Tamara News

The Staten Island Children's Museum will promote awareness of the contributions of employees with disabilities during its October programs.

BULL IN A CHINA SHOP, playing through October 14th at Diversionary Theatre, is a fast paced comedy that looks at the historical friendship of Mary Woolley and Jeanette Marks through a contemporary lens as they try to reform the meaning of women's education during the height of the suffragette movement, without losing their jobs, their focus, or their relationship to each other.

Get a sneak peek of rehearsal photos from the world premiere of EVE'S SONG, written by Patricia Ione Lloyd and directed by Jo Bonney. EVE'S SONG runs through Sunday, December 2 with an official press opening on Wednesday, November 7.

Bill Hanney's award-winning North Shore Music Theatre (NSMT) concludes the 2018 Subscription Season with Broadway's big, fat, hit musical, HAIRSPRAY, playing for two-weeks only from Tuesday, October 30 thru Sunday, November 11, 2018. 

Persephone Productions brings an imagined sequel to Arthur Miller's The Crucible with Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa's Abigail/1702: A Twice Told Tale, playing at the Studio Jean-Valcourt du Conservatoire from October 18 to October 28. The play follows the character of Abigail Williams, from Arthur Miller's The Crucible, ten years after the events of the Salem Witch Trials.

New York City-based Sexy Dirt Productions presents TAMARA TUNIE, CHAD L. COLEMAN, RYAN COOPER, and KARA YOUNG in a one night only benefit reading of Andrew Kramer's ARMATURE, a political, sexual thriller.

According to an Equity casting notice, LEMPICKA, which ran at the Williamstown Theatre Festival this summer, will have a future beyond Massachusetts. The new musical, directed by Tony nominee Rachel Chavkin, with music by Matt Gould and book and lyrics by Carson Kreitzer, will get a developmental lab in NYC this November. 

Ensemble Connect embarks on its 12th season with a new group of young professional classical musicians joining the fellowship program from around the world. Following a rigorous audition process, 18 fellows were selected from across the United States and also from Israel, Japan, Canada, Taiwan, Hungary, and Korea. The fellows will perform 12 concerts in the New York City area this season at venues including Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall, Paul Hall at The Juilliard School, Our Saviour's Atonement Lutheran Church and the Jackson Heights Branch Library as part of Carnegie Hall Citywide, and in Saratoga Springs, NY as part of Ensemble Connect's continuing biannual residency at Skidmore College.

Netflix the world's leading internet entertainment service continues its investment in French content and announces three new French series and the acquisition of four new French films and documentaries.

Performing at the Graham Tyler Memorial Chapel in Parkville, Abduraimov will perform one of the world's most beloved piano concerto's, Ludwig Von Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1 in C-major, Op. 15. In his mid-20's when he completed the work, Beethoven fashioned it as a virtuoso work to showcase his own skills as a pianist.  Ioudenitch commented on having Behzod perform this work with the ICM Orchestra, "The work is known to have a kind of radiance, a youthfulness. The energy is high with lots of charm, perfect for Behzod."

Stanislav Ioudenitch, Artistic Director of Park International Center for Music (Park ICM), announced today that his protégé, Behzod Abduraimov, will return to Kansas City on September 28th, following rave reviews at the Hollywood Bowl in July. In a review of the concert, The Los Angeles Timesreported, “Uzbekistani pianist Behzod Abduraimov is fast becoming one of the finest musicians of his generation.”The Los Angeles Times has also been quoted as saying of Abduraimov, “He has fingers that seem as though they were made to create rainbows.”

The San Diego International Film Festival (SDiFF), produced by the San Diego Film Foundation, announced today that they have honored Emmy-nominee Kathryn Hahn, star of Tamara Jenkins' “Private Life” with the Fairbanks Award, to honor her contribution to independent film, John Cho, star of “Searching,” with the Spotlight Award which recognizes an actor with the tenacity to forge new ground within their craft, and Christian Navarro, from the Gala Feature “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” with the Rising Star Award. The awards will be presented October 11th at The Night of the Stars Tribute at the Pendry San Diego in Downtown San Diego, CA.  

Doctor Zomba's Ghost Show of Terror, the campy horror comedy that made its debut this summer as part of the Hollywood Fringe Fest is returning for the Halloween season.  The sold out initial run won Midsummer Screams's Screamiest Award, the Encore Producer's Award, and earned a Double Sweet Award from audiences and critics alike from Better Lemons.

The casts (and their alumni) of Off-Broadway's long-running hits THIS ONE'S FOR THE GIRLS and SISTAS: THE MUSICAL were selected to perform the National Anthem for the New York Yankees home game vs. the Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium last Wednesday. As seen in this video of the performance simulcast on the stadium's jumbotron, the ladies really hit this one out of the park! And, of course, the Yankees won the game.

The York Theatre Company celebrates the release of three new original cast recordings of York productions from the 2017-2018 season: Desperate Measures, Unexpected Joy, and Lonesome Blues.

It's 1767, and for three years, a mysterious, bloodthirsty creature has terrorized the countryside in the French province of Gevaudan.

Nobel Prize-winning author William Golding's chilling dystopian text is given a contemporary reimagining as a group of schoolgirls find themselves stranded on a remote island following a crash landing. 

It can be a rarity, but every so often, perhaps once a year if you're lucky, you stumble across a work so sublime it leaves you a little stumped as to how to describe it. Unfortunate when you need to review it, however. English National Ballet's Lest We Forget first opened in 2014, marking the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the first World War. Just two years into Tamara Rojo's tenure as Artistic Director, it was a bold statement about where the company was heading. Four years later it sits proudly in their repertoire, a modern masterpiece to absorb, devour and shed a tear.

Carnegie Hall's commitment to the music of tomorrow continues with the fourth year of its five-year project during which at least 125 new works will be commissioned from today's leading composers. Through the 125 Commissions Project, Carnegie Hall expands upon its history as the preeminent venue where music history is made.