Cast Announced for New Brooklyn Theater's Site-Specific THE DEATH OF BESSIE SMITH, 1/9-19
by BWW News Desk - Jan 4, 2014
New Brooklyn Theater has announced casting today for its site-specific production of Edward Albee's The Death of Bessie Smith at Interfaith Medical Center in Brooklyn. This rare revival will run for eight performances between January 9 and 19, 2014. Each performance will be followed by talkbacks or panel discussions with leaders in the arts, government, labor, and health. These discussions are intended to raise critical questions about health access, race, class, and the arts in New York.
Highmark First Night Pittsburgh 2014 to Celebrate 20th Anniversary on New Year's Eve
by Tyler Peterson - Nov 20, 2013
The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust announced that this year's New Year's Eve celebration, scheduled to take place in the heart of downtown Pittsburgh's Cultural District on Tuesday, December 31, 2013, will highlight the history of Highmark First Night Pittsburgh and commemorate 20 years of the family-friendly community event through special programs and new activities. Highmark First Night Pittsburgh 2014 is produced by the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust with generous support from Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield, the event's longtime supporter and returning presenting sponsor. Highmark First Night Pittsburgh provides the city with a chance to ring in the new year while celebrating the arts: dance, music, theater, comedy, magic, visual art and film, plus hands-on activities for children and adults.
Intersection for the Arts and California Shakespeare Present CALIFAS FESTIVAL thru 11/17
by BWW News Desk - Nov 5, 2013
Intersection for the Arts and the California Shakespeare Theater come together this fall to co-produce the Califas Festival, a six week-long immersive, story-filled play yard of music, visual art, performance, and more in the area in and around Intersection's headquarters. The Festival is the culminating event of the Califas Project, a year of multimedia creative exploration in communities around the state including productions of Richard Montoya's The River at Campo Santo this past March, and American Night at Cal Shakes in June.
Retired Consul Publishes Collection of Poetry
by Christina Mancuso - Nov 5, 2013
Retired consul Martin Lahiff has published several nonfiction books including 'His Way' (1996), 'To Build a Cross' (1997), 'Two Histories' (1998), the autobiographical 'Rancho Minovi' (2001), and 'Cien Poemas' (2003). After a decade of silence, Lahiff returns to publish his book, 'The Other Side,' and his latest anthology of handpicked poems grouped into four phases of his life, titled 'IONA.'
Denyce Graves Joins Sphinx Virtuosi and Catalyst Quartet at Harris Theater Tonight
by BWW News Desk - Oct 1, 2013
The Harris Theater for Music and Dance welcomes back the internationally renowned Sphinx Virtuosi (formerly known as the Sphinx Chamber Orchestra) and the Catalyst Quartet, joined by celebrated mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves tonight, October 1, 2013 at 7:30 pm. This one-time collaboration between Ms. Graves and Sphinx can only be seen at the Harris.
Denyce Graves to Join Sphinx Virtuosi and Catalyst Quartet at Harris Theater, 10/1
by BWW News Desk - Sep 6, 2013
The Harris Theater for Music and Dance welcomes back the internationally renowned Sphinx Virtuosi (formerly known as the Sphinx Chamber Orchestra) and the Catalyst Quartet, joined by celebrated mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves on Tuesday October 1, 2013 at 7:30 pm. This one-time collaboration between Ms. Graves and Sphinx can only be seen at the Harris.
BWW Review: Sex and Drugs on the Upper West Side
by Nancy Grossman - Aug 17, 2013
Director Lewis D. Wheeler and the Gloucester Stage Company mount playwright Kenneth Lonergan's THIS IS OUR YOUTH with a trio of talented actors displaying high energy and raw emotion. Jimi Stanton, Alex Pollock, and Amanda Collins are three privileged kids on Manhattan's Upper West Side trying to find themselves in a messed-up world on the brink of the Reagan era.
Commonwealth Shakespeare Company Receives NEA's 2013 'Our Town' Grant
by BWW News Desk - Jul 17, 2013
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) announced 59 Our Town grant awards totaling $4.725 million and reaching 34 states in the Our Town program's third year of funding. Commonwealth Shakespeare Company is the only Boston-based organization to receive a $100,000 matching grant to fund 'Shakespeare OFF the Common,' an innovative three-part arts program created in collaboration with the Mayor's Office of Arts, Tourism and Special Events to foster community interaction.
