St. Francis of Assisi evaluates the events of his life from his deathbed.
Six-time Tony Award-winning costume designer CATHERINE ZUBER and legendary scenic designer TONY STRAIGES are among the 2017 TDF/Irene Sharaff Awards recipients which were just announced by Theatre Development Fund (TDF), a not-for-profit service organization for the performing arts.
After 10 days, 119 feature films and three feet of snow, an evening of humor and humanity marked the 2017 Sundance Film Festival's Awards Ceremony, with host Jessica Williams emceeing and jurors presenting 27 prizes for feature filmmaking in Park City, Utah. Honorees, named in total below, range from sharp comedies to provocative and timely documentaries and represent new achievements in global independent storytelling. Human stories prevailed across categories, with Grand Jury Prizes awarded to Dina (U.S. Documentary), Last Men in Aleppo (World Documentary), I don't feel at home in this world anymore. (U.S. Dramatic) and The Nile Hilton Incident (World Dramatic). Chasing Coral, showcased in the Festival's environmental program The New Climate, won an Audience Award in the U.S. Documentary category.
Winners of the 2017 Sundance Film Festival jury prizes in short filmmaking were announced today by Sundance Institute at a ceremony in Park City, Utah.
January is the one-year anniversary of Blue Note Hawaii, the state's premier venue for the world's most celebrated artists, and what a year it's been!
Sundance Institute will convene 24 experts in film, art, culture and science to award feature-length work shown at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival
Sundance Institute augments the 2017 Sundance Film Festivalprogram with two new independent films, announced today: Newness, from director Drake Doremus, and TRUMPED: Inside The Greatest Political Upset of All Time, from directors Banks Tarver, Ted Bourne and Mary Robertson. The Festival takes place in Park City, Salt Lake City and at Sundance Mountain Resort January 19-29. For more info and screening times for these films and all other program elements, visit sundance.org/festival.
Sundance Institute revealed the program elements for the 2017 Sundance Film Festival's annual Day One celebration, An Artist at the Table
January is the one-year anniversary of Blue Note Hawaii, the state's premier venue for the world's most celebrated artists, and what a year it's been!
Rounding out an already robust slate of new independent work, Sundance Institute adds two Documentary Premieres and two archive From The Collection films to the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. Screenings take place in Park City, Salt Lake City and at Sundance Mountain Resort January 19-29.
The followup to watershed environmental documentary An Inconvenient Truth will make its world premiere at the 2017 Sundance Film Festivalas a Day One screening, part of The New Climate, a program dedicated to conversations and films about environmental change and conservation.
The Capitol Steps make history in the aftershock of the "historical and hysterical" presidential election in their newly subtitled show: Post Election Therapy Saturday, November 26 at 5PM and 8PM at Sanders Theatre in Memorial Hall on the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, MA.
The American Film Institute (AFI) Board of Trustees announced today that legendary actress Diane Keaton will be the recipient of the 45th AFI Life Achievement Award, the highest honor for a career in film.
Blue Note Napa, opening Tuesday, October 25 with GRAMMY winning jazz trumpeter Chris Botti at the historic Napa Valley Opera House in downtown Napa, has announced its culinary team for the first West Coast outpost of the legendary jazz club. Chef Christophe Gerard has been named Blue Note Napa's executive chef, bringing an elegant, yet comfortable and approachable California provencal-style to the Blue Note Napa menu, and Dylan Torcoletti has been hired as General Manager.
