Afforded unprecedented freedom and power by television, casting pioneers like Marion Dougherty and Lynn Stalmaster were iconoclasts whose exquisite taste and gut instincts ultimately helped change the old studio system and usher in New Hollywood through landmark movies like 'Midnight Cowboy,' 'The Graduate,' 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' and 'Bonnie and Clyde.' They broke away from traditional typecasting and brought new kinds of leading men and women to the screen, among them Dustin Hoffman, Bette Midler, Robert Duvall and Gene Hackman.
Something familiar, something peculiar, something for everyone, a comedy tonight! Mercer County Community College's (MCCC) Kelsey Theatre kicks off its 2013-14 season with a trip back to Roman times when PinnWorth Productions presents “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” Sept. 6 to 15. This high-energy classic starts off a colorful season of 22 full-length dramas and musical productions, along with eight shows for the younger set through the Kelsey Kids Series, performed by traveling professional troupes and local companies.
Teen R&B/Pop sensation, Mindless Behavior, will return to the Fox Theatre tonight, August 2 at 7 p.m. with their highly anticipated 'All Around The World Tour'. This will mark Mindless Behavior's third appearance at the Fox Theatre following their sold out 'Scream Tour: Next Generation' in 2011 and sold out '#1 Girl Tour' in 2012.
Florida Grand Opera (FGO) welcomes the return of an esteemed former colleague, Mark B. Rosenblum. Having previously served as FGO's Chief Operating Officer (COO), Rosenblum returns as the newly appointed Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective August 5, 2013. Reporting directly to General Director and CEO Susan T. Danis, the new CFO is tasked with the overall financial management of organizational resources, which includes an $11 million budget.
Scott Boswell, chairman of the Kansas City Repertory Theatre's Board of Directors, and Leo E. Morton, chancellor of the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC), are pleased to announce that Angela Lee Gieras has been appointed executive director of Kansas City Rep. The newly created position will provide additional leadership as the Rep prepares for its 50th anniversary in 2014 and will support the Rep as it continues to strengthen its position as a leading regional theatre. Gieras will begin her new position today, August 1.
RDT invites you to join them in celebrating their 48th season - a legendary season. RDT's 2013-2014 season is brought to you by the letter 'L' featuring performances of legacy, liveliness, levity, and land.
The Dan's Papers $6,000 Literary Prize for Non Fiction contest is racing toward its conclusion. Entrants write short pieces between 600 and 1,500 words that reference eastern Long Island in a meaningful way. They enter them at the danspapers.com website. The final deadline for entries is approaching. The last day we will accept entries tonight, July 31 at midnight. Three prizes will be awarded, two for $500 for runners-up, and one prize for $5,000 for the First Prize winner. Those intending to enter have two weeks to do so!
Huntington Theatre Company and Dorchester's Codman Academy Charter Public School's eight-year collaboration, the Huntington-Codman Summer Theatre Institute, will culminate in two public performances of As You Like It this Thursday and Friday, August 1 and 2 at 7pm at the Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA. The public is invited to the free performance - no tickets are required.
Emma White, a pop singer-songwriter from Baltimore, MD will perform at Burning Coal Theatre Company's 2013 MusiCoal Summer Music Series tonight, July 28th at 7 pm at the Murphey School, 224 Polk Street, Raleigh.
The final week of the tenth anniversary Deer Valley Music Festival includes three performances with the Utah Symphony in Park City, Utah. The Utah Symphony performs Beethoven's Symphony No. 1 on August 7. Then, on August 9 opera stars and the Utah Opera chorus serenade audiences under the night sky. The Festival ends with its seventeenth concert of the summer: a rock 'n' roll tribute to the Music of the Rolling Stones with the Utah Symphony on August 10.
The first weeklong residency was held at The Pocantico Center of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund in Tarrytown, New York from June 21-29. It featured playwrights Stephen Brown and Max Posner, along with director Portia Krieger and a company of actors. The Pocantico Center residency, established in 2008 by the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, supports artists in their creative process. This was Page 73's fifth summer sending playwrights to the residency.
International chart-topping singer, songwriter and producer Labrinth will perform with three-time BRIT Award winner Emeli Sande during the Wednesday, July 24 (9-10 pm ET) 'America's Got Talent' results show, as fan voting determines the first four acts to move on to the semifinals, with a new twist. For the first time ever, a broadcast competition reality series will allow the audience to vote for contestants via Tweet. Fans can vote for their favorite act using the hashtag #voteAGT followed by the act's name (one vote per Twitter handle per voting window). Twitter voting will join other voting methods including toll-free phone, online via NBC.com, Facebook and Zeebox, and via the NBC mobile app.
After its acclaimed world premiere tour throughout Australia in 2011 and then subsequently sold out seasons in London, Paris, Zurich, Berlin, Frankfurt and Vienna in 2012, the international Cuban sensation Ballet Revolucion returns in 2013 with an extensive tour of Australia, including six shows at Her Majesty's Theatre from today, 23 - 27 July.
Selena Gomez newest LP, 'Stars Dance', will be released today, July 23. The 'Come & Get It' singer made the announcement during a hour-long livestream event where she answered questions from fans and talked about her Stars Dance Tour on MTV.
Devin Bing's show last Thursday night (the fourth of five dates at the Metropolitan Room over this spring and summer, with the next one on August 15) may have been performed in a cabaret club, but it was more a contemporary jazz/pop concert than it was a 'cabaret show.' The story theme on this occasion was 'Devin Bing,' as the ambitious young crooner strives to establish himself as the second coming of his musical hero Harry Connick, Jr., but with Justin Timberlake, Robin Thicke, and Michael Buble colors in his cooly-delivered vocals of original tunes and covers of jazz and Great American Songbook classics. On stage, Bing conveys a confidence that verges on cockiness, but he sprinkles just enough self-deprecation on his swagger to avoid a flavor of smarminess.
The Dan's Papers $6,000 Literary Prize for Non Fiction contest is racing toward its conclusion. Entrants write short pieces between 600 and 1,500 words that reference eastern Long Island in a meaningful way. They enter them at the danspapers.com website. The final deadline for entries is approaching. The last day we will accept entries is July 31 at midnight. Three prizes will be awarded, two for $500 for runners-up, and one prize for $5,000 for the First Prize winner. Those intending to enter have two weeks to do so!
The 20th Season of Broadway Onstage Live Theatre and the 33rd, and final, season of Dennis Wickline Productions opens tonight, July 19 with the Alan Ball Comedy FIVE WOMEN WEARING THE SAME DRESS. The production will run Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm and Select Sundays at 2pm through Saturday, August 17.
Beth Morrison Projects (BMP) and HERE have announced programming for the second annual PROTOTYPE: Opera/Theatre/Now festival, running January 8-18, 2014.
