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Carnegie Hall Announces October 2017 Lineup, Featuring Philadelphia Orchestra and More
by BWW News Desk - Oct 4, 2017


Carnegie Hall has announced its October 2017 lineup. Scroll down for details!

DAYBREAK World Premiere Headlines Pan Asian Rep's 41st Season
by BWW News Desk - Oct 3, 2017


Pan Asian Repertory Theatre has announced today its 41st Season of expanding on themes of social justice and historical amnesia with the return engagement of the critically acclaimed play No-No Boy by Ken Narasaki, adapted from the novel by John Okado, directed by Ron Nakahara, and the world premiere of the new play Daybreak by Joyce Van Dyke, directed by Lucie Tiberghien.

Ayad Akhtar's DISGRACED to Play Unicorn Theatre This Fall
by BWW News Desk - Sep 29, 2017


Pulitzer Prize-winning DISGRACED by Ayad Akhtar, directed by Sidonie Garrett, is coming to the Unicorn Theatre this fall.

Weinstein Company & Ketchum Films Enter First-Look Production & Distribution Deal
by Caryn Robbins - Sep 28, 2017


Ketchum, one of the world's leading communications firms, today announced a 'first look' production and distribution agreement between its Ketchum Films division and The Weinstein Company, the creative powerhouse production and distribution company.

KAHLIL JOSEPH: SHADOW PLAY, HELEN JOHNSON: ENDS Set for New Museum This Fall
by BWW News Desk - Sep 27, 2017


The New Museum announces added details on its lineup of exhibitions for its fall 2017 season, including the premiere of two new galleries and a storefront window space.

Lauren Gunderson's SILENT SKY to Shine a Light on Groundbreaking Female Astronomers at Merrimack Rep
by BWW News Desk - Sep 25, 2017


Merrimack Repertory Theatre (MRT) continues its 39th season with Silent Sky, the phenomenal work from playwright Lauren Gunderson, whose I and You charmed and stunned MRT audiences in October 2015 and later transferred Off-Broadway to become an audience hit and Outer Critics Circle Award nominee.

Novato Theater Company to Stage Broadway Classic CHICAGO
by Julie Musbach - Sep 24, 2017


Novato Theater Company continues its 2017-208 season with Chicago, Broadway's longest-running American musical, with music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and book by Ebb and Bob Fosse. Set in Prohibition-era Chicago, the musical is based on a 1926 play about actual criminals and their crimes. The story is a satire on corruption in the administration of criminal justice and the concept of the 'celebrity criminal'. Chicago includes memorable songs like 'All that Jazz,' 'When You're Good to Mama,' and 'All I Care About is Love.'

PROJECT DAWN, THE ARSONISTS and BR'ER COTTON Open in NNPN Premieres Across the Country
by BWW News Desk - Sep 22, 2017


National New Play Network, the country's alliance of nonprofit theaters that champions the development, production, and continued life of new plays, celebrates the opening of three Rolling World Premieres: Project Dawn by Karen Hartman, The Arsonists by Jacqueline Goldfinger, and Br'er Cotton by Tearrance Arvelle Chisholm. Scroll down for details on each production!

Pig Iron Theatre Company to Premiere A PERIOD OF ANIMATE EXISTENCE at Philadelphia Fringe
by BWW News Desk - Sep 22, 2017


Pig Iron Theatre Company, the internationally acclaimed, Philadelphia-based organization, has announced that the world premiere of its ambitious, timely production A Period of Animate Existence will take place September 22-24 at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Pennsylvania in the 2017 Fringe Festival, co-presented by FringeArts and Annenberg Center Live.

Cast Complete for Charles Ludlam's CONQUEST OF THE UNIVERSE OR WHEN QUEENS COLLIDE at La MaMa
by BWW News Desk - Sep 21, 2017


CONQUEST OF THE UNIVERSE OR WHEN QUEENS COLLIDE which marked the birth of the The Ridiculous Theatrical Company, co-founded by the late groundbreaking playwright and performer Charles Ludlam in 1967 will return on the occasion of the play and the company's 50th anniversary with a production, starring and directed by Everett Quinton, a long-standing member of RTC who assumed leadership as Artistic Director when Mr. Ludlam died 30 years ago, in 1987.

A.R.T. & Harvard Art Museums to Host Events Series Alongside WARHOLCAPOTE
by BWW News Desk - Sep 20, 2017


American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) and Harvard Art Museums have partnered in conjunction with the A.R.T.'s production of WARHOLCAPOTE to present a series of events highlighting the contemporary legacies of Andy Warhol and Truman Capote, including a unique encounter with Warhol screen-prints and a speaker series featuring journalists, multimedia artists, curators, and collectors.

