Eric Schaeffer, Artistic Director of the Tony Award®-winning Signature Theatre, today announced that Signature Theatre is expanding its American Musical Voices Project (AMVP) for a fourth year with the commission and production of a new musical by Adam Guettel for its 2011-2012 season. Also announced as part of The Next Generation segment of the AMVP were two additional musical commissions awarded to Peter Foley and Marisa Michelson as well as honoree grants given to Chris Miller and Scott Davenport Richards for the development of future musical ideas. Signature, with the support of The Shen Family Foundation, has awarded $595,000 to artists in honors and commissions in the past three years. The American Musical Voices Project is the largest single musical theater commissioning and producing initiative at any non-profit theater in America.
QFest and Pet Projects Entertainment are pleased to announce that Changing Spots will be screening at the upcoming Philadelphia QFest. From the filmmakers who brought you the 2003 film festival hit The M.O. of M.I. and Bad Vibes (2004) comes the new lesbian drama that will be joining the line up of over 100 GLBT films in Philly. Changing Spots will be screening July 17th at 9:15 and July 18th at noon; both screenings will be held at the Ritz East 2 Cinema in Old City.
New York City Center will present the third annual season of Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company, October 29 - November 1, 2009, featuring two unique programs including U.S. premieres by Artistic Director Christopher Wheeldon and Australian choreographer Tim Harbour, as well as works by Lightfoot León, Alexei Ratmansky and Mr. Wheeldon.
ABBA The Music, ?the best ABBA tribute show in the world,? according to ABBA?s Official International Fanclub, and the wildly popular Neil Diamond tribute band, Super Diamond, return to The Hollywood Bowl for an encore to their 2004 performance, Saturday, June 27, 2009 at 7:30 PM.
QFest and Pet Projects Entertainment are pleased to announce that Changing Spots will be screening at the upcoming Philadelphia QFest. From the filmmakers who brought you the 2003 film festival hit The M.O. of M.I. and Bad Vibes (2004) comes the new lesbian drama that will be joining the line up of over 100 GLBT films in Philly. Changing Spots will be screening July 17th at 9:15 and July 18th at noon; both screenings will be held at the Ritz East 2 Cinema in Old City.
Five years after setting the first Guinness world record for the most people simultaneously walking on stilts, Cirque du Soleil is inviting the people of Fortaleza (Brazil), Las Vegas (U.S.A.), Lisbon (Portugal), Macau (China), Montreal (Canada), Nagoya (Japan), New York (U.S.A.), Orlando (U.S.A.) and Tokyo (Japan), as well as the population of Moscow (Russia), to gather on stilts in their respective city on June 16, 2009 and help it reclaim the title.
Thomas W. Morris, artistic director of the Ojai Music Festival and Ojai's 2009 music director eighth blackbird have announced the final programming for the 2009 Ojai Music Festival, which takes place from Thursday, June 11 to Sunday, June 14, 2009. This season, the four-day Festival, which for six decades has become well known for its fearlessness in championing pioneering musical ideas and personalities, pushes the envelope again with programming that reflects the qualities that have made eighth blackbird a growing musical phenomenon-genre-defying variety in wildly collaborative and visually dramatic presentations.
Playwrights Horizons, under the leadership of Artistic Director Tim Sanford and Managing Director Leslie Marcus, proudly announces the sixth and final production of its upcoming 2009/2010 Season, as well as additional casting. Presented at the theater company's home at 416 West 42nd Street, the new production will be: A COOL DIP IN THE BARREN SAHARAN CRICK - the World Premiere of a new play by Playwrights Horizons alumna Kia Corthron (Breath, Boom at Playwrights Horizons, Force Continuum), directed by Obie Award winner Chay Yew (Durango at The Public). A co-production with The Play Company (Kate Loewald, Founding Producer) and Culture Project (Allan Buchman, Artistic Director).
