New York Youth Symphony (NYYS), is proud to continue its mission of providing an outstanding music education and performance opportunities to students between the ages of 12-22 by launching a new Musical Theater Composition program aimed at diversifying the world of musical theater. The new director and performance information is expected to be announced in summer 2018. Also new in 2018/19 the NYYS Orchestra and Chamber Music Programs will tour together for the first time ever to Spain in 2019, where they will explore cities including Madrid, Granada, and Seville.
Sporting his signature turtleneck, owl necklace, and swirling comb over, Dale Seever (comedian James Bewley) hosts the season finale of his long-running cosmically-attuned talk show Deep Night. On this night Dale welcomes Dolly Wells, Joan Wasser, Adina Verson, Courtney Fearrington and Emily Panic.
Plus music by Ben Kling.
'Green Bus' is the first music video taken from from the innocence mission's latest album, Sun on the Square. The animation is by the group's main vocalist and guitarist Karen Peris. The album is being released June 29 by Badman Recording Co.
Goodspeed is assembling a stellar cast for Cyrano an inspired new take on the Edmond Rostand classic Cyrano de Bergerac. Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning actor Peter Dinklage will develop the title role and film actress Haley Bennett will play Roxanne in this bold new musical. Additional casting will be announced at a later date. This exciting musical is adapted by Erica Schmidt in collaboration with members of the Grammy Award-winning indie alternative band The National. Cyrano will run August 3 - September 2, 2018 at The Terris Theatre in Chester, Conn. This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Baruch Performing Arts Center presents a Work-in-Progress, More Forever, by Caleb Teicher & Company, a collaboration with Conrad Tao, at Baruch Performing Arts Center, 55 Lexington Avenue (25th Street between Third and Lexington Avenues), NYC on Friday, May 18, 2018 at 7:30pm. Tickets are $20 ($10 for students) and are available at www.baruch.cuny.edu/bpac.
Baruch Performing Arts Center presents a work-in-process, More Forever,by Caleb Teicher & Company, a collaboration with Conrad Tao, at Baruch Performing Arts Center, 55 Lexington Avenue (25th Street between Third and Lexington Avenues), NYC on Friday, May 18, 2018 at 7:30pm.
Today, Portland indie rock band Typhoon have announced new tour dates for Spring following a successful international run with the release of their new album Offerings. Tickets will go on sale to the public March 16 at 10:00am local time via wearetyphoon.com/tour.
New York City Ballet recently presented Namouna, A Grand Divertissement. A truly monumental work, Ratmansky abstracts Edouard Lalo's comical 19th-century story ballet into a stylized series of witty and animated dances for seven featured performers and a large ensemble. Let's see what the critics have to say!
The New York City Ballet, or the House of George Balanchine as some refer to it, is presenting a number of Balanchineless performances. This is as it should be. Balanchine has been dead for over thirty years, and we could not possibly expect revival after revival. However, we can expect a high level of competence and artistry in the new ballets now being offered. Sunday, February 25, 2018, was another example of top notch dancing, if less than stellar choreography.
For the second consecutive year, late-night talk show favorite Jimmy Kimmel returned to host Hollywood's most celebrated night. The 90th Academy Awards®, produced by Oscar®-nominated Michael De Luca and Emmy®-nominated Jennifer Todd, was broadcast live from the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles, California.
Sufjan Stevens will be joined by St. Vincent, Chris Thile, Moses Sumney, Casey Foubert, and James McAlister to perform “Mystery of Love” at the Academy Awardsthis Sunday, March 4. One of Stevens' three contributions to the soundtrack of Luca Guadagnino's Call Me By Your Name (Sony Pictures Classics), “Mystery of Love” is nominated for the Oscar for Best Original Song.
Since their formation in 2011, The Gloaming have sold out an unprecedented seventeen consecutive concerts at Dublin's National Concert Hall (NCH). The band will return to NCH this March to play seven (already sold-out) shows (March 5th, 6th, 7th 8th, 10th, 11th, 12th), which will be their only live appearances of 2018. To mark this occasion, Real World Records released Live at the NCH, a curated selection of six songs recorded live at the beautiful concert hall, on March 2nd, 2018.
Show producers Michael De Luca and Jennifer Todd have announced the performers for this year's Oscars ceremony. Hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, 'The Oscars' will air live on Sunday, March 4, on The ABC Television Network.
Gael García Bernal, Mary J. Blige, Andra Day, Natalia Lafourcade, Miguel, Keala Settle, Sufjan Stevens and Oscar winner Common will perform this year's nominated songs at the 90th Oscars ceremony, show producers Michael De Luca and Jennifer Todd announced today. Hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, “The Oscars” will air live on Sunday, March 4, on The ABC Television Network.
Goodspeed Musicals is thrilled to announce three enticing productions planned for Chester, Conn. in 2018. First will be the inspiring You Are Here by Drama Desk Award nominees Bartram and Hill. This soaring musical will run May 18 - June 10. Next up will be a new musical adaptation of the enduring love story Cyrano. This exciting new take on the classic will be adapted by Erica Schmidt in collaboration with the indie band The National. Cyrano will run August 3 - September 2. Finally, A Connecticut Christmas Carol, a musical adaptation of the Dickens holiday classic spiced with the flavor of the Nutmeg State, returns to The Terris Theatre November 30 - December 30, 2018.
Sufjan Stevens' Mystery of Love is nominated for the Oscar for Best Original Song at this year's Academy Awards. Mystery of Love is one of Stevens' three contributions to the soundtrack of Luca Guadagnino's Call Me By Your Name (Sony Pictures Classics)
Paper Mill Playhouse (Mark S. Hoebee-Producing Artistic Director, Todd Schmidt-Managing Director), recipient of the 2016 Regional Theatre Tony Award, presents the East Coast premiere of the new play The Outsider by Paul Slade Smith, directed by David Esbjornson (Driving Miss Daisy). Performances begin TOMORROW, Wednesday, January 24, 2018, at 7:30 p.m., for a limited run through Sunday, February 18, 2018, at Paper Mill Playhouse (22 Brookside Drive) in Millburn, NJ. Opening Night is Sunday evening, January 28, 2018, at 7:00 p.m.
