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Carnegie Hall to Present YMusic In Premieres By Allison Loggins-Hull And Andrew Norman
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 20, 2022


On Thursday, January 19, 2023 at 7:30pm in Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, yMusic will perform the world premiere of Allison Loggins-Hull's Supply, inspired by addictive relationships, and the New York premiere of former Carnegie Hall Debs Composer's Chair (2020/2021) Andrew Norman's Difference, both co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall.

Playwrights Horizons Announces Final Extension of DOWNSTATE
by Blair Ingenthron - Dec 19, 2022


Playwrights Horizons (Adam Greenfield, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) has extended the New York premiere of Bruce Norris's provocative, critically lauded play Downstate, directed by Pam MacKinnon, a second and final time, to January 7, 2023.

Carbonell Awards Announces Expanded Team Of Judges For 2022-2023 Theater Season
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 8, 2022


Gary Schweikhart, president of the Carbonell Awards, South Florida's most highly coveted recognition of theatrical and performance excellence, has announced the nonprofit organization's expanded team of judges for the 2022-2023 theater season, including seven new judges.

Performance Space New York Announces Spring 2023 Season of its HEALING SERIES
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 1, 2022


Performance Space New York has announced the Spring 2023 season of its Healing Series, the second part of its year-long reflection on the political potency of healing and the role performance plays in it, in the midst of what feels like a momentous shift in art-making to foreground modes and practices of care.

Ensemble Theatre Company Is Accepting Applications For 6th Annual Young Playwrights Festival
by Stephi Wild - Nov 29, 2022


Ensemble Theatre Company, Santa Barbara's professional theater, is now accepting applications for its 6th Annual Young Playwrights' Festival for aspiring writers aged 14-19.

Dia Art Foundation Presents Composer and Trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith at Dia Beacon
by Stephi Wild - Nov 29, 2022


Trumpeter and composer Wadada Leo Smith, one of the foremost figures in contemporary music, will perform a musical interpretation of artist Jack Whitten's Greek Alphabet paintings on Saturday, December 3 at 2 p.m. at Dia Beacon's museum galleries, 3 Beekman Street, Beacon, New York.

PHEW Announces Reissue of 1992 Album 'Our Likeness' & Shares Title Track
by Michael Major - Nov 28, 2022


Our Likeness saw Phew return to Conny Plank’s legendary studio in Cologne (Kraftwerk, Neu! D.A.F. etc) after more than a decade when Chrislo Haas (1956-2004 - one of the driving forces in modern electronic music, and an important figure in the Neue Deutsche Welle scene) invited her to collaborate.

Preview Performances of DES MOINES at Theatre for a New Audience Rescheduled to Due Covid
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 28, 2022


Due to Covid cases within the company, Theatre for a New Audience is canceling five preview performances of the Off-Broadway premiere of iconic American writer Denis Johnson's Des Moines, directed by Arin Arbus and featuring Johanna Day, Arliss Howard, Hari Nef, Michael Shannon, and Heather Alicia Simms.

Kurt Elling and Danilo Perez, Paloma, Frank Perowsky Orchestra, And More Coming Up At Birdland
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 25, 2022


Get details for all the jazz programming at Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater running November 29 through December 11. 

Tennessee Shakespeare Company Stages World Premiere Of I DWELL IN POSSIBILITY: EMILY DICKINSON EMERGES
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 15, 2022


Tennessee Shakespeare Company hosts the “Belle of Amherst” on its Owen and Margaret Wellford Tabor Stage as she shares her poetic relationship to isolation, nature, literature, and love, in the world premiere of I Dwell in Possibility: Emily Dickinson Emerges. 

Larry Owens' SONDHEIMIA, Bernadette Peters & More Announced for Pasadena Playhouse's Sondheim Celebration
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 15, 2022


Pasadena Playhouse Producing Artistic Director Danny Feldman announced the latest news for the theater’s upcoming six-month-long celebration of the works and impact of Stephen Sondheim January 26 through June 11, 2023. 

Graham Nash Sets New 2023 Tour Dates
by Michael Major - Nov 15, 2022


Two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee and founding member of both the Hollies and Crosby, Stills & Nash, Graham Nash is set to return to the road this coming spring with a run of performances throughout the U.S. The tour—Sixty Years of Songs and Stories—marks the 60th anniversary of Nash’s first single with the Hollies.

