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Paper Mill Playhouse to Co-Produce Performance Featuring Young Artists with Disabilities: AN EVENING OF SHINING STARS
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 8, 2019


Paper Mill Playhouse (Mark S. Hoebee-Producing Artistic Director, Michael Stotts- Managing Director), recipient of the Tony Award for Regional Theatre, has joined forces with the Cranford, New Jersey based non-profit Shining Stars Network to co-produce a performance featuring young artists with disabilities entitled 'An Evening of Shining Stars.'

See 'Em On Stage Will Present CABARET
by Stephi Wild - Nov 6, 2019


The Big Easy Award-winning theatre company, See 'Em On Stage ('Lizzie'-Best Musical 2016), presents CABARET (1998 Version) with music and lyrics by John Kander and Fred Ebb and book by Joe Masteroff. 'Cabaret' is based on the true stories of Christopher Isherwood which he documented in his book 'Goodbye to Berlin'. 'Cabaret' made its Broadway debut in 1966 before becoming a 1972 Oscar-winning movie starring Liza Minnelli. In 1998, 'Cabaret' returned to Broadway in the Tony Award-winning production starring Alan Cumming. This production uses the script and score from that version.

The Abbey Theatre Pays Tribute To Tom MacIntyre
by Stephi Wild - Oct 31, 2019


The Abbey Theatre shares its deep regret today at the loss of a man of many talents - poet, author, Aosdána member, former Cavan goalkeeper and beloved playwright Tom MacIntyre.

Mingus Dynasty & Interschool Orchestras Of NY Concert Announced At Kumble Theater Brooklyn
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 30, 2019


InterSchool Orchestras of New York and the Mingus Dynasty are collaborating to present MINGUS.  This concert features never-before-heard full orchestra arrangements of popular Mingus tunes arranged by Earl McIntyre.  It will also feature solo performances by the Mingus Dynasty.

Programming Announced For Fifth Annual GRAND AVE ARTS: ALL ACCESS
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 18, 2019


Grand Ave Arts: All Access, the fifth annual, one-day, free community event, returns on Saturday, November 2, 2019, from 11:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. with a diverse program of family-friendly activities, interactive workshops, performances and tours that highlight and offer access to the world-class arts and cultural organizations on Grand Avenue between Temple and 6th Streets.

Will Swenson & Quentin Earl Darrington Join Eden Espinosa & More in BKLYN Reunion Concert
by Nicole Rosky - Oct 8, 2019


Today, producers Eden Espinosa, Bridget Elise Yingling, Scott Prisand, Doug Feurring and Jana Shea announced additional stars for the one-night-only 15th Anniversary reunion concert of BKLYN: The Musical. Tony Award nominee Will Swenson (Hair, Les Miserables) will reprise his role as Taylor Collins, and Grammy Award nominee Quentin Earl Darrington (Once On This Island, CATS) will play the role of Streetsinger. Original Broadway cast members Julie Reiber (Come From Away), Horace V. Rogers (Tarzan), Caren Lyn Tackett (High Fidelity) will complete the cast, joining the previously announced Eden Espinosa (RENT, Wicked) as Brooklyn, Karen Olivo (Moulin Rouge, In the Heights) as Faith, and stage star Ramona Keller (The Public Theatre's Hercules, City Center's Little Shop of Horrors) as Paradice. The concert, which benefits Covenant House Foundation (www.covenanthouse.org), will be presented on the 15th anniversary of the show's Broadway opening night, Monday, October 21 at 7:30 PM, at Brooklyn Steel (319 Frost Street, Brooklyn, NY 11222). Tickets can be purchased HERE.

Guest Blog: Michael Coveney On Stephen Jeffreys' VALUED FRIENDS
by Marianka Swain - Oct 5, 2019


When the late Stephen Jeffreys' award-winning comedy Valued Friends opened at the Hampstead Theatre in 1989, one or two critics, suspicious of its brilliant structure and well-crafted narrative, declared it a?oesafea?? and a?oeold-fashioned' - by which they meant that the London fringe, or alternative, theatre had gone soft.

