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Nai-Ni Chen Announces The Bridge Dance Classes, December 12-14
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 7, 2022


Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company announces The Bridge Virtual Dance Institute of boundary breaking dance experiences Free One-Hour Company Classes on Zoom and In Person.

Amy Sherman-Palladino, Scott Ellis, Black Theatre United & More to be Honored at Roundabout Theatre Company's 2023 Gala
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 8, 2022


Roundabout Theatre Company's 2023 Gala will honor Amy Sherman-Palladino, Daniel Palladino, Scott Ellis, and Black Theatre United on Monday, March 6 at the Ziegfeld Ballroom in New York City.

Two Sohn Fine Arts Exhibitions Announced at Spruce Peak Arts Gallery
by Stephi Wild - Dec 7, 2022


Spruce Peak Arts Gallery presents: 'Housatonic' Featuring photographs by John Clarke and 'Conversations with Nature' Featuring photography by Seth Resnick. Both exhibitions are curated by Cassandra Sohn and featured through Sohn Fine Art. 

Latinx Playwrights Circle Announces Off-Broadway Co-Production And HOLA Award For Excellence In Theater
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 6, 2022


The Latinx Playwrights Circle has announced the Off-Broadway Premiere of Christin Eve Cato's Sancocho directed by Rebecca Martinez, in partnership with WP Theater and The Sol Project.

Adriana Gaviria Appointed Co-Artistic Director of The Sol Project
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 6, 2022


Adriana Gaviria will join Jacob G. Padrón as co-Artistic Director of The Sol Project. Gaviria will assume the new role beginning December 12, 2022. 

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.

DES MOINES Starring Michael Shannon & More Announces New Preview & Opening Dates
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 1, 2022


Theatre for a New Audience has announced new preview, press, and opening dates for Denis Johnson’s Des Moines. Due to the detection of Covid within the Des Moines company, performances November 29 – December 3 have been canceled, with the production now beginning December 4.

The Tank to Present Four World Premiere Productions for Winter-Spring 2023 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 1, 2022


The Tank has announced the Core Productions that will make up their Winter-Spring 2023 season. The Tank's Core Production series serves companies and solo artists as they create new works for performance.

SANCOCHO To Have Off-Broadway Premiere This Spring at WP Theater
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 1, 2022


Sancocho, a new play by Christin Eve Cato (The Good Cop, DUAF 2022) directed by Rebecca Martinez (Miss You Like Hell; Theatre for One: Here We Are) will have its Off-Broadway premiere at WP Theater in Spring 2023.

Performance Space New York Presents MORIAH EVANS: REMAINS PERSIST, Activating the Stories Different Bodies Contain
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 30, 2022


Performance Space New York presents Moriah Evans: Remains Persist, a performance exploring and excavating the body's internal, imperceptible, and at times immaterial remains, December 10, 11, 17, 18 in the Keith Haring Theatre (150 1st Avenue, New York).

Ballet Hispánico to Host an NYC Arts in Education Roundtable With Paul Thompson
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 30, 2022


Ballet Hispánico will host an NYC Arts in Education Roundtable with Paul Thompson, Executive Director of the NYC DOE's Office of Arts and Special Projects, on December 5, 2022 at 10 a.m.

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.

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.

Stephen Petronio Returns Back To Danspace Stage After Career Launching Season 40 Years Ago
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 22, 2022


Danspace Project and Stephen Petronio Company partner to present Bloodlines/Bloodlines(future), December 8-10, 2022 at Danspace Project's home in the historic St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery.

Casting Announced For THE WOLVES at ThinkTank Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Nov 22, 2022


ThinkTank Theatre has announced casting for 'The Wolves', by Sarah DeLappe.  The play follows the experiences of nine teenage girls as they warm up for their Saturday morning soccer games. 

Deluxe Edition of Fletcher's Acclaimed Debut Album 'Girl of My Dreams' Out Now
by Michael Major - Nov 18, 2022


To celebrate the arrival of Girl Of My Dreams (Deluxe), FLETCHER is premiering one of the four new songs included in the 17-track expanded album: a harmony-laced update of her acclaimed single “Better Version,” featuring guest vocals from GRAMMY® Award nominated country star Kelsea Ballerini. 

Library Of Congress Appoints Musicians and Scholars To American Folklife Center Board Of Trustees
by Stephi Wild - Nov 18, 2022


The Library of Congress has announced the appointment of prominent musicians and scholars to the American Folklife Center's board of trustees, who will provide crucial advice and policy direction for the center over a six-year term.

American Tap Dance Foundation Film Series Continues With TAP TREASURES
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 17, 2022


The third installment of the American Tap Dance Foundation's First Friday Film Festival, Tap Treasures, will take place on Friday, December 2, in-studio at The American Tap Dance Center.

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.

Park Avenue Armory Announces 2023 Season Featuring THE DOCTOR North American Premiere Starring Juliet Stevenson
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 15, 2022


With an adventurous array of new commissions, world and North American premieres, and New York debuts from singular artistic voices who illuminate new visions of our world and ourselves, Park Avenue Armory has announced programming for its 2023 season.

Blessed Unrest's CHASING THE TIDES, OR EXPOSURE Comes to Theaterlab
by Stephi Wild - Nov 15, 2022


The award-winning theatre company Blessed Unrest is proud to present the world premiere of Chasing the Tides, or Exposure, a devised solo show exploring how women deal with secrets and expectations that are imposed on them.

The Strings of Modus Operandi Orchestra to Perform at Merkin Hall in November
by Blair Ingenthron - Nov 13, 2022


On Wednesday, November 30th from 6:30-8:00 pm, The Strings of Modus Operandi Orchestra (MOO) will perform in their Merkin Hall debut.

STORY/TELLER ARTS: Martyna Majok on Cost of Living to be Presented by The Center for Fiction & TCG
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 11, 2022


The Center for Fiction and Theatre Communications Group will co-present Story/Teller Arts: Martyna Majok on Cost of Living with Naveen Kumar and David Zayas on November 16 at 7pm ET at The Center for Fiction, 15 Lafayette Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11217, and via livestream.

Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation Marks 20th Anniversary With Commission Awards to Five Latin American Artists
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 10, 2022


Five artists have been selected as recipients of the Cisneros Fontanals Art  Foundation (CIFO) Awards, marking the 20th anniversary of the Foundation and its 17thiteration of the initiative.

Professor María José Contreras Lorenzini Brings Multidisciplinary Approach to Columbia University School of the Arts
by Team BWW - Nov 11, 2022


Associate Professor María José Contreras Lorenzini likes to quote Brazilian theatre practitioner and political activist Augusto Boal when speaking about dramaturgy. “For me, theatre is the rehearsal of revolution,” she said right off the bat in our interview. “How can artistic assembly be a training for the unpredictable and dangerous times we are living in?”

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