The Seagull/Woodstock, NY - 2020 - Off-Broadway Articles Page 5

Excited for FUNNY GIRL's return to Broadway? We've got casting news today about Ramin Karimloo, Jane Lynch and Jared Grimes joining the cast for the first Broadway revival of FUNNY GIRL.

Vapor Vespers, the edge- and button-pushing transcontinental collaboration between acclaimed NYC & Hudson Valley-based multi-instrumentalist Sal Cataldi (aka Spaghetti Eastern Music) and Alaskan playwright, actor and slam poet Mark Muro, will be staging their first-ever ever public performances in New York City and Kingston, NY in October.

Contemporary dance company Barkin/Selissen Project will premiere an extended version of Accidental Suite at Arts on Site on October 8th & 9th.

Nonprofit philanthropic organization, Live Music Society, announced a third round of grants to be awarded this fall to live music venues across the United States with a maximum sellable capacity of 300. Grant applications will be accepted from September 28 – October 20, 2021 via the organization's website.

Under The Radar exclusively premiered the track last week calling it “forceful” and “passionate” and continued on to say “the band evokes shades of Mt. Joy, Lake Street Drive, and fun., but with a distinctly earthy musical twist.” 

In partnership with The Episcopal Actors' Guild, Leviathan Lab will present readings of three new plays by rising Asian American playwrights.

Founding member Mo Moore says, “After doing 31 dates at the beginning of 2020 and getting into tour shape, we were stopped in our tracks by COVID.”

Leviathan Lab, in partnership with The Episcopal Actors' Guild, will present readings of three new plays by rising Asian American playwrights.

Nancy Manocherian's the cell theatre will host RANDOM ACTS, a solo play written and performed by Obie Award winner Renata Hinrichs. Directed by Jessi D. Hill, performances begin May 23 at the cell. Performances will be presented open air for a strictly limited audience.

Since making their acclaimed debut with 2013’s Dark Holler Pop, North Carolina-bred four piece Mipso have captivated audiences with their finely layered vocal harmonies, graceful fluency in the timeless musical traditions of their home state, and a near-telepathic musical  connection that makes their live show especially kinetic. 

Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, a nonprofit cultural center located at the historic site of the 1969 Woodstock festival in Bethel, NY, is a recent recipient of a grant presented by The TD Charitable Foundation, the charitable giving arm of TD Bank, America's Most Convenient Bank. 

Can world beat and electronica fired guitar instrumentals co-exist with luscious soundscapes of Fripp & Eno vintage and intimate acoustic vocal ballads straight out of the Nick Drake playbook? They can and do in Spaghetti Eastern Music, the solo project of genre-leaping New York & Hudson Valley-based guitarist, keyboardist and vocalist Sal Cataldi.

Bethel Woods Center for the Arts will host a Virtual Volunteer Open House on Wednesday, February 10th  from 6 PM –  7 PM to provide information on volunteering opportunities during the upcoming year. The first of its kind, the open house moved to a digital streaming platform this year in accordance with COVID-19 regulations. 

In the Fall of 2019 Andrew McConathy & his band of Drunken Hearts embarked on a 20 show, cross-country album release tour that spanned more than 15,000 miles from Portland, OR to Portland, ME, and everywhere in between.

On the first anniversary of her younger sister's death, Woodstock teen Rosie discovers that the mysterious man who sexploited and bullied her sister to the point of suicide has come back online and is trolling for new victims.

The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center has announced the new line-up of its new global series, SEGAL TALKS. Since the beginning in March the series featured over 100 talks with 150 artists from 50 countries.

Arlekin Players Theatre, co-producer Sara Stackhouse of BroadBand Collaborative, and presenting partner Cherry Orchard Festival in NY, will present an evening dedicated to Armenia, featuring Hayk Demoyan, Director of the Aurora Prize and former director of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute.

Today on Friday, October 16th at 7pm, a special virtual reading of 'One Empire, Under God' - Anthony J. Piccione's new full-length drama exploring religious extremism & right-wing populism - will be broadcast via Zoom to monthly patrons on Patreon, as well as selected invited guests. Immediately after the reading, there will be a talkback - moderated by co-producer Jay Michaels - featuring the playwright, director & cast.

The Cherry Artistsa?? Collective will present the English-language World Premiere of A Day, written by Québecoise playwright, Gabrielle Chapdelaine, translated by Josephine George. Live performances are directed by Wendy Dann with video mise en scène directed by Samuel Buggeln.

A filmed version of the critically acclaimed, award-winning play What the Constitution Means to Me, created by and starring Heidi Schreck, will be screened at the Woodstock Film Festival.

The Woodstock Film Festival announced today the official lineup for its 21st outing, taking place September 30th - October 4th, 2020

Live Source Theatre Group has announced the formation of Live Source FILMS, a new program to support theatre artists in the development and production of short filmmaking during the time of COVID-19.

The Woodstock Film Festival announced today that due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, it will be holding its 21st outing as a hybrid festival in area drive-ins and online. 

GRAMMY Award-winning The Okee Dokee Brothers encourage hope with a new collection of 27 original songs on their latest 2-CD studio album, Songs for Singin', scheduled for release on Friday, May 1, 2020 (two months earlier than their original release date).

Brian Fallon has announced rescheduled world tour dates celebrating his eagerly awaited new album, LOCAL HONEY, available today via his own Lesser Known Records and Thirty Tigers.