The Missoula Community Theatre Presents Disney's FREAKY FRIDAY
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 27, 2019


The Missoula Community Theatre (MCT) proudly presents the new musical, Disney's Freaky Friday, Oct. 24-Nov. 3 at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts. When a story is genuinely compelling, it contains the power to be retold in many different ways, and to speak across generations. Such is the case with Disney's Freaky Friday, which has entertained families since the original 1972 Mary Rodgers book was released and subsequently produced into two successful movies. 

Steve Miller Band And Jimmie Vaughan Band To Perform At The Met This Weekend
by Julie Musbach - Sep 24, 2019


On Saturday, September 28, the legendary Steve Miller Band and Jimmie Vaughan Band will perform a special concert celebrating rock and roll as one of the most important artistic movements of the 20th century.

San Diego Opera's Season Opens Next Month With The Company Debut Of Michelle Bradley As AIDA
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 19, 2019


Verdi's beloved opera Aida opens San Diego Opera's 2019-2020 season in an entirely new theatrical performance utilizing set elements, costumes, lighting, and featuring the San Diego Symphony and San Diego Opera chorus onstage, alongside some of the greatest interpreters of Verdi's music performing today. Aida opens on October 19, 2019 for four performances. Additional performances are October 22, 25, and 27 (matinee), 2019.

TV: Eden Espinosa, Karen Olivo, Ramona Keller Will Star in BKLYN 15th Anniversary Concert
by Nicole Rosky - Sep 17, 2019


Today, producers Eden Espinosa, Bridget Elise Yingling, Scott Prisand, Doug Feurring and Jana Shea announced a one-night-only 15th Anniversary reunion concert of BKLYN: The Musical featuring Original Broadway stars Drama League nominee Eden Espinosa (RENT, Wicked) as Brooklyn, Tony Award winner Karen Olivo (Moulin Rouge, In the Heights) as Faith, and stage star Ramona Keller (The Public Theatre's Hercules, City Center's Little Shop of Horrors) as Paradice. The concert, which benefits Covenant House Foundation (www.covenanthouse.org), will be presented on the 15th anniversary of the show's Broadway opening night, Monday, October 21 at 7:30 PM, at Brooklyn Steel (319 Frost Street, Brooklyn, NY 11222). Tickets can be purchased HERE. 

Family Puppet Show THE RAINBOW FISH Announced At The Center For The Arts
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 11, 2019


Marcus Pfister's award-winning, colorful book The Rainbow Fish comes to life with enchanting puppetry at Pepperdine University's Smothers Theatre in Malibu on Saturday, October 26, 2019 at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.

Clark Center NYC Presents 2nd Annual Dance Showcase
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 11, 2019


Clark Center NYC is proud to present their Second Annual Dance Showcase as part of celebrating the 60th anniversary of the initial founding of the Clark Center for the Performing Arts. The program will be repeated on two evenings, Tuesday, October 15th, and Wednesday October 16th at 7 pm at El Barrio Artspace PS 109 located at 215 East 99th Street, between Second and Third Avenues.  Tickets are: $15 - $20. Tickets are $20 online purchase, $25 at the door Children & Seniors $15 online purchase only.

Nosotros Announces the Recipients of the 2019 Golden Eagle Awards
by Sarah Jae Leiber - Sep 4, 2019


Nosotros, the first Latinx arts advocacy organization in Hollywood, announced the recipients of the 2019 Golden Eagle Awards.  The honorees include a wide array of Hollywood talent in front and behind the camera. The awards will take place on Thursday, September 19, 2019 at the historic Montalban Theatre 1615 Vine Street in Hollywood.  www.nosotrosorg.com

SCERA Indoor Season Opens With JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT
by Stephi Wild - Sep 3, 2019


Wanting to open their 2019-2020 Indoor Season in colorful fashion, SCERA Center for the Arts is producing what is arguably one of Utah's most popular musicals a?" a?oeJoseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoata?? Sept. 13-Oct. 5 @ 7:30pm on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays.

