Twenty-five years ago, a motley group of friends met as kids at a summer camp where the head counselor secretly taught them their disabilities could be "cured" through the power of prayer. Today, the group has gathered to mourn the untimely passing of one of its members. Over the course of the night, old wounds are uncovered, friendships are tested and the truth surrounding their late friend becomes troublingly clear.
Samuel D. Hunter is the recipient of The Drama Desk and The Lucille Lortel Award for best play for his 2013 play The Whale. He is the winner of the MacArthur "genius grant" fellowship. This is the World Premiere of his newest play.
Big Apple Circus returns to Cunningham Park for the company's 38th season with the Queens Premiere of The GrandTour! Tickets start at $25, and the show runs from May 15 - June 12, 2016 under the Big Top at Cunningham Park, located at Union Turnpike and 196th Street in Oakland Gardens, NY 11363. To purchase tickets or for more information, visit www.bigapplecircus.org.
Provenance of Bondage is the first installment in Kyrian Lyndon's Deadly Veils series and offers multi-themed stories with intriguing characters, authentic dialogue, and humor. It's not your typical rape story. It focuses on the aftermath with a special emphasis on the psychological bondage that trauma creates, including codependency and shame-induced narcissism.
On February 24th, 26th, and 27th, at 7 PM, a group of local Brooklyn artists will present a benefit performance of Eve Ensler's award winning play THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES, at The Pow Wow on Bedford Avenue.
This afternoon, February 20, 2016, Long Beach Opera (LBO) presents HOPE AND HEALING at the Veterans Administration Hospital of Long Beach.
Poetic Theater Productions announces the line up for their 5th annual festival of new poetic theater. POETIC LICENSE 2016: A KIND OF NOW begins on Thursday, March 17 and runs through Friday, April 8. Ticket prices range from $15 - $20; the Bedlam event is free. POETIC LICENSE 2016: A KIND OF NOW takes place at the wild project (195 E. 3rd Street, between Avenues A & B). Tickets can be purchased from OvationTix on 212.352.3101 or online at www.poetictheater.com. Group Sales available for groups of 10 or more by emailing: tickets@poetictheater.com
Donmar Warehouse's upcoming revival of Brian Friel's FAITH HEALER has welcomed Ron Cook to the cast, starring opposite previously announced Stephen Dillane and Gina McKee.
In one of D.C.'s social events of the year, the Kennedy Center pays tribute to America's immortal Motown hit-maker, the late singer Marvin Gaye, at the 2016 Kennedy Center Spring Gala on Sunday, June 5, 2016 in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall.
?The Theatre Company of University of Detroit Mercy and Matrix Theatre Company announce their first joint production of the Midwest premiere of Robin Bradford's "Low Hanging Fruit." Performances will be held at The Marlene Boll Theatre at the Boll Family Y.M.C.A. March 3 through 20, 2016. The production is a part of a larger initiative to raise awareness and support for female homeless veterans in the Metro Detroit area.
PlayMakers Repertory Company proudly announces its 2016/17 Season. Dynamic plays from three important women playwrights, plus a landmark drama by Arthur Miller, a romantic Shakespearean romp and a beloved musical masterpiece will highlight the new Mainstage Season from PlayMakers Repertory Company. The new season is the first selected for the theater by Vivienne Benesch, PlayMakers' new Producing Artistic Director.
The T.R.U.T.H Project (Telling Real Unapologetic Truths through Healing) hosts encore presentation of Dear HIV/ AIDS, an artistic collaboration about the human side of HIV/ AIDS and stigma, Sunday, February 27, 2016, 6:00p.m. at MATCH (Midtown Arts and Theatre Center Houston) 3400 Main St. Houston, TX 77002.
The Lark, a 22-year-old play development lab dedicated to expanding the range of perspectives represented on stage in the United States, is proud to announce the continuation of its partnership with The New Black Fest, a theater organization celebrating provocative storytelling, film and discussion from the African Diaspora.
On Saturday afternoon, February 20, 2016, Long Beach Opera (LBO) presents HOPE AND HEALING at the Veterans Administration Hospital of Long Beach.
In honor of David Ives's poetry-infused comedy THE METROMANIACS, the Globe brings together a dynamic mix of poets and performers for a Free Weekend of Poetry, featuring two free public events to celebrate the power and artistry of San Diego poetry.
Erasing the Distance (ETD) is proud to announce the first production of our 2016 PopUp Series: AMYGDALA REST, produced by ETD company member Nikki Zaleski and directed by Kira Silverstein.