Theater Breaking Through Barriers to Present Hybrid Playmakers' Intensive in November
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 11, 2022


Theater Breaking Through Barriers will presentthe first  Hybrid  Playmakers’ Intensive:  Dramatis UbQTous,  featuring seven new, short plays created specifically for digital platforms. This year’s presentations will take place online as well as live and in person.

Michael Butler, Producer Of Broadway's Original HAIR, Passes Away At 95
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 8, 2022


Michael Butler, famed producer of the musical Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical, passed peacefully November 7, 2022 at the Los Angeles Jewish Home for the Aging in Reseda, CA.  He was born November 26, 1926 in Chicago, Illinois.

Hong Kong Ballet to Present US Premiere of ROMEO + JULIET at New York City Center
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 7, 2022


Hong Kong Ballet will present the U.S. Premiere of Romeo + Juliet on Friday, January 13 at 8pm and Saturday, January 14 at 2pm at New York City Center, 131 W. 55th Street.

Young People's Theatre Presents Exhilarating New Take on SNOW WHITE for the Holidays
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 3, 2022


Young People's Theatre will present its holiday production – a fresh and humorous adaptation of Snow White by Greg Banks, directed by Aurora Browne (co-creator and star of CBC's Baroness von Sketch Show) in its Canadian premiere. Nudging the classic toward a more timely interpretation, this clever twist is a two-actor take on the beloved fairy tale that is fun for the whole family. Snow White is presented on the Ada Slaight Stage Nov. 21, 2022 – Jan. 7, 2023.

Alexis Cole, Peter Cincotti, and More to Play Birdland Jazz in November
by Blair Ingenthron - Oct 29, 2022


From November 1 through 13, Birdland Jazz Club will present a variety of programming including Django Reinhardt NY Festival, Nicole Zuraitis, Alexis Cole, Peter Cincotti and The Purchase Latin Jazz Orchestra Directed by David DeJesus. 

FIRST VOICES FESTIVAL To Begin On November 19
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 27, 2022


7 Stages, Turtle Island Trading, Zintkala Zi PowWow and the Little 5 Points Business Association join forces to bring the inaugural First Voices Festival to the people of Little 5 Points.

Photos: Theater Breaking Through Barriers Takes Part In The 15th BIRD International Theatre Festival In Japan
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 26, 2022


Theater Breaking Through Barriers the only professional Off-Broadway theater company dedicated to advancing artists and developing audiences of people with disabilities, recently took a contingent of 14 artists to Japan’s Tottori Prefecture to participate in the 15th BIRD International Theatre Festival. See photos from their trip here. 

The Jazz Ambassadors Of The United States Army Field Band Free Concert Announced At Raue Center
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 24, 2022


Raue Center For The Arts has announced a free concert performed by the Jazz Ambassadors of the United States Army Field Band, on November 16, 2022, @ 7 pm. 

The Telly Awards Launches 44th Call For Entries
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 24, 2022


The Telly Awards, the world's largest award honoring excellence in video and television across all screens, is embracing the idea of standing out above the rest across the creative landscape by launching its 44th annual call for entries with a simple, yet profound call-to-action: 'Break Through the Static.'

Khamary Rose, Brennin Hunt, Sharon Leal & More to Star in INVINCIBLE - THE MUSICAL World Premiere at The Wallis
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 24, 2022


Casting has been announced for Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts’ WORLD PREMIERE production of INVINCIBLE - THE MUSICAL, featuring the music of PAT BENATAR & NEIL GIRALDO, from November 22 to December 18, 2022, in The Wallis’ Bram Goldsmith Theater.

Balsani, State Ensemble of Georgian Folk Singing, to Return to BroadStage in November
by Blair Ingenthron - Oct 23, 2022


Basiani – The State Ensemble of Georgian Folk Singing will return for one evening at First Presbyterian Church of Santa Monica on Friday, November 4 at 7:30pm. The evening is presented by BroadStage.

Birdland Jazz Club And Birdland Theater Announce Thrilling November 2022 Lineup
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 21, 2022


Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater are open this November with a full slate of nightly performances! 

Michael Shannon, Johanna Day, Hari Nef & More to Star in DES MOINES Off-Broadway Premiere at TFANA
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 20, 2022


Theatre for a New Audience will present Denis Johnson’s Des Moines, the final play from the late author, and the first play by Johnson TFANA has staged, November 29, 2022–January 1, 2023, at Polonsky Shakespeare Center.

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