Gantt Center Joins Forces With NC Black Repertory Company To Bring Critically-Acclaimed Plays To Charlotte
by BWW News Desk - Sep 19, 2017


The Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture announced today that it has partnered with the North Carolina Black Repertory Company to bring nationally acclaimed playwright Jackie Alexander's play, The Legend of Buster Neal to Charlotte.

A.R.T. & Harvard Art Museums to Host Events Series Alongside WARHOLCAPOTE
by BWW News Desk - Sep 11, 2017


American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) and Harvard Art Museums have partnered in conjunction with the A.R.T.'s production of WARHOLCAPOTE to present a series of events highlighting the contemporary legacies of Andy Warhol and Truman Capote, including a unique encounter with Warhol screen-prints and a speaker series featuring journalists, multimedia artists, curators, and collectors.

FIAF Announces 2017 Crossing the Line Festival Lineup
by BWW News Desk - Sep 7, 2017


The French Institute Alliance Francaise (FIAF), New York's premiere French cultural center, has announced the Crossing the Line Festival 2017, the eleventh annual edition of its path-breaking fall arts festival.

FIAF Welcomes Global Lineup for 2017 Crossing the Line Festival
by BWW News Desk - Sep 6, 2017


The French Institute Alliance Francaise (FIAF), New York's premiere French cultural center, presents Crossing the Line Festival 2017, the eleventh annual edition of its path-breaking fall arts festival.

SoHo Playhouse Selects Full Slate of Shows for FRINGE ENCORE SERIES
by BWW News Desk - Sep 5, 2017


Darren Lee Cole, producing director of the not-for-profit, SoHo Playhouse has announced the final round of selections for this year's Fringe Encore Series.

KAHLIL JOSEPH: SHADOW PLAY, HELEN JOHNSON: ENDS Set for New Museum This Fall
by BWW News Desk - Aug 31, 2017


The New Museum announces added details on its lineup of exhibitions for its fall 2017 season, including the premiere of two new galleries and a storefront window space.

SoHo Playhouse Selects Full Slate of Shows for FRINGE ENCORE SERIES
by BWW News Desk - Aug 31, 2017


Darren Lee Cole, producing director of the not-for-profit, SoHo Playhouse has announced the final round of selections for this year's Fringe Encore Series.

Carnegie Hall Announces October 2017 Lineup, Featuring Philadelphia Orchestra and More
by BWW News Desk - Aug 30, 2017


Carnegie Hall has announced its October 2017 lineup. Scroll down for details!

La MaMa to Celebrate the Life and Career of Sam Shepard this October
by BWW News Desk - Aug 29, 2017


American playwright, actor, author, and director, Sam Shepard - who died on July 27, 2017 and was a prominent playwright during the early years of the Off-Off-Broadway movement in the 60's and 70's - will be remembered at one of the theatres he regularly called home during that era, La MaMa, on October 7 at 3 pm at the Ellen Stewart Theatre (66 E. 4 St.) in New York City.  

Brooklyn PHOTOGRAPHS Opens at BRIC, 9/7
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 24, 2017


BRIC is pleased to present Brooklyn Photographs, a group exhibitionfeaturing the work of eleven photographers who have captured life and traditions in various Brooklyn neighborhoods from the 1960s to the present. Brooklyn Photographs epitomizes BRIC's commitment to offering rigorously curated exhibitions with a rich cross-section of ideas, voices, and artistic media that reflect Brooklyn's diversity.

Brown Arts Initiative Announces Launch of Warren and Allison Kanders Lecture Series
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 17, 2017


The Brown Arts Initiative (BAI) at Brown University today announced the launch of the Warren and Allison Kanders Lecture Series, an annual series of presentations and student interactions led by prominent contemporary artists and art-world luminaries. Designed to serve as a catalyst for open dialogue about the impact of contemporary visual art on our world, the new series will include four presentations per year beginning in October 2017. Inaugural participants include artists Nick Cave, Wangechi Mutu, and Shirin Neshat and The Studio Museum in Harlem director and chief curator Thelma Golden.

Breaking: Amy Schumer, Laura Benanti, Keegan-Michael Key, and Alan Tudyk to Lead Steve Martin's METEOR SHOWER on Broadway
by Matt Tamanini - Aug 7, 2017


BroadwayWorld has just officially learned that Steve Martin's new play METEOR SHOWER will be coming to Broadway's Booth Theatre this fall starring Emmy and Peabody Award-winning comedian Amy Schumer, Tony-winner Laura Benanti, another Emmy and Peabody Award-winner Keegan-Michael Key, and Alan Tudyk.

Photo Flash: OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF BABES Opens at Gloucester Stage for Limited Run
by BWW News Desk - Aug 7, 2017


Gloucester Stage Company continues its 38th season of professional theater on Cape Ann with Israel Horovitz's latest comedy, Out of the Mouths of Babes from August 11 through September 2 at 267 East Main Street, Gloucester, MA. 

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