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Sundance Institute today completed its feature film lineup for the 2016 Sundance Film Festival with the highly anticipated narratives, documentaries, episodic work and events in the Premieres, Documentary Premieres, Spotlight, Sundance Kids and Special Events sections.

The Holy Bible is considered one of the oldest collections of religious texts which remains powerful to millions of men and women and always will be for more centuries to come even until the coming of the Lord. Rev. Dr. Mark Boyd's 'Praying Earnestly with Faith' (published by Xlibris) inculcates to mankind that what is written shall be followed. For Boyd, the word bible shall be defined in this particular manner - Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth.

Love and Information by the acclaimed British playwright Caryl Churchill opened last night at the Basement Theatre on Queen Street in a very polished new production produced by The Actors' Program and Last Tapes Theatre Company. The tagline reads: Sixteen Actors. Over 100 Characters. A Snapshot of life. Perhaps rather the plural, snapshots, might be a more accurate description of this unusual piece

Photos were snapped at Bow Bridge of the recent CHICAGO star wearing a 1940s-style ensemble.

After decades of directing award-winning productions, the much-loved and respected Janice Honeyman returns to the stage to recreate the magic of storytelling in her production of BANGALORY'S BACK at the Baxter Golden Arrow Studio.

New York Theatre Ballet will perform Keith Michael's The Nutcracker from December 11-13, 2015 at Florence Gould Hall, 55 East 59th Street, NYC (between Park and Madison Avenues). Performances are Friday at 12pm; Saturday at 11am, 1pm, and 3:30pm; and Sunday at 11am, 1pm, and 3:30pm.

New York Theatre Ballet will perform Keith Michael's The Nutcracker from December 11-13, 2015 at Florence Gould Hall, 55 East 59th Street, NYC (between Park and Madison Avenues)

London synthpop wonder Rodney Cromwell has announced details of his new 'Black Dog' EP, which he is releasing on the back of his debut LP 'Age of Anxiety', out earlier this year via Happy Robots Records. This new release introduces the modern electronic lover to some epic retro future synth music.

I think it's safe to say that everyone, by now, has heard that the hills are alive with THE SOUND OF MUSIC. The Broadway musical, which starred Mary Martin in 1959 (and Julie Andrews on film six years later), is easily one of the most familiar titles in the musical theater catalog. With family audiences fawning over more contemporary classics like WICKED, THE LION KING and MATILDA, bringing back an old chestnut comes with a risk.

One of the things Independent Shakespeare Co. does exceedingly well is communicate Shakespeare's text to audiences who may have little or no background with Shakespeare in a way that they can understand it. And since an audience member rarely comes back to see another production when they haven't had a good time (or been moved or changed in some way) the method of putting on a show becomes just as important as the desire to create something significant. This is where ISC excels. They know inherently how to make Shakespeare fun and relevant and engaging. Consequently, they have built a huge following that keeps coming back for more.  

University of Northern Colorado brings Stephen Sondheim (Music and Lyrics) and James Lapine's (Book) musical, Sunday in the Park with George, to life in a production that is truly picture perfect.  The show is based off the masterpiece, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, by Georges Seurat.  Seurat was a French Post-Impressionist who is noted for inventing the technique known as pointillism: a technique in art of applying small strokes or dots of color to a surface so that from a distance they blend together.

In Siobhán Donnellan's new drama, a visit to a psychic exposes the ways - outlandish or otherwise - we manage the illogical circumstances of death,

A terrific cast in a gem of a show affectionately spoofing 1930s movie musicals.

Betty Cuningham Gallery is pleased to announce an exhibition of new paintings and drawings by John Lees, opening today, October 23rd.

Pontine Theatre announces its 38th Annual Performance Series at their West End Studio Theatre in Portsmouth NH. 

The set alone is testament as to why Theatre Memphis invariably is recognized during awards season for its designers -- two dominant windows admitting shifts in light as darkness falls, steps descending into a blind woman's apartment (steps on which menacing characters will align themselves as they focus on their sightless victim), a refrigerator that will become a hiding place, a source of danger, and a shield of protection. Frederick Knott's chiller (adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher and suspensefully helmed by Director Tracey Zerwig Ford) is a tense and understated October alternative to the bucket of blood drenching poor CARRIE just across town at Circuit Playhouse.

Hosted by Alfonso Ribeiro, season two of Unwrapped 2.0 premieres tonight, October 10th.

The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation's ArtsBergen Connect the Dots extravaganza will present a special feature on October 19 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at the Bergen Performing Arts Center (bergenPAC), located at 30 North Van Brunt Street in Englewood, New Jersey.  The Bergen County Neighborhood Network's 'Creative Conflicts: Live Art Battle' will present local, visual artists going head-to-head in a multi-round, live art-making competition.

James Murray Jackson, Jr. plays Richard Pryor and is the co-author and co-producer of UNSPEAKABLE under the direction of co-author, Rod Gailes OBC. UNSPEAKABLE is a dramatic fantasia inspired by the life of comedic legend Richard Pryor.

Pontine Theatre announces its 38th Annual Performance Series at their West End Studio Theatre in Portsmouth NH.