Ivoryton Playhouse 'Kicks Off Its Sunday Shoes' with FOOTLOOSE, Now thru 7/28
by BWW News Desk - Jul 3, 2013
One of the most explosive movie musicals in recent memory bursts onto the Ivoryton Playhouse stage tonight, July 3rd. The movie was released in 1984 and the soundtrack reached #1 on the Billboard charts and sold over 17 million copies worldwide. Its journey to Broadway began in 1996 when director Walter Bobbie collaborated on a stage adaptation with Dean Pitchford and Tom Snow. FOOTLOOSE finally previewed at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., in the summer of 1998, and opened on Broadway on October 22nd. The next day, the show broke the box office record for the Richard Rodgers Theatre, where it continued to thrill audiences into July, 2000.
Josh Hamilton, Mark Ruffalo, and Missy Yager to Reunite for THIS IS OUR YOUTH Benefit, 6/10
by Nicole Rosky - May 30, 2013
PS3 Charrette Elementary School NYC has announced a benefit reading of Kenneth Lonergan's This Is Our Youth on Monday, June 10 at 7pm at The Irene Diamond Stage at The Pershing Square Signature Center, 480 West 42 Street. The reading will feature original cast members Josh Hamilton, Mark Ruffalo, and Missy Yager, and will be directed by original director Mark Brokaw.
Baltimore Ravens' Ray Lewis Joins ESPN as NFL Analyst
by Caryn Robbins - Mar 13, 2013
Two-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year and 12-time Pro Bowler Ray Lewis, who ended his legendary NFL career by helping the Baltimore Ravens win Super Bowl XLVII last month, is joining ESPN as a NFL studio analyst.
Wolf Trap Announces New Regional Program in Southwest and Metro Detroit as Part of the Organization's Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts
by Robert Diamond - Feb 28, 2013
Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts, a national leader in the performing arts and arts education, is partnering with Detroit non-profit Living Arts to bring its specialized early childhood arts integration model to pre-K classrooms in Southwest and Metro Detroit. As part of this newly installed Wolf Trap Regional Program, the Wolf Trap Institute will train Living Arts' Early Learning teaching artists in Wolf Trap methodologies of infusing the performing arts into pre-K curriculum to support young children's social, emotional, physical, language and cognitive development. This training will enhance Living Arts' El Arte Early Learning program, which has provided arts-infused residencies at Matrix Vistas Nuevas Head Start Centers in Detroit since 1996. Classroom teachers and children will be engaged in drama, music, and movement experiences during eight-week residencies scheduled to begin in 30 classrooms in mid-March.
Introducing New Book: KISS WHAT?
by BWW News Desk - Feb 26, 2013
'Christians, they're the most Satanic of all! Each age has to have at least one brave individual to bring an end to Christianity, which no one has managed to succeed at yet, but maybe through music, we can finally do it.' This statement comes from the lips of shock rocker Marilyn Manson interviewed all the way back in the July 1996 issue of Metal Magazine. Can music really bring an end to Christianity?
BWW Interviews: Rachelle Rak of Broadway-Bound FLASHDANCE
by Heidi Scheuermann - Feb 23, 2013
You've probably seen the movie, but what does FLASHDANCE the Musical have that the movie doesn't? One word. Sas. That's right ladies and gents. Broadway veteran Rachelle Rak has taken on the role of Tess in this brand new musical that is currently sweeping across the US.
BWW Reviews: Pacific Northwest Ballet's ROMEO ET JULIETTE
by Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn - Feb 19, 2013
Jean-Christophe Maillot's Romeo et Juliette, presented by Peter Boal's dynamic Pacific Northwest Ballet at City Center, is a cinematic ballet that is mostly faithful to the original and yet original in its own right.
Thodos Dance Chicago Presents A LIGHT IN THE DARK, THE STORY OF HELEN KELLER AND ANNE SULLIVAN, 2/16 & 3/2
by BWW News Desk - Feb 16, 2013
Award winning choreographers Ann Reinking and Melissa Thodos are teaming again to co-choreograph A Light in the Dark, the story of Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan, their second full-length contemporary story ballet, this time telling an intimate family story about the extraordinary woman who was deaf and blind yet went on to become a world-famous writer, political activist and inspiration to all.
Arena Stage Will Present Double Edge Theatre's THE GRAND PARADE, 2/6-10
by Kelsey Denette - Jan 2, 2013
Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater will present the world premiere of Double Edge Theatre's The Grand Parade (of the 20th Century), which takes audiences on an evocative journey through the 20th century by fusing music, dance and flying. Following workshop performances in Baltimore and Chicago previews, Double Edge, hailed by American Theatre as an "unpredictable and imaginative" theater troupe, officially launches the international tour of The Grand Parade in Washington, D.C. before taking the production to the Golden Mask Festival in Moscow. Inspired by Marc Chagall's paintings, this movement-based new work runs February 6-10, 2013 in the Arlene and Robert Kogod Cradle.