Arthur Ashe Institute For Urban Health Announces 2019 Honorees For 25th Annual Black Tie & Sneakers Sports Ball
by Marianka Swain - Sep 2, 2019


Dr. Marilyn A. Fraser, CEO of the Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health (AAIUH), announced today the hosts and honorees for SportsBall 2019, the 25th Annual Black Tie & Sneakers Gala, to take place on Wednesday, October 2nd at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City. Renowned guests representing sports, philanthropy, business, entertainment, and medicine will gather to celebrate the legacy of tennis champion and humanitarian Arthur Ashe. The event benefits the ongoing community health education programs and research initiatives of the Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health.

Terry Knapp Celebration Of Life Announced At UHM Kennedy Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 27, 2019


The University of Hawai'i at Mānoa's Department of Theatre and Dance and Kennedy Theatre will be hosting a celebration of the life and career of Terence a?oeTerrya?? Knapp on Saturday, October 19, 2019. Doors will open at 5:00pm, participants will be welcome to visit with one another on the upper lanai; the formal Celebration will begin at 5:30pm in the Kennedy Theatre auditorium. Admission is free and open to the public. 

Odyssey Revives Gertrude Stein Musical IN CIRCLES
by Julie Musbach - Aug 20, 2019


a?oePapa Dozes, Mama Blows Her Noses.a?? That's just one of the delightfully quirky musical numbers from In Circles, the Obie award-winning musical romp adapted by composer Al Carmines from A Circular Play by Gertrude Stein.

BWW Interview: Playwright Samuel Harps Discusses The Story Behind His Latest Play CLOVER
by Gina Zenyuch - Aug 19, 2019


Playwright Samuel Harps discusses the story behind his latest play CLOVER

Zimmerli Spotlights Douglass Alumnae and New Photography Acquisitions
by Julie Musbach - Aug 19, 2019


The Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers delves into its permanent collections to explore pivotal developments and trends in art with the exhibitions Women Artists on the Leading Edge: Celebrating Douglass College at 100 and Recent Acquisitions in Photography, which open on September 3.

La Mirada Presents GRUMPY OLD MEN: THE MUSICAL Featuring Cathy Rigby and More
by Julie Musbach - Aug 15, 2019


La Mirada Theatre For The Performing Arts & Mccoy Rigby Entertainment present the West Coast Premiere of GRUMPY OLD MEN: THE MUSICAL, book by Dan Remmes, music by Neil Berg, lyrics by Nick Meglin, (Adapted from the Warner Bros. motion picture written by Mark Steven Johnson), additional orchestrations by Phil Reno, choreography by Michele Lynch, musical direction by Benet Braun and direction by Matt Lenz.

Hackmatack Playhouse Announces Free BBQ for Costume-Wearing Audience Members at PETER AND THE STARCATCHER
by Sarah Hookey - Aug 13, 2019


If you happen to arrive at a?oePeter and the Starcatchera?? at Hackmatack Playhouse this month dressed as Peter Pan, you will get a free hamburger and hot dog BBQ before the show.

Opera Southwest Unearths Forgotten Bottesini Opera ALI BABA This Fall
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 12, 2019


Continuing its tradition of presenting largely forgotten and exotic operas of the 18th- and 19th-centuries, Opera Southwest will open its 47th Season with the chance to hear and see Giovanni Bottesini's Alì Babà, Sunday afternoon, October 20, 2019 at 2 pm, Friday evening, October 25, 2019 at 7:30 pm, and Sunday afternoon, October 27, 2019 at 2 pm, all at Albuquerque's Journal Theatre (National Hispanic Cultural Center 1701 4th Street SW Albuquerque NM 87102).

Quinteto Astor Piazzolla Announced At The Soraya, October 3
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 31, 2019


The soul-stirring sound of tango in its most authentic form comes to The Soraya, brought directly to Los Angeles by Laura Escalada Piazzolla, the wife of the late maestro Astor Piazzolla, on Thursday, October 3 at 8pm. 

Ivoryton Playhouse Presents CABARET
by Julie Musbach - Jul 25, 2019


a?oeThere was a cabaret and there was a master of ceremonies and there was a city called Berlin in a country called Germany. It was the end of the world a?? and I was dancing with Sally Bowles and we were both fast asleep.a?? So begins the international classic musical and winner of 8 Tony awards a?"  CABARET a?" opening in Ivoryton on Wednesday, August 7th. 

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