The University of Michigan's Symphony Band Heads Out On First Tour Since 1990s
by A.A. Cristi - May 1, 2025
The University of Michigan's Symphony Band is hitting the road for the first time in decades. Kicking off a week-long tour May 6, the band will travel around the state of Michigan leading interactive, side-by-side clinics at regional high schools in Belleville, Troy, Fenton, Grand Blanc, Flint, Midland, Interlochen, Traverse City, Muskegon and Allendale. Each visit will conclude with a performance that is free and open to the public.
Orion Weiss Releases First Single From ARC III: Brahms, Schubert, Debussy, Dohnányi, Ligeti, Talma
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 22, 2024
xOn Friday, February 21, 2025, acclaimed pianist Orion Weiss will release his new album, Arc III: Brahms, Schubert, Debussy, Dohnányi, Ligeti, Talma on First Hand Records. Listen to the first single now.
New Musical ORLANDO Debuts In October At Theatre Row
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 25, 2024
ORLANDO, a new musical based on Virginia Woolf's classic novel, will debut Off-Broadway on Friday, October 11 at Theatre Row – Theatre 5 (410 West 42nd Street) for a limited engagement.
Review: SHOUT SISTER SHOUT! at Ford's Theatre
by Mary Lincer - Mar 22, 2023
What did our critic think of SHOUT SISTER SHOUT! at Ford's Theatre? Four lady singers dominate in the very best way SHOUT SISTER SHOUT!, a musical biography of Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1915-1973). at Ford's Theatre through May 13. Sister Rosetta began singing in church alongside her mother, Katie Bell, who traveled and preached in the rural South before women could vote.
MoMA Announces The 18th TO SAVE AND PROJECT Festival Of Film Restoration
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 16, 2021
Running from January 13 to February 5, 2022, To Save and Project: The 18th MoMA International Festival of Film Preservation includes more than 60 newly preserved features and shorts from 19 countries, many having world or North American premieres and presented in original versions not seen since their initial theatrical releases.
25th Istanbul Theatre Festival to Take Place This October and November
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 14, 2021
With the slogan “Theatre In These Trying Times”, the 25th edition of the festival has set out to breathe fresh air into both the world of theatre and to theatre lovers with a programme of mostly new productions that look at the world, which is in search of a new normal, through the lens of theatre.
Amity To Present THE DROWSY CHAPERONE
by Stephi Wild - Mar 7, 2020
The award-winning Amity Regional High School Theater Department, under the direction of Robert and Andrea Kennedy, is headed back to the roaring 20's with the musical comedy, The Drowsy Chaperone.
The Old Globe Announces 2020 Summer Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 6, 2019
The Old Globe's 2020 Summer Season brings to Balboa Park an extraordinarily talented group of artists who will delight audiences with their unique takes on four great works of theatre. The season incudes a classic American musical, a new adaptation of a 20th century thriller, and two of Shakespeare's masterworks on our outdoor stage.
Fun Facts About All 41 Broadway Theatres
by Nicole Rosky - May 11, 2019
What makes a Broadway theatre? Technically any venue with 500 seats or more, located along Broadway in New York City's Theatre District is a Broadway theatre, and the art that is produced in these special places is widely considered the highest form of theatrical entertainment in the world. Today, forty-one theatres are technically Broadway houses, each with their own rich history. Below, we're giving you the scoop on the life of every one of them!