Concluding BTC’s Building New Pathways gala event on March 27, Co-founders T. Oliver Reid, Warren Adams, and Reginald 'Reggie' Van Lee, joined by Board members Aaliytha Stevens and Naila McKenzie, along with Executive Director Olivia Jones and Program Director Nik Whitcomb announced today the addition of Davon Williams as Communications Director.
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Today the Stratford Festival is welcoming audiences back to its iconic Festival Theatre with the first performance of the great Kander and Ebb musical Chicago.
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Broadway In Detroit announced today that single tickets for the First National Tour of Mean Girls — the record-breaking new musical comedy produced by Lorne Michaels, Stuart Thompson, Sonia Friedman, and Paramount Pictures based on the hit film — will go on sale Friday, April 22.
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View the first photo from Tony Award winner SAM GOLD’s MACBETH on Broadway which stars DANIEL CRAIG in his return to Broadway as Macbeth and RUTH NEGGA’s Broadway debut as Lady Macbeth. Performances resume tonight, April 12 at the Longacre Theatre.
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Taking the nightly Nissan Stadium stage this year are Country Music superstars Jason Aldean, Kelsea Ballerini, Gabby Barrett, Dierks Bentley, Kane Brown, Luke Bryan, Luke Combs, Russell Dickerson, Alan Jackson, Lady A, Parker McCollum, Carly Pearce, Thomas Rhett, Darius Rucker, Cole Swindell, Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, and more.
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ASU Gammage is gearing up for a new Broadway lineup as it announces the 2022–2023 Desert Financial Broadway Across America-Arizona season. Season ticket holders can now renew their subscriptions for an extraordinary list of shows. It’s a season filled with hot, fresh from Broadway shows, powerful plays and some all-time Tony Award®-winning favorites.
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This season, Pumpkin is breaking the cycle of her mother by rising to become the matriarch of the family. She and Josh move into a bigger home but the chaos and pressure are still very real with Ella, new baby, Bentley, Alana “Honey Boo Boo” Thompson and Jessica all under one roof. Watch a super-tease of the upcoming season now!
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The 2022 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize has been awarded to U.K. playwright Benedict Lombe for her debut play Lava. In a special presentation at Shakespeare's Globe in London, the Blackburn Prize judges presented Lombe with a cash prize of $25,000, and a signed limited-edition print by renowned artist Willem de Kooning, created especially for the Prize.
by Sherry Shameer Cohen -
Powerful story, energetic music, amazing cast. Read our BWW critic's review.
by Michael Major -
The ensemble cast returning for season three includes Joel Kinnaman, Shantel VanSanten, Jodi Balfour, Sonya Walger, Krys Marshall, Cynthy Wu, Casey Johnson, Coral Peña and Wrenn Schmidt, along with new series regular Edi Gathegi who will play 'Dev Ayesa,' a charismatic visionary with his sights set on the stars.
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Fitz and the Tantrums are also set to embark on a co-headlining run alongside St. Paul and the Broken Bones this summer. The run of dates are set to kick off in Asheville, NC, on June 1 (full itinerary here). Support on the first leg comes from Seratones; the second leg will feature Devon Gilfilian. Find out how to get tickets and all of the tour dates.
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David Staller, Artistic Director of Gingold Theatrical Group, today announced that in honor of Shakespeare’s 458th birthday, GTG would celebrate with a SHAKESPEARE SONNET SOIRÉE – live, online, on Saturday April 23rd at 6PM EDT. FREE! Livestream on the GTG Facebook page.
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Read all the reviews for the The York Theatre Company world premiere of Penelope, or How the Odyssey Was Really Written, a new musical comedy with book & lyrics by Peter Kellogg, and music by Stephen Weiner.
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On the evening of Friday, April 8, 2022 Hollywood returned to its resplendent glamour and elegance with the 38th Annual L. Ron Hubbard Achievement Awards Gala for Writers and Illustrators of the Future Contests in the genres of Science Fiction and Fantasy held at the Taglyan Cultural Complex in Hollywood, CA.
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The CW has announced their Primetime listings for the week of April 24th. Check out the listing below.
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The UIS Performing Arts Center is announcing the creation of Our Stage / Our Voices, a new on-going program to address the many barriers to full participation faced by members of historically underrepresented groups within the regional performing arts community. These groups include, but are not limited to, Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC); people identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer (LGBTQ); people who face economic disadvantages, and persons with disabilities (both visible and invisible). Barriers include lack of representation, stereotyping, inequity of opportunities to participate or lead, and cost.
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The three-time Tony Award-winning musical and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, 'Next to Normal,' opens Westport Country Playhouse's 92nd Season, from April 6 through April 24. Check out photos from the multi-racial production.
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The three-time Tony Award®-winning musical and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, “Next to Normal,” opens Westport Country Playhouse’s 92nd Season, from April 6 through April 24.
by Andrew White -
If there were any doubt in your mind that theatre is back, as thrilling and death-defying as ever, make your plans now to see Synetic Theatre’s take on the old Italian classic “Servant of Two Masters.” Fasten your seat belts, you’ll be on a roller-coaster of virtuosity, wordless and breathless, for a solid hour and a half.
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One Empire, Under God - the controversial dystopian drama by Anthony J. Piccione - is now available to the public for OnDemand screening until Easter Sunday, April 17th. The recording of the original live production directed by Andrés Gallardo Bustillo, which was presented in November 2021 at The Tank, located at 312 W 36th Street, New York, NY, serves as the first entry into the Piccione Arts Streaming Collection, which will aim to promote the theatrical works of independent artists to audiences across the world via live stream and OnDemand streaming.
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