The Rubin Museum of Art today announced the Fall 2011 Naked Soul Concert series. This premiere all acoustic and unplugged performance series is held in the Rubin Museum of Art's intimate 137-seat theater - a flagship arts and performance space in the heart of Chelsea. Naked Soul offers an opportunity for performers to be unplugged but totally connected.
Executive Producer Lou Spisto today announced that Matt McGrath will appear in the role of Frank ‘N' Furter in The Old Globe's upcoming production of Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show. McGrath appeared on Broadway as the Emcee in Sam Mendes' hit revival of Cabaret and in the international tour of Tom Waits and William S. Burroughs' The Black Rider: The Casting of the Magic Bullets directed by Robert Wilson. He has also appeared Off Broadway in Hedwig and the Angry Itch and A Fair Country at Lincoln Center Theater. McGrath replaces the previously announced James Barbour, who has departed the production.
The Colony Theatre will present the third production of its 37th season of shows - the West Coast Premiere of SHOOTING STAR, written by Steven Dietz and directed by David Rose.
Veteran theater designer Anne Militello, who designed her first Broadway show at the age of 26 (Cuba and His Teddy Bear with Robert DeNiro), has been named Head of Lighting Design for California Institute of the Arts' (CalArts) School of Theater, announces School of Theater Dean Travis Preston.
Organizers for the 2011 Scotiabank BuskerFest have announced new musical acts joining this year's festival, as well as the brand new BuskerBeats program, where musical acts will perform in bars throughout the St. Lawrence Market Neighbourhood during the festival.
To celebrate the release of the 'Don't Explain' album - a collaboration between American singer-songwriter Beth Hart and the acclaimed blues guitarist Joe Bonamassa, the duo are making their version of Delaney & Bonnie's classic 'Well, Well' available as a free MP3 download single.
NewSong Music is proud to announce its collaboration with Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, the world's largest performing arts organization, home of the New York City Ballet, Metropolitan Opera, New York Philharmonic, Jazz at Lincoln Center and the Juilliard School.
The Glenwood Avenue Arts Fest (GAAF), www.glenwoodave.org/GAAF, is a free, weekend-long event, drawing approximately 10,000 visitors per day, celebrating its 10th anniversary.
New York City public radio station WFUV (90.7 FM, wfuv.org) has partnered with 170 Million Americans for Public Broadcasting and ANTI- Records to promote the release of Raise Your Voice!, a 16-track compilation of music from ANTI- artists being offered as a free download to advocates for public broadcasting.
HORSE TRADE THEATER GROUP is a self-sustaining theater development group; with a focus on new work, it has produced a massive quantity of stimulating downtown theater.
NewSong Music is proud to announce its collaboration with Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, the world's largest performing arts organization, home of the New York City Ballet, Metropolitan Opera, New York Philharmonic, Jazz at Lincoln Center and the Juilliard School.
HORSE TRADE THEATER GROUP is a self-sustaining theater development group; with a focus on new work, it has produced a massive quantity of stimulating downtown theater.
Seventy opera coaches, vocalists, and musicians from across the globe will present two weeks of performances and masterclasses in Blacksburg as part of the Vocal Arts and Music Festival at Virginia Tech.