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PlayMakers Presents BLUES FOR AN ALABAMA SKY Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Aug 25, 2022


PlayMakers Repertory Company proudly presents “Blues for an Alabama Sky,” a play by Pearl Cleage. The production runs from September 7 to September 25 and is directed by Valerie Curtis-Newton.

Thornton Wilder Library Will Be Completed With Reissue Of Two Early Novels This Week
by Stephi Wild - Aug 8, 2022


The Thornton Wilder Library – a reprint of 10 novels and plays covering the full range of the late, celebrated author's inimitable body-of-work – will be completed this summer with the new publication by HarperCollins of Wilder's first and third novels, THE CABALA and THE WOMAN OF ANDROS in one volume.

This Weekend At Music Mountain to Feature Helen Sung Quartet & Cramer Quartet
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 4, 2022


Music Mountain will present Helen Sung Quartet on Saturday and Cramer Quartet on Sunday Saturday August 13th, 7:00pm - Gordon Hall.

Teddy Grossman Announces North American Fall Tour Dates
by Michael Major - Aug 1, 2022


Teddy Grossman will be headed out on tour this fall supporting the War & Treaty and Ryan McMullan, playing songs from his debut album Soon Come. This tour follows up his album release show at Gold Diggers in April, debuting at the Troubadour with Joey Dosik the next month, and two nights supporting Mavis Staples at London’s Union Chapel in June.

Fantasia Barrino To Take The Stage At Kings Theatre, November 11
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 25, 2022


Kings Theatre has announced that vocal powerhouse Fantasia will perform live, along with Tamar Braxton, in Brooklyn, NY presented by SJ Presents and Black Promoters Collective on November 11, 2022.

Fantasia to Perform at King's Theatre in November
by Michael Major - Jul 25, 2022


In 2007, Fantasia landed the coveted role of Celie in Broadway’s The Color Purple, which she will be reprising for the upcoming film adaption. Fantasia returned to Broadway in 2013 as the first celebrity engagement in After Midnight, a musical that celebrated Harlem’s iconic Cotton Club during the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920’s and 1930’s.

Review: Hilliard Arts Council is K-ra-zy for CRAZY FOR YOU
by Dylan Shaffer - Jul 18, 2022


What did our critic think of CRAZY FOR YOU at Hilliard Arts Council?A celebration of arts and community for the Hilliard community; who could ask for anything more?

PS21 Announces Highlights Of PATHWAYS the Popular Pas De Deux Between Nature And The Arts
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 14, 2022


PS21 announces highlights of PATHWAYS, the popular pas de deux between nature and the arts, at its largest and most ambitious, still free and low-cost to the community.

Interview: Bruce Jackson And Yuri Hreshchychyn on DAKHABRAKHA and the film EARTH at ArtPark
by Ilana Lucas - Jul 11, 2022


DakhaBrakha returns to ArtPark July 14th for a reception, fundraising concert, and talkback. Originating from the Ukrainian experimental theatre group, Dakh, under the artistic direction of Vladislav Troitsky, the band of four friends has played worldwide in a mission to spread and celebrate Ukrainian culture.

The York Theatre Company Presents The New York Premiere of HOAGY CARMICHAEL'S STARDUST ROAD Starting In November
by Grace Cutler - Jul 11, 2022


The York Theatre Company (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director; Evans Haile, Executive Director), dedicated to the development of new musicals and rediscovery of musical gems from the past, in association with Hoagy Bix Carmichael, will present the New York premiere of HOAGY CARMICHAEL'S STARDUST ROAD.

This Weekend At Music Mountain: New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players And Tabea Debus, Recorder & Adam Cockerham
by Grace Cutler - Jul 8, 2022


Now in its forty-seventh year of operation, New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players (NYGASP) is America's preeminent professional Gilbert & Sullivan repertory ensemble.

'PEN America at 100' Highlighting 100 Years of Writers' Activism to be Presented at New-York Historical Society
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 5, 2022


PEN America marks a century of work at the forefront of the ever-urgent fight for free expression with PEN America at 100: A Century of Defending the Written Word, which presents letters, photographs, posters, awards, and other artifacts dating from 1922 to the present.

DIVA Jazz Orchestra's FIVE PLAY And Arianna String Quartet & Judith Gordon, Piano to Perform at Music Mountain
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 27, 2022


Diva Jazz Orchestra's FIVE PLAY will perform at Music Mountain on Saturday and Arianna String Quartet & Judith Gordon, Piano will play on Sunday, Saturday July 2nd, 7:00pm - Gordon Hall.

