This exhibition Occupied and Unwelcome is a collaboration that merges the landscapes of Zuccotti Park with the Sonoran Desert, two locales with seemingly nothing in common. Yet they represent a very singular and distinct reality of American life: the faceless and nameless people who live in a bleak land of supposedly boundless opportunities, who, in reality, are powerless before the forces of globalization, economic hegemony, and political corruption/dysfunction, whose sole purpose is to maintain an unstable world equilibrium that favors only the select few.
In their first co-producing endeavor, HERE and the Hip-Hop Theater Festival in association with Collective Consciousness Theatre present the world premiere of How to Break, a new play fueled by human beat-boxing, breaking, popping and locking, linguistic flow and multimedia graffiti art. This production will play a limited engagement at HERE from October 18 - November 4, with Official Opening set for Tuesday, October 23 at 7:00pm.
This spring, Goodman Theatre broadens the scope of its Latino Theatre Festival, an event that has introduced more than 160,000 Chicagoans to prominent Latino theater companies around the globe-from Spain to Mexico to Brazil-for the past decade. Under the direction of Goodman Resident Artistic Associate and Festival Curator Henry Godinez, Latino Fest 2013 will span over an extended time period to run in conjunction with the height of the season.
FOX has released a new promo for the upcoming fifth season of its drama series FRINGE. The season premiere airs Friday, September 28 at 9/8c. Check it out below!
The Ruckus Theater has announced its fourth season in Chicago, following a successful year of performances at The Side Project Theatre in Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood. Artistic Director Allison Shoemaker and Associate Artistic Director Joshua Davis released today a season of four new plays, and workshops, including two productions penned by Chicago playwright Scott T. Barsotti.
The Ruckus Theater has announced its fourth season in Chicago, following a successful year of performances at The Side Project Theatre in Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood. Artistic Director Allison Shoemaker and Associate Artistic Director Joshua Davis released today a season of four new plays, and workshops, including two productions penned by Chicago playwright Scott T. Barsotti.
The Jeff Awards Committee announced 197 nominations in 34 categories for Chicago Equity theatrical productions, which opened between August 1, 2011, and July 31, 2012. The Jeff Awards judges attended opening nights of 118 Equity productions offered by 55 producing organizations. From these openings, 96 productions were 'Jeff Recommended,' which made them eligible for award nominations.
The Jeff Awards Committee today announced 197 nominations in 34 categories for Chicago Equity theatrical productions, which opened between August 1, 2011, and July 31, 2012. The Jeff Awards judges attended opening nights of 118 Equity productions offered by 55 producing organizations. From these openings, 96 productions were 'Jeff Recommended,' which made them eligible for award nominations.
Z2 Entertainment will present The Polish Ambassador w/ Elfkowitz & Unlimited Gravity at the Fox Theatre on Wednesday, November 7th. Tickets go on sale August 3rd for $13.00 in advance and $15.00 day of show.
In an interview with Collider, FRINGE executive Joel Wyman revealed that the supernatural FOX series will end its run with a three-part finale. 'I am writing and directing it, so I know exactly what it is,' he explained.
A.D. Productions presents the world premiere of Carlsbad playwright Steven Oberman's new audience interactive comedy 'Vanished,' a play that separates the sexes into parallel worlds to see how they get on without their "better" halves. The comedy runs now through August 18 and will take place at Swedenborg Hall, located at 1531 Tyler Ave., San Diego.
Stage and screen star Sanaa Lathan (A Raisin in the Sun, Contagion) returns to the title role in Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage's By the Way, Meet Vera Stark for its West Coast premiere at the Geffen Playhouse. Lathan, who originated the character of Vera Stark in the critically acclaimed New York run, will once again take the stage as the 1930's era maid turned movie star, reunited with original cast member Kimberly Hebert Gregory (Spike Lee's Red Hook Summer) reprising her role as fellow aspiring African American actress Lottie. Broadway vet and Geffen alum Merle Dandridge (Spamalot, Rent, Aida) will take on the spicy role of Anna Mae, who fakes a Brazilian accent for a slice of fame, and former leading lady of ABC's Man Up, Amanda Detmer, will portray Gloria Mitchell, the white starlet dubbed "America's little sweetie pie" and Vera's first employer. Helmed by award-winning director Jo Bonney, the West Coast premiere cast also features Kevin Carroll (Paid in Full, Being John Malkovich), Spencer Garrett (Iron Man 3, Air Force One) and Geffen alum Mather Zickel (Extraordinary Chambers, Rachel Getting Married).
According to Digitalspy.com, the cast of FOX's hit series FRINGE appeared at yesterday's Comic-Con in San Diego and discussed the possiblity of bringing the series to the big screen.
FOX revealed a three-minute sneak peek at the final season of its hit series FRINGE at this year's Comic-Con in San Diego yesterday. Get a first look at the cult favorite below!
Comic-Con just got even cooler. This year, fans at Comic-Con International: San Diego - and even fans who are enjoying the action from afar - can check-in on entertainment social network GetGlue to unlock one-of-a-kind stickers for Warner Bros. Television series at their Comic-Con panel sessions.And if you forget to check-in at a panel because you got caught up in the excitement of seeing The Big Bang Theory cast in person or realized after seeing Nikita's Maggie Q that looks really can kill, make like MAD's Alfred E. Neuman and say, 'What, me worry?' ... because the special Comic-Con stickers will be available each day - for the duration of the day - during the Con on GetGlue, not simply for each individual event.
A.D. Productions will present the world premiere of Carlsbad playwright Steven Oberman's new audience interactive comedy 'Vanished,' a play that separates the sexes into parallel worlds to see how they get on without their "better" halves. The comedy runs July 26 through August 18 and will take place at Swedenborg Hall, located at 1531 Tyler Ave., San Diego. Preview performances are Thursday, July 26 and Friday, July 27 and opening night is Saturday, July 28.
Comic-Con just got even cooler. This year, fans at Comic-Con International: San Diego - and even fans who are enjoying the action from afar - can check-in on entertainment social network GetGlue to unlock one-of-a-kind stickers for Warner Bros. Television series at their Comic-Con panel sessions.And if you forget to check-in at a panel because you got caught up in the excitement of seeing The Big Bang Theory cast in person or realized after seeing Nikita's Maggie Q that looks really can kill, make like MAD's Alfred E. Neuman and say, 'What, me worry?' ... because the special Comic-Con stickers will be available each day - for the duration of the day - during the Con on GetGlue, not simply for each individual event.
Producers Carole Black and Pat Mitchell announced today that EMOTIONAL CREATURE, the new play written by Tony Award®-winning playwright, performer, activist, and The Vagina Monologues author Eve Ensler, will get a New York premiere this fall.
The Oregon Shakespeare Festival will open the world premiere production of Party People at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, July 7 in the New Theatre. Written by UNIVERSES (Mildred Ruiz-Sapp, Steven Sapp, William Ruiz, a.k.a. Ninja), the play is directed by Liesl Tommy, who last directed Ruined (2010) at OSF. Party People will run through November 3.
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