THE WEDGE HORSE, a new play written by 2015 Page 73 Playwriting Fellow Nick Gandiello and presented by Fault Line Theatre, is now playing at IATI Theater Mainstage (64 East 4th St.), where it will run through February 21, 2016. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!
On February 24th, 26th, and 27th, at 7 PM, a group of local Brooklyn artists will present a benefit performance of Eve Ensler's award winning play THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES, at The Pow Wow on Bedford Avenue.
?FOR THE SENDER leader and primary singer-songwriter Alex Woodard has fueled a dedication to veterans' causes into Love Letters from Vietnam, being performed at North Coast Repertory Theatre February 29, 2016 at 7:30pm. The songs are inspired by the extraordinary correspondence into the past between a passionate yet deeply flawed soldier and his daughter.
HYDE PARK, Vt., Feb. 5, 2016 /PRNewswire/ This week veteran food blogger Jenn Campus, known as 'The Yum Queen' has released her first cookbook Love in Every Bite: The Secret to Cooking Healthy Recipes with Positive Energy just in time for Valentine's Day. It is already on the Amazon Best Sellers list. Campus says: 'I am overjoyed with the positive response to this book. It was an absolute joy to create, bringing together my favorite way to cook and eat, along with my philosophy around and relationship to food and cooking in general.'
Orange County, Calif.—Feb. 3, 2016—Pacific Symphony's chamber music series, Café Ludwig, takes its audience on a foray into music inspired by dance for “Dancing with the Stars,” a program of exuberant works by star composers showcasing lively dance rhythms. The program brilliantly reveals connections found in energetic gypsy and Hungarian rhythms, a seductive and languorous habanera and that quintessential dance form—the waltz—as first conceived by Brahms, then reimagined by Schoenberg. For the eighth season, charming and sensational pianist Orli Shaham serves as the series' curator/host, leading this matinee of music on Sunday, Feb. 28, at 3 p.m., in the Samueli Theater at Segerstrom Center for the Arts. Attendees are seated at small tables and enjoy sweet treats, coffee and tea, served in a relaxed café setting, while listening to music performed by Symphony musicians: Paul Manaster, violin; Bridget Dolkas, violin; Robert Becker, viola; Timothy Landauer, cello; Benjamin Smolen, flute; David Chang, clarinet; and Barry Perkins, trumpet. Tickets are $65 and $79; for more information or to purchase tickets, call (714) 755-5799 or visit www.PacificSymphony.org.
Fault Line Theatre presents THE WEDGE HORSE, a new play written by 2015 Page 73 Playwriting Fellow Nick Gandiello and directed by Aaron Rossini. THE WEDGE HORSE opens tonight, February 3, at IATI Theater Mainstage (64 East 4th St, New York, NY). It will run through February 21, 2016.
Now in its 14th year, the Downtown Urban Arts Festival (DUTF) is becoming New York's premiere winter/spring theatre event showcasing independent theatre artists. The month-long festival, produced by Creative Ammo, Inc., provides writers and performance artists from America's burgeoning multicultural landscape the opportunity to share their stories that interpret our history and our times.
Broadway's 40 theatres aren't the only places to catch performances from your favorite stars! Well after Broadway orchestras begin their overtures, ensemble members take their dance breaks, and performers belt out their eleven o'clock numbers, the party continues at various cabaret venues throughout New York City. Below, BroadwayWorld brings you some cabaret highlights for this week as picked by our theatre editors, including: GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL! Reunion Concert; Uncivil The Musical In Concert; Alice Ripley & Emily Skinner: Unattached!; Daniel Reichard Celebrates Rodgers and Hammerstein; and 'This Is Cabaret' with Ann Hampton Callaway and Special Guest Marilyn Maye.
Fault Line Theatre presents THE WEDGE HORSE, a new play written by 2015 Page 73 Playwriting Fellow Nick Gandiello and directed by Aaron Rossini. THE WEDGE HORSE begins previews tonight, January 29, 2016 at IATI Theater Mainstage (64 East 4th St, New York, NY), with an opening night currently scheduled for February 3, 2016. THE WEDGE HORSE will run through February 21, 2016.
The Connecticut Cabaret Theatre Presents THE LAST 5 YEARS runs through February 13th.
The Vancouver Academy of Music (VAM) shares Renia Perel's poignant musical drama SONGS OF THE WASTELAND on January 26, 2016 at 7:30pm at the Koerner Recital Hall (1270 Chestnut Street). Falling on the eve of UN International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the poetic work gathers a chamber ensemble of VAM faculty and leading Vancouver musicians to share a true story of survival and pay tribute to the millions who were killed and lost.
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