Broadway Theatres Will Be 'Mask Optional' Starting July 1
by Team BWW - Jun 21, 2022


The Broadway League announced that the owners and operators of all 41 Broadway theatres in New York City will adopt a “mask optional” policy for the month of July. Audience members are still encouraged to wear masks in theatres.

Mason Alexander Park to Present Pride Edition of THE PANSY CRAZE at Chelsea Table + Stage
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 10, 2022


CHELSEA TABLE + STAGE will present the return of Mason Alexander Park for a special Pride edition of their solo show “The Pansy Craze” on Sunday, June 26 at 9:30 PM.

New Theater at NYU Named 'The African Grove Theatre' to Honor a Landmark of Black Theater History
by Stephi Wild - Jun 9, 2022


NYU’s 181 Mercer Street building, opening spring 2023, will become home to a permanent and evolving memorial to the African Grove Theatre, the first Black theater in the country that made history on the corner of Mercer and Bleecker Streets in 1821.

Holocaust Drama THE FINAL VEIL To Run At The Cell Theatre, July 14-31
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 2, 2022


Nancy Manocherian's the cell theatre will present the premiere of THE FINAL VEIL, a unique blend of theater, opera and dance. It tells the true story of Franceska Mann, a Polish-Jewish dancer who demonstrated resistance and strength amid the horrors of the Holocaust.

Albany Symphony to Livestream David Alan Miller's 30th Season Finale
by Marissa Tomeo - May 28, 2022


Music Director David Alan Miller and the musicians of your Albany Symphony celebrate the end of David’s 30th year as the Capital Region’s maestro with a special season finale featuring innovative new music from two of America’s premier living composers: Pulitzer Prize-winner John Corigliano and Hollywood’s most lauded film music creator, John Williams.

New York Composers Circle to Present A Concert Of New Music At Manhattan's Church Of The Transfiguration
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 26, 2022


New York Composers Circle will present a Concert of New Music on Tuesday, June 14 at 7:00 PM at Church of the Transfiguration ('Little Church Around the Corner'), 1 East 29th Street in Manhattan.

Summer At The South Street Seaport Museum - Sailing Season Now Open With Free Exhibitions
by Stephi Wild - May 26, 2022


The South Street Seaport Museum announces summer exhibitions, sailing season, and events at 12 Fulton St and on Pier 16. The free exhibitions on offer include the new, introductory gallery South Street and the Rise of New York, as well as a newly reconfigured return of the popular Millions: Migrants and Millionaires Aboard the Great Liners, 1900-1914.

Rogue Theater Festival Returns to The Players Theatre and ShowTix4U
by Marissa Tomeo - May 21, 2022


Rogue Theater Festival is at again! Making waves this year in person at The Players Theatre AND digitally on ShowTix4U, Rogue is ready to present a brand new lineup of shows in their, here to stay, hybrid theater festival. Lasting from June 30th through July 3rd, the festival will include 18 brand new shows to be presented LIVE and in person at The Players Theatre along with 27 brand new shows that can be streamed on demand virtually on ShowTix4U.

MR. POPPER'S PENGUINS Comes to Imagination Stage This Summer
by Stephi Wild - May 19, 2022


Imagination Stage brings Mr. Popper's Penguins to the stage from June 22 - August 7, 2022 promising the most fun kids will have inside this summer! Based on the 1939 Newbery Honor novel by Richard and Florence Atwater, the musical's book is by Robert Kauzlaric, with music and lyrics by George Howe.

May At The South Street Seaport Museum Upcoming Sailing Season And Free Exhibitions
by A.A. Cristi - May 10, 2022


The South Street Seaport Museum announces May exhibitions, sailing season, and events at 12 Fulton St and Pier 16. The Museum is excited to host NYC Poets Afloat for their third annual group poetry reading aboard tall ship Wavertree on May 15, 2022 at 2pm.

Erich Bergen To Make CAFE CARLYLE Debut
by Stephen Mosher - May 10, 2022


Eric Bergen, television and theater star is set to play the Café Carlyle for two nights in May.

FAT HAM Wins 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
by Team BWW - May 9, 2022


The Pulitzer Prize Board has just announced that Fat Ham has won the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Other finalists included: Selling Kabul, and Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord.

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