Desire - 2015 - Off-Broadway Articles Page 7

Circa: Human 2.0 is coming to the Bram Goldsmith Theater at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, CA Friday, October 18 at 7:30pm and Saturday, October 19 at 2:00pm. 

Long Wharf Theatre, in partnership with Yale Schwarzman Center, has announced that Anna Deavere Smith and Dr. Khalilah Brown-Dean will be the keynote speakers at the Artistic Congress, a three-day convening focused on fostering collaboration and conversations on the future of theater and its vital importance to expression, equity and democracy.

The Verdi Chorus will kick off its 41st season with its Fall 2024 Concert We Are Verdi Bizet for two performances only at the First Presbyterian Church in Santa Monica on November 16 and 17, 2024. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Playwrights @ Work will honor the late Danny Dubin with their Fall Shorts & Sweets event at Birmingham Village Players on October 5, 2024, featuring six ten-minute original plays by resident writers.

The East Tennessee songwriter/artist/creative offers ‘Two Things’, a yearning song that explores the ways opposing emotions can create their own gravitational pull. Watch the music video now!

Collaborative Artists Ensemble has announced a fresh take on Nick Payne's CONSTELLATIONS, exploring love, connection, and mortality through the multiverse.

Daniel Lubetzky, founder of KIND Snacks, Camino Partners and Builders Movement, is joining the panel of Sharks on the upcoming 16th season of “Shark Tank,” premiering FRIDAY, OCT. 18 (8:00-9:01 p.m. EDT), on ABC and next day on Hulu.

Nothing Without a Company has announced the cast and production team for their upcoming show.

Jurgita Dronina will depart from The National Ballet of Canada at the end of the 2024/25 season.

Boston Moving Arts will host “Welcome Home,” a spirited, diverse production designed to create space for comfort and relief in stressful times.

Ford’s Theatre announced the cast and creative team for MISTER LINCOLN, featuring David Selby as Abraham Lincoln. The production will run from October 10 to November 15, 2024.

Riot Act announced Gross Old Man, a hyper-intimate adaptation of Chekhov's Uncle Vanya, opening September 12th at Crawlspace LA in Downtown Los Angeles. Limited to 25 audience members per night.

The Negaunee Foundation has endowed the Colburn School's Conducting Program, led by Esa-Pekka Salonen, with a landmark $16.6 million gift, supporting the future of musical education and leadership.

Next up for Rogue Machine is the world premiere of Eric Pfeffinger’s Human Error opening August 10, 2024, at the Matrix. Joshua Bitton directs the cast of Lauren Burns, Andrew Hawtrey, Kiel Kennedy, Kapil Talwalkar and Kristen Vaganos. Joshua found some time during the last days of rehearsals to answer a few of my queries.

Three composers, three librettists, and one dramaturg have been selected as Resident Artists to participate in the company’s nationally acclaimed Composer Librettist Development Program (CLDP) beginning in September 2024.

With the fifth season now airing, we compiled a list of the Broadway stars who appear across the five seasons of Only Murders in the Building and how you might know them on the stage.

Serpentine and Sadler’s Wells will come together in a first partnership to present the UK premiere of Αγρίμι (Fauve), by leading Greek dancer, choreographer and writer Lenio Kaklea, in Lilian Baylis Studio on Thursday 31 October & Friday 1 November 2024.

Camden People’s Theatre has announced the return of The State We’re In – a three-week festival exploring UK democracy, politics and the public realm, which will run from October 22nd - November 10th 2024. The festival will be the centrepiece of CPT’s Autumn Season and 30th anniversary programme. 

Theater for the New City will present its twelfth  Dream Up Festival in August. See the full lineup and learn how to purchase tickets.

THE VILLAGE CIDIOT will be featured at the 2024 Rochester Fringe Festival, showcasing a unique blend of humor and storytelling. Don't miss this engaging performance that highlights rural life experiences.

Loft Ensemble in North Hollywood has announced the final production of its 11th season, to be staged in Sawyer's Playhouse (the company's second stage), the world premiere of No Desire to Suffer Twice by Cris Eli Blak.

When I heard about the West Coast premiere of Abby Rosebrock’s Dido of Idaho by The Echo Theater Company at Atwater Village Theatre starring Alana Dietze (pictured), I knew I had to speak with her about the “wonderfully off-beat, darkly hilarious (in a truly cringeworthy way) comedy about female identity and the lengths to which some women will go for the love of a man.”  

On Friday, Auckland’s soul-electronic collective LEISURE shared their new single, “Oh Why.” In a world fraught with uncertainty, the track is a tribute to the human desire for connection and authenticity. Listen to the single now!

The Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis has announced the cast for their upcoming production of CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF, featuring a talented ensemble set to bring the classic play to life.

The Tennessee Williams Theatre Company of New Orleans (TWTC) will present Tennessee Williams' Pulitzer Prize-winning drama A Streetcar Named Desire this summer at the historic Marigny Opera House.