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Over the next few weeks, BWW is giving you an insider look at the reopening process as Broadway prepares to take the stage once more. This week we chat with Broadway League President, Charlotte St. Martin, and more about the reopening process from the administrative end, Covid-19 safety, the intersection of Broadway and the NYC economy and tourism sector, and more.

Looking to lounge and have a picnic in Central Park or Bryant Park? Hoping to check out a museum, like the MoMA, The Met, or the Guggenheim? Or just wanting to get the full experience with a tour on the Circle Line or The RIDE bus tour? You will find all of that and more on our list.

Walnut Creek's newly revitalized Festival Opera continues its 30thAnniversary season with the world premiere of A Jake Heggie Triptych, featuring award winning composer and pianist Jake Heggie with librettos by Terrance McNally (At the Statue of Venus) and Gene Scheer (Camille Claudel: Into the Fire and For a Look or a Touch.)

This Hispanic Heritage Month the Dominicans Love Haitians movement is pleased to present Unsilencing the Past: Super Human 91, the second public art performance as an act of protest by Dominican artist, founder, and activist Clarivel Ruiz, in New York City on Saturday, October 10, 2020. 

The Trust for Governors Island announced today that Governors Island will reopen to the public with limited capacity for passive recreational activities on Wednesday, July 15, 2020.

Smithsonian Channels' May programming features the premiere of “An American Aristocrat's Guide To Great Estates,” an all-access pass into Great Britain's most magnificent homes, hosted by Julie Montagu, Viscountess Hinchingbrooke.

BWW Reviewer Peter Nason chooses the best TV episodes from the 1950's to 2020; see if your favorites made the list!

Following the conclusion of the hugely successful 25th annual FOTOfusion, Fatima NeJame, president and chief executive officer of the world renowned Palm Beach Photographic Centre (PBPC), today announced its next major exhibition featuring works by two world renowned photojournalists.

Serving as a bridge between tradition and innovation, history and progress - Indian Kathak and American Jazz Tap dance - continents and ages apart share parallel stories of struggle and perseverance in SPEAK.

Writer and performer Tina Fey was featured guest on the second stop of OPRAH'S 2020 VISION Tour at Saint Paul's Xcel Energy Center on Jan. 11, 2020, where this creator of Broadway's MEAN GIRLS shared some insights and more than a few good one-liners with a sold-out crowd of 15,000.

The Actors' Gang and Tim Robbins are pleased to announce 2 special performances of  THE NEW COLOSSUS at The Actors' Gang Theater, in Culver City, on January 14 and 15, at 8 pm, prior to the upcoming North American Tour. Directed and co-written by Academy Awarda?"winning Tim Robbins (Mystic River, Dead Man Walking, The Shawshank Redemption),

As the inaugural show at the newly opened Amani Palladium Theater, LSPR Teatro's THE KING AND I was satisfyingly entertaining, though with some obvious room for improvement. The production ran for four days from 21 through 24 November 2019 and was directed by Bartolomeus K. Putra.

The Actors' Gang and Tim Robbins announced the upcoming North American Tour of THE NEW COLOSSUS for the 2019-2020 season. Directed and co-written by Academy Award-winning Tim Robbins (Mystic River, Dead Man Walking, The Shawshank Redemption), THE NEW COLOSSUS will play a limited tour and visit cities such as Charlotte, NC (Jan. 28-Feb. 2, 2020 - Knight Theater), Detroit, MI (Feb. 14-16, 2020 - Music Hall), Seattle, WA (Feb. 20-22, 2020 - Moore Theatre), Nashville, TN (April 9-11, 2020 - James K. Polk Theater) and others. A list of announced tour dates for the 2019-2020 season is below. Casting will be announced later.

The South Street Seaport Museum continues Free Fridays through October 11, 2019 from 3-7 pm (ships close at 6pm in October).

The South Street Seaport Museum announces Archtober 2019 public programs, including walking tours of the seaport district and building tours of Schermerhorn Row. Tours are scheduled for Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays in October.

The first time I heard bass-baritone Davone Tinesa--he off the sensual, resonant voice and startlingly vivid stage presence--it was in Handel's ACI, GALATEA E POLIFEMO (described as a spectacular, streamlined, Cliff-Notes version of a Handel opera), at Brooklyn's National Sawdust. Tines wowed me and I thought that I wanted to hear more of him. He opens July 24, 2019 at Mostly Mozart in THE BLACK CLOWN at the Gerald Lynch Theatre of John Jay College, near Lincoln Center.

I have visited Laguna Beach for several consecutive summers, enjoying the vibrant arts scene by spending a full day wandering through THE SAWDUST FESTIVAL, THE LAGUNA ART A-FAIR, FESTIVAL OF ARTS and PAGEANT OF THE MASTERS, with all sites, including the Laguna Playhouse, within walking distance of each on the main street into the city. The beautiful coastal city has so much to offer in the way of fine dining, art galleries, shopping, theatre, beach activities, all accessible via a free shuttle service, it would easily make for a wonderful week-long family vacation site or a jam-packed day of celebrating the arts.

Profiles in History is proud to announce treasures from the collection of legendary Writer, Director, Producer, Frank Darabont, are going up for auction on July 11th in Los Angeles. Items include comic and illustration art, movie posters, props, costumes and more from some of the most iconic films and TV shows ever made. Highlights are below.

Stay woke, as it were, while a new battle is waged and revisionist delusions are trending. On that note, leave it to war-crime apologists to rely on well-worn talking points to keep the beasts of old from rearing their noggin.

Go back in time to 1665 and learn about the theatre world in London.

Shady Ladies tours will present The Wild and Weird Tour of the Met, an intriguing two-hour walking tour of the world famous museum, beginning on Saturday, February 23 at 4:00 PM. Tour-goers get to explore the obscure and hidden corners of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where there's a world of strange, unusual and sometimes chilling artifacts hiding in plain sight. 

The Office of Arts, Culture, and the Creative Economy's Percent for Art Program is pleased to announce the approval of a new public art commission by artist Brian McCutcheon at Smith Playground located in South Philadelphia at 2100 South 24th Street.

If you took two plutonium hemispheres labeled 'American folk tradition' and 'cerebral poetry' and smashed them together in a critical mass, the musical 'Futurity' would be the resulting atomic explosion. The Wilbury Theatre Group in Providence has captured the chaotic energy of this show in a production that is uplifting, thought-provoking, and totally enjoyable.

Concert Artists Guild opens its 2018-19 season of concerts with WORDS AND MUSIC: A CELEBRATION OF SONGS COMMISSIONED BY CAG.