ABBA The Music, ?the best ABBA tribute show in the world,? according to ABBA?s Official International Fanclub, and the wildly popular Neil Diamond tribute band, Super Diamond, return to The Hollywood Bowl for an encore to their 2004 performance, Saturday, June 27, 2009 at 7:30 PM.
TAKE Dance Company, a contemporary dance ensemble known for its gentle blend of eastern and western sensibilities led by artistic director and choreographer Takehiro Ueyama, presents a program filled with exuberant play, human dancescapes and structural patterns that overflow the stage. The four-performance engagement will feature two premieres: the world premiere of Footsteps in the Snow, set to music by Arvo Part, and the New York City premiere of Shabon, set to the music of Steve Reich, as well as Love Stories (2008), a three movement pas de deux, and the beloved Linked (2008) inspired by the music of Pat Metheny.
Hugh Jackman, Tony Award-winner and star of the upcoming film 'X-Men Origins: Wolverine,' appeared on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Jackman joked about a variety of subjects as well as discussing his musical theatre roots.
New York Philharmonic Music Director Designate Alan Gilbert will lead the New York Philharmonic in five free concerts this summer throughout the City of New York, from July 14 to 20. He will conduct all of the 2009 New York Philharmonic Concerts in the Parks, Presented by Didi and Oscar Schafer, sponsored by Target, which will take place July 14?17, 2009 in Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx, as well as two free indoor concerts, in Staten Island and Queens, on July 18 and July 20 respectively.
TAKE Dance Company, a contemporary dance ensemble known for its gentle blend of eastern and western sensibilities led by artistic director and choreographer Takehiro Ueyama, presents a program filled with exuberant play, human dancescapes and structural patterns that overflow the stage. The four-performance engagement will feature two premieres: the world premiere of Footsteps in the Snow, set to music by Arvo Part, and the New York City premiere of Shabon, set to the music of Steve Reich, as well as Love Stories (2008), a three movement pas de deux, and the beloved Linked (2008) '...a bright explosive tour de force' (The Daily Gazette) inspired by the music of Pat Metheny.
The Vineyard Theatre will welcome one of the real-life subjects depicted in its production of This Beautiful City, Michael 'Mikey' Weinstein -- well-known and recently profiled in the New York Times as founder of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation -- at a post-performance Q&A about the play and its subject matter, the mega-church movement in Colorado Springs, following the Sunday, March 15 matinee performance (3 p.m.) of This Beautiful City at The Vineyard Theatre. (108 East 15th Street) in New York City.
TAKE Dance Company, a contemporary dance ensemble known for its gentle blend of eastern and western sensibilities led by artistic director and choreographer Takehiro Ueyama, presents a program filled with exuberant play, human dancescapes and structural patterns that overflow the stage. The four-performance engagement will feature two premieres: the world premiere of Footsteps in the Snow, set to music by Arvo Part, and the New York City premiere of Shabon, set to the music of Steve Reich, as well as Love Stories (2008), a three movement pas de deux, and the beloved Linked (2008) '...a bright explosive tour de force' (The Daily Gazette) inspired by the music of Pat Metheny.
Thomas W. Morris, artistic director of the Ojai Music Festival and Ojai's 2009 music director eighth blackbird have announced the final programming for the 2009 Ojai Music Festival, which takes place from Thursday, June 11 to Sunday, June 14, 2009. This season, the four-day Festival, which for six decades has become well known for its fearlessness in championing pioneering musical ideas and personalities, pushes the envelope again with programming that reflects the qualities that have made eighth blackbird a growing musical phenomenon-genre-defying variety in wildly collaborative and visually dramatic presentations.
TAKE Dance Company, a contemporary dance ensemble known for its gentle blend of eastern and western sensibilities led by artistic director and choreographer Takehiro Ueyama, presents a program filled with exuberant play, human dancescapes and structural patterns that overflow the stage. The four-performance engagement will feature two premieres: the world premiere of Footsteps in the Snow, set to music by Arvo Part, and the New York City premiere of Shabon, set to the music of Steve Reich, as well as Love Stories (2008), a three movement pas de deux, and the beloved Linked (2008) '...a bright explosive tour de force' (The Daily Gazette) inspired by the music of Pat Metheny.
