How to Be an American! - 2016 - Off-Broadway Articles Page 16

WIF (formerly known as Women In Film, Los Angeles) has announced that Annette Bening, Michelle Buteau, Joey King, Ellen Kuras, Danielle Sanchez-Witzel, Kerry Washington, and Kate Winslet will be honored at the 2024 WIF Honors, taking place on Thursday, October 24, at The Beverly Hilton.

New York Theatre Workshop has announced the FOR THE CULTURE series for WE LIVE IN CAIRO, featuring post-show discussions and community events to explore the themes of the musical and its cultural impact.

Wadada Leo Smith will perform a concert in NYC on Sept. 28 at 4 p.m. at the American Academy of Arts and Letters, alongside an ongoing exhibit of his Ankhrasmation art-scores.

Bucks County Playhouse has announced the lineup of education programs being offered this fall. Classes will take place in Lambertville Hall, 57 Bridge Street, Lambertville, NJ with the exception of the Acting for Adults:

Bay Street Theater's Paul Anthony's Ha Ha Hamptons Comedy will present The 50+ Comedy Tour on October 26th. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Broadwayworld enjoyed interviewing Catriona Rubenis-Stevens about her career and the upcoming show, 'Gruesome Playground Injuries' at Art House Productions.

The American Theatre Guild will present the Tony® and Grammy® -winning Best Musical that connected the world, DEAR EVAN HANSEN. This production is part of the  24–25 BROADWAY AT THE KING CENTER Series and will take the King Center’s L3Harris Technologies Theatre Main Stage Oct. 29–30, 2024.

Now receiving its Chicagoland premiere, Northlight Theatre’s THE FLYING LOVERS OF VITEBSK features brilliant performances and moments of exquisite stagecraft, though the play’s lean script occasionally saps the production of necessary tension and greater thematic depth.

Broadway favorite Vanessa Williams is set to appear as a guest star in Season 2 of the series, playing the jewelry-obsessed character of Roselyn.

Get a first look at the new 2024/2025 North American tour of Dear Evan Hansen, which kicked off performances last week in Texas. Watch the company perform 'You Will Be Fround' in this all new montage.

This time, the reader question was: I know sometimes writers perform in their own shows… but How Often Do Writers Play in the Orchestra for Their Own Musicals on Broadway?

Thornton Wilder’s Our Town will begin previews on Tuesday, September 17 ahead of an opening on Thursday, October 10 at the Barrymore Theatre for a strictly limited engagement. Meet the cast of Our Town here!

In 2012, six years after becoming a professional actor, I got a calling….Spiritual? No. Profound? No no. Important to saving the world? Absolutely not. Fun? YES AND it turns out, life changing.

Get a first look at the new 2024/2025 North American tour of Dear Evan Hansen, which kicked off performances last week in Houston, Texas.

Tickets for A BEAUTIFUL NOISE: THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL at BBMann go on sale Friday, September 13 at 10AM.

This Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld for 9/5/2024 include new jobs for those looking to work in the theatre industry.

The York Theatre Company will present developmental readings of Once in a Lifetime, Again, A Musical About Love, Loss and the Healing Power of Music. Learn more about the musical and the readings here!

The Muny has announced that more than 347,000 audience members attended performances in Forest Park as part of the theatre’s epic 106th season, which ran June 17-Aug. 25.

BTU announced a Voter Town Hall on Monday, September 9 at New World Stages, featuring discussions on voter engagement and participation.

Applications for the 2025 Illinois High School Musical Theatre Awards open on September 4. Schools across Illinois are invited to participate in this prestigious event celebrating high school musical theatre talent.

Recently, we had the chance to speak with Brian Rosenthal and Joey Richter, two members of the Tin Can Bros. We discussed what it was like to create Spies Are Forever, how the show has changed since it first premiered in 2016 and even what it was like to recently perform another one of their shows, Solve It Squad, at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe!

In 2024, Abraham will premiere two evening-length works, Cassette Vol. 1 in Hamburg, German in August, and in December ‘Dear Lord, Make Me Beautiful’ at the Park Avenue Armory in New York City. 

This Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld for 8/29/2024 include new jobs for those looking to work in the theatre industry.

Chicago's two major opera companies – Lyric Opera of Chicago (Lyric) and Chicago Opera Theater (COT) – will join forces for a unique discussion on two operas based on the same source material: Ludwig van Beethoven's only opera Fidelio – to be presented at Lyric from September 26 through October 10, and Ferdinando Paër's opera Leonora – to be presented by COT in its North American Premiere October 1 through October 6.

Tony and Grammy Award-winning artists Heather Headley and Ben Platt will join three-time Tony Award-winning composer Jason Robert Brown for his Carnegie Hall solo concert debut on October 25, 2024, at 8:00 PM.