MARY ROSE Continues Rep Stage's 20th Anniversary Season, Now thru 11/18
by BWW News Desk - Oct 31, 2012
Rep Stage, the professional Equity theatre in residence at Howard Community College (HCC), continues its 20th anniversary season with J.M. Barrie's stirring, lyrical tale about the tricks of time, loss of innocence and eternal youth. "Mary Rose" opens tonight, October 31, 2012, with a limited run through November 18 in the Studio Theatre of the Horowitz Visual and Performing Arts Center (HVPA) on the campus of HCC.
Georges Méliès Cine-Concert Comes to Chicago's Music Box Theatre Today, 10/27
by BWW News Desk - Oct 27, 2012
Recently celebrated in Martin Scorsese's Academy Award-winning adventure Hugo, French filmmaker George Melies is considered the father of cinematic special effects. To celebrate the 150th anniversary of his birth, Melies' family has created a unique "cine-concert" that's touring the world. The tour comes to Chicago's Music Box Theatre, 3733 N. Southport Avenue, today, October 27, 12:15 p.m.
MARY ROSE Continues Rep Stage's 20th Anniversary Season, 10/31-11/18
by BWW News Desk - Oct 18, 2012
Rep Stage, the professional Equity theatre in residence at Howard Community College (HCC), continues its 20th anniversary season with J.M. Barrie's stirring, lyrical tale about the tricks of time, loss of innocence and eternal youth. "Mary Rose" opens October 31, 2012, with a limited run through November 18 in the Studio Theatre of the Horowitz Visual and Performing Arts Center (HVPA) on the campus of HCC.
Georges Méliès Cine-Concert Comes to Chicago's Music Box Theatre, 10/27
by BWW News Desk - Oct 17, 2012
Recently celebrated in Martin Scorsese's Academy Award-winning adventure Hugo, French filmmaker George Melies is considered the father of cinematic special effects. To celebrate the 150th anniversary of his birth, Melies' family has created a unique "cine-concert" that's touring the world. The tour comes to Chicago's Music Box Theatre, 3733 N. Southport Avenue, on Saturday, October 27, 12:15 p.m.
Tenor Nicholas Phan's New Album STILL FALLS THE RAIN Features Narration by Alan Cumming, 10/9
by BWW News Desk - Oct 3, 2012
Named one of NPR's Favorite Artists of 2011, American tenor Nicholas Phan returns to the music of Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) on a new album available October 9 from Avie. On the eve of the Britten centenary, Still Falls the Rain showcases both the great British composer's remarkable gift as a collaborator and Phan's increasingly lauded interpretative powers. The album features The Heart of the Matter, a song cycle for tenor, narrator, horn, and piano, performed here by renowned actor Alan Cumming, as well as the principal hornist of the Philadelphia Orchestra, Jennifer Montone, and pianist Myra Huang, Phan's long-time recital partner.
James Earl Jones Wins 2011 Paul Robeson Award
by Nicole Rosky - Oct 10, 2011
Actors' Equity Association announced today that James Earl Jones is the recipient of the 2011 Paul Robeson Award. Created in 1971, the Award recognizes a person who best exemplifies the principles by which Mr. Robeson lived.
SF Symphony Radio Airs KEEPING SCORE: 13 DAYS...MUSIC CHANGED FOREVER
by Gabrielle Sierra - Jun 24, 2011
13 Days When Music Changed Forever, a new radio series that is part of the San Francisco Symphony and Michael Tilson Thomas's Keeping Score music education project, is currently airing on New York's Classical 105.9 FM WQXR and streaming live at www.wqxr.org on Tuesday evenings at 10:00 p.m.
Cornelia Street Cafe Announces Their Upcoming Events And Shows
by Gabrielle Sierra - May 17, 2010
In May 1977 three artists--Robin Hirsch, a writer and director; Charles McKenna, an actor; and Raphaela Pivetta, a visual artist--stumbled across a tiny storefront on Cornelia Street in the heart of Greenwich Village and thought it the perfect place to open a café.
THE 39 STEPS Ends Stint at The DuPont Theatre 4/6-4/11
by BWW News Desk - Apr 11, 2010
Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you have Alfred Hitchcock's THE 39 STEPS. This 2 time Tony and Drama Desk Award winner will end its run at the DuPont Theatre on April 11, 2010.
THE 39 STEPS Comes To The DuPont Theatre 4/6-4/11
by BWW
News Desk - Apr 6, 2010
Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you have Alfred Hitchcock's THE 39 STEPS. This 2 time Tony and Drama Desk Award winner railroads its way into the DuPont Theatre for an exclusive area run Tuesday, April 6 - Sunday, April 11, 2010.