'Questions From The Creator': a compilation of questions aimed at improving the understanding of biblical stories and the closeness to the one who inspired it. 'Questions From The Creator' is the creation of published author, Michael John Cretaro, a lifelong resident of the Upstate New York Area and a 1981 graduate of Canastota High School. He has served in the United States Air Force, including time overseas in England. He has also worked for the United States Postal Service for over two decades. He is a devout Roman Catholic Christian whose faith has been a constant source of strength and inspiration to him throughout his life. He also respects the efforts of Ecumenical movements that seek to fulfill Christ's desire that they may all be one. The individuals that he considers to have been most influential in his spiritual growth are the late Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, The Rev. Billy Graham, Dr. Scott Hahn, Dr. Charles Stanley, Father Mitch Pacwa as well as the late Father Anthony DeMello. The Bible that he used in writing this book is the Didache Bible: Ignatius Bible Edition, with commentary based on the Catechism of the Catholic Church. He attends church regularly and has learned the value of having a daily commitment to both scripture and prayer. His overall philosophy on life is based on a quote from St. Francis of Assisi: Preach the Gospel at all times; use words if necessary.
Here's a small selection of photos from the opening night of Cambridge Arts Theatre's current production, 84 Charing Cross Road, starring Stefanie Powers and Clive Francis (playing until 17 Sept).
Hollywood and Broadway legend, Stefanie Powers, stars as Helene Hanff in a major new production of 84 CHARING CROSS ROAD at Cambridge Arts Theatre, alongside Clive Francis as Frank Doel, reprising the role he played to critical acclaim in 2015.
'The Round Table 2016', presented by Benjamin Briones Ballet, is a collection of some of the most fresh and innovative, upcoming and established choreographers and dance companies in the field.
'The Round Table 2016', presented by Benjamin Briones Ballet, is a collection of some of the most fresh and innovative, upcoming and established choreographers and dance companies in the field.
Hollywood and Broadway legend, Stefanie Powers, stars as Helene Hanff in a major new production of 84 CHARING CROSS ROAD at Cambridge Arts Theatre, alongside Clive Francis as Frank Doel, reprising the role he played to critical acclaim in 2015.
Continuing the worldwide centennial celebration for legendary entertainer Frank Sinatra, on May 27, 2016, Eagle Rock Entertainment will release a suite of four titles in 'The Frank Sinatra Collection'. On license from Frank Sinatra Enterprises (FSE), the definitive collection pulls together some of the finest performances on television and in concert from the greatest entertainer of the 20(th) century.
Continuing the worldwide centennial celebration for legendary entertainer Frank Sinatra, on May 27, 2016, Eagle Rock Entertainment will release a suite of four titles in 'The Frank Sinatra Collection'.
The former star of television's 'Adventures in Paradise' Gardner McKay, also an author, sailor and man of the sea his entire life, wrote Sea Marks in 1981. The two person play portrays an unlikely couple, one living in Ireland, and the other in Liverpool, past their passionate youth who revive the age-old art of writing love letters to woo. While Gardner wrote his play in the 21st century, and subsequently won a LA Drama Circles' Critics Award, the 1960's setting remains more than half a century removed from contemporary cell phones with email and texting at one's fingertips. Soulstice Theatre stages the heartwarming, winsome play in their intimate St. Francis Theater with winning results.
In Shakespeare's 400th anniversary year, Cheek by Jowl today announce that their critically acclaimed Russian language production of Measure for Measure will open the 2016 Shakespeare Festival at Hamlet's Castle, Kronborg, Elsinore, with performances from 1 to 7 August. The festival will also celebrate a landmark anniversary, marking the 200th year of performing Shakespeare in this traditional setting.
On Saturday, May 7, 2016, VNA California will host their Annual "One Enchanted Evening" Gala at the Palm Springs Hilton from 5 to 9 p.m. Presented by The Advocate and Here Media (Media Sponsor), this evening promises to be an event to remember when VNA will honor Lainie Kazan with The John L. Treadway Loving Care Award. Lorna Luft accompanied by Colin R. Freeman will provide a live performance ending what will truly be "One Enchanted Evening!"
In anticipation of the 88th Academy Awards, EL REY NETWORK provides movie fans with an inside look at the men behind three of this year's nominated films and film franchises with back-to-back installments of EL REY NETWORK PRESENTS: THE DIRECTOR'S CHAIR, today, Sunday, February 28 at 4:30pm ET/PT until 8:30pm ET/PT.
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