The Vineyard Theatre will welcome one of the real-life subjects depicted in its production of This Beautiful City, Michael 'Mikey' Weinstein -- well-known and recently profiled in the New York Times as founder of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation -- at a post-performance Q&A about the play and its subject matter, the mega-church movement in Colorado Springs, following the Sunday, March 15 matinee performance (3 p.m.) of This Beautiful City at The Vineyard Theatre. (108 East 15th Street) in New York City.
Hell's Kitchen The Musical opened Off-Broadway February 11th at The Hudson Guild Theater. Veteran singer/songwriter and composer Jon Montgomery (Foreigner, KISS) adapted Hell's Kitchen The Musical from his screenplay 'The King Of 42nd Street.' He teamed up with pianist and composer Toby Kasavan (Bootsy Collins, Wilson Pickett), and after the score and book was written, Hell's Kitchen was first showcased at 353 Studios in 2004.
Is it better to die with a secret than to live with one? The Bickford Theatre at the Morris Museum, 6 Normandy Heights Road, in Morristown, NJ, continues its 2008-2009 Mainstage Season with Fiction, Stephen Dietz's spellbinding drama about a dying author's wish to read her author husband's journals and the unexpected tale that unfolds when secrets the couple harbors are ultimately revealed. Fiction runs March 5 through March 29.
The Production Company presents the US Premiere of the 2004 Wal Cherry Award Play of the Year 2006 Australian Writers' Guild Award (AWGIE) Best Play, Love.
The play is written by Patricia Cornelius and stars Bronwen Coleman, Erin Maya Darke, and Ken Matthews. It is directed by Mark Armstrong.
The show is a limited engagement and runs from March 20 - April 12, 2009. Opening night is Friday, March 20 at 8:00 pm.
Tickets are on sale at theatermania.com.
David Bedella is an award winning Broadway and West End star, who won the 2004 Best Actor Olivier for his role as the Devil in Jerry Springer the Opera. He was invited to reprise the role at Carnegie Hall in January 2008; followed by an appearance at the Royal Albert Hall in Chess in Concert, co-starring with Josh Groban and Idina Menzel. He is well known in the UK for the role of Dr Carlos Fashola in the BBC TV drama Holby City and for his portrayal of Frank-N-Furter in THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW.
The Production Company presents the US Premiere of the 2004 Wal Cherry Award Play of the Year 2006 Australian Writers' Guild Award (AWGIE) Best Play, Love.
The play is written by Patricia Cornelius and stars Bronwen Coleman, Erin Maya Darke, and Ken Matthews. It is directed by Mark Armstrong.
The show is a limited engagement and runs from March 20 - April 12, 2009. Opening night is Friday, March 20 at 8:00 pm.
Tickets are on sale at theatermania.com.
David Bedella is an award winning Broadway and West End star, who won the 2004 Best Actor Olivier for his role as the Devil in Jerry Springer the Opera. He was invited to reprise the role at Carnegie Hall in January 2008; followed by an appearance at the Royal Albert Hall in Chess in Concert, co-starring with Josh Groban and Idina Menzel. He is well known in the UK for the role of Dr Carlos Fashola in the BBC TV drama Holby City and for his portrayal of Frank-N-Furter in THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW.
Hell's Kitchen The Musical opened Off-Broadway February 11th at The Hudson Guild Theater. Veteran singer/songwriter and composer Jon Montgomery (Foreigner, KISS) adapted Hell's Kitchen The Musical from his screenplay 'The King Of 42nd Street.' He teamed up with pianist and composer Toby Kasavan (Bootsy Collins, Wilson Pickett), and after the score and book was written, Hell's Kitchen was first showcased at 353 Studios in 2004.
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