Syracuse University News

The Old Globe opens its 2015-2016 Season with IN YOUR ARMS, a World Premiere dance-theatre musical featuring direction and choreography by Tony Award winner Christopher Gattelli (Newsies, Godspell, Lincoln Center Theater's The King and I and South Pacific) and original music by Tony Award winner Stephen Flaherty (Ragtime, Once on This Island; two-time Oscar nominee for Anastasia). The production begins tonight, September 16, with an opening slated for September 24, and runs through October 25, 2015.

Franklin School for the Performing Arts (FSPA) Director Raye Lynn Mercer will lead a How to Audition Workshop on Saturday, September 26 from 3-4:30 p.m. in the school's Recital Hall at 38 Main Street in downtown Franklin. The workshop is open to the community.

ProLiteracy announced today that a pioneer in adult literacy education and New Readers Press founder, Dr. Robert S. Laubach (Dr. Bob) passed away peacefully on Friday, September 11 at the age of 96.

THE BLACK BOOK, a mystery thriller that challenges you to 'read between the minds,' will premiere Off-Broadway and open Sunday, September 13th at the American Theatre of Actors (314 W 54th St). The play is written and directed by Phil Blechman and will will play a limited engagement through November 22. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

Conceived and choreographed by Jacqulyn Buglisi, in collaboration with visual artist Rossella Vasta 100+ Dancers, led by the Buglisi Dance Theatre, will appear in this 9/11 prayer for peace Performance Ritual starts at 8:15 AM and concludes precisely at 8:46 AM at the Revson Fountain, Josie Robertson Plaza, Lincoln Center, Columbus & 64th Street.

Dominique Lévy is pleased to present its first exhibition with the artist Senga Nengudi. Organized by Begum Yasar, this selection of recent sculptures and historical performance photographs from the 1970s inaugurates “The Back Room,” the gallery's new 3rd floor project space.

New York, NY—Dominique Lévy is pleased to present its first exhibition with the artist Senga Nengudi. Organized by Begum Yasar, this selection of recent sculptures and historical performance photographs from the 1970s inaugurates “The Back Room,” the gallery's new 3rd floor project space.

Actors Theatre Gallery and Kentucky Women Photographers Network announce Maps of the Imagination-a collection of work that takes you on a visual journey with twelve of Kentucky's finest women photographers, tonight, September 2, through October 25, 2015.

Garfunkel & Oates will film their first hour-long special on Friday, October 23, 2015 at 7:30 PM and 10 PM at The Neptune. 

Artistic Director Jacqulyn Buglisi and Buglisi Dance Theatre are honored to be welcomed back by Lincoln Center for a fifth presentation of the transcendent '9/11 Table of Silence,' a public tribute to 9/11 and prayer for peace, conceived and choreographed by Jacqulyn Buglisi in collaboration with Italian visual artist Rossella Vasta. The tribute will take place Friday September 11, beginning at 8:15 AM and concluding at 8:46 AM, the moment when American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into the North Tower.

Next up on the Main Stage, The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey will present the New Jersey premiere of Bill Cain's Equivocation. When the Bard and his troupe of players receive a royal commission to dramatize the events surrounding the infamous Gunpowder Plot, the artist must confront the demons of his past, his present, and his obligations to the truth and artistic integrity. Equivocation was described in Variety as "one of the most bracingly intelligent, sizzlingly theatrical American plays in a decade."

Club 11 London has announced Broadway star of Wicked, Julia Murney, will play 2 shows at the Hippodrome Casino, Leicester Sq, on Monday 2nd November 2015 at 8pm and 11pm. The concert will feature favourite numbers and the late night show will include duets with current West End Stars.

In honor of the 50th anniversary of Nostra Aetate and Pope Francis' visit to the United States, Salon/Sanctuary Concerts explores the cross-fertilization of Jewish and Catholic musical cultures that enriched the music of both Synagogue and Sanctuary.

Among them, the company can claim 18 Tony Awards, 4 Pulitzer Prizes, 6 Pulitzer finalist distinctions, 3 Emmy Awards, and 2 Academy Awards; to list all their honors would take several pages.

En Garde Founder Anne Hamburger, a Pioneering Producer of Site-Specific Theater in New York, Returns with New Festival Challenging 26 Emerging Artists to Think Big

Valley Performing Arts Center is partnering with Ford Signature Series to present L'Espace du Tempsperformed by DIAVOLO | Architecture in Motion, choreographed by the company under the direction of DIAVOLO Artistic Director Jacques Heim. Now in its third year, the Ford Signature Series pairs LA County artists with world-renowned performers in one-of-a-kind presentations.

Valley Performing Arts Center is partnering with Ford Signature Series to present L'Espace du Temps performed by DIAVOLO | Architecture in Motion, choreographed by the company under the direction of DIAVOLO Artistic Director Jacques Heim. Now in its third year, the Ford Signature Series pairs LA County artists with world-renowned performers in one-of-a-kind presentations.

ABC Family bolsters its executive ranks to successfully meet the demands of a modern media enterprise and to maintain its leadership position in providing original, groundbreaking content and deep fan engagement in a quickly changing media environment.

Giving new life to a cult classic, this production will take a look at parallels between the oppression in Urinetown and modern social justice issues such as Occupy Wall Street and Black Lives Matter. Urinetown is scheduled for a limited run October 16th - 24th.