Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) announced today the 2012 partnership with Chicago Public Schools (CPS), CPS Shakespeare! Hamlet in which an ensemble of 28 students and teachers from nine CPS high schools will stage an adaptation of William Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) announced today that the prestigious Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC, home to the world's largest and finest collection of Shakespeare materials, will present CST's Education Department with the Shakespeare Steward Award. Inaugurated in 2007, the Folger Shakespeare Steward Award is presented annually to a person or organization for innovative teaching of Shakespeare in American classrooms. Chicago Shakespeare Theater will be the first theater to receive this prestigious award.
Simon & Schuster Audio is pleased to announce that award-winning actor Neil Patrick Harris will narrate THE BRO CODE FOR PARENTS: What to Expect When You're Awesome as Barney Stinson, due out October 2, 2012. The audiobook will be available unabridged on CD and for digital download.
The magic happens beginning today through October 31 at Stride Rite retail locations nationwide where girls will be expertly fit for their new Cinderella shoes and Moms will be invited to enter to win a Sweepstakes featuring a hometown screening of a favorite Disney Princess film for their own little princess.
Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter Marc Cohn has been obsessed with pop music for as long as he can remember: "I was hooked from day one. My older brother had a band that rehearsed in our basement, so I heard Bacharach, The Beatles, Ray Charles, and Motown coming up through the floorboards from the time I was six years old. By the time I was eleven though, the Beatles were breaking up and singer-songwriters were breaking through, and a lot of that music really resonated for me"
Pontine Theatre announces its 35th performance season at the West End Studio Theatre in Portsmouth NH. Two things unite the wide range of work presented in Pontine Theatre's annual performance series: all use expression through movement as a primary dramatic vehicle and all are original works or adaptations created by the artists who perform them. This season the series features five productions: two by Pontine and three by invited guest artists. Pontine's West End Studio Theatre is located at 959 Islington Street in Portsmouth, NH. Performances are Fridays & Saturdays at 4pm & at 8pm, and Sundays at 2pm. Season subscriptions are $90 ($10 discount for students & seniors). Single tickets are $24 ($3 discount for students & seniors) and may be purchased online at www.pontine.org. For information contact: info@pontine.org or 603-436-6660.
Tom Rothman will come on board to produce the science fiction epic, ROBOPOCALYPSE, it was announced today by Stacey Snider, Partner and Co-Chairman of DreamWorks Studios. Steven Spielberg is set to also produce and direct the DreamWorks and Twentieth Century Fox co-production.
Touchstone Theatre presents the next episode in the "Pan Show" series entitled The Pan Show: In Pan We Trust, a musical political satire featuring the Greek god Pan.
Target Margin Theater, in association with Brooklyn's The Brick in Williamsburg, launches its 2012-13 season with their annual TMT Lab: Exploring Yiddish Theater curated by TMT Artistic Producer John Del Gaudio. TMT's Lab offers a sampler of works from the canon of Yiddish Theater, to remind us all how diverse and sophisticated Yiddish culture was, and how great its loss.
Broadway In Chicago and producers Whoopi Goldberg, Stage Entertainment and Troika Entertainment are thrilled to announce casting for the North American Tour of five-time Tony Award® nominated musical SISTER ACT, starring Chicago actress Hollis Resnik as Mother Superior and Ta'Rea Campbell as Deloris Van Cartier. SISTER ACT will play the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University (50 East Congress Parkway) Nov. 13 - Dec. 2, 2012.
Touchstone Theatre, now heading into its 32nd season, will be producing three original works created by the Ensemble, as well as bringing in performances by nationally celebrated artists from across the country. The theatre's community initiatives and arts-in-education programming will further enrich their season.
The Film Society of Lincoln Center announced today Ang Lee has been added to the roster of its 2012 NYFF HBO Directors Dialogues participants. FSLC also announced the selections for the 16th edition of NYFF's Views From the Avant-Garde, the popular yearly touchstone for experimental film around the world as well as the presentation of filmmaker awards from the Kazuko Trust for the first time. In addition, NYFF announced the selections for this year's short film programs.
David Zwirner has announced the gallery's third solo exhibition of drawings and three-dimensional works by Al Taylor. On view at the gallery's 519 West 19th Street space, the exhibition will present a comprehensive examination of two individual series by the artist: Pass the Peas (1991-92) and Can Studys [sic] from 1993, as well as a related group of works entitled Cans and Hoops (1993) which bridge the evolution between the two series. 'Pass the Peas' and 'Can Studys' will be on view from today, September 7 through October 27, 2012, with an opening reception set for tonight, September 7th from 6 to 8 p.m.
Clay Steakley and Jennifer Richmond will take on the roles of Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald this fall as Actors Bridge Ensemble presents the world premiere of Bill Feehely's Outside Paradise, November 9-18 at Belmont University's Black Box Theatre. Outside Paradise follows the life and love of literary legends F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald through the jazz age and into infamy. Funded by a Metropolitan Nashville Arts Commission Creation Grant, this new work examines the volatile passion, deep commitment and remarkable work of this iconic pair and their closest confidants.
Tonight, September 6, Boulder StoryHealers' breathtaking production of A DAY FOR GRACE, a new blockbuster play written and performed by Doug Vincent with a score written and performed by an American Icon of the Music Industry, Sam Llanas, formerly of the BoDeans, will open at Stage Left Studio Theatre (214 West 30 Street - between Seventh & Eighth Avenues).
Producers Whoopi Goldberg, Stage Entertainment and Troika Entertainment announce casting for the North American Tour of five-time Tony Award® nominated musical SISTER ACT. Called "In a word, DIVINE!"by the Associated Press, SISTER ACT kicks off on October 2, 2012 at Toronto's Ed Mirvish Theatre.
The Englert Theatre will present An Evening with Lindsey Buckingham tonight, September 2 at 8pm. The renowned singer and guitarist earned a spot in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a part of legendary rock group Fleetwood Mac, and has released six solo albums to critical acclaim.
David Zwirner has announced the gallery's third solo exhibition of drawings and three-dimensional works by Al Taylor. On view at the gallery's 519 West 19th Street space, the exhibition will present a comprehensive examination of two individual series by the artist: Pass the Peas (1991-92) and Can Studys [sic] from 1993, as well as a related group of works entitled Cans and Hoops (1993) which bridge the evolution between the two series. 'Pass the Peas' and 'Can Studys' will be on view from September 7 through October 27, 2012, with an opening reception set for Friday, September 7th from 6 to 8 p.m.
On Thursday, September 6, Boulder StoryHealers' breathtaking production of A DAY FOR GRACE, a new blockbuster play written and performed by Doug Vincent with a score written and performed by an American Icon of the Music Industry, Sam Llanas, formerly of the BoDeans, will open at Stage Left Studio Theatre (214 West 30 Street - between Seventh & Eighth Avenues).
Touchstone Theatre, now heading into its 32nd season, will be producing three original works created by the Ensemble, as well as bringing in performances by nationally celebrated artists from across the country. The theatre's community initiatives and arts-in-education programming will further enrich their season.
