The Straight Road

It doesn’t matter if you know the stage version, or the movie version, or don’t know anything about it, just know ARSENIC AND OLD LACE has an easy to follow plot that leads you down a path of hijinks straight to your funny bone.

Celebrating its 10th anniversary, Rhinebeck Writers Retreat will host nine weeklong in-person residencies for 23 musical theatre writers of nine new musicals between June 27 and August 29.  Writers include Tony-nominee Beth Malone, Emily Saliers of Indigo Girls; Jonathan Larson winners Avi Amon, Sara Cooper, Ty Defoe, and Anna Jacobs and more.

The Head and The Heart and Amazon Music have announced a spectacular hometown show on the rooftop of Seattle's historic Pike Place Market. The show will be FREE to the public and also streamed live on both the Amazon Music and The Head and The Heart Facebook and Twitter accounts. Fans can tune into the one-of-a-kind concert experience exclusively on Amazon Music's Facebook and Twitter handles starting at 7 pm PT on Sunday, August 25. The social channels will also host the performance at Pike Place Market for a limited time afterwards for those unable to watch the livestream.

Working intimately with directors like Yasujiro Ozu, Akira Kurosawa, Kenji Mizoguchi and Kon Ichikawa on some of their most important films, Kazuo Miyagawa (1908-99) pushed Japanese cinema to its highest artistic peaks through his lyrical, innovative, and technically flawless camerawork. Considered the greatest cinematographer of postwar Japanese cinema whose career endured through the 1990s, Miyagawa has influenced generations of leading filmmakers around the world.

 The Met stage ignites when soprano Kristine Opolais and tenor Jonas Kaufmann join forces in Puccini's obsessive love story. 

The CW announces primetime listings for the week of October 1, 2012.

The Phoenix Theatre of Indianapolis announces the first play of the 2009-2010 season, The Most Damaging Wound by Blair Singer, which was previously staged at Manhattan Theatre Source in November 2008. Opening September 3, 2009, this Midwest premiere can be seen on the Phoenix Mainstage through September 26, 2009 and features some of the Phoenix Theatre's most impressive and prolific talent.

The Phoenix Theatre of Indianapolis announces the first play of the 2009-2010 season, The Most Damaging Wound by Blair Singer, which was previously staged at Manhattan Theatre Source in November 2008. Opening September 3, 2009, this Midwest premiere can be seen on the Phoenix Mainstage through September 26, 2009 and features some of the Phoenix Theatre's most impressive and prolific talent.

This fall brought the 4th B'way show and 2nd child for Kevin, a journeyman performer who also writes music.