Tiger News

Celebration Theatre announces that the third and final show in its 2017-2018 season, the smash-hit, critically acclaimed production of CABARET

New Ohio Theatre and The Mill announced today that the New York premiere of Mark Chrisler's WORSE THAN TIGERS, directed by Jaclyn Biskup, will extend through September 8, 2018. The limited engagement plays at New Ohio Theatre, located at 154 Christopher Street between Greenwich and Washington Streets in New York City. Previews begin August 24 for an August 26 opening.

Digital star Jimmy Wong and Doua Moua have been cast as  Ling and Po, respectively, in Disney's live-action Mulan adaptation, according to Variety. The film is currently in production and it stars Yifei Liu as Mulan. 

This September, Joe's Pub at The Public kicks off its 20th Anniversary year, celebrating two decades of presenting the best in live music and performance nightly with a commitment to diversity, production values, community, and artistic freedom. The fall season is comprised of Joe's Pub debuts like Max Vernon and The Tiger Lillies; familiar faces like Justin Vivian Bond, John Kelly, and Shaina Taub; and two New York Voices commissions: Refrigerated Dreams, a collaboration from Nona Hendryx and Carrie Mae Weems, and Murray Hill's About To Break, directed by Scott Wittman. There will also be a change in leadership at Joe's Pub - Alex Knowlton will become Director of Joe's Pub, as Shanta Thake will inaugurate a new role at The Public Theater as Senior Director of Artistic Programs.

Production on Disney's “Mulan,” a live-action adaptation of the studio's 1998 animated feature, has begun. The film will shoot on locations in New Zealand and China and will open in U.S. theaters on March 27, 2020. 

On Sunday, August 19th and Monday August 20th, 2018, the national food sport series Culinary Fight Club, will host its annual two-day Grand Championship Competition at Morgan MFG. location 401 N. Morgan St. Day one will be Culinary Fight Fest during which 20 Culinary Fight Club champion professional chefs from nine states will bring their best 'bites' - small hors d'oeuvres - for the audience to taste and vote on. The chefs with the top four bites will advance to day two, The Final Plate, where they will go head to head in a 45-minute mystery basket challenge, using a mystery basket of unknown ingredient to create the one champion gourmet dish. A jury of judges will vote on the winning plate and the 2018 Grand Champion will be awarded $5,000 in cash $5,000 in prizes, competition branded Chef Coats and the coveted Culinary Fight Fest trophy. Attendees of both events will be able to enjoy small bites and appetizers created by the chefs along with samples from leading beverage brands. The events will be sponsored by industry-leading brands such as Bull Outdoor Products ($5,000 cash prize), Samuel Adams Beer, Reinhart Foodservice, Imperfect Produce, Kangen Water - Hydr8YourLife, Rhineland Cutlery, Essentia Water, and more. Guests will enjoy entertainment by US Poker & Casino Parties, A-Z Entertainment Music and a cameo appearance by Chicago favorite underground DJ, Chef and Artist Won Kim. Tickets to Culinary Fight Fest can be purchased at https:bit.ly2JV6WhJ, and tickets to The Final Plate at https:bit.ly2M8Fp9f. The exciting lineup of 20 chefs from nine cities are: · Janett Malpartida, ChefOwner of D Road Café - Montgomery, AL · Cherry Aikens, Executive Chef of Island Delight - Montgomery, AL · Josh Reeves, Executive Chef of The River Club - Atlanta, GA · Iliana Cordero, ChefOwner Concierge Chef Events - Atlanta, GA · Travis Hickman, Executive Sous Chef of The River Club - Atlanta, GA · Justin Rexroad, Executive Chef of Social Restaurant & Bar - Boston, MA · Gregg Brackman, ChefOwner of G Bar & Kitchen - Boston, MA · Ryan Rondeno, ChefOwner of Rondeno Culinary Designs - Los Angeles, CA · Hugo Miranda, Executive Chef of Four Points LAS - Los Angeles, CA · John Curley, ChefOwner of Ink & Knives Bacon Jam - Charlotte, NC · Matt Pickard, Executive Chef of Blackfinn Ameripub - Charlotte, NC · Kris Schoenberger, ChefOwner BBQ'd Productions - Chicago, IL · Steven Singer, Executive Chef of Michigan Shores Club - Chicago, IL · Stefano Roman ChefOwner of PR Italian Bistro - Chicago, IL · Joelle Brown, ChefOwner of NOLA Nights Southern Aromas - Chicago, IL · John Magno, Executive Chef of District Pour House & Kitchen - Kansas City, MO · Daniel Nutty, Chef de Cuisine of Lidia's - Kansas City, MO, · Bruce Russell, ChefOwner of Russell Restaurants - Milwaukee, WI · Lu Holter, Owner of Croix Valley Foods - Minneapolis, MN · Brent Berry, Executive Chef of Eatalia - Philadelphia, PA The judges of The Final Plate are: · Bo Jackson, All-Star in Baseball + Pro Bowler in Football Founder Bo Jackson's Signature Foods · Mike Fucci, ChefOwner at Chef Mikes Catering Watertown MA, Chef at Food Network and ChefAuthor at Michael Fucci's Delicious Attitude · Lance Avery, Chefowner Big Fork Brands, Four time #CFC Champ 2014 Taco, 2015 Burger, 2016 Chili + 2017 Pork · Wade Fortin, Marketing manager Bull Outdoor Products, Inc. and Two-Time World Burger Champion 2013 + 2014. 'It's so exciting to see these passionate chefs come together under one roof and battle it out to be named the Grand Champion Competitor of Culinary Fight Club,' says Culinary Fight Club founder, Jiwon McCartney. 'We are honored to have talents nine of our nineteen CFC cities represented in 2018; it's the years must-taste event!' About Culinary Fight Club Culinary Fight Club is an event company that produces live cooking competitions in nineteen cities across United States; Chicago, IL, Omaha, NE, New Orleans, LA, Cincinnati, HO, Boston, MA, Nashville, TN, Philadelphia, PA, Pensacola, FL, Sioux City, IA, Houston, TX, Atlanta, GA, Montgomery, AL, Denver, CO, Los Angeles, CA, Milwaukee, WI, Indianapolis, IN, Charlotte, NC, Minneapolis, MN, and Kansas City, MO. Culinary Fight Club partners with notable brands including Bo Jackson Signature Foods, Reinhart Foodservice, Bull Outdoor Grills, Samuel Adams, Mushroom Council, Big Fork Brands, Tiger Beer, The Beef Council and L&C Meats to hosts events at top venues, such as Navy Pier, Hard Rock Café, Extra Virgin, Bottled Blonde and more. Culinary Fight Club is an official qualifying event for the World Food Championships and partner for the Travel & Adventure Show's Culinary State. For more information on upcoming events, visit CulinaryFightClub.com, like on the brand on Facebook or follow it on Instagram or Twitter.

Bruce Davidson, Charles Mandracchia, Antonio 'Huggy Bear' Fargas  & Kathrina Miccio Nominated and to Appear at ACTION ON FILM FESTIVAL

The Wicked Gingers are bringing the sauciest Cape Cod clam bake to Coney Island this summer! A night of classic and neo-burlesque inspired by coastal New England brought right to the back door of Brooklyn, New York!

Road Less Traveled Productions is excited to announce its 2018/19 Season at its brand-new permanent home at 456 Main Street in Downtown Buffalo! Featuring four full regular season theatrical productions, RLTP's 15th anniversary season will include:

New Ohio Theatre and The Mill proudly present the New York premiere of Mark Chrisler's WORSE THAN TIGERS, directed by Jaclyn Biskup. WORSE THAN TIGERS runs from August 24 - September 1, 2018 in a limited engagement at New Ohio Theatre, located at 154 Christopher Street between Greenwich and Washington Streets in New York City. Previews begin August 24 for an August 26 opening.

Wonderful cast directed by Tina Landau is a nice diversion from presidential politics.

After serving as Artistic Director of the company since 2008, Christine Louise Marshall is stepping down from the position before the 2018-19 season.

Ashley Fure's and Adam Fure's THE FORCE OF THINGS: AN OPERA FOR OBJECTS--one of this week's unusual attractions at Lincoln Center's Mostly Mozart Festival--took place at Brooklyn's Gelsey Kirkland Academy of Classical Ballet. As far as I could tell, that first sentence was filled with misnomers: no recognizable opera, no Mozart--and no classical ballet either. But what the piece may lack in clarity, it gains in its boundary-stretching reminder that while we're sitting around, going about our business, climate change is happening. Now.

Samuel French announces that award-winning playwright and cabaret artist Charles Busch (The Tale of the Allergist's Wife, Psycho Beach Party, Vampire Lesbians of Sodom) has happily stepped in for the previously announced Lauren Yee (The King of the Yees, The Great Leap, The Hatmaker's Wife) who had to recuse herself due to a scheduling conflict.

Southbank Centre's China Changing Festival returns from Thursday 4 - Sunday 7 October 2018 for a four-day grand finale showcasing contemporary Chinese culture, and its creative connection with the UK. Launched in December 2016, this three year international festival returns to London, for the final time, presenting some of the most innovative artists practising in China today and celebrating inspiring work from British-based Chinese and South East Asian artists.

Vineyard Theatre and Developing Artists will partner again to present Developing Artists' REBEL VERSES Youth Arts Festival, Thursday through Saturday August 9-18 at Vineyard Theatre (108 E. 15th St.). Since the festival's inception in 2001, REBEL VERSES has provided young artists, ages 13-19, with the opportunity to collaborate and network with their peers and prominent artists, and to showcase their original work. This two-week event, now in its second season Off-Broadway at the Vineyard Theatre, will feature over one hundred artists and performers from ten young-artist companies hailing from all five boroughs of New York City and beyond.

'Time is a river which sweeps me along, but I am the river; it is a tiger which destroys me, but I am the tiger; it is a fire which consumes me, but I am the fire.'

Full casting has been announced for Rain Man, the inaugural production of Bill Kenwright's Classic Screen to Stage Theatre Company. Joining the previously announced Gavin and Stacey's Mathew Horne (Raymond) and Downtown Abbey's Ed Speleers (Charlie) is: Mairi Barclay (Pippin), Hannah Barker, Elizabeth Carter (Dreamboats and Petticoats), Adam Lilley (The 39 Steps), Neil Roberts (Mamma Mia!) and Joe Sellman Leava (Monster).

'Broken Wings' is an autobiographical tale of tragic love based on Lebanese-born poet Kahlil Gibran's 1912 masterpiece, with Book Music & Lyrics by West End star Nadim Naaman ('The Phantom of the Opera') and Music and Lyrics by Dana Al Fardan, one of the Middle East's leading contemporary composers.

REDCAT, CalArts' downtown center for contemporary arts, announces adventurous international and LA performances featured in the ambitious new Fall 2018 season at REDCAT, including stunning stagecraft and object theater from Rotterdam, the world premiere of a new dance and video work by LA company David Rousseve/Reality, a slyly funny and poignant collaboration by German/British collective Gob Squad with six LA performers, a hilarious political musical-theater project by art collective My Barbarian, and the return of Christiane Jatahy with a Brazilian take on Chekhov's Three Sisters, which uses genius film techniques.