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Theatre companies from Los Angeles and New York unite to create the Black Wall Street Festival. 2021 marks the centennial of the Black Wall Street Massacre, a two-day event that concluded on June 1, 1921.

'Modern Dance 101,' a program of rarely seen works by Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn, regarded as the Mother and Father of American Modern Dance, will be presented September 30-October 3, 2021 at the Theatre at St. Jeans, 150 East 76th Street, NYC.

Today Steppenwolf Theatre Company unveiled its path to welcoming audiences back to the theater—and not the same one they left but a stunning new 50,000 sq. ft. theater building and education center on Halsted Street.

Martin Scorsese, Irwin Winkler and director John Carney are teaming up for a new film based on composer George Gershwin. Titled Fascinating Rhythm, the movie is described as 'a young woman’s magical journey through past and present New York City, inspired by the life and music of American composer George Gershwin.'

On Wednesday, April 21, We begin this week’s tour with one of the Los Angeles Opera website’s most popular “Living Room Recitals.” Soprano, Latonia Moore sings with pianist Roberto Berrocal. After the recital, we leave for NYC. On arrival, we go to Shut Up and Eat, a most generous Toms River restaurant that offers a discount to patrons in pajamas. 

La Secretaría de Cultura del Gobierno de México y el Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (INBAL), a través del Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, invitan al público a visitar la exposición El París de Modigliani y sus contemporáneos, cuyo cierre está programado para el próximo domingo 18 de abril y estará acompañado de diversas actividades complementarias. 

The Playhouse announced a summer Tent Theatre series tonight, Apr. 9, 2021, before the opening of Some Enchanted Evening. Three shows – Godspell, Plaza Suite, and Polkadots: The Cool Kids Musical – will be performed in an event pavilion in the theatre's east parking lot in July and August 2021.

The musical was due to tour in 2020 but had to be postponed due to COVID-19.  Directed by Nikolai Foster and choreographed by Arlene Phillips, the 2021 tour will now begin at Curve, Leicester from 30 – 31 July.

M-34 has announced an extension of their critically acclaimed production of Franz Kafka's Letter To My Father, translated by Hannah Stokes and Richard Stokes, developed by James Rutherford and Michael Guagno, directed by James Rutherford.

Black 'n da Blues: Stories and Songs from the Arkansas Delta is an invitation to gather, to reflect and to reveal. It is a communal ritual. It happens in a cafeteria, a church, a club, a school, a stage, or under some shade; a space where the line between the audience and the performers is blurred because we are all here to be seen and remembered.

The Des Moines Playhouse will continue to present live theatre with two shows this spring, Some Enchanted Evening – The Songs of Rodgers & Hammerstein, Apr. 9-May 9, 2021, and, for families, The Velveteen Rabbit, Apr. 16-May 2, 2021. In-person performances will be presented in repertory, alternating shows by the week, in the John Viars Theatre.

Summer is almost here! The Des Moines Community Playhouse is offering students from kindergarten through high school 25 different classes and camps to fill the long summer days and keep their minds active. Classes will meet in-person at the theatre, and class sizes are limited.

The story of Dorothy, the Tin Man, the Scarecrow and the Lion has continued to enthrall children and adults and been reinvented every generation. It found its most enduring place in American culture at the end of the Great Depression when The Wizard of Oz, the MGM feature film starring Judy Garland, opened on August 25, 1939.

Today's Theater Stories features the Stephen Sondheim Theatre! Learn about the theatre's longest-running show, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, the show currently inhabiting the theatre, Mrs. Doubtfire, and more!

Goldilocks has been very naughty. She has eaten the bears' food, broken their chairs, and messed up their beds and all of this without even knocking! What happens when the human-fearing bears get home? Viewers will learn not to judge a book by its cover in a fresh take on this familiar tale.

Titan Theatre Company announced today the cast and creative team for its upcoming production of GENESIS, which will be streamed online. GENESIS is presented as part of their Future Classics Festival, a new works festival dedicated to ushering forth a new “classical” cannon by centering on the voices of BIPOC playwrights, actors, and directors. 

On Wednesday, March 10, at 5 p.m. Pacific Time, Ken Farley, W. M. Keck Foundation Professor of Geochemistry, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences and the project scientist for the Mars 2020 mission, continues the 2020–2021 Watson Lecture season with a talk about “Perseverance on Mars.”

The Des Moines Playhouse will continue to offer children’s classes in-person and online this spring including a Spring Break camp. The theatre has classes for students in preschool through grade 8, beginning Mar. 27, 2021.

M-34's production of Franz Kafka's Letter To My Father opens tonight. Letter To My Father is translated by Hannah Stokes and Richard Stokes, developed by James Rutherford and Michael Guagno, directed by James Rutherford, and performed by Michael Guagno.

Desert Flower tells the story of Waris Dirie. Born into a nomad family in Somalia, she was discovered by a photographer at the age of 18 and henceforth lends her face to the most exclusive fashion brands in the world. But the way from the desert to the catwalk is a rocky one.

Previews begin tonight for M-34's live online production of Franz Kafka's Letter To My Father, translated by Hannah Stokes and Richard Stokes, developed by James Rutherford and Michael Guagno, directed by James Rutherford, and performed by Michael Guagno.

After eight years of development at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the Perseverance rover was successfully launched on its journey to Mars on July 30, 2020.

The Art Institute announced today that the museum has appointed architectural historian and curator Irene Sunwoo to be the John H. Bryan Chair and Curator, Architecture and Design. Sunwoo joins the Art Institute from the Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, where she has been Curator of the Arthur Ross Architecture Gallery and Director of Exhibitions since 2016. 

nature of the dream, a devised film exploring Black identity in Iowa, will debut at 7:00 PM, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021.

On Wednesday, February 17, at 5 p.m. Pacific Time, Mansi Kasliwal (MS '07, PhD '11), assistant professor of astronomy in Caltech's Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy, continues the 2020–2021 Watson Lecture season by exploring “What Cosmic Fireworks Unveil About the Universe.”