on their musical in a private home near Rhinebeck, New York. There will be eight one-week retreats offered between June 29 and August 31st. Applications are due February 15 and the submission fee is $20. The submitted musical can be at any stage of development, as long as it has not been published or licensed. All information, guidelines, and online application can be found at www.rhinebeckwriters.org.
A Contemporary Theatre announces a full calendar of winter and spring shows that cover a broad range of modern theatre. From new plays to unique musicals to literary and reading events to sexy cabarets, 2014 is off with a bang at ACT Theatre. On the Mainstage, ACT kicks off 2014 with a co-production of Little Shop of Horrors with The 5th Avenue Theatre, follows with the dark and desperate Bethany by Laura Marks, and then revisits the genius of Arthur Miller's classic The Price.
Red Bull Theater presents the Off Broadway revival of Loot by Joe Orton. Red Bull Artistic Director Jesse Berger directs a company that includes Rebecca Brooksher (Fay), Eric Martin Brown (Meadows), Jarlath Conroy (McLeavy), Ryan Garbayo (Dennis), Rocco Sisto (Truscott), and Nick Westrate (Hal). Loot has scenic design by Narelle Sissons, costume design by Sara Jean Tosetti, lighting design by Scott Zielinski, and sound design by Brad Berridge. Opening Thursday January 16th, this limited engagement continues through February 9th only at Lucille Lortel Theater (121 Christopher Street).
Kathie's Kitchen, the maker of America's tastiest new healthy snack food, SuperSeedz announced that they will be showcasing their nutritious and delicious super snack at The Winter Fancy Food Show in San Francisco in January, 2014. Kathie's Kitchen produces a line of SuperSeedz; a dry roasted no shell pumpkin seed that provides consumers of all ages with a 'Healthy Snack' alternative. Among other things, SuperSeedz are a great vegetarian source of protein. They are Gluten Free, Peanut Free, Tree Nut Free, Soy Free, Dairy Free, Vegan, MSG Free and Non-GMO.
The Cleveland Orchestra, conducted by Chelsea Tipton, will perform its 34th annual concert in celebration of the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. The concert will feature the Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Chorus (a 165-member volunteer chorus from the greater Cleveland community), prepared by William Henry Caldwell, and Sphinx Competition prizewinner Lev Mamuya as cello soloist.
After the contagious success of Blow Me by Jessica Farr at our new home at the Miami Theater Center, Mad Cat Theatre Company is pleased to present MIXTAPE 2: UMMAGUMMA FORZA ZUMA! a collection of new works by various local artists and familiar faces.
After the contagious success of Blow Me by Jessica Farr at our new home at the Miami Theater Center, Mad Cat Theatre Company is pleased to present MIXTAPE 2: UMMAGUMMA FORZA ZUMA! a collection of new works by various local artists and familiar faces. In 2008, Mad Cat released its first MIXTAPE featuring a mix of new plays and films steeped in nostalgia. Now, six years later, Mad Cat is back with a new mix of plays and films, MIXTAPE 2: UMMAGUMMA FORZA ZUMA!, a theatrical stew that is very much embedded in the present. MIXTAPE 2: UMMAGUMMA FORZA ZUMA! is about having the right mixture of mojo needed to make it through a metamorphosis. This collection of new works features pieces by Jessica Farr, Elena Maria Garcia, Theo Reyna, Deborah L. Sherman, Andres Solorzano, Paul Tei, and Kristina Wong as well as new films by Molly Gandour, George Schiavone and Matt Corey, Karelle Levy and Michael Landsberg, Wet Sock Ensemble (Erik Fabregat, Ralph de la Portilla and Ted Chambers), and Darin Gray of the band On Fillmore.
The University of the Arts has appointed Joanna Settle as the new director of the Ira Brind School of Theater Arts. Settle, a freelance theater director and educator, will begin her tenure at the university on January 13, 2014.
Are you sick of hearing the same old Christmas songs? Feeling like a Scrooge and just want to say 'Bah Humbug!' Well this winter, the CM Performing Arts Center in Oakdale has just the show for you - Shrek the Musical!
There was once a legend about a chainsaw-wielding man who attacked a village and killed several women-the kind of a tale meant to scare children. But what does one do when it happens to be real? Inspired by Agatha Christie's complex plots, Dashiell Hammett's stylishness, Oscar Wilde's wit, and Neil Simon's spoof on all mysteries, 'Murder By Death,' author Peter Halsey Sherwood reveals his thrilling novella. Hilarious as it is horrifying, the drawing room comedy of questionable manners rife with grisly killings is unleashed in his new publication, 'The Murdery Delicious Hamwich Gumm Mystery.'
For the third year in a row, Freekibble.com and Ellen DeGeneres' natural pet food company, Halo, Purely for Pets, will make the holidays brighter for homeless dogs and cats across the nation.
Food Network launches exciting new programming in January as Sunny Anderson, Katie Lee, Jeff Mauro, Marcela Valladolid and Geoffrey Zakarian come together in The Kitchen premiering Saturday January 4th at 11am to talk about all things food and entertaining.
DarkFuse has just released the first book in The Border Trilogy, River Runs Red, for Kindle. The second book, Missing White Girl, will be released in December and the third book, Cold Black Hearts, will be released in January. Nook and Apple editions will be released 90 days